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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 510, 3 June 1881, Page 2

Special Ailvertiaenumin. SUMNER COLLEGE, SUMNER, On the Sea Coast, 8 miles from Christchurch. PniNcirAL, CLEMENT L.WIGGINS, Assisted by thoroughly efficient Masters. MR C. L. WIGGINS begs to announce that his new. spacious, and /thoroughly commodious House and School have been handed over to him by the contractor, and he is now prepared to receive a larger number of Pupils than heretofore. The "experience gained during tho last twelve years in totching and the management of boys has enabled him to understand thoroughly all the requirements of Bucn an institution, and as no expense has, been spared in any detail, he believes that he can undoubtedly offer unusual advantages Tho Class-rooms are large and of fine proportions, wed lighted acd ventilated, while the Dormitories and Lavatory combine complete comfort and convenience. Tho Play-ground consists of several acres surrounding the College, and a Gymnasium will be erected shortly. The College is within a few minutes walk of the beach, which affords safe and convenient, bathing. The salubrity of Sumner is unrivalled, and its central situation renders it eminently suitable for a Boarding Establishment. There is communication by coach with Christchurch dai y, aud when the tramway has been completed there will be still greater facilities. " The dietary is liberal and abundant, and the domestic arrangements being under the constant personal supervision of Mrs Wiggins, all the comforts of home arc confidently assured to the Boarders. Punctuality and order are strictly enforced in all scholastic arrangements, and every care is taken to promote gentle manly department both in the school and outer life. An exact system of fortnightly examinations and periodical reports has been arranged, which cannot fail to supply parents with accurate information as to the progress made by their sons in every branch of their studies. This Mr Wiggins lias long regarded as a desideratum. The scheme of studies pursued in the College comprises all the various branches of a thorough English, Classical, and Mercantile Education, a good, sound, adequate knowledge of English being made to form tho basis of the whole.

A WORN-OUT parent has named his first baby Macbeth, .because ho has •' murdered sleep ,„