SCHOOLS' CHAMPIONSHIPS.
TO THE EDITOH. —J would suggest to fcho Committee of Management of the above sports that the denominational schools of the city bo debarred from competing at the annual demonstration. In the first place tl:e sports arc for I lie children attending the public schools of the city, and no one can call the Christian Brothers' School a public school. It is a purely denominational institution, and its primary object is to keep Romanism alive in the breasts of the children of the adherents of that religion. I do not mind the boys winning a few prizes at the sports, but I do contend that, there, are many boys attending our schools who are in every way as pood, and better, athletes than, those boys whose . names appear in the paper this morning, but who are too modest to come Forward to compote, The Rugby Union weeded this school out of its competitions, and I think it is time that they were disqualified from competing in what should bo a' puro!r' public schools competition. —I am, oic-, Dunedin, April 6, Ltowi,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14184, 9 April 1908, Page 2
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183SCHOOLS' CHAMPIONSHIPS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 14184, 9 April 1908, Page 2
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