BOYS' INSTITUTE.
Excellent work is being done by the Boys' Institute in Wellington, and witli the' advance ofrtho season tlio evening diversions and classes will "brighten'"up.- One of the' recent events was a f>uoit. tournament, which • : was won by .Arthur Clapliam, /but already the championship has been wrested from him by Fred Colfey, who has won' the necossary .two- out of three ,sanies. • Cecil,.Craw-'.. ford holds tlio draughts championship : medai;, Oii -Wctliiosday. evening the- building, is'converted for. the nonc6:into a military- barracks —thero' ai'e sorties and'alarums, shrill bugle callsi and all the elansour. of militarism,' in : ' the .midst of l which the lads'manage to'pick up knowledge; that may ,bo 1 useful at any - time: ; Added to this, there is [the .gym- 1 hasium, 1 orchestra, and choir practices, Bible reading,'- and technical- classes,; and a concert, -lantern lecture, or social: function v of soino description takes place every, Thursday .evening. • In keeping youths off the street, ' and employing them intelligently, i the. Boys' • ■ Institute 'is serving a, good purpose, and desor.ves every support. • ■ .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 185, 30 April 1908, Page 8
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173BOYS' INSTITUTE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 185, 30 April 1908, Page 8
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