MACANDREW ROAD SCHOOL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16668, 13 April 1916, Page 8

MACANDREW ROAD SCHOOL

PRESENTATION OF PRIZES.

After morning lessons had been disposed of at the Macandrew ""Road School yesterday, the head master (Mr G. W. C. Macdonald) mustered the pupils (about 650) in tho playground, where the prizes won by the school's representatives at the athletic sports on Saturday were presented by Mr W. H. M'Leod (president of the Caledonian Society). Mr G. F. Bewley (chairman) and Messrs P. Braithwaite and W. Wright (members of the School Committee) were present. Mr Bewley congratulated the boys and girls on the splendid performance they put up in winning the champion shield for the second time in succession. He said it was decidedly a credit to the school, and also to tho teachers, particularly to Mr Arthur Alloo, who had spent a lot of time in training the boys. There was no reason, Mr Bewley added, why the Macandrew Road School should not win again next year, but to do this the candidates would have to train hard. Mr Bewley also spoke in terms of praise of the school's marching at the sports. Mr James Brown, who attended as a past president of the Caledonian Society, said that these prize.6 were for physical effort. Tho British nation loved to excel in , manly sports. It was important to train tho body as well as the mind. But a sound mind in a sound body was hardly enough. They needed to be in conduction with high moral qualities, and for want of these moral qualities—chivalry and so forth—tho Germane had fallen very low. We British must ever strive to cultivate high mental qualities and not neglect physical training, and we must never forget to cultivate in our young people those manly qualities that would carry thorn well through life. The manly boy was tho boy without any contemptible weaknesses. By bringing up boys in that ■way we should build up a nation that no Germans could subjugate. Mr M'Leod congratulated the school on its success, and exhorted tho older children to keep in touch with the eports after leaving school. He then presented the prizes. Tho individual winners were: E. Ashby, first in lonsr jump; W. Cunningham, first in 120 yards under 15; D. White, first in 75 yards under 12 and first in 100 yards u.'icV'r 12; L. Brown, second in 250 yards under 15; in addition to several . seconds n:;d thirds. The champion shield was handed over to the head master. Mr Macdonald said that the school team were not quite sure this year, indeed they were not sure at all, and did not think they had a show for tho shield, but they went in to do their best, and won. That was the lrsson; to go in and do one's best, then it did not matter whether tho result was a win or not. ' Three cheers were given by the boys for tho Caledonian Society and three for the chairman, and the school -was then discissed for the day.