“AN ANZAC SCHOOL”

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 April 1946, Page 9

“AN ANZAC SCHOOL”

ADDRESS TO SECONDARY PUPILS

“This school has now entered the proud company of those entitled to call themselves ‘Anzac schools,’ ” said the principal of the Greymouth Technical' High School, Mr W. M. Stewart, in the course of an address to pupils yesterday. He pointed out that no school had- a better record of service by its ex-pupils than the Greymouth school in the recently concluded war. The school was not established at the time of the last war, but- now had a personal connection with sevicemen who had fought in the defence of their country. There was every reason for pride in the achievements of the. school’s representatives, he said.

Mr Stewart outlined the meaning of Anzac Day and said that the giving of funds for disabled servicemen, the providing of employment for those returned and caring for the defendants of those who died did not constitute sufficient recompense or tribute. The peace of the world was the aim of every soldier, sailor and airman who left these shores, he said, and the task of the younger generation was to see that that aim was realised. He urged the pupils to interest themselves in the world about them and to grow up with the determination that no stone should be left unturned in ensuring the banishment of wars for all time.