TECHNICAL SCHOOL.

Wairarapa Age, 14 December 1935, Page 5

TECHNICAL SCHOOL.

PRESENTATION OF PRIZES AND CERTIFICATES.

UY IN ST. MATTHEW’S PARISH HALL.

ADDRESS BY ARCHDEACON W. BULLOCK.

There was a large attendance in St. Matthew’s Parish Hall last night when the Masterton Technical High School held its annual break-up ceremony. Mr. L. G. Taylor, chairman of the Wairarapa Secondary Education Board, presided. Archdeacon W. Bullock, of Wellington was the principal speaker and also distributed the prizes and certificates. Several members of the board were also present and Mr. G. R. Sykes. Mr. Taylor said this was the first occasion on which the school had held this ceremony in the evening. From now on all these break-ups would be held in 'the evening. He had in his hand the first edition of the magazine, well edited and giving a history of the school from its commencement about forty years ago. They had with them that night, Mr. W. H. Jackson, a member of the present board, who was one of the original directors of the school. (Applause). Mr. Taylor paid a tribute to what Mr. Jackson had done for the school and also eulogised the services of the Principal and the staff. The school, he said, was making rapid progress and it was proposed to erect a new building which would be a credit to -the Dominion. Thanks were due to the board secretary, Mr. Boddington, and to members of the board, who had given a lot of time to the new building proposals. (Applause). The school had a very competent and highly qualified staff, capable of running any school. (Applause). They had with them that night their old friend, Mr. Sykes. (Applause). Mr Taylor wished the school every prosperity and expressed his belief that it would be a credit not only to Masterton but to the whole of New Zealand. (Applause). Following on the reading of the report by the Principal, Mr. O. H. E. Yates, Archdeacon Bullock gave an address and presented the prizes. DEVELOPMENT GF MANKIND.

Archdeacon Bullock said he did not need to prove his interest both in the past and the present welfare of this most estimable school. It was something to know that since he last saw them the school had added “high" to its name and he congratulated the school on its new title. The Archdeacon congratulated the Principal and 'the staff upon the very excellent results achieved during the past year. He had listened very attentively to the Principal’s good all-round report and he could not help but feel proud of the achievements of the school. Certainly the numbers on the roll justified the existence of the school. There was an old conundrum, Archdeacon Bullock went on to state, “What is ft that goes first of all on four legs, then on two, and then on three?—lt is man.” Man, he added, started crawling on his hands and knees, presently raising himself to an upright position and walking on two legs then when he became old and his jaw began to drop, he had to use a stick. That was a very old conundrum, supposed to nave been solved by the Sphinx of Egypt. Elaborating on this theme, Archdeacon Bullock indicated how a child in its struggles pad adventures to attain an upright position repeated right from the time of its birth the history of the human race. The attainment of an upright position was one of the most tremendous steps forward in the history of the race and could probably be rightly regarded as one of the decisive -battles of the world, which liberated the hands for work. From this small beginning had developed the whole industrial life and with it the economic life of the world as they saw it today. Archdeacon Bulloek found in this development an analogy to the importance of a technical high school to the community, country and to the whole world.

Mr. W. H. Jackson, who proposed a vote of thanks to Archdeacon Bullock, was loudly applauded when he announced that it was very probable that they would have a new Technical High School in Masterton.

_ Mr. Alex Donald seconded tfie motion which was carried by acclamation, followed by three eheers by the pupils for Archdeacon Bullock, the ehairman, the Principal, staff and the board.

Both the boys and the girls were ■heard in several songs while a one-act play “The Man in the Bowler Hat” (A. 8. Milne) was greatly enjoyed. The cast was as follows:—John, E. Schofield; Mary, E. Thompson; Hero, C. Beid; Heroine, F. Fenton; Chief Villain, & Harris; Bad Man, D. McLean; Man in the Bowler Hat. (Producer) W. Swain.

Bouquets were presented by the girls to Mrs. Yates and to lady members of the staff.

PRIZES AND CERTIFICATES. The following prizes and certificates were presented:— Progress League Essay: Girls—Enid Bussell; boys, Peter Wingfield. School Merit Certificates: Commercial Classis—Phyllis Cretney, Henry Kayes, Colin Rutherford, Charles Wise, Noeline Wickens, Merville Olsen, Eric Schofield. Home Science Classes—Helen Cruickshank, Maggie Tocker. Industrial Classes—Douglas Brown, Gregory Chapman, Norman Kearns, Donald MeLean, Howard Harris, William Jaspers, Kenneth Wright. Special Prizes— Mr. Pither’s Special Prizes—H.2: Joyce Gill for merit and general improvement; Jean Lorenzon for merit in art subjects. C.2: May Ferguson for general improvement. El: Gregory Chapman for general excellence of work. Anonymous Donors—E. 3: William Jaspers for general excellence of work; Brian Stent for improvement and excellence in practical work—metalwork, woodwork. C. 1: James McGrath for most advanced work in Pitman’s Shorthand; Henry Hayes for best qyork in book-keeping, business methods, shorthand and typewriting. Government Certificate—Public junior Shorthand Typiste, Molly Scanlen. , Intermediate and Senior Free Place: Edith Adams. Molly Adlam, May Ferguson. Nola Fill, Rona Heath,' T’na Selby. Dorothy Walker. Noeline Wickens, Beryl Coomber, Merville Olsen,

Nola Magnusson, Meiva Henderson, Jean Cole, May Daynes, Beatrice Faw(cett, Joyce Gill, Jean Henderson, Hazel Jones, Marjorie Loader, Jean Lorenson, Faith Skeet, Peggy Stewart, Zillah •Thompson, Phyllis Thornton, Mary West, Cyril Armitage, Norman Bell, Walter Burns, Howard Harris, Sydney Harris, James Jarvis, Gordon Kennedy, Gordon McLeod, George Shaw, Gordon Turnbull, Douglas McPherson. Senior Free Place: Ngaire Johns, Lloyd Stevens, Audrey Childs, Hazel Lock, Nancy Needham, Mura Preseott, John Allen, Arthur Cretney, Martin Easthope, Francis Leonard, Frank Harrison, Francis Lambert, Thomas McMillian, Ivan O’Connor, William Perry, Sydney Pinkerton. Proficiency: Basil Falloon, Stanley Faulknor, tvan Shute.