CHRIST'S COLLEGE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16564, 30 May 1914, Page 2

CHRIST'S COLLEGE.

MR BELCHER'S RESIGNATION. Mr E. A. Belcher.has forwarded thf • following circular to- the parents ox - Christ's College pupils:—. "•■' : ;• , : I regret to inform yon that 'after! careful consideration I have to-day '• handed in to the governing body my; resignation as headmaster. The lafc-v ter have accepted the resignation*' . which, at my request, will take effeofc immediately- . ":. .':..,"",' ; '.::.".).:. For some time past there has been j a serious divergence of opinion be-,; tween myself <aud the majority of the I Board upon questions affecting the general administration of the school, c Matters were brought to a head by. . the action of a section of parents who j were out of sympathy with my aims J. and methods,, and my resignation wa»|, the only solution of the difficulty. .■•• ,]• At the present juncture of affair%I am desirous above all things to re*j frain from saying anything which can ■ embarrass my successor or, even in- 4 directly, do damage to the school.! Individuals may come and go, butt the life of a school rises on to l'a,' .higher plane: No man can haveweaved himself into the life of Clirist's College, even for a brief eighteen months, without being in- • tensely conscious of its history, its \ opportunities and its future. It p "i something to have lived awhile in . and for such a community, and to. have shared its rich and full life. ..It.; will always remain ray happiest re-.j collection that I was once its - master. ''■■"-". , "' ," "", ! Tlie administration of the school will, for the present, remain in the ) hands of mv frrend and late cok league, Mr Flower. The school houso will be administered by Mr Lutton. Carter, who has not only been my house-tutor for the past months, but was for many years my faithful, friend and colleague in England. . .

I commend these arrangements to, your earnest support, and I most, earnestly beg that you will use your utmost efforts, to assist through % time of obvious difficulty the which wo all love.