SCHOOLS CLOSE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19987, 20 December 1934, Page 5

SCHOOLS CLOSE

PRIZE - GIVING CEREMONIES

SUCCESSFUL GATHERINGS

The annual breaking-up ceremony at the Waimataitai School was held in the School grounds yesterday afternoon, and was presided over by Mr G. Benstead, chairman of the School Committee. The chairman congratulated the children on the hard work they had done during the year. The Waimataitai School had always been in the forefront so far as educational results were concerned, and the children who had been in the School during the year just closed had done as well as any in the past, and had maintained the excellent reputation the School had had for a great many years. The chairman said that he should really have begun with the headmaster (Mr S. H. Sullivan), and to him and the staff he desired io extend congratulations for all they had done for the children. He was sure that parents were grateful to Mr Sullivan and the staff for the hard work they had done. He had heard during the year that Mr Sullivan had been thinking of shifting to New Brighton, but they were very glad that he had decided to remain at Waimataitai. Mention was also made by the chairman of the new baths, which were a decided acquisition to the School, and he appealed to parents to assist them to meet the debt of £4OO, which had to be paid by March 31. In conclusion, he wished the children a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Mr Sullivan acknowledged the chairman’s remarks on behalf of the staff and himself, and said that they were at least satisfied if they had in some measure been able to satisfy parents. The year had been a hard one, tor they had had to contend w'ith epidemics of measles and influenza. Some of the children would be kept back, and although this might appear to be hard on them, he could assure parents that it would be for the ultimate good of the children. Mr Sullivan expressed appreciation of the w'ork of the junior teachers, and said that all the teachers had tried to take the keenest interest in the children, both inside and outside the School. They had not won a great deal, but it was the number of children taking part that mattered. Referring to the baths, Mr Sullivan said that they were the greatest asset the School had, considering the type of playground they had. When the baths opened, only 86 out of 727 children could swim, but up to the previous day 178 children had learned to swim. Mr Sullivan expressed appreciation of the co-operation of parents, and said that at the end of the first term next year it was hoped to have a parents’ day, w'hen opportunity would be afforded all parents of seeing the work of the children.

The prizes and proficiency certificates were then presented by Mrs Benstead. The prize list was as follows: Dux —Boy, Peter Wallace; girl, Betty Hamlyn. Senior Championship (Sports)—Boy, Duncan Hunter; girl, Rona Hamlyn. Junior Championship—Boy, lan McLeod; girl, Pauline Green and Noeline Annals (equal). Colour Cup (Yellow) —Cathie Thomson and Duncan Hunter. Best all-round sport (Mr Roy Seaton’s medal)—Duncan Hunter. League of Nation’s Essay Prize— Peter Wallace. Parks and Gardens Essay—Marie Home and Alex McDonnell. Inter-School Relay Team —June McMaster, Molly Sheahan, Ruth Coxhead, Jack Petrie, Jim Rendall, Allan Short us. Honours List Standard Vl—Girls, June Clifton, Betty Hamlyn, Cathie Thomson, Monica Scales, Tui Sexton, Margaret Wilson, Marie Home, Noreen Owers, Beth Fryer, Margaret Nicol, Dorothy Kesteven, Marion Matheson, Joyce McPherson. Standard Vl—Boys, P. D. Wallade, S. Duncan, P. Grant, I. McLeod, F. Brosnahan, J. Glover, A. Wilson, P. Keene, G. Shears, D. Hulston, R. Sligo, B. Cameron. Standard V.—Boys, Cecil Anderson, Robert Wilson, Allan Hunter, Peter Toynbee, James Rendall, Garth Williams, Eric de Lacy and Neil Haywood (equal), Colin Campbell, Patrick Knowles, Morris Digby, Norman Ayres. Standard V.—Girls, Doreen Taylor, Jean Runciman, Joyce Clifton, Marie Stewart, Zona Jordan, Isobel Condon, Ellen Forrest, Shirley Hayne, Marie Shepherd, Myra Shelker, Joyce Innes, Joan McLauchlan. Standard IV. —Boys, Bruce Annals, lan Williamson, Rex Jennings, Gordon Cormack, William Brierley, Basil Whitehouse, Gordon Seatter, Frank Hooke, Trevor Smythe, Norman Edwards, Colin Tregenza, Melville Drake and James Kelly. Standard V. —Girls, Joan Shnnd, Lyndall Gow, Noeline Taft, Annette Coxhead, Nola Hawkins, Betty McPherson, Pauline Green, Ethne Cole, Shirley Hulston, Shirley McPherson, Betty Graham, Alison Dobie. Standard III —Boys: Derrick McLeod, Stewart Tozer, Geoffrey Toynbee, Maurice Sexton, Alex Kilgour, John Smith, Denis Joynt, Peter de Lacey, Tom Henderson, Peter Watkins, Frank King, William McPherson. Standard lll—Girls: Barbara Wilson, Joyce Wharton, Marion Duncan, Margaret Menzies, Lois Cormack, Hilary Hayhurst, Marie Williams, Brenda Butland, Agnes Forrest, Eunice Stevenson, Elinor Hamilton, Barbara Eames. Standard IIA —Nola Saunders, Phyllis Boulden, Josephine Cameron, Betty Blackham, Betty McAlister, Mary Camming, Gordon Campbell, Margaret Henshaw, John Lewis, Ralph Wills. William Crossen, John Rush and Ray Ainge. Standard llß—Donald Green, Marie Seatter, Betty Toynbee, Miriam Baird, Barry Forrest, Barry Clifton, Donald Scott, Valerie Thomas, Elaine Ruston, Maureen Grieve and Roddy Smith, Ngaire Kilgour. Standard IA Denise Grant, Jean Stewart, Joan Fitzsimmons, Joy Spence, Warren Schrader, John Blight, Norma Dickinson, Margaret McLaughlin, Lois Williamson. Ivan Sims, Fred Hicks and Clive Ferguson. Standard IB —Rosemary Pennycook, Richard Newton, Nancy Pike, Barbara Wilson, Beven Shackell, Lesley Williams, William Leslie, Dawn Barton and Betty Tweeddale, Douglas Drake, Alison Nicol, Dorothy Williams and John Greer, Ronald Bridger. Ps—Ruth Coxhead, Pamela Blodorn, James Baird and Joy Hunter, Esma Warner, Bruce Duncan, Pamela Watkins, William Harte, Donald Christie, Shirley McGregor, Noeline Walker, Doreen Kemble. P4—Joan Finlinson, Elsie Sinclair Bruce Wallace, William Waaka and Betty McGee, Ray Clarke. David Sara, Dick Blackham, Ruth Williams, Merle Whiteside, Freda Huston and Judith Wilson. SOUTH SCHOOL

