PRIMARY SCHOOL

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21842, 20 December 1940, Page 3

PRIMARY SCHOOL

Chairman Presents Awards Advice To Children "The greeting which a British warship displayed when in New Zealand waters recently was ‘Well done Achilles’,” said the Rev. L. A. Barnes when addressing the children of the primary department of the Temuka District High School yesterday at the break-up ceremony. “It was to be hoped that ‘well done’ was written on all reports.’’ His conviction was that everyone could merit these words. It was not an impossible ideal to ask people to be gentlemen. Every one had a duty the nature of which was to some extent determined by their education, talents and upbringing. The word "duty” was a recurring expression in English life which had been commented on by foreign observers. Doing one's duty was doing what one ought to do no matter what the cost. Mr Barnes urged the children to be triers, workers and not dodgers; kindly and considerate; put God first, others second and self last. In extending a welcome to parents and friends and for the absence of the Mayor and Mayoress, who were out of town, the chairman of the school committee (Mr A. E. Smith>, urged those who had completed their primary education to continue at the High School. The curriculum had been considerably widened, and the range of subjects would bear comparison with those of the best high schools. A display of school work was greatly appreciated by visitors who praised the high standard of the exhibits. Certificates and awards of merit were presented by Mr Smith as follows: Form II —General excellence: Jean Macpherson (dux of school), Geoffrey Clark, Stanlev Temple, Donald Walker, Frederick Shannon, Robert Hatton, Derek Squire, Linda Rapley. Diligence: Cyril Stringer, Brenda Haywood, Olga Watt, Heather Stanley, Rex Smith, Fay Bell, Doreen Pentecost.

Form I —General excellence: Ross Swap, John Devine, Maurice Pentecost, Daphne Davey, Kenneth Taylor. James Mitchell, Doreen Cartwright, Stuart Hatton, Mervyn Carroll, William Seyb. Diligence: Betty Kimber, Shirley Abernethy, Margaret Macdonald, Clifford Brown. Standard IV—General excellence: Mercia Barnes, Gwenyth Talbot. Valerie Southby, Emma Brown, Norma Abernethy, Nola Barker, Noelene Joe, Nancy Brown. Diligence: Len Mcßride, Neville Hatton, Joy Shaw, Leslie Abernethy. Max Haywood, Margaret McCullough, Rena Higginbottom, Shirley Lang. Standard III —General excellence; Christine Gillies, Lyndall Hancock, Isabel Botting, lan Smith, Raywyn McCallum, Louisa Shepherd, Jack Gourley, Gwenyth Longson, Margaret Fisher. Excellent in art: Colin Poultney. Diligence: Joan Levens, June Walker, Helen Coskerie, Kenneth Nichol, Rona Pitt. Standard llA—General excellence: Naomi Gourley. Janice Bussell, Russell McNulty, John Greer, Dawn Hunt. Special diligence; lan Greer. General progress: June Hislop. Standard IIB —General excellence: Hazel Rapley, Rosemary Orton, Marion Botting, Mary Erwood, David Talbot. Special excellence in art: Desmond Phillipps, James Pierce. Diligence and neat work: Patricia Goodeve. Standard lA—General excellence: Rachel Foreman, Elspeth Hancox, Rutherford Hancock. General proficiency: Ngaire Henderson. Drawing and handwork: Morris Goddard. Special diligence; June Smith, Margaret Seeler, Robert Martin, Malcolm Talbot, Ivan Pierce. Standard IB —General excellence: Joy Brown. Special diligence in art: Robert Westaway. SWIMMING Following were the results of the weekly competition of the Temuka Amateur Swimming Club: Junior boys 25 yards freestyle—First heat; J. Leonard 1, B. Loyd 2, Z. Holland 3. Second heat: V. Robinson 1. 1. Edgier 2, V. Downs 3. Final: I. Edgier 1, V. Robinson 2, B. Loyd 3. Junior dive—J. Devine 1, P. Horgan 2, T. Downs 3. Junior breaststroke 25 yards—J. Devine 1. P. Horgan 2. Z. Holland 3. Intermediate boys 50 yards freestyle —G. McKenzie 1, J. Hughes 2, E. Shepherd 3. Intermediate breaststroke 50 yards— J. Hughes I, G. McKenzie 2, E. Shepherd 3. Intermediate dive—G. McKenzie 1, E. Shepherd 2. Dual relay—Z. Holland and B. Loyd 1, V. Downs and J. Hughes 2, J. Devine and J. Leonard 3. Teams of six—E. Shepherd. J. Leonard. J. Hughes, B. Loyd, P. Horgan, I. Edgier 1, G. McKenzie, Z. Holland, J. Devine, V. Downs, V. Robinson, B. Craig 2.

CRICKET The following will represent Temuka against Old Boys to-morrow at Timaru —J. Lang, D. Stewart, G. Walker, J. Hunt, R. Taylor, W. Taylor, C. Rix, O. Scannell, W. Kibblewhite, R. Kibblewhite, R. Cameron, F. Stack. Emergency: B. Gibb. (Cars leave G.P.O. at 1 p.m.) PERSONAL Mrs D. Munro, who has been visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs E. Lee, Sealy Street, has returned to Wellington. In appreciation of his services as proprietor of the school bus service, the children of the Temuka District High School made a presentation to Mr J. M. A. Ritchie yesterday. On behalf of the scholars June Hawkins thanked Mr Ritchie for his neverfailing kindness to them. ‘‘CAPTAIN FURY” Dramatising the roaring adventure and rich romance of the pioneering days in Australia in the early 19th Century, "Captain Fury,” co-starring Brian Aherne Victor McLag’.en and June Lang, will have its premier showing at the Elite Theatre, Temuka tonight. Briefly, the story concerns the high, wide and handsome adventures of Captain Fury, a political prisoner from Ireland, who arrives in Australia to discover the perfidious and greedy practices of land barons who are trying to oust the settlers and colonists so that they can establish vast feudal estates and rule them like mediaeval tyrants.