SCHOOL PRIZES.

Southland Times, Issue 22202, 20 December 1933, Page 9

SCHOOL PRIZES.

To the Editor.

Sir, —It is nearing the breakup of the Winton District High School, and I hear there is to be no prizes again this year, but instead there is to be children’s sports for prizes. This seems to me to be rather unfair as I understand the best runners and athletes in the school get special training for the forthcoming summer sports, while the rest of the children continue their studies indoors. What chance have the untrained pupils against those in daily training? Some time ago a member of the committee was canvassing for donations for a dinner to be raffled in aid of school funds and after everything necessary was promised and it looked to be a great success, the chairman would not allow this raffle as it was against his religious views. I had always believed that public schools were undenominational and why should the committee let the chairman bring religious views into the finance of our school? Now will the chairman please explain through your columns, where the prize money has come from as I believe committees are not allowed to take it from the general school fund.— I am, etc., “AN EX-COMMITTEE MAN.”