A JOYOUS DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 286, 3 December 1931, Page 10

A JOYOUS DAY.

CHRISTMAS TREAT.

CHILDREN ENTERTAINED

GAIETY AT TRAINING COLLEGE.

Over 100 children/ of ages between ■> and 14, from five; city schools .*« entertained in typical Christmae fasm by students of tWM^ lm &M College yesterday afternoon. It* eleventh annual treat of th* km r by the-students as; part-of i(j work, and was a young people, to whom Christy«g> otherwise have meant merely a: date the calendar. ' B Arriving at the college private motor cars placed at v* posal of the principal, Mr. fe -' t be parents and friend, of <*cjtudaifcy children w.ery • warn.lv greeted * many hosts, each of whom ffj rf "adopted" a little charge and sci. ensuring Ins or her haziness;. lO J f -: fhe afternoon. The given in-front' 0 college had been gaily decoia cj, there the students and «^!ldren,^ ii)f each been presented with -i tinie roses. performed gracetul ( o dances. A comic acrobatic tlv(?u . men 'students and boys .was,. •■ ioved. bv the onlookers. s | e Games and dances, humour a"d by a negro minstrel troupe and musical march, in winch hosts ana » all joined, further enlivened ceedings. Led by. a drum niaj de and a "kazoo" band, the company » its way to brightly-decorateyr^i,; where afternoon tea "*> p ' t aifi«o e,,t typical party style. The reached its climax when a. t0 "FatlidT Christmas" distribute gifts from a tre.e Lo«« - . e with presents. Sparkling- ■ eye r, volumes for the happing ° r ;' to b U dren, who seemed gcmUACiy iot , - t inie farewell to their guests. when M came torcjuin the motor-caw i«. :^