THE LATE MISS SALMOND.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20021, 1 September 1930, Page 2

THE LATE MISS SALMOND.

; FUNERAL AT TIMARU. ! ■ (SrSCIAL TO IHE P£Ea3.) TIMARU, August 31. The funeral of Miss Violet Monica Salmond, late principal of the Craighead Diocesan School for Girls, Timaru, whose death occurred at St. G-corpo's Hospital, Christchurch, on Thursday, took place at Timaru yesterday. During her three years at Craighead Miss Salmond had en- ! deared herself to a large circle of friends, and her sudden death came us a great shock to the community. There was a large congregation at St. Mary's Church, when a service was conducted by the Rev. E. C. Crosse, of Christ's College, the Rev. Canon J. do B. Galwey (Christchurch) reading the lesson. The service at the graveside was conducted by the vicar of St. Mary's, the Rev. H. W. Monaghan, Canon Galwe.v, the Rev. C. E. Crosse, and the Rev. W. S. Southward participating. The pall-bearers, who arc trustees of tli© Craighead School, were Messrs R. L Orbell, A. S. Elworthy, W. T. Ritchie, C. L. Orbell, W. H. Walton, and T. R. Rhodes. Beautiful floral tributes were sent by Miss Salmond's relatives in Bedford, England, trustees of Craighead School, teaching staff Craighead School, pupfls Craighead School, matron and house staff Craighead School. Craighead School Old Girls' Association, Timaru High School Board of Governors, staff Timaru Girls' High School, Amberley House Collegiate Girls' School, rector, staff, and boys of St. Saviour's Boys' Orphanage, staff rector's office, Young Women's Christian Association, St. John's Bible Class, Mr and Mrs H. T. Wiglev and Patricia, Mr and Mrs R. L. Wigley and Hester, Margaret, and Prue, Dr. and Mrs Hargreaves, Miss M'acnssey, Miss Emberly, Mr and Mrs W. P. D. Barker, Dr. and Mrs P. R. Woodliouse, Mr and Mrs W. N. Bond, Miss Alice Thompson, Miss Mulvany Gray and Miss Menzies, Mrs Gillies, Botty and Nancy, Jean, Ailsa, and Margaret Campbell, Canon and Mrs J. de B. Galwe.v, Mr and Mrs A. L. Gee, Miss Wade, Mr and Mrs Percy Elworthy and Diana, Miss Lawrell, Mr and Mrs W. T. Ritchie and Miss Ritchie, Mr and Mrs V. H. Turnbull, Miss Patricia M. Clark, Mr and Mra Guyon Macdonald and family, Mr and Mrs A. Orbell and Peggy, Audrey and Cecily, Miss Gibson, Miss Barr, Mrs Wiiliam Burns, Miss Wright. Mr and Mrs W. H. Walton, Mr and Mrs McDougall and Marparet _ and Violet Livingstone, Mrs IJendrie, Patricia, Hoyle, and Mary S'one, Mr and Mrs H. Elworthy and family, Mr and Mrs R. L. Orbell. Mrs Pincknev and daughters, Mr and Mrs Vincent and Sheila, Miss Sanderson, Mr and Mrs C. G. Bryan King, Mr and Mrs Tweedie and Betty, Mr W. G. de Gruchv, Mr Cuthbertson, Miss D. Rhodes, Helen and Jeanetto Fitch. Mr 'l. 0. Fox and Miss Fox, Viol ft Livingstono, Miss Cartwright, Ruth Barker, Miss Ernestine Hadfield, Dorothy and Helen Kerr. Dr. and Mrs Riley and Jean, Mrs White and Mary. Miss Marv McLean,- Mi- and Mrs Cyril Birch and Molly, and Annette Bowen.

Memorial Service. At St. Mary's Church to-day, a memorial service to the late Miss Salmond was held. There was a large congregation, including pupils and old girls of Craighead School. The vicar, the Eev. H. W. Monaghan, who conducted the service, was assisted by the Eev. Canon J. de B. Galwey, and the Eev. W. S. Southward. Appropriate hymns and psalms wero sung. Mr Monaghan based his sermon on verses eight and nine of chapter 2 of St. Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews. In the course of his sermon he said that the words of the text would evoke a sympathetic response in many hearts that morning. The final triumph of good over evil was not yet; it was far in the future. Tho New Testament writers faced bravely the grim facts of the tragedy of life; they refused to blame God for all tho tragedy of human life, and contended that God's power conquered in the end. It Beemed so terrible that a life so young and splendid, so fraught with good for so many people, should, by a mistake, come suddenly to an end. Perhaps there were many young hearts among Miss Salmond's pupils who might feel bitterly. How could they believe that God was watching over them and caring for them when a thing like that happened? The preacher asked them to go with him and look bravely and try to grasp the meaning of the Passion of Christ. There were so many beautiful things in Christ's life that they rathor avoided the tragedy of Calvary. Miss Salmond had been at Craighead scarcely four years. Some might think it was not enough for her influence to be felt. Perhaps they were wrong. Perhaps God had accomplished the work she had had to do. Perhaps she had kindled in the hearts of some of the girls an ideal which would result in good for the community. Miss Salmond had fanned in her pupils such a flame of earnestness and devotion that it would not fail them throughout their lives. She had come to New Zealand from England nearly four years ago, to take charge of Craighead School, and had brought with her the traditions and ideals of noble English womanhood. All the girls of the school knew and realised this. Mr Monaghan went on to say: "Craighead is a Church School, where the girls not only receive a certain curriculum, but interwoven with the subipcts they study the girls catch the true spirit of Christian piety, and so they go out faithful Christians. That is the ideal of Church schools, but it is not always realised, as so much depends on the spiritual lives of the teachers. It is not difficult to find good teachers, or to find persons who are deeply religious, but the combination of the two is somewhat rare. Miss Salmond possessed that rare combination, and her spiritual life was most devoted. Her devotion was shown by the fact that since she had been at Craighead the pupils had invariably attended the Good Friday services before leaving for the Easter holidays, and every Sunday, although Craighead was two miles from St. Mary's, the girls always attended morning service. Although her position at Craighead took up much of , her time, Miss Salmond had offered to devote her Sunday afternoons as superintendent of St. John's Sunday School, so that the work of the church should, not fail." . Mr Monaghan urged the girls to follow in Miss Salmond's footsteps, and to keep up her ideals. He also asked them to think of her not as dead, but alive to a full and abundant life.