Our District High School

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 44, 22 February 1936, Page 2

Our District High School

ITS PINE GROUNDS AND SETTING OF NATIVE TREES. RECEIVING A “SPRING CLEANING.” The picturesque grounds of the Pahiatua District High School are at present undergoing a thorough ‘‘Springcleaning.” The recent storm, while fortunately doing little material damage, was the cause of robbing the trees of most of their foliage, the fallen leaves being scattered in all directions. For some days past a working bee of chosen boys has spent a few hours each day gathering the debris into heaps for burning. Yesterday when the “Times” representative was passing he looked in and was pleased to see that the grounds, always so well looked after, were again presenting an appearance in keeping with the past. Undoubtedly the grounds, in the matter of setting and for their fine arrangement of native trees, carefully labelled, are an attraction which never fails to interest visitors and old pupils. They stand as a permanent monument and a constant reminder of the foresightedness of school committees both past and present. Residents of the district should be proud indeed of their very fine school and should not lose an opportunity of showing visitors through its fine grounds where in one half-hour a fund of valuable knowledge in Tespeet to names of trees, etc., can be gained.