Horowhenua College Roll Now Totals 421

Chronicle (Levin), 13 May 1949, Page 4

Horowhenua College Roll Now Totals 421

• At the conclusion cf the school tbr-m, 421 pupi.s wcr; cnro.tL, ieported the pnncipai oi txx*e Buiuwhenua Ciliege, Mr. N. fi. Byme, at M:nday night's meedng of vhe college advfsory ooard. . At the te- . gmnrng of theHerm ihe' tocax was 430. The pmylng fields had beeh pu.: in order for winter games, cuntihued the repoit. "The grass oh i the rugby ficxCts has been cut ana ! auiiiig tire va^auon the chain hai-,1 iow wil be pud over ,he ^uriacs. S Ihe area to the south of ttie tennis 1 courts has been p.^ugn&u, dioueul and sown with gras&. it wi.l, bel used as a piaying area for gi'rlsj g'a'mes. To Piovide an outle. foii suriace water irorn the tenniil courts, a drain pipe wiil be laicM „vex- to the area edglng the pxayingj heids. " 1 "The Education Deparlmenl ha^ oupp ied linmeum for the cookery xOviii, pantiy and sewing ro mi. As tiie moieum in the small ki.ch'en xn the flat has Devine bauly worn, i think ..hat it should be rep aced. Ihe refurnishing of the staif room and giri prefects' room under the giant for the purpose by 'ihe Euuca.ion. Deparuixent, is cemg carried out.- New curtains and coverings nave been supp.ied to tiie pxoieous' iLom and comiortaixe ciri.s to the sbalf rcom. Ihe siipp.ying of a zip heater and xockers .o- the vvomen's c oak room aua the estaoxisument oi the vocationai guidan.e ox'xice on the iancung by the noiary stairs havxj stiL .o be carxied out. The granc made by the Education Deoar tUj.cn i covers this expenuiture aho. ex ensi n of our musical activitieo, wxkch I have had in view icr some tiiixe, has now made a mcdest begximmg. Mr. KissoT has under taueii the tuition of two c.asxes in vioun p aying. The ciasses meet ciunng Tie sports pe-xou. PuPih caxang the elass nave each to giv-e up one sports periou. ihere aro 20 pupis in the two eiasse.*. Eignt of tnese pos esviouls r-nd I piop.se to purchase six liis laments u ename' tue otndu to take the c.as:.- Mr. D. J. Gardiner soid a good mstxument to the coi ege for a price weL below its vaiue, as a gesture oi encourugement «.o our musical activities. Two Gther instruments were purchased.. Others are sti.i unuex conrideraticn. "xn o. aer to lessen the number of activi.ies in the third term, the pupiic speaking contest was hexd un May 6. The juages were, ivlr. H. B. Buiuekm (semor) ' and Mhs Caroton (junior) . There' were nine fcnhies.in the junior section and 13 in the semor, and the resux. was a rnost mte.eTiiig competition. The resuits wexe as toTowc; — Senior: W. Travers 1, . L. Vvong Shee 2, Jcan Bagrie and D. C axk* 3 (equax) . Junior: J. Larsen 1, Janot Las.an 2, L. Barber 3. ihe contest for Mr. E. L>. Beii's gene^^i knuw.eage prizb - was held on Thursday, Aprii 14. The ' winners weie: — Semor: D. Lang. Junior: D. Jamieson. The "fiisc social for' the year was heid on Thursday, May 5, with an actendance of aoout 300 s.udems. Danung, musical and eloeutionary items airu games made an enj .yab.e prograixx'me," ccncxuaeu Mr. Byrne. _