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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 21034, 9 December 1933, Page 20

Uatujt-lUtnt - IfctMb m •'*■ .-.-'is* The School is situated in healthy locality on the Fendalton tram line. Surrounded by extensive, well laid out grounds that provide for all out• do or games. The brick-built schoolrooms are airy, and are equipped with modern lighting and heating facilities. The aim of the School is to provide a sound moral and useful education for girls. MISS GIBSON WILL INTERVIEW PARENTS AND GUARDIANS on FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15th, 1933, and on MONDAY, FEBRUARY sth, and TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6th, 1934, FOR THE NEW TERM* COMMENCING WEDNESDAY. FEB. 7th.

DIGBY'S COMMERCIAL SCHOOL 69 WORCESTER STREET, WEST (Just over the Bridge from Square), CHRISTCHURCH ■ Commercial Training and General Education Principal: MISS M. D. DIGBY, P.C.T., LP.S. Exterior of SCHOOL CURRICULUM includes:— SHORTHAND—(Pitman's or Gregg's). BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE, Composition, Handwriting, Spelling, Punctuation, etc. TYPEWRITING—(Touch method), Filing, etc. BOOKKEEPING, including preparation for all Examinations. Coaching (personally or by correspondence) for Matriculation, University, Sixth Standard Proficiency, and other examinations. Pupils carefully trained for Office Positions. 200 obtained appointments in 1932. Spacious class-rooms and modern equipment. Prospectus on application. New Students for 1934 now being enrolled. Telephone 32-510. Day and Evening Classes Correspondence Lessons Our Tuition is SOUND, PRACTICAL and COMPREHENSIVE Building. 1932 Examination Results:— Public Service Entrance Examinations for Short* hand Typists: 22 Passes with Ist, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Places on Merit Lists, and 100 per cent, of Passes in the Junior section. Chamber of Commerce Commercial Examinations: 75 Passes, 22 with Honours and 14 with Distinction, 14 of the 18 Honours Awards in Typewriting and a Special Prize for Senior Typewriting (2nd for New Zealand). Association of Commercial Science: Special Medal for General Excellence. 160 first-class Speed and Theory Shorthand Certificates—Kates from 160 words per minute. Gold Medal awarded by the Christchurch Shorthand Writers' Association for high speed writing—lso words per minute.

Sfattaru lugs' Iftglj Srhonl 2K •»SJ» c- ' . ■st - V % „\s^ f* *.?• St The school is situated on the heights of Timaru in a quiet and secluded area. The climate is ideal for a boarding school. The curriculum is of the comprehensive type, with courses provided for professional, agricultural, commercial and engineering students. Great attention is paid to physical training and to music (vocal and instrumental), handwork and art. Among the amenities are. Open-air classroojns and dormitories, commodious dining-hall, a Memorial Library of over 3000 books, tennis courts, fives courts, gymnasium, rifle ranges, swimming baths, workshops for woodwork and for metalwork (now being constructed), and spacious, well-kept playing grounds and gardens. The boarders are limited to 100. Prospectuses may be obtained from the Rector or the Secretary of the Board of Governors. Rector : W. Thomas, M.A., LL.B. Matron: Miss E. Scott