SCHOOL TEAMS IN PUBLIC.
WANQANU'I COLLEGE POLICY. HEADMASTER'S PROCLAMATION. [BY xirxEßftAPtt.—wixas association.] WANOANUI. Tuesday. '"I am utterly and emphatically opposed to our school matches forming a sort of side-show in outside organisa* tions," said the Rev. C. F. Pierce, headmaster of the Wartganui Collegiate School, at the annual prize-giving to* night. "Hence 1 do not propose to allow such matches to be played in future, otherwise than as school games, detached completely from such organisations. - "This decision, I know, will make me unpopular in some quarters, but I do not set any great store by popularity, and prefer to stand or fall by my principles." Mr. Pierce added. " I hope, by making this announcement now, I shall be spared a certain amount- of explanation later." ■•■'...*.'... ; ;.*..■■.'.'!'■'«,•■' , ;■' *;••.;
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18586, 19 December 1923, Page 12
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