TECHNICAL SCHOOL

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 6, 7 December 1931, Page 2

TECHNICAL SCHOOL

BREAKING-UP CEREMONY.

END OF THE YEAR.

The Palmerston North Technical School brought its instructional year a period of marked progress and achievement —to an official close this afternoon with a happy breaking-up ceremony in the Empire Hall. The school will close to-morrow. Those on the platform at the function were members of the governing board and the staff. Mr W. L. Fitzherbert, chairman of the Board of Governors, expressed the members’ appreciation of the successful year just concluded. Much credit was due to the staff and pupils alike for a record year’s work of 15.942 hours. The school had attained a high standard, as had been indicated by the exhibitions of work. Although there was some comment on the secondary school system, those who had founded the Technical School years ago had done a great and lasting work for the growing generation. Trades and the requirements of clerical occupations were being taught, while domestic science had been turned to very practical use. The chairman of'the board urged all the pupils always to have a cheerful outlook and_ a simle upon their faces. It was the winning personality which always succeeded. All the boys and girls, he thought, had a useful vocation before them, and they should grasp it cheerfully. Mr Fitzherbert paid a tribute to the director (Mr G. G. Hancox) and the staff for their assiduous and efficient work during the year. He wished the school all the success in the future which it had achieved in the past, and conveyed the season’s greetings to the pupils The school choir gave a delightful rendering of “The A'sh Grove,” and “Will Ye No Come Back Again.” the singing being conducted by Mr W. Watters, Miss D. Stevens was the accompaniste. DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

