FINE PROGRESS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23685, 17 December 1938, Page 21

FINE PROGRESS

KING'S HIGH SCHOOL JUSTIFYING HIGHEST HOPES BREAK-UP CEREMONY The third year of the life of King's High School came to an end last evening, when the annual prize-giving ceremony was held in the Concert Chamber. A year of progress and achievement was reviewed by the various speakers, particularly by the main speaker for the evening. Mr C. L. Calvert. The chairman of the board of governors (Mr W. R. Brugh) presided, and he had associated with him on the platform the rector of the school (Mr D. S. Chisholm), the Mayor and Mayoress (Mr and Mrs A. H. Allen), Lhe Postmaster-general (Mr F. Jones), and members of the board and the school staff. Growing Roll After the singing of the school song, the chairman read a number of apologies and a Christmas message from the Minister of Education (Mr P Fraser). The roll of the school was steadily rising, Mr Brugh said. In 1936 it was 198, last year it was 253, and this year it was 315. Much work was being done at the school, and next year it would be able to hold its break-up in its own assembly hall. The school now had a staff of 12 teachers and two part-time teachers. Both scholasticallv and in the field, of sport the school was laying the foundation for a fine record. It was unfortunate that pp alteration in the boundaries of the school district had been made, but it was necessary to keep a balance between King's High School and the Otago Boys' High School. Mr Brugh made' mention of the excellent work being done by the Parents' Association, which had already spent about £2OO on improving the amenities of the school. The Making of Traditions King's High School was completing the third year of its life, and already was an important unit in the secondary school system of the Dominion, Mr Calvert said. It was a school of which to be proud. It was too young to have traditions, but they would grow, and, ■ although it had yet no history worth speaking of, - it had already justified the high hopes which attended its foundation three years ago. It was opened with all the material advantages that could be supplied and with a rector and staff keen and thoroughly capable and a roll of scholars of which any rector could be proud. The rector and his staff, Mr Calvert said, were very proud of their school, and justly SO.. . -4 Proud Parents "Tradition in a school is just as memory to an old man—of what he did and said and thought when he was a boy and a young man," he said. " The tradition that will grow round this school will be based on what you boys of to-day and your masters do and think." Mr Calvert congratulated the school on a year of progress and the rector and staff on their splendid results. "I want to tell the rector and hi? masters that, the parents are proud to have their boys on the roll of King's High School," he said. Mr Calvert concluded with a word to boys who were leaving school. They were going out into a troubled world, he said, and their services might be called upon to help to straighten out its troubles. He knew thev would not forget the principles of clean living and straight thinking +hat they had been taught at school. The Place of Character The school .had done very well •cholastically and on the sports side in the past year, Mr Jones said. Apparently the value of teamwork was being impressed upon the boys, and they could not be taught anything of greater value. The school was one of which the district had reason to be proud, Scholastic and sporting achievement was a great thing) but character was to be prized above all else, Mr Jones emphasised. " You boys of today will be the men to face the problems of to-morrow," he said. "You must be prepared to accept that responsibility." A vote of thanks to the rector, staff and Board of Governors was moved by the chairman of the Parents' Association (Mr G. Stratton) and acknowledged by Mr "Chisholm. Items were given during the evening by the school and by the junior choir under the baton of Mr A. H. Robinson. The prizes were presented by Mr Calvert, Mr P. O. Smellie on behalf of the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce, Mr Jones and Mr Brugh. The prize list was as follows: Dux of school: James A. Valentine. Form lllcG.—General excellence: G. R; Sutherland 1, K. D. Frew 2, W. S. Parte!, 3, R. N. Wilkinson 4. Honourable mention: W. J. Scott, W. A. Williamson. Form lllbG.—General excellence: J. A. Murray 1, W. E. Bardsley 2, A. P. Crimp 3, K. K. Anderson 4. Honourable mention: J. ,M. Robertson, I, A. McMillan, J. E. Burton, J. A. Tonkin. Form. lllaG.—General excellence: J. H. Drysdale 1, A. J. Rennie 2, J. N. Cox 3. H. S. North 4. Honourable mention: N. Child, J. G. Webb, P. M. Newby. G. C; Lyon. '. Form lllL.—General excellence: W. G. Clayton 1, D. S. Coombs 2', R. M. Miller 3, J. A. Thomson 4, J. M. Weaver 5. Honourable mention: W. V. Heazlewood, K. Pearson, J. L. Rayner. Form IVbG.—-General excellence: R. Allen 1, R. K. Dowland 2, S. H. Bagley 3. Honourable mention: C. M. Adams, D. V. O'Brien, A. S. Mills. R. H. Hook, J. Farquharson. Form IVaG.—General excellence: M R. Carson 1, R. H. Booth 2, C. Duncan 3, K. J. Carnegie 4. Honourable mention: J. N. Dickson, R. H. Hewitt, A. R. Langford, C. G. Anderson. Form IVL.—General excellence: F. W. Holmes 1, J. M. McCready 2. G. F. McGimpsey 3, J. C. Mathieson 4. Honourable mention: W. G. Pinfold, C. G Mazey, R. I. Williams, R. W. Smith. Form Vc—General excellence: A. Cunningham 1, M. C. Beverley 2, I. Pollard 3, J. R, Hodgson 4. Honourable mention: L. K. Currie, L. K. White. T R. McGregor, E. G. R. Black. Form Vb.—General excellence: A. J. Doig 1, R. R. Thompson 2, F. J. Petre 3, T. F. C. Geary 4. Honourable mention: J. W. Kempthorne, G. C. McKay. T. L. Reld. F. K. McLean. Form Va.—General excellence: D. N. F. Dunbar 1, M. J. C. Templeton 2, D. E. N, Wood 3, F. G. B. Brown 4. Honourable mention: H. B. McKenzie, R. F. Airige. P. F. Calvert. G. G. Coullng, W. F. Quigley. Form Vm.—General.excellence: F. N. Pringle 1, C. R. Miller 2, R. F. Keller 3, J. P. Malcolm 4. Honourable mention: E. W r . Kibblewhite, H. K. Claridge. A. B. Wilson. F. A. Ponton. Form Vlb.—General excellence: J. A. Valentine 1, W. D. Ward 2, A. H. Chetwin 3. Special Prizes Woodwork: C. G. Anderson, W. S. Partel. Chamber of Commerce prizes for "English, mathematics, and comercial: R. Smithson, L. K. White, J. N. Dickson, G. C. Lyon, W. A. Williamson. Athenaeum prizes for English and history: W. A. Clark. J. W. Anderson. W. G. Pinfold. N. Child, L. V. Coxhead. Burn prizes for written and spoken English: M. J. C. Templeton, R. H. Hewitt, W, G. Clayton. Thomas prizes for commercial work: J. A. Pinkham, J. Smithson, C. A. Burnett, W. J. Scott. Higher leaving certificates: W. A. Carson, A. H. Chetwin, J. M. Hoy. J. B. McGregor. J. D. F. Melser, J. A. Pinkham, H. J. Sapsford, J. A. Valentine, W. D. Ward, G. H Watson. Rector's prize for head prefect: H. J. Sapsford. Sports Prizes Senior athletic championship (challenge cup given by Dr R. F. Allan): L. K. White. Junior athletic championship (challenge cup given by Mr J. C. H. Somerville): CT R. Child. School swimming championship (challenge

