RE-UNION OF OLD BOYS

Taranaki Daily News, 25 August 1931, Page 5

RE-UNION OF OLD BOYS

NEW PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL. LARGELY-ATTENDED DINNER. Over 70 old boys of the New Plymouth Boys’ High School met in annual reunion at a dinner at the Hotel Astor, Auckland, on Saturday evening. The gathering was the largest and most successful yet arranged by the Auckland branch of the Old Boys’ Association. Among those present were several masters who had accompanied the school football/ team to Auckland in connection with the annual" match against the Auckland Grammar School. Dr. J. H. Nicholson, president of the Auckland branch, presided, a'hd during the honouring of a short -toast list many reminiscences of old school days, were exchanged. Replying. to the toast of “The School,” proposed by the chairman, Mr. A. J. Papps, the senior master present, expressed the regret of the headmaster, Mr. W. H. Moyes, that he was unable to attend. Mr. Papps gave an interesting account of the development of the school in recent years, and assured old bovs that the old spirit still prevailed. ‘ . 4 The toast of “The First Fifteen” was proposed by Mr. H Jenkinson, and responded to'by Mr. J. Leggat, one of the visiting masters. Other toasts honoured were: “Absent Old Boys” and “Sister Colleges.” . As the school will celebrate its jubilee next Easter, an appeal was made to all old boys who could visit New Plymouth then to do so. It was stated that ft very comprehensive programme, extending over four days, had been arranged. , ■ , , t i Old boys representing the Auckland Grammer School, King’s College, Nelson. College and the Christchurch Boys’ High School were present, and in replying to the toast of “Sister Colleges," paid warm tributes to the standing of the New Plymouth Boys’ High School among the secondary schools of the Dominion.