CENTRAL SCHOOL YEAR ENDS

Taranaki Daily News, 20 December 1933, Page 12

CENTRAL SCHOOL YEAR ENDS

BREAKING-UP ceremony.

CONCERT AND SPEECHES.

“Another year has rolled away,” said Mr. F. Coleman, chairman of the New Plymouth Central School Committee, when addressing a large crowd of parents and children at the breaking-up ceremony yesterday. “It has been my good fortune,” he continued, “to partake in breaking-up ceremonies for 20 years, and it has always been a pleasure.' The Central School is one with high traditions and we must keep up those traditions.” Mr. Coleman said the late sitting of . Parliament had prevented Mr. S. G. Smith from attending. It was pleasant to have Mr. E. R. C. Gilmour, Mayor of New Plymouth, present Mr. Gilmour and Mr. Smith were, like himself, old boys of the school, and each had a warm spot for the school. He expressed the thanks of the committee to Mr. D. P. Evans and staff for their work. As several schools were breaking-up on the same day, members of the Education Board at New Plymouth had been unable to attend the Central School breaking-up,'Mr. Coleman said. “You wilt see the work that has been done on the school grounds,” Mr. Coleman said. “We hope to do still greater in the future, for in May the jubilee of the school will be celebrated and we are hoping for a large assembly of old boys and girls.” Mr. Gilmour said to-day the pleasure was all on his side. Forty years ago, he and others were present as boys at the prize-giving. It had been a great pleasure to listen to the advice given by Messrs. Dempsey, Hislop and others. “You children,” he said, “will only get on by listening to the advice of parents and teachers. You will find as you grow older that the expression, ‘I wish I were back at school’ will be very true, but hard work will help you.” In conclusion, the Mayor commended Mr. Evans and the. staff on the hard work they had done at the school, which, he said, was much lovelier than in his day. He hoped the children would come back after the holidays to work harder and make a success of their school work. Classes from standards 2 to 6 gave a concert programme, the songs being beautifully sung by the young pupils. Specially interesting was a display of physical drill of the new type introduced by Dr. Renfrew White, Dunedin. In the new drill, all the .movements are timed with music, and are far simpler, and a good deal more beautiful than the old Swedish type of drill. The performance by pupils from standards 4, 5 and 6 was given a round of hearty applause. , Mr. Coleman, in congratulating the children on their efforts, said it reflected great credit oh the teachers that the children had assimulated their drill so well. He thanked Mr. Evans and staff again for the work and paid a tribute to the teachers who were leaving. “They have rendered yeoman service,” he said. Cheers were given for the staff, Mr. Gilmour and Mr. Coleman.