LAST RESTING PLACE
BUT ONLY THAT
WHAT RONGOTAI THINKS OF KARORI "I have no objection to Karori as a final resting place for the human beings of Miramar —all those who live on the eastern side of Mount Victoria; but I have every objection to Rdngotai College being deposited there," said Mr. F. Martyn Renner, principal of the college, at the prize-giving ceremony last night. "A. school such as this, which, like a well-grown tree, has fixed its robts in the centre of a large district, cannot be transplanted without running the risk of extinction —and this would happen. Situated in Karori, the school] could no longer retain the name of; Rongotai. "Rongotai has a name definitely associated with its present position, andj as such carries with it the love andj affection and even pride of some 1500 old boys. Abolish the present site and name of the school and you cut at the very roots of sentiment1 and tradition. You deprive 1500 old boys of their Alma Mater. Finally, I can truthfully say that the people of the eastern district would strenuously oppose any attempt to move the school from where it really belongs—in their midst."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 143, 13 December 1940, Page 6
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197LAST RESTING PLACE Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 143, 13 December 1940, Page 6
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