SNOBBERY AMONG BOYS

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25440, 11 March 1948, Page 6

SNOBBERY AMONG BOYS

« “A DETESTABLE AFFECTATION ”

MR LAWSON ROBINSON’S ADDRESS

It was Usual sit a prize-giving ceremony to sdy a word to boys who were leaving, blit on this occasion thefe was the alternative of Addressing boys who were commencing school, said the chairman of the St. Andrew’s College Board of Governors (the Very Rev. J. Lawson Robinson), speaking at the prize-giving ceremony, postponed from last year, which was held at the college yestefday. “The main thing I warit to impress on you is that although you attend this college dfid youf patents are required to pay for you to come here, you ate no better than boys attending any .pfiblic school in this city.” said Mr Robinson. “I do hope there is no feeling of class distinction amongst you. Snobbery, to me, is a detestable affectation.” At the same time boys should remember when attending the cbllege that thev should put the college first and themselves second, he said. They were members of a teAifi. and a team did its best work when all pulled together. “Our object in founding this college was to give the boys of our church and community a good, sound knowledge based on thfe truths ahd traditions bf Christianity.” cohtinued Mr Robinson. “We don’t want to turn you mto pioiis little prigs, but into boys who will love .thbir books And gfcines, ana who, as they grow up. will maintain the traditions of the land in which thev were born.” Mr Robinson said that boys were beginning the year with a new rector. - vear they said good-bye to Mr J. Q; Mawson, and now welcomed Mr L. W. Stewart, who had been appointed to the ;position. Mr Stewart had a connexion of more thah a qu&rtef of a century with the college, and the board was certain it would not be disappointed in him.

Stewart said, he apPteciated Mr Robinson’s remarks and many messages of cbfigratulAtiofi* ana goodwill he had received since his appointment was announced. With £ goodwill and the goodwill of the staff behind him, he was taking ufi , i OS x , J IO x n lth . SOl rie confidence. He added that the high reputation the cpyege enjoyed as an educational instation was a reflection of Mr Mawtons devoted Service, "tfe Ws 0 rtiari of sound scholarship, wide educational S®* rie ? ce - fla . wle? s sincerity, and deen e™ tua L conviction. Such men are fare, and their work endures.” he said.