IDEALS OF LIFE

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 125, 13 May 1935, Page 8

IDEALS OF LIFE

Jubilee Address to Children MR. G. A. MADDISON’S APPEAL An appeal to play fair, work hard I and heip others was made by the chairman oi Hie Hawke s Bay Education board, Mr G. A. Maddu.ou, when addressing pupils ot the Mahora School on friuay ou the King’s Jubilee. “This is the day oi all days m the hearts and lives or the girls and boys, because His Majesty Kmg George Vhas icsued a command to all school children to spend this day m festivity and happiness m conniieiiioration of tbe 25 years which he has occupied the Throne of the British Empire/’ said Mr Maddison. “No person has ever lived whose rule and character has evoked m tueb a spontaneous measure the affection of his ■ISU,COO.OUO subjects. ’ Mr Maddison went on to describe the King’s life at school, when be was always a helpmate to his school fellows, always fond of good, dean, healthy recreation, and made an intense study of his school work. For 25 years King George V. had been our king, and no greater thing could be said of him than that be bail been an exemplar for all his people in those qualities oi faith and courage aud self-sacrifice and unswerving devotion to duty, and that be had sustained our nation throughout the most difficult years in history. Right well had l je answered every demand of circumstance: his life had been a full and glorious response of heart and mind for everyone, and a deepening solicitude and concern for the utmost welfare of the nation. Mr Maddison asked the children, when saluting tbe Union Jack, always to remember the Jubilee message of the King in which he asked the children to “remember that in the days to come they will be citizens of a great Empire and that as they grow up they are always to keep this thought in mind, and when the time comes, be ready and proud to give their country the service of their work, their mind and their heart,” The speaker concluded by appealing to the children to fashion their lives according to this message, not to be bullies, but to play fairly; always to be helpful to those less physically and mentally strong; and to work hard at their lessons, and so fit themselves for their Empire duties when they become the men and women of to-morrow.