ARMY SERGEANT FOR KING’S COLLEGE

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 142, 6 September 1927, Page 16

ARMY SERGEANT FOR KING’S COLLEGE

BOYS’ PHYSICAL TRAINING The board of governors of King's College has appointed Sergeant Kenneth Kemp, First Battalion Scots Guards, Tower of London, as school sergeant, this move bringing the college into line with the English schools. What is generally known as drill is not the only duty of the sergeant, but also the supervision of gymnastics, boxing, wrestling, and, among other duties, the physical education of backward boys. Sergeant Kemp holds certificates in gymnastics, boxing, wrestling and fencing from the Aldershot Physical Training Headquarters School of the British Army, and has, for the past seven years, been the physical training instructor of one of the Scots Guards regiments on duty at Buckingham Palace and the Tower of London. The British Army’s modern system of physical training methods embodies all the essential features of the old style of gymnastics and incorporates the freer style of the Danish and Swedish exercises. Excellent work as visiting physical instructor has been done by Captain Potter, and he has received assurance of the appreciation of the board and the headmaster of his services for a number of years.