There was a large gathering of parents and friends at the Timaru South School last night, when the breakin"up ceremony took place. The function was presided over by Mr A. Wyatt,

chairman of the School Committee, who had associated with him the Rev. A. J. H. Dow and the Deputy Mayor iMr . Benstead). Before the breaking-up ceremony actually commenced a fine display cf maiching, physical exercises and folk dancing was given by the senior boys and girls. In extending a welcome to all present, the chairman referred to the unmittees had worked over a number of years and endeavoured to maintain the high traditions of the school. He thanked parents for their loyal support and co-operation, which had been an inspiration to the committee. The chairman also thanked the Ladies’ Guild, ex-Pupils’ Association and the Social Committee for their efforts on behalf of the school. The good work done by the teaching staff was praised by Mr Wyatt, who wished the children an enjoyable holiday, and expressed a hope that they would come back prepared for another year’s work. Those who were leaving he hoped would always feel proud of the school, and he asked them to accept as their motto. Sir Henry Newbolt’s lines: “Play up. play up, and play the game.” Mr Dow said that he was glad to be present at the function to have the op portunity of paying tribute to the work of the committee, the Ladies’ Guild, and the staff, and also to pay tribute to the tone of the school. Mr Dow said that in this country, ceremonies similar to the one being held that evening were called breaking-up ceremonies, but in American colleges they were referred to as commencement cermonies, because those who were leaving were going out to commence in some new school or some other form of work. The

young people of to-day would have a big say in making the world what it was to be in the future, and they would have to do more than just sit and think. They would have to be up. and doing. The speaker likened their future activities to the game of cricket. In life, just as in cricket, they would have to stand up to the bowling if they wanted to succeed. It would be their duty never to let their partners down, and they would have to see to it that they played for the team and not

for themselves alone. If they entered into the game of life in the spirit he had outlined, and carried out the ideals the school had set them, then they would lead successful and useful lives.

The duK medal was then presented by Mr Dow to Mavis Tozer, the medal for the runner-up going to Valerie Hayes. The swimming and proficiency certificates were also presented, the function concluding with the National Anthem. Honours List The South School honours list is as follows: Form ll—Mavis Tozer, Valerie Hayes, Freda Burrow and John Dewar (equal), Margaret Andrew and Victor Keay (equal), Frank Davison and Sidney Toneycliffe (equa-1), Noelinp Manning, Susie Stewart, Nancy McKenzie, Pat Woodley. Form I Joan Hutton, Duncan Campbell, Fred Sanders, Tui Wallace, Lyn Pryce, George Jacobs, Max Cowles, Gordon McMorran, David McConachy, Ray O’Rourke, Allan Cunningham, Frank Ruston. Standard IV —Norma Elsom, Olwen Pryce, Audrey Sollis, Ngarie Haywood, William Scott, Jean Wyatt, Joyce Dickson and Robert Fenton (equal), Dorothy Andrew and Lloyd Stewart (equal), Ivan Rankin. Standard III —Shirley Hutton, Zoe Hayes, Dennis King, Barry Street, Jessie Necklen, William McLaren, Teddy Stare, Sheila McConachy, Horace Wederell, Gordon Newman, Laurie Lennon, Tom Butler, Zona Davidson.

Standard II Alan Irvine, Peggy Hawkey, Margaret Marr, Duncan Darroch, Dora Dewar, Norman Brooks, Hazel Robinson, Edna Shades, Julian Toneycliffe, Marion Husband, Joy O’Rourke, Sadie Rennett.

Standard I—Ngaire Foden, Neil Dow, Nola Triggs, Douglas Elliot, Doris Langrish and Beryl Sollis (equal), Noel Smith, Roy Dailey, Audrey Toneycliffe, Kathleen Chambers and Alan Faith and James Gillespie (equal). Primer IV—Laurence Wederell, Margaret Robertson, Owen Goodman, Mavis Necklen, Natalie Toneycliffe, Veda Toneycliffe, Isla McMorran, Elsie McCone, Shirley Howe, Dorothy Smith, Myrtle Dickson, Audrey Pettigrew.