"A BEACON LIGHT."

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 301, 20 December 1922, Page 4

"A BEACON LIGHT."

A MEMORIAL'S UCHnnttUNfc GRAMMAR OLD BOYS' TRrJTj-Jj "A beacon to light the future kori «f the school in the path of duty and arif sacrifice" was the metaphor hi his Excellency the Oovernor-G«a«ral nferred to the war memorial erecttf If the Auckland Grammar Scfael 0U Boys, at the unveiling ceremoaj day afternoon. The monuoMat, ii tl» foreground of the school, from ita vfty appearance, quit* apart from Ma oMfvt purpose, is destined to iqipirt ttl scholars to the more noble tlilig* «f life, and this was the spirit in v«k» al ef the speakers at the otnmtmj ta< dressed the gathering. ikf audience of scholars of both relatives and friends of present aalptt pupils, and of the deceased »ol(iitrt,w*r» the Mayor (Mr. J. H. Gunson) a*alf* Gunson, Colonel H. R. Patter (Mar Commanding tie District), and nfiiipit tatives of educational bodies.

Viscount Jellieoe, wlw waa panied by Lady Jellieoe. waa a»tt at Oi school gate- by the headmaster (Mr. J. W. Tibbs), Mr. J. Staaton (ymW«M the Old Boys' Aneor-iatjon) aaa IsVa, Stanton, and Protestor "BiotoM (ehtgrman of the Board of GorernoTi). W)t to the ceremony Viseouet JelHsjfJiepect«d the guard of honour, conprMsf members of the ccheel cadet MM under the command of lientcaaat C. Tt Jones.

Mr. Stint on. in outlininf tiw Oftjjt canee of the monument, said ***** «*• Old Boys had decided that the atmotjil must be a memorial purely and t&tffr and not of a utilitarian nature, H» thought the audience would agrw tkai it was unique in de»ign. Iti <lflnsting feature wae "uplift." Bakbzoned on the sides of the cejuma «w. a number of Romir. fascce, wafcA »jmbolieed the right of the State ewr.tb* individual. The bey at tb«' t»^«itt hie outstretched hand wasjfaciag »«? from the school making a geaeral ipp««l for the uplifting of the world. TO names of the 288 old boys vrbo fl« their lives were cut in solid brenw, Uα, as far as human foresight could tell. would last till the Day of Judent The memorial honoured the dsM, I*" corded the victory to which they attributed, and the peace whick wfrtl have been impossible without that tie* tory. It wae particularly fitting ttat the King's • representative AooM M present to unveil the memorial, ana it a commander of the great sea i»WU* which, more than any other factor, op tributed to victory in the Great war(Applause.)

GOVERNOR'S FITTIXG BUTT.

His Excellency said that h« *» S *"P[J sensitive of the honour thai had •**■ conferred on him, and he ■greed thp X was fitting that he, as the sentative. should unveil a mtmorM ** the gallant sacrifice* which kad ■•» made for King and Empire. Tj» memorial standing in the sohoel grew* commemorated the deed* ef HUW#i self-eacriflce. devotion to duty, apart from the educational were the aims of every school. first goal at school waa to do tht *y thing regardless of Hip eeß The memorial was a record of ** school's loyalty to the Emj*w i "*'JJ crisU. It was a beacon to BgM ■*• path of duty and self-sacrifice to Hβ future boys of the school, and to rWfc" them of the great tradition* t*ey W« uphold. i Removing the Union Jack at the !••» of the monument Lord JelHeoe *J**~ it unveiled, and the 'Last Fort ™ solemnly sounded.

On behalf of the Board of Gowrnenu Professor Thomas accepted the c"*™? guardianship of the memorial fer au time. The monummt «howed i»*r tionate regard for the old bey»an*»w alma mater, and an admiration forJ*| heroism of those who sacreeed •"" thing for grand ideals. A FATHBF-S Speaking with emotion ac the few* , . of one, and in an educational *•"* £ all the fallen, the headmaster tß ~r[ the Old Boye for the beautiful »«■"?£ He eupplemented the remark* ?l *>• Stanton concerning the •J™ 6 . 011, ",,,. the fasces by stating that they W symbolic of law and order, whll **!j! uplifted hand was appealing toti * w °s [i . for protection from that arrogant ibw tarism which was the undoing of w many as it was of Rome centarW before. He hoped the «*° ol J*Tj alway* be on the ride of conetiW* authority. . j I Wreaths werp placed at the d** the monument by his Excellentf •£ Mrs. G. f.ribbin. on *eh»lf ™ Jr. mothers: and the ceremony cloeefl« the singing of the Vationil Ab«»