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PLAYING TOO MUCH.

SCHOOLS AND SPORT. A great man said that the Battle ni' Waterloo was won on the leaving fields' of Jitou. His remark may perhaps lie Commended to the gentlemen whose criticisms caused some discuss'on at last evening's meeting oi' the Tiniaru Main School Committee. The ilain teams won the three primary grades in the recent schools rugby tournament, and the girls won the hockey contest, and this distinct success evoked the pertinent question "Is not tile school devoting too much time to sport/ 1 "' and a newspaper correspondent nnsw-d-ed L-his query in the affirmative. Mr Dalglish, the headmaster, n p! : cd to the allegation with a brief exj.iiii atory paragraph in Jiis report: '"lt might appear that we are devoting too much time to sports. I may stare howi-scr that the preparation for these eontests did not encroach upon school time, but Mas a labour o 1 " iove and represented a great deal of overtime spent, by the teachers niter si lm>l hours and on Saturdays. J visa giv.to t'ully to acknowledge their tuvices. I They freely sacriliced a e;r;ut deal of ■their own time for the ,>urp ise of interesting themselves in the pastimes of children and of organising the spem and games which form such r.n impoivant factor in school life." " A teacher now" said the acting chairman, Mr Wilson, "would be a very poor teacher indeed if he did not take part in the children's games." Finally the committee resolved to express its appreciation of the teachers' work in training and supervising the children's games, and at the school's successes in the various competitions.

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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14284, 26 August 1910, Page 7

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PLAYING TOO MUCH. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14284, 26 August 1910, Page 7

PLAYING TOO MUCH. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14284, 26 August 1910, Page 7