HAWKE'S BAY SCHOOLS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 505, 12 May 1909, Page 7

HAWKE'S BAY SCHOOLS.

'■'•' . . .'■•-; y'? l , COniiKarONDSHt. l '.'' ":■- :' : \\ : '" : ": ■: r ;^"- : ' / -v Napier. May; 11;:' . .;V : :-'-'r l ln tho cource.'Of :"tleir'Vannual 'report: to ""■". \ : ' V; the /Education -Department on the , work of .; V. ' the;past year: in Bay. oduca-': .:;:^;,tion;:;distnct;:qnsp&tore;;Hill>'and ■■■Smith ';■.".; .statev,that'commendation imist , bo 'bestowed : . , : .-oe the. teachers .generally for tho real pro-'. v-./ :>■■ gress : that has taken .place. in. the; physical .- . training-or 'pupils.'? Breathiug.'excrciEes are .■•;■■•: taken;in. ihost 'schools, arid, ;sincn their in^ .. :•■ :■: :-troduc|ion;- it, has 'been 'noticed that : the ; *: "-'younger, pupils' do not, sudor froiircoughs or' . , .',. colds'as-formerly. ':: : The girls : are trained in .".. ■■■■■. . 7 calisthenies, and - ; other' •■'forms ■ : of movoment -: ; : . ;thatv'nro;bf:great valupflo: them. , .but tho '.■■.V . ■ ■■epecial- feature is the '-attention paid' to' mili- /■"::•■'-" ;.; : tary-drill among the: boy's; Many head and . .•>.' ■.{assiataht.masfersi.a.ro Enthusiasts in this . form of trainiug, and the annual meetings : . ■ ■'■: thutHre^firrangcilvby,.tcachors to'foster■ a . , .:. :: higher;- standard;. of- physical • culture among '-■•;'' . .'their ;ptipilsare< worthy of:more bncourago-- ;:. iment : than they rioiv'reeeive from : tho public ]':. ::and the Goyernmeht.: :''■;: - : o-" : - ■:"•:■;