GRAMMAR SCHOOL BOYS.
A SOUTHERN CANARD.
" DELICATE ANAEMIC SWOTS."
A statement alleged to have been made in the South reflecting on the educational system in vogue at the Auckland Grammar Schools was refuted by the Minister lor Education, the Hon. (\ .T. Parr, when presenting the prizes at the Mount Albert Grammar School yesterday.
I am glad to see, from the headmaster s report, that, your health is good." said Mr. Parr, addressing the boys. " The physical development of the prize-winners in front of me is a fin* contradiction to a statement 1 heard in the South to the effect that the prize-winners at the Crammar Schools in Auckland were mostly delicate anaemic 'swots.' (Loud and incredulous laughtc.' from the boys.) You boys who have not won prizes," Mr. Panadded. " will agreo with me jri saving that those who have won prizes are not merely good 'swots,' but are also able to I.old their own in tho playing fields "
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18896, 19 December 1924, Page 12
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