CAVERSHAM SCHOOL

Evening Star, Issue 22770, 4 October 1937, Page 2

CAVERSHAM SCHOOL

SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY ANNUAL SPORTS MEETING The seventy-fifth anniversary celebrations of the Caversham School were begun on Saturday with a reunion of ex-pupils held in conjunction with the annual sports on the school grounds. There was a large attendance of expupils, parents, and scholars, while fine weather contributed towards a delightful afternoon. A programme of sports fixtures was successfully put through, and a massed drill display by pupils, consisting of marching and counter-marching, dancing, ana rhythmic exercises, was carried out briskly and with precision. Mr AV. Hudson (chairman of the school committee) welcomed those present, Mr C. L. Sherlock (chairman of the Reunion, Committee) welcoming ex-pupils. Mr Sherlock said the committee had been well repaid by the large attendance, and referring to many of the older scholars, made particular reference to Miss M. D. Sutton, who had attended the school in 1862 and was still “ on deck.”

In tho evening a social and dance was held in tho Pioneer Hall. The arrangements for the celebrations were in tho hands of the following committee: —Messrs Sherlock, Grant, Todd, Hudson (2), Smith, Allen, Burns, Brown, M'Leocl, Beason, Friend, Palmer, M'Kay, and M'Cracken, Mesdames Friend, Smith, and Emslie, and Misses Hunter and Fox. The following were the officials for the sports:— Supervisor, Mr W. G. Burns; starters, Messrs W. Hudson and A. R. Harris; starting stewards—Messrs J. W. Graham, R. Johnston, L. Hubhard, Misses A. Gosden, J. Newson, S. E. Foster, and C. J. Smith; judges —Messrs F. Drake, W. Inglis, J. C. Robertson, and J. List; results stewards—Messrs R. A. Cox, E. Gordon, Misses P. Sumner, A. Hastings, M. E. Laing, L. Young, A. W. Butcher, and Mrs E. Simpson; gate stewards, Messrs P. M. Lecki© and J. Reid; refreshments, Messrs P. Gray and R. Reid. Tho following are the results;— Girls, under eight.—Mary Cook 1, Margaret- Ayson 2. Boys, under eight.—Ted Shiels 1, Alan Baines 2. Girls, eight and nine.—First heat: Noelino Brocket 1, Sybil Treweek 2. Second heat: Alison Marrett 1, Daphne Harris 2. Final: Noeline Bridkett and Allison Marrett 1 (equal). Boys, eight and nine.—First heat: Trevor Chandler 1, Harold Hodges 2. Second heat: Roy Kindley. 1, Leslie Helm 2. Final: Trevor Chandler 1, Harold Hodges 2. Girls, 10 and 11.—Patsy Hollows 1, Elva Brockett 2. Second heat: Beatrice Gallagher 1, Myra Hewitt 2. Final: Patsy Hollows 1, Myra Hewitt 2. Boys, 10 and 11.—First heat: Keith Johnston 1, Ted Carrodus 2. Second heat: Bruce Hollows 1, Jack Denford 2. Third heat: Norman Matthews 1, Jim Binnie 2. Final: Ted Carrodus 1, Jack Denford 2. Girls, 12 and 13. —First heat: Gladys Fitzgerald 1, Kathleen Helm 2. Second heat: Rose AVilson 1, Pearl Walden 2. Final: Gladys Fitzgerald 1, Rose Wilson 2. Boys, 12 and 13.—First heat: Robert Harwood 1, Russell Sutherland 2. Second heat: Jack M'Gregor 1, AValter Hanlin 2. Final: Jack M'Gregor 1, Walter Hanlin 2. Motor Tyre Race.—First heat: Jack M'Gregor 1, Jack Milnes 2. Second heat: B. Fraser 1, R. Laurie 2. Third heat: William Hall 1, Jack M'Gregor 2. Girls’ Skipping, 12 and under.—First heat: Gladys Fitzgerald 1, Bessie Cook 2. Second heat: Margaret Bx-ockett 1, Eileen Riddle 2. Third heat: Doreen Blaekie 1, Alison Marrett 2. Final: Margaret Brockett 1, Doreen Blackie 2_ Band Boys’ Race.—William Slackwood 1, Noel Chandler 2. Girls’ Skipping, 13 and over. —Pat Lockhart 1, Hilary Stevens 2. Boys’ Three-legged Race. 11 and under.—Ray Vann and William Shirts 1, Golin Parker and Keith Prout 2. Girls’ Three-legged Race, 11 and under.—First heat; P. Hollows and N. Hewitt 1, D. Dor© and Alice Riddle 2. Second heat: B. Gallagher and D. Fullarton 1, A. Marrett and S. Treweek 2. Final: A. Marrett and S. Treweek 1, B. Gallagher and D. Fullarton 2, Girls’ 100 Yards Championship.— Pat Loohart 1, Gladys Fitzgerald 2. Boys’ 100 Yards Championship.— AVilliam Blackwood 1, Jack M'Gregor 2. Girts’ Sack Race, 10 ■ and under.— Shix-ley Lucas 1, Fay Sinclair 2. Boys’ Sack Race.—Bruce Hollows 1, Alan Hodges 2. Boys’ Obstacle Race.—First heat: Robert Isaac 1, Jack M'Gregor 2. Second heat: Noel Chandler 1, Alan Chandler 2. Third heat: William- Blackwood 1, Fred Pryde 2. Final: AVilliam Blackwood 1, Noel Chandler 2. Girls’ Obstacle Race.—First heat: Elwyn Stevens 1, Hilary Stevens 2. Second heat: Gladys Fitzgerald 1, Eileen Riddle 2. Final: Gladys Fitzgerald 1, Elwyn Stevens 2. Boys’ Long-distance Race.—Ted Carrodus 1, Ted Simpson 2. Caversliam Harriers’ Race T. Taylor 1, F. L-eckie 2, R. Emmerson 3. Boys’ Relay Race.—First heat: Team No. 3 1. Second heat: Team No. 1 1, Team No. 4 2. Final: No. 1 team (Carrodus, Matthews, Mitchellj M'Gregor) 1, No. 2 team (Johnson, Thompson, Fraser, Hanlin) 2. Girls’ Relay Race.—First heat: Team No. 3 1. Second heat; Team No. 5 1. Final: Team No. 5 (Isobol Scott, Phyllis James, Gloria Hall, Pearl AVilden) 1, Team No. 2 (Bessie Cook, Alva Brockett, Rose AABlson, Hilary Stevens) 2. Ex-pupils Race, Boys.—S. M'Connell 1, G. Crossan 2. Ex-pupils Race, Girls—Miss Nancy Hanlin 1. Miss Lena Johnston 2. Relay Race, Boys against Girts.— The boys’ team (winner of the boys’ relay race) won. Teachers’ Race, Men.—Mr Oox 1, Mr Hubbard 2. CHURCH SERVICE. The celebrations in connection with tho school jubilee were continued in tho Oaversham Presbyterian Church yesterday afternoon, when the anniversary service was conducted by the Rev. C. M. Sullivan. A combined choir representing the Caversham Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian Churches, conducted by Mr L. H. Stubbs, rendered the anthem ‘ King of Kings,.’ and Mr L. Todd read the forty-sixth Psalm. In his address Mr Sullivan spoke of tho anniversary service as an essential function of a jubilee celebration as it united the opportunities of thankfulness to God for past blessings and an invocation that His Presence would, continue with them. It also provided an opportunity for a retrospective glance—recalling the stories grave and gay, with which school days were so fruitful. At such an anniversary they recalled, too, the life of the district

