HIGH SCHOOL PRIZES.

Northern Advocate, 2 December 1921, Page 4

HIGH SCHOOL PRIZES.

(To the Editor.)

Sir, If human nature is the tarns fiom age to age—and there seems reason and authority in plenty for the belief that is Prize Day is one of the bright experiences of * youth. T(> work, to deny, to battle against circumstances, and possibly inclinations, an 4 to attain, is something worth while. The athlete receives his round of applause on the field, the student on prize day, if at all, and yet perhaps his period of preparatory labour v is longer, more a'rduous and less easy, because more solitary. It is proposed to give a certificate in lieu of a book} in other words, to force youth tOj expend money in mounting the trophy' of victory instead of receiving what requires no outlay—hardly an economy, one thinks. No, Sir, the correct and reasonable mark of the scholar's success is surelv a volume—easy to carry and to store, however cramped .his quarters, and a. lifelong reminder, of which he is a#d will' continue proud. I know that lam not lonely in this view and shall be pleased if you will put the enclosed guinea to a fund which. T feel sure will become sufficient for the purpose of providing what is cuctomary, expected and deserved in the way of prizes at the Whangarei High. School. —I am, etc., ° One Who Believes in a Little Encouragement. Whangarei, December 2, 1921.