NELSON COLLEGE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LII, Issue 5807, 6 October 1879, Page 5

NELSON COLLEGE.

h : The,;Nefso*;, Cf>lpkis( bat been requested to publish the follotoog oorrespondenco, Which, Iho W*) tells it* own story ■ . ; I i~“ Nelson College, 5ept'22,1879. .“rW. Acton B. Adams, Esq. ( M.11.f{,, *lßir,-r Wo, .the boys of Nelson College, of whiqh institution it is well known you were once. head, i boy, . have ! ■ watched with keen interest- the late political .'crisis : Loyal to Nelton’s interestß, we of course are opponents !of;Sir,oßprge!Grey. olfe was with great satis* faction that we heard bf tbe defcat of hia Ministry. ,iWhen he appealed to tlie boubtry, i , we hoped that your prediotion that the people •Wovfid reject; his followers would prove) cor-; ICCt- .We afi knew that,your return for Nelson ~wpuld ha certain. .(Itwas.with,no small feel* . ing,ofr,prido. that we . witnessed the retiirny < for. the; second: time, of one ’who, when at sNel-: .son -College. > distinguished, himself , i as| its leader.! sWe ttonbstoeeldt as om. due thatitoi .commemorate this event -we should' have a 1 longer, vacation ,bhan ;msual at jMiehaeunae. Wf now beg to . .petition’.you ;to3'aSki Our ,1 Principal for this extra: holiday, As we S feel that if asked'by you it eapbot be refused; We; t usually have four days, 'but we think (that under .these ' circumstance we should have : jthiSitinie thiV the. brilliant picture which your short: career,'in l i .ParliamTOt: has already promised owfil be'fulfilledi iwe, have,, the honour tto • bej/' sir,' yours respectfully,- ~, . . ■ ' . „! ,-1 i•: “F. N. Fleming, s' “ And ,32 others, who sign ( for the remainder of the boys.”* . : “Nelson,. Sept. 22,1879. ffTo the Nelson College Boys,*-r “ your memorial has given.me great plea.sura t«ifind ith&t, after, twenty years. I- am. Still rcmembered by the present boys' of a Oollcgaof which -,T i was 'head, boy for .two years, ; and where,: on behalf . of my fellow ■scholars, ! had the honourMbf .makingithe , speech for the school on the .occasion of lay* irig ,the,foundation stone 'of the present build- . tog,;(is indeed most: gratifying. I-am glad that you takes an:interest in polities. The future of New, Zealand rests in/ the hands of those who, like yourselves,; by having been bom and educated on her.soil must necessarily appreciate her vast resources and the political requirements of her people better than.any others. , i ‘I When ! stated in Parliament that I. believed Sir; G" Grey would not represent-the young Liberals .of NeWi Zealand, p did i not anticipate that I should so soon'receive a proof of it. If you are true to yourselves, and true to the best interests of the country ,of your birth, , you will, distinguish between the cant of , a Liberalism that ' is uaed aa a stepping stone to power, and the genuine ring; of that whose followers carefor the welfareand good government of' all classes in the Colony.' Pour Principal, at my request, has been kind' enough to allow- your holidays to commence next Friday, instead of Saturday night, and to promise to grant a whole holiday! for cricket any fine day you may choose next quarter. And while wishing that you will enjoy your holidays thoroughly, I venture to hope that you will always recollect that success to any branch of life cannot be obtained, except by hard work, and that on yonr return to school you will devote yourselves more earnestly than ever to fitting - yourselves to hold high and honourable positions amongst your fellow-men. " Tours faithfully, “W. Aotoh B. Adams.”