in their particular day. To some who had gathered at the jubilee Caversham had been no more than a few houses and shops—little more than a countryside—but it had made great progress in the intervening years. At that time some would recall the foibles of their teachers—those characteristics which had left their mark on the characters of the pupils. In many cases those teachers had passed on, but the lesson and example they taught had continued down the span of years. In those faroff days, the minister continued, not Caversham alone, but the whole of Dunedin and even wider afield were affected by an event which would scarce cause them concern to-day. There was more of the spirit which bound people together in a common sympathy and understanding. Over the intervening years events of a momentous nature had passed until now they assumed the character of milestones, which had their particular significance for only a few of them. Such events as the jubilee of Queen Victoria, the coronation of King Edward, the opening days ot the war now only loomed largo in the mertiory of older people. It was easy to look backward and suggest where improvements could hare been made. “ From this,” Mr Sullivan said, “ we look at the facts which confront us now, such as international strife in the East and oppression in Germany. Yet these, too, will be looked at in retrospect in the future. But what are we to do with the intervening years? These things have their remedy in the individual, and ho in turn must look for solution to God’s Book. In the pages of the New Testament God speaks to tho souls of men, and that factor has been constant throughout the ages. There is sjjill selfishness, greed, loneli-

ness, and sorrow, but through Christ we may rule them out of our lives.

“ When the school attains its on* hundreth jubilee many of us will mot bo here,” the minister concluded, “ bub what of our children? Are we content that they should occupy the position we now have? It is for us to decide what kind of life our children will live. If God has a place in our lives and homes then will God have a place in tho homes of our children ?_ Is there a standard of a good man and a good woman apart from Christ? If wc face those standards honestly, with His help, wo have nothing to fear concerning th< future, 1 - *