cup given by Mr K. W. R. Glasgow): J. B. MacGregor. Junior swimming championship (challenge cup given by Mr A. D. Moller): G. R. Anderson. Cross-country race, fastest time (challenge cup, Caversham Harrier and A.A. Club): L. K. White. Cross-country race, handicap (challenge cup, Civil Service Harrier Club): G. McKay. Junior cross-country race, fastest time (challenge trophy, Caversham Harrier and A.A. Club): K. Tomkins, Junior cross-country race, handicap (challenge cup given by L. K. White): J. Drysdale. Boxing, most scientific boxer (challenge cup given by Mr S. Glendining): H. H. Colquhoun. Life saving (challenge, bowl given by Mr G. Stratton): J. M. Nicolson, J. Cowan. Rifle shooting (challenge cup for .303 rifle shooting given by Mr W. Speight): J. B. MacGregor. Godley Cups: A Company—G. G. Couling; B Company—K. D. Frew. Imperial Challenge Shield Competition (silver medal given by his Majesty the King for scoring a "possible"): A. Cunningham. Cadets: Platoon competition (challenge cup given by Messrs Moller and Son)—No. I Platoon, A Company, Sergeant A. H. Chetwin. Trophy given by Southern Military Command for best cadet in Area li: C.S.M. J. B. MacGregor. Football (challenge cup for most improved member of first fifteen given by Mr Morris Carson): H. J. Sapsford. Cricket, most improved senior player (bat given by Messrs Walter Strang, Ltd.): D. H. Murdoch; promising allrounder, junior (bat given by Messrs Walter Strang, Ltd.): A. M. Fastier. Tennis (challenge cup for tennis championship given by Mrs W. J. McLauchlan): T. F. C. Geary. Caledonian Society sports (Roberts Challenge Cup for Secondary Schools' High Jump Championship): D. R. Sapsford. House competition (athletics, swimming, etc., challenge shield given by Mr W. R. Brugh): Alpha House (D. B. Clark, head). Rotary Shield (Sixth Grade secondary schools cricket winners, 1937): King's High School Sixth Grade A team.