The report of the director (Mr G. G. Hancox) was as follows:—"The staff has consisted of 17 full time, 40 part time and 2 student teachers. During the year Air N. A. Frye, 8.A., was added to the permanent and Miss E. E. D. Smyth, 8.A., to the temporary full time staff. The total number of students enrolled was 1239, 870 being free place, 247 paying and 122 manual. The weekly hour enrolments were for the first term 15,942 (13,138 day and 2804 evening): for the second term 14,620 (11,706 day and 2914 evening) ; and for the third term 13,807 (11,051 day and 2756 evening). The number of classes formed was 195, the new classes being wool classing and beekeeping. During the year, day and evening trades, domestic, art, commercial and rural courses were- provided, and a full accountancy professional course in the evening 'school. When the earthquake occurred on the second day of the school year (3rd February) all the classes were evacuated with commendable orderliness and promptitude. As soon as word was received of tho accommodation required in Palmerston North for Hawke's Bay families, the whole of the school facilities were placed at the disposal of the authorities and assistance was given in many ways. Two Napier Technical College teachers, Messrs J. Iv. Brown, M.A. )3 months), and F. R. Lloyd (9 months) were transferred temporarily to our staff, while 26 Napier pupils attended our classes for a brief period. In helping to meet the special problems that arose, the Education Department was most gencroils. -After Easter it was deemed advisable as a precautionary measure to vacate the original part of the main building till strengthening work could be carried out, and the Empiro and Congregational Halls. St. Andrew's gymnasium, and the school house were taken over for class purposes, thus distributing the school over six buildings. Some evening classes were taken at the Boys’ High School as well. That the work of tho school has gone on smoothly under this handicap is a testimony to the efficiency and co-operation of the staff. The alterations' to the Alain Building are to be carried out during the holidays in readiness for next school year. The. success of our students in tho various public examinations indicates that the standard of work is being well maintained, the particulars being:—Proficiency, _ 12; competency, 14; senior free place, 155; junior free place extension 3; accountants’ preliminary, 4 (partial pass 7) ; accountants’ professional, 12; city and guilds, 4; N.Z. technological, 4: registered plumbers, 2; invalid cookery certificates, 19; speed shorthand certificates, 36; shorthand theory certificates, 3; speed typewriting certificates, 53; public service entrance, 3; Government.shorthand typist. b~, Manawatu A. and P. - Association, first prizes, 21, - second 24, third 24; St. -John Ambulance certificates, 8, medallions 4; Royal Life Saving certificates, 43; medallions, 13. During tho year the grounds have been considerably improved. An additional asphalt tennis court was laid down at Grey Street and the drive sealed. A house has been removed and the section cleared, levelled and graded tq provide additional yard space for the girls. Considerable alteration was made tc tho ground while the house was remodelled to give facilities for the training of the senior girls' in household management and to provide additional classrooms. In spite of the financial depression, we have succeeded in placing many young people in . trades, shops, offices, farms and other avenues of employment. Due largely to tho better facilities and our excellent sports ground, the outdoor activities of tho school have shown still further development, all pupils being encouraged to take part in organised games. Our girls’ A team again won the secondary’ schools’ life saving shield; our cricket team were runners-up in the third grade 1930-1 competition, four teams competed in the Saturday basketball competition; and our first and second fifteens won the fifth and sixth grade Rugby competitions. Inter-school basket-jail, football and tennis games were played against teams from the Alasterton Technical, Feilding Agricultural High and Levin -District High Schools with a good measure of success. The annual swimming sports and athletic sports were held-in-the first term and tho paper-chase in the third term. During the wirtter each of the four clubs held a social; while tho evening students arranged two dances from tho profits of which they were able tq dqnace £5 to the technical ambulanco division, £5 10s to tho gymnasium fund, £2 to the library and £lB 2s 6d to the Central Relief Fund. Such keen interest are tho old students showing in the school that the formation of an Ex-Students Association, is deemedadvisable. As a result of the .good team work of the staff and students and of the co-operation of the public, our Daffodil Day effort realised £59 2s 9d which was allocated to the gymnasium fund, bringing that total to £94 9s. The silver jubilee of the school was celebrated during the week, 23rd-28th November. I wish to express my gratitude to the parents for their generosity towards all objects connected with the welfare of the school; to Air Peter Black for supervising improvements at the sports grounds; to Air E. A. Wallace, for a lecture given ■ to the accountancy students; to the Cosmopolitan Club and the master plumbers for providing scholarships; to the Palmerston North City Council, Kairanga County Council and the New Zealand Society of Accountants for their donations; to tho apprenticeship committees for their continued interest in tho trades classes; - to Mr Bert Hands for presenting challenge cups; to the parents’ and students’ committees who helped with the social and jubilee functions; to the Press who. as the earliest records of the school show, have always rendered valuable assistance; to the staff who in tho manifold activities of tho school have loyallv co-operated; to the Alinister and tho officials of the department for their sympathetic consideration: to the Board of Governors for their hearty support; and to all others who in various ways have as sisted us,”. CERTIFICATES PRESENTED. Certificates for school work were then presented to pupils by All- Fitzherbert as *°First Aid Certificates. —Ruth Burrell, Dorothy Clevely, Alarie Jakobsen, Patricia Level cat, Linda' Loveday, Norma Loveday, Florence Ram, Phyllio Roots, Isobel Simpson Ella Speight, Ruth Young. Home Nursing Certificates. Ethel Adams, Joyce Blackwood Helene Clinton, Mrs L. E. Gunter, Gavell Harvey, Linda Loveday, Alavis Ale-Bean, Lorna Rix, Edna Sherratt, ’ - • • Typewriting Certificates, Alay, 1931. Junior grade: Ngaire Blundell, .Gwenneth Boyes, Joan Brown, Iris Chalk, Juanita Christian, ' Burness Dunstall, Alfreda Heard, Phvllis Holdaway, Nola Jordan, Patricia Ke'lly, Frances Matthews, Audrey Noble, Cora Seifert, Julia Sherriffs, Enid

