OLD BOYS' REUNION

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21273, 29 August 1932, Page 10

OLD BOYS' REUNION

NEW PYLMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL AUCKLAND BRANCH DINNER The recent celebration of the 50th anniversary of tho New Plymouth Boys' High School gavo a special significance to the annual reunion dinner of the Auckland branch of tho Old Boys' Association on Saturday evening. Tho headmaster of tho school, Mr. W. H. Moyes, and the president of tho Old Boys' Association, Mr. Gordon Fraser, travelled specially from New Plymouth to attend tho gathering. Mr. E. Boulton, president of tho Auckland branch, presided over an attendance of 50 old boys. Proposing tho toast of "The School," Mr. Boulton paid a warm tribute to the part played by Mr. Moyes in building up the school and placing it among the leading secondary schools in the Dominion. In replying, Mr. Moyes described, for the benefit of those unable to attend the jubilee reunion last Easter, the various changes made at the school in recent years. He stressed the point, however, that a school did not consist merely of grounds "and buildings, and gave an assurance that the old school spirit still flourished. Mr. Moyes expressed his thanks for the continued interest shown in the school by the old boys, and expressed his pride at being able to find in Auckland, Wellington, and various other centres in the Dominion strong branches of tho Old Boys' Association. His ambition was to have the pleasure of teaching a second generation of boys, and ho invited old boys with sons to help hirn to realise that aspiration. Other toasts honoured were:—"The Masters," proposed by Mr. J. J. K. Terry, responded to by Mr. R. Wilson; "The Parent Association," Mr. O. W. Bayly—Mr. Gordon Fraser"Kindred Associations," Mr. C. Cave —Mr. A. Billington (Auckland Grammar School), Mr. W. R H. ErsOn (King's College), and Dr. T. H. Pettit (Nelson College); "Absent Old Boys," Mr. C. Putt—Mr. N. A. Kyle. A service for old boys was conducted at St. John's College yesterday afternoon by the warden, Canon E. 11. Strong, who was school chaplain many years. Old boys were also entertained at afternoon tea by Mr. Strong.