NEW HIGH SCHOOL AT AKAROA

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21732, 14 March 1936, Page 15

NEW HIGH SCHOOL AT AKAROA

- BUILDING OFFICIALLY OPENED CEREMONY PERFORMED BY MB 8 „T. H. M’COMBS, M.P. i - 5 The new Akaroa High School buildv, ’ ing in the south end of Akaroa wg t oSlned yesterday by Mr^T. Pnmhs member of Parliament tor 1 Lytteltcb. More than h ß^ tended the ceremony, held na weather. The,school is , corner of Jolie street and Bruce ter- : s %% s A^fTSk£- * h! NlfsS e WrlgS®preslSdi ' In welcoming the visitors.he . gised for the absence of the Wn*&ex, * for Education (the Hon. P. FrasM)* I With him on the platform w «e Mr t and Mrs McCombs, the Mayor- F* I R, B, Davis) and the Mayoress, Messrs ; C S. Thompson (chairman). W.r---i Spencer. J. J. Hurley, and S. Band j (Canterbury Education T m Jacobson (chairman of the High : of the High School Board), Mr I Young (headmaster) and Mrs Young, I amdMr C. B. Arnold (second assist- » ai Mr Wright said that Akaroa pOOple ’ I feaA years dreamed of a mew school : for the high school P u P??f- TV . been housed formerly m the old Tech -. s nieal school. Now the dream had &e---e come a fact. 8 “A Red-letter Day” * sa l People did not realise the . I Akaroa, required a fully ■* net j ■high school, just as much as. other i . e etl tre& He was thankful to be able I to bf Present a* this opemng f mony. It was a red-letter day in the, ass tor A^S.og e OOI %e ? * tee for inviting him to open the j. " school Jhere were many ‘in a small school such Ihis. an<i “ some disadvantages. It was not often I possible for teachers to teach two r languages, for instance, but °n the I other hand there was the advantage of;.^ * better individual tuition. " tion evidently was not inclined to B teach self-reliance. He would like to _ see the chUdren have a xev.. spect for hard work ana nottty ,-lOr I &ewhiteooUarjobs.lt wM p 1 ter to be a competent farmer, builder, or worker in a similar occupation than a clerk. There was room'for.only a . per cent of the, population to. the pro- !■ iSU had would I"* r have liked to come to 1 the conditions under which the pupus - - had to work, MxMcCombs said. Serein. s congratulated the committee on g achievement qf .its object . 1 Mr Thompson, as ptoirman of tM >. Canterbury Education con- - gratulated the people of Akaroa onthe u opening of the new school i of the High School Board had been -ams V patient and genaemen. ol their attempts to, have theschopl built yvrb - ■ ' ■ tc'q - Chairman’s Bemsuhr .'ins*, “ 1 Mr Jacobson, as , of . *• High School Board, said bttwß'.M e everyone had been aware at the dip- - cutties of having a school mthout a t playgrotmd. The people of the bays -ire* * would not send the children to play w £ on the streets. He emphasised the im- dn> * portance of ta„ f a ? J that given at the d School At present %e Board did not operate acltool- miv - committee,, but was there to conteol s'^ I. the funds of the school It could be- -*sos £ come a controlling bony if ' it were>i j/ laecessary, and should- not be done j hat 7 away with. ■■ 9 ■ Mr Davis, to cpngratutottog'the com-Jim 8 mittee. said that more money ehould ®as d be spent oh improving the facihttMot jw '■ the school and .Providing a better «£■ d equipped playground-.. Two nld binul*- .ntw, ’ togs on. the groima should 5 be pulled down and a new residence buitt for -afe ‘t the headmaster,- It was also to be hoped' -jcft that funds could be obtained to assist spA pupils to come from ttie bays. l , ° P At the end of the the guests'were entertained at 0 noon tea. A bouquet was f-v? « toMrs McCombs by Dorothy strong. -■ .■££