Varcoe, Marjorie W. L. Birme, Joyce McKay, flora Pherson, T iqzi —ElementShorthand Iheory, Juna iaSL Grace -ary: bnona Burrows (d.stmcnnj, Morris. Advanced. * *Alf rec l a * Heard, hand Speed, Jp ly,l9 iyhite 2.00 ; Thelma 3s ■» kins, 60; Nina Offwocxl, 6CI Molly r 60- Thelma-Parsons 60, Joan Bi DO Young a c e up so -Tainui (Ngaire Blundell, Champion.-Eileen ReVC £rt Hands Cup (girls), -Eileen Revere; (boys), Alaurico Colbourne. . n i j Boys’ Swimming Champion— Ronald H CoHn Telford Memorial Cup.— Ronald H Athletic Championships.— Girls : Junior, Myra Simmons; senior, Lmda Wilkin? and Doris Plumridge. Boys: Ju ™9£ Joseph Smith; Bennett Cup, senior, St CoUingname Shield.-Tainui (Sgt. G. EgMcNab Shield.—Corp. lanDavey. Old Girls’ Jubilee Race.—:Mrs HcggieOld Boys’ Jubilee Race.— Campbell A Sonior n 'Free Place Results,. l?31.-Joyce Aldrich, Gordon Allan, \\ dham - Dorothy Allen, Leslie Allen, Ruth An drews, "Hazel Ansin, Dorothy Armstrong, John Barker, Joan Bartlett, Harold Bcag ley Joseph Beattie, Neel Beattie, Margaret Bell, Alavis Blandford, Eileen Braddick Pete Branu, Clifton Carmont, lan Carruthers, Nancy Carruthers, Wihiamma Carson, Iris Chalk, Juanita Christian, Jovcc Clevely, Helene Clinton, Edward Coates, Joan Cockrell, Doris Cole, Doris Court, Alarjorio Crabbe, lan Craw lord, Melvvn Crighton, Alaurico Danks, Bita Davies, Cecil Davis, George Davis, Gwen Davison, Veda Dixon, Philip Downie, Mavis Drury, Lyol Duthic, Bertha Emus, Nanetta Faulkner, Eileen Ford, K°y. Fowler, Alavis Francis, Zoe French, \Y alter Gausted, Eunice George, John George, Alan Gilchrist, Alexander Gooch, owen Goodrick, Selina Grammer, Vernon Greer, Freda Greatorex, Winifred ■ Gulliver, John Guthrie, Patricia Guthrie, Joyce Hands, Raymond Hannan, Eila Hansen, Mane Hansen, Dorothy Hart, Joyce Hart Lloyd Hardle, Bona Hargreaves, Leonard Harland, Dulcie Harrison, Caveli Harvey, Arthur Hayward, Maurice Heappey, Eric Heminingsen, Doris Highton, Richard Hobbs, Norman Hodgson, Mildred H°lland, Gladys Hood, Beryl Hough, Roland Howe, Gwladys Hughes, \\ illiani Jensen, Jovcc Johns, Ada Jones, Harry Kempson, Ronald Kidd, Ina Kirkpatrick, Sydney Lady man, Barbara Leddra, Thelma Lower, Gilbert Little, Joan Luxford, Arthur Alanz, David Alitchell, John Aludgway, Alice Murphy, Constance McArtney, James Alcßride, Sydney McCormick, Joyce McCoskerv, William AlcEwen, Leslie McLelland, Joan O’Donnell, Gladys Palenski, Barbara Parker, Averill Paseoe, Zealandia Petrie, Alavis Pope, Vera Price. James Pritchard, Charles Procter, Leslie * Pye, Walter Quicke, Thomas Ratcliffo, Matthew Reid, John. Robertson, Alalcolm Ross Thelma Rosvall, Marion Rowan, Ronald Russell, Eileen Sadd, Viggo Schultz, Alaisio Shaw, Edna Sherratt, Julia Shirriffs, Cecil Sims, Phoebe Small, Loma Smith, Alargaret Smith, David Spicer, Irene Stace, Joan Stanley, Helen Sutherland, Dorothy Tennant, Joyce Teppett, Eunice Thacker, Ula Thomson, Trevor Trelcavcn, Ngaro Trembath, Albert Trow, Mervyn Turner, Harold Voss, Nelson Walls, Thelma Watson, Claude Weddell, Morris White, Nellie White, Noel White, : Alaureen Whitehead. Brian Whitchouse, ; Robert Wilkinson, Frances Wilson, Gwen- | dolinc Wilson, Joyce W ilson, Arnold Wright. I Junior Free Place Extensions. —Percy i Griffin, Norman Moore, Alarion Trollope. PRIZE LIST. The prize list was as follows: — English and Arithmetic and History.— Day girls: IA, Alvra Hickin; 18, Alary Forrest; jIC, Lynda Richards; 2A, Aiildred Holland; 28, Joan Luxford; seniors, Sarah Alurdoch. Evening girls: Betty Hannan. Boys: Thomas Warn, Edward Coates. Specials tor best scholars in English: IA, Phyllis Hughes; 2A, Ruth Andrews; 28, -Freda Greatorex. - - Art Drawing and Design.—lst year, Doris' Tremewan; 2nd year, Alaisie Shaw. Elementary design: Isabel Young. Art, junior, Albert O’Dea; senior, Eileen Revere. Special for progress in drawing: Patricia Guthrie. Book-keeping.—Day: hit year, Tui Holmes; 2nd year. Aiildred Holland; senior, Joyce Ellwood. Evening: Ist year, Aiildred Verry; 2nd year, Eileen Hickey. Specials for progress in book-keeping: Day students, Aiillicent Woods, Lester Alajor. Specials 1 for progress (3rd year) : Senior evening, Leonie Anderson, Phyllis Nicholls. Elementary evening: Dorothy Lancaster. Business Afethods. —Progress: Walter Quicke. Typewriting. Day: Ist year, Alison Crabbe; 2nd year, Gwen Goodrick; senior, Joyce Ellwood. Evening: J unior, Eileen McQueen; senior, Flora AlcPheison. Specials for progress: Evening students, Walter Quicke, Vera Price, Wallis Hart, Vida Mitchell.

