TEACHING SWIMMING.
WELLINGTON CHILDREN.
The annual report of the Wellington ! Swimming Centre's education officer, Mr. .1. H. Duffy, states that last season the children did not have one week's good swimming weather from the time thu schools opened until the close of the season. In many cases, schools which had pupils ready, for examination for certificates had to abandon the examinations owing to the very bad weather. Of the 617 pupils who sat for examination, 168 gained certificates of merit; 230 certificates of proficiency, and 219 learners' certificates. "There is something beautiful in teach ing children to swim," comments Mr. Duffy. "They arc helpless, frightened, and nervous, "and require a ' swimmer alongside them in the water. It would be a gen. ous act on the part of swimmers if they would spend a few minutes in the shallow end of the.bath with the kiddies. It is a greater honour to teach a boy to swim than 'to turn out a world's .beater. May I suggest that the centre make an appeal to all swimmers to take one boy or girl for the coming season and teach them to swim ? This would be a practical way of doing something good."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18553, 10 November 1923, Page 13
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