NORMAL SCHOOL.
Dominion Day 'was celebrated at tho Normal School by a distribution of medals, a speech by a member' of the Education Board (Mr 0. H. A. T. Opie), and the appropriate honouring of tho flag. Tho cadets wero drawn up ma hollow square, and tho other pupils wero grouped about them. Mr Opio, who was introduced by tho Principal, referred to the glorious history and traditions of tho Mother Country and, pointed out that it was the duty of this and succeeding generations to maintain these traditions. He enlarged on the necessity for on efficient system of defence, and urged the bays to make themselves, as far as pcssiblo, fit defenders of their country in the future. Th© girls, ho thought, should a-100 be taught to ehcot, so that, in the event of certain circumstances arising out of warfare, they would not be entirely defenceless and hejplcfjg. The modata wero handed by Mr Opio to tho teachers, who distributed them among tho children.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13231, 26 September 1908, Page 10
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