Shorthand. —Day: Ist year, Myra Hickin: 2nd year, Aiildred Holland; senior, Francis Alnthews. Evening: Elementary, Geral Kenning; senior, Bessie Holland. Specials for progress: Senior, Alfreda Heard; 2nd year, Joyce Hands; Ist year, Jean Drummond. Specials for progress: Eleanor do Clcene, Shona Burrows, Dorothy Lancaster, May Coman.

Dressmaking.—lst year, Florence Jones; 2nd year, Dorothy Tennant; senior, Dorothy Lhver. Evening: Dorothy Wischnewsky. Specials for progress: Barbara Parker, Elsa pretton. Alillincry.—lst year, Doris Tremewan; 2nd year, Gladys Palenski. Specials for progress: Florence Jones, Thelma Rosval.

Cookorv. —Ist year, Aljra Hickin; 2nd year, Rita Davies; senior, Dorothy White. Evening: Neta Hosking. Specials for progress: Lynda Richards. Hygiene and Housecraft.—Ray Brann. First Aid and Home Nursing.—Progress: Ethel Adams. Special for progress: Caveli Harvey. . ' . Elocution. —Progress: Ist year, Lynda Richards; evening junior: Shona Burrows. Specials for progress: Patricia Gillespie; Ula Thomson, Judy Christian, Ngaire Blundell, Dorothy Wischnewsky. Art- Needlework. —Barbara Parker.

Cake' Decorating.—Progress : Agnes Alills. Special for progress: Mrs B. F. Alitchell. Day Trades. —TIA, Colin Fowler, Albert O’Dea,; TIB, Leslie Cohen, Irvine McGuire; TIC', Alervyn Wilkin, Alexander Alarehant; T2A. Joseph Beattie, John Wilkinson; T2B, George Davis, Noel White; T 3, Percy Griffin, Geoffrev Eglinton. Specials for progress: Ernest Quick, Cecil .Simms.

Ist Year Commercial. —Reginald Alorgan, Lester Alajor. : Alechanical Engineer.—Junior theory and practice, machine . construction: Donald Laing. Senior and theory and practice, mechanical engineering, Clifford Ax. Theory and practice: Albert Fitzsimmons; Junior workshop practice, evening, Robert Stewart. • Electricity.—Junior: Ray Hill; senior: Richard Reichenbach. Electrical workshop. —Progress: Arthur Costall.

Electrical Design.—Special for progress Alorris White.

Practical Mathematics. —Special for progress : Ivan Smith. Woodwork. —Apprentice class: Cecil West. Special for progress: Cyril Dredge. Bqilding Construction. —Special for progress : Thomas Wilkinson. Plumbing.—Arthur Hayward. Special for progress: Ronald Langford. Alotor Theory.—Progress: Ivan Smith. Trade ; Drawing.—Progress: Maurice Danks.

Oxv-Acetone Welding.—Progress: John Harris. .. „

Sheet Metal. —Progress: Ronald Langford.

Salesmanship.—Progress : Alauriee Verry. Sign and Ticket Writing.—Progress Athol McLeod.

The function concluded with the National Anthem. • *