OUR YOUNG FOLKS' COLUMN

Mataura Ensign, 18 March 1909, Page 4

OUR YOUNG FOLKS' COLUMN

Oil 11 MOTTO: ' Whatever tliy hand iindeth In do, do it wiHi all thy might." RULES: 1. All letters for the week's publication should roach the ollice nut later • than Monthly afternoon. 2. Correspondents .should writo on only otic side of the papor. .1. All correspondents must send their real names, not necessarily for publkmtiou. i. All letters should ho addressed thus: Press MSS. UNCLE i'llllj, 'Ensign' Oliico, (joro.

Drill* I Joys and Girls,— lVebsurj on our spaa? prevents the publication of more letters this week. Yon will -see Jiexl week n coimnmiienl ion all I ho way iroin Hawick, Scotland. ami a h>njj; ami interesting letter trom a Gore .voting iadv (Mivs Su&io Ttirnbull) who its at present in the North o\ Scotland. I NU.ii I*llll,. Dear Cmle I'hiL— Waller am! I .-darted school on I\ ijt nary I, hut Walter went lor the iirsl week in lite morning only, and then often pleaded to be kept at home. hiil i> now 1 i)ij4 somewhat used to ii. Tlm l Terrace school »n(s in al nine and ;jc!-■ (Mil al •'! p.in. The dinner hour is hum imm mi lo 1.:J0 p.m. .hi the sixth standard there is an tipper and a lower class. Last week we had a test lo see who were to he kept in Ihe lower and ulu> were lo he put in the upper. I am ylnd lo -•ay lliat J wa> one who was promoted. hi our loom (here are no hoy.s, hni «>nly the twirls, who number between iilly and sixty. We have a room for each ela>o, and some classes have a room for the ;j,uis and another for the hoy-;, lly ii-i ol bool:.- j> as lollows : David l 'npper'i"ld (Arnold. M'i'io; iusteatl of the ..i'ml] reader; aritlimetic, Ihe same as the sixth iu use al En-d Gore; and Ihe history is the ,-ame al-o; jjengraphy, Hound the Empire (Parkins); 1 oliins Clear Atlas, the public school 1 ish composition, hook 11., the Southern Cross Poetry ISonk il. The Terrace school ha> a. lenuis court laid out. lor t ho lii'th and sixth jjirl>. On IVbruary f. our school had an excursion lo l)ay> Da,\, ii it*ii j-. ,-iluated out lie ,t| lite Harbor, dUtan* ahout t h ree-ijua rlci > ot an hour's steaming, il was a hmiitil'ul day, so we had an enjoyable time. When ue arrived thrie v.e had iiineh, vvliit'll wr wcic ready 'or, as tin- .sea a:r made us very hungry. We strolled round and saw some monkeys, kangaroo.-, and donkeys. '>u the latter the children were ridinj;. We -penl Ihe rest ol the afternoon iu. bathing. which we enjoyed very much, and began to Mvim ; alter that we took a stroll through the hush. Day's Hay also lias a tenni-. coiiri. a. bowling and a very laiy,e pavilion, where one can jjot any kind ot refreshineuts. The next day we 1i;hI a holiday to >,-et o\er llic trip. We were ail wry pleas"d to see that Mima Kennedy passed with dislineliun. and w:i.-« at the head ol the li-4 of 1 he < 'tvil Sei \ iee e\:i ni inal ion. O. I'OWdCiLUvEU. 2-3 Tutakori J.oad, W "lice-lon ('lour old school niaie-, here will hj" pleased to read your teller, i :< tn L-Jad learn lhat you are in the upper vi\!h. \ oil in uhave a deal of leading to do. Uavitl Coppei lield a lairly hii; contract iu il>"11. You will, ol" cuitrse, have to tackle the School Journal aisu. Write Mion —l\l\i