SCHOOL NOTES.
SCHOOL NOTES.
Althoti gh thi s will t erms in st ead of th e mmal t hr ee. mak e a lono· sp ell at i'i chool we r ecognise tha t some :<nch measure is n ecessary i£ w e ar e to be in any po::;ition to meet th e annual ex am in atioll :; at the end of the y ear.
of tll e grim warf ar e in France, the movement originated which h a:; since spread its ramifications throughout Canada and t h e U nitecl Kingdom. H e expr essed a hop e that 1-;oon the mo vement would become an Empire one, and that h e could r ely on some of the present m embers As a token of appreciation for his joining lat er oli. addre::;s on tbis most inter esting topic the boys gave the 'rL e literature w hich the P a dre t hree h eartv cheers. P adr e left behind.ha::; b een eagerly r ead witL, we hop e, good r e:;ult:;. Drill has b een in full ~:;wing for some time now and 1.lte effi cient coaching of t h e N .C.O. '~:; i::; already ha' ing a mark ed eff ect on t h e clrill and on th e geu eral ton e of the On a chice of one of t he mast er s, several boys school. hav e decided t o :;it for their ::;econd-lieutenancy in the .l<~ebruar y examinations n ext year. Owing to the numb er of pupils at th e school w e ar e a gain packed for room and all the spare corner s in the school are command eer ed by boys who wish to "swot" priYa t ely durin g th eir so-called ' ' free p eriods. ' ' Thif:i year th e a1mual f ootball mat ch again st \Vangauui College wil :; played on th e Collegiate grounds at \V an ganui on 'rlmrsday, J uu e 4. 'rhe weather was fin e, with a breeze blowing a cross the field t hat consider ably h amper ed bot h t eams. Although w e w er e w ell beaten w e do not think t hat t h e score indicates t h e comparative merit s of t he t eams, as several t imes School narrowly missed scohn g t hrou gh bad luck. On arriving at \Vanganui we w er e conducted to t h e home::; of our host :;, who w er e fri end ~:; of t h e Collegiate team . \Ve .-houldlike h er e to express our hea r tf elt t hau],s t o these hospitable \Vanganui p eople who made our short stay with them so pleasan t . Durin g the afternoon of our arrival we w er e tak en t o see t h e r epr esent ative mat ch betw een Taranaki After the and \V an ganui at th e R ecreation Grounds. mat ch w e w er e tr eate d to a yer y fin e dinn er at the College, afte r which a ve1·y a gr eeable ent ertainment-t h e " R eveille," which h a d been showing in New Plymout h befor e we r etur n ed to school-wa.- offer ed us at the Opera House. Th e following morning was passed in motoring around the environs of Wanganui, during ·w hich tour the wr eck o l' th e "Cvr enn " nncl the \Var l\Iemorial on Durie Hill w ct r Yis il cll·. ln th e aft er n oon we sadly ba de goodbye t o tb e 11H ill :V f riends wh o h ad ma de our .-hort st ay in the "Colo gn e of New Zealand " so pleasant .
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'rhis year th er e has been no crick et dmin g the first term. H ence the annual match against vVanganui College has b een postpon ed till the last t erm. Th e mat erial, however, is still at school and the eleven should acquit th emselv es with credit when crick et st arts. The '' 'l'erms Class ' ' t his year is the lar gest which ha s been taugh t at t h e school, b eating last y ear'::; r ecord of eleven, by one. The variou s subj ects tauo-b t are : English, Latin, History (pass anr'l advanced ) , Constitutional History, Roman l..Jaw, Jurisprudence, Economics and This is a good variety for mast er s who lVIathematics. have to teach other classes as well. 'l'his The T e .A.ute match has been played and lost. highly exciting game was play ed on Jun e 27 and, alt hough th e weather was far from favourabl e, a crowd of apl?rox imately 6000 witnessed the harc1est f ou ght gam e which ha s b een seen on t h e R ecr eat ion Ground for som e tim . Addit ional inter est wa s given to the mat ch f r om 1'h e f act that it w as t h e first l\Ioascar C' np mat ch of th e semwn. _Th e school, after a hard strn gglr , lost by a Th e p:ame r ep enalty luck t en minutes befor e t h e rnd. t ained the big·h est inter est u p till t be sonncl of 1'h e bell. 'l'h e two t eams t r avelled t o P arihalm on th e Smi.dav afternoon and, after their brief sta y, the Te Ante bo.~rs , cup and all, left on J nn e 29 on thrir r eturn hom e. Good luck 1'o the holders! . F'ootball is in f ull swing· nt school at pre.-ent . \\ e !Ittl ~hon ght tha t a p er son approa chin g Rosc or Arbn ckle u ch is th e casr, m w eight would ever take up Ruo·by . how ever , and the player sh onld be comm cnd ed f or hi s str ennous effort s at w eight r ducino·. . \V e h~v e had no Da)' Boys' on cer t so fn r, hn1 it is quite possible that one of t h ese w et Thnr.-dav aftrrnoons W ' will be treated to t h harmonious strain.- to wl 1ich t h e n ew day boys ar e eager to treat u ·. Th e lecture on the 'To e ll movement o·iven bv Padre L eol!-ard ~vas much appreciat ed both by ma st er s m~cl boy s. Dnrm g llJ. · sh ort address t h e Padre t old h ow, in th e micl.-t
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