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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20330, 11 February 1928, Page 12

Mr T .C. Ross, vice-chairman, presided over a meeting of the Board Governors of John M‘Glashan College.Mr Gilray reported that in the December examinations one boy gained a credit pass in the junior University scholarship examination ; nine boys passed _ matriculation, four of them gaining their M.S.P.; E. M. Elder had gained a senior national scholarship, having the highest marks for Otago; and of the Fifth Standard 11 boys passed their proficiency examination and two got competency. There had been an increase in the school roll; Mr T. R. Buxton had joined the staff and takes charge of Standards 111 and IV; Mrs Baignet had taken up her duties as matron, there being 32 boys in residence. Mr Norris Urquhart (an old boy) had made a gift of 50 useful volumes for the school library. Seven boys attended the camp at Burnham for cadet n.c.o.’s held in January for instruction in musketry, and the area officer reported favourably on their work thei-e. W. S. Gilkison (Form VI) was awarded the General Assembly bursary for 1928. The asphalting of the new lawn tennis courts in the school grounds having been completed, the court should be ready for play by the end of this month. The fives courts were top-dressed during the holidays.