MR. GRUNDY RESIGNS.

Wairarapa Age, 10 May 1924, Page 5

MR. GRUNDY RESIGNS.

FROM HIGH SCHOOL BOARD. At yesterday’s meeting of the Wairarapa High School Board of Governors, Mr W. T. Grundy tendered his resignation in view of his early departure for England. 1 On * behalf of the members of the Board the chairman (Dr. Bchoteiield) expressed regret at Mr Grundy’s departure. Mr Grundy had done good and conscientious work at a time when it was much needed, and had always treated members with unfailing .courtesy. I He was now going to enjoy v a weli-ekrned holiday, and the speaker asked?him to accept a Kaiapoi ruga* a pretent from the member®, who alt' wished Mrs Grundy and himself a good holiday and ,a safe return home. The rug would remind him not of the vexations.juid disappointments of the work, but of-the good solid progress that had been inade.

Mr Pragnell spoke, in a similar*' strain.

Mr ■ Grundy expressed 'his great pleasure and satisfaction at having been associatd with the school 'in its earliest days. He had great faith that it wp>ujid in a few years be one of the greatest educational institutions in the Dominioh, and all of them would be proud of having been associated with its establishment. They had as head the . very best man they could get (Hear, hear.}* and they had a very.. fine young staff, which was already enthusiastic in its devotion to the interests of the school. Ho knew the feeling of the district and its intense sympathy towards education, and he had no doubt of the future. He would always be proud that he had had anything to dq with the establishment of the school. , ‘ Oh the; motion of Mr Jordan, sec-, o.nded by Mrs Barrer, it was resolved f 4 That the Board accepts with regret Mr Grundy’s resignation and desires to place ou record its high appreciation' of the valuable services rendered" by him to the school during his tenure of office.”