Newlands School.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXII, Issue 6456, 24 December 1904, Page 3

Newlands School.

BREAEING-UP CEREMONY

The breaking-up ceremony at the Norlands public school was held yesterday. Early in the afternoon the scholars and a goodly number of thoir friends assembled. Wickets were pitched, and a friendly game of cricket was enjoyed by the senior male members of the gathering. A programme of races for the scholars was carried out under the management of the school committee ; and soon the merry voices of the prize winners, and the music of thetiumpot filled the air. A sumptuous tea was provided by the ladies of the district, who waited upon the tables. After tea an adjournment was made to the play ground ■where a number of seats had been arranged around the flagfctr.ff.

The Rev. J. Guy presided over the proceedings, and congratulated the scholars upon the advantage they enjoyed as pupils of the Newlands school. They had a good teacher and a painstaking committee, and were spending their school life under happy circumstances. He hoped they would be diligent scholar?, and would make it their aim in later life to maintain the good name of their school. He then called out the names of the bcholars to whom prizes had been awarded, and these wore handed over to the recipients by Mr James Clucas, the chairman of the School Committee.

Mr G. Aston, an old resident of Newlands, also addressed the scholars'. He said that the members of his family had spent their esirly days at the Newlands school, and though he had for some time !eft the district he still felt a deep interest in its wellfare. He addressed kindly words of counsel to the scholars and hoped they would grow up to he upright, useful men and women. Hearty cheers were given for the School Committee and chairman, the teacher, and friends who had made the gathering so succeesfn).

A vn-se of the National Anthem was then sung, and the company dispersed.