ORATORY CONTEST.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 560, 15 July 1909, Page 4

ORATORY CONTEST.

[■■: STCCESSOF A WELLINGTON BOY. ' ; .. The '.■ Clyde Quay j School, : Wellington, of which Mr. Thos. Grundyis the headmaster, has some small reputation for' turning out clever boys. The 1908 Khodes/ Scholar, Mr. Solomon Ziman, of Auckland, gained his pri-. Mary education at the school fade the sea, and now,, comes, news'of an even greater, triumph scored by an ox-Clyde Quay, schoolboy.' Somo. eight' years ago the' roll included the name of Gabriel>Lewis, son by the first mar-' riago of Mrs.. Ziman, whoss husband was formerly in business in Cuba; Street. .; By' this, marriago, Gabriel Lewis became a, cousin to. tho 1908 Rhodes, Scholar, whose father has '. written to Mr.'Grundy informing him of the. latest". achievements of his one-time pupil. After'leaving Wellington, Gabriel lived in New York, and at ,the age of 13 years became the editor of tho' magazine published in connection with. school he attended. Since, then'he has'leapt to higher things;' H« became! a -graduate of the I Harvard Univer-; sity, and tho news was received* lately that, ibe had ■, represented.; that university.< in the big; annual' competition in'.' oratory''against Yale, and. had i,won. ; Mr. 'has''.two> sisters in Wellington,; one ,of whom, attonded the Victoria College classes last.year.■'