BOYS' COLLEGE CEREMONY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1931, 13 December 1913, Page 17

BOYS' COLLEGE CEREMONY.

INTERESTING SPSCIIES. BY GOVERNOR & HEADMASTER. Prizes won during the- year ;at itiie" \\ ellington Boys' College iverc, dislri-j buted yesterday afternoon by His . Excellency the Karl of Liverpool-in : the' presenco of a very largo number,of', scliolnrs and visitors. Besides His -ExV celleiicy there were on the platform:' The headmaster (Mr. J. L\ Kirtli)," the Mayor (Mr. J. P.. Lnlce), Mr. -A.f de B. Brandon (chairman oi the Board, of Governors), Mr. 0. P. Povrlcs (llegis-' trar), Mr. W. I<\ AVard (a former mas-" ter), and Miss Richmond. On his nr-' rival His Excellency ivas greeted -.with, hearty cheers.

Mr. A. do B. Brandon thanked His. Excellency for Jiis presence, and 're-., marked that they were ali very grate'-;.-fill to him. Perhaps, indeed, they' onglit to be thankful to those gentlemen who had prolonged Parliament and so detained His Excellency in the. city. ' "' Six Rules of Life. His Excellency subsequently. i. addressed the scholars. Ho said that as ho had been associated with them both 111 work and play, ho was only too glad to conic down and giyo away the prizes/' lie had not contemplated making a speech, but,, since it seemed -that ho'.had to givo one, ho wosild touch oil six things. In the first place, he exhorted' each of thorn never to lose a chance of being courteous to his neighbour. - It had been his good fortune to bo a leader of men for over L'o years, and 110 could speak from experience as to the valuo ol courtesy. His advice to them was: "Always put yourself in the other man's siioes." To illustrate this point, His Exccllency related an amusing anecdote against himself. In the second place, ho advised them always to talktlio purest English possible. Ho would not say that they should entirely abolish some of those very expressive' school terms, such as "rotter" and "shirker," hut 110 would warn them against clipping their words, and other bad forms of speech. 1 They should make' it ■ their business to sco that our language did not deteriorate. It was the language of the British Empire, and it was rnir business to uphold its prestige. Thirdly. they should endeavour always to v.rito properly. Good writing was often" tho means of securing a candidate a position, and bad v,*riting would frequently disqualify him. lllsgiblo signatures were worthy of all condemnation. The fourth point to which ho wished to draw their attention was the negegsity for always "turning out" smartly. Not that they should dress like dandies, but they should always "turn out clean," so that everyone could tell that they wcro Englishmen. Amid laughter, the boys >vero given to understand that they could not "turn out smartly" with anything but short hair. As a fifth rule, his Excellency informed his audience that the I'.ard worker will find his place. They had their prize-giving that day,'.and they saw that .t-lio prizes were not for all: the race .was not always to the swift. For his oivn pert ho assured them thjit lie had always taken the iirst opportunity of doing what lie could for the trier and the doer, rather than for the speaker. Lastly, lie urged them, when they took up their different stations in life, to beware of unnecessary -talk„ : If .t'liey had .anything to say, then let them say it. But l they should not talk for the sake of speaking. If they did it would bo bad for themselves and an ■annoyance .to their follows. Thiswas an ago of talking, and'there was 11 great deal of unnecessary verbiage. He. hud himself sometimes been chaffed for the brevity of his speeches. Once he remembered that he had made it speech of only nine words. Ho did hot any any more on that occasion herauso lie had 1,0 more to say, and for the same reason ho was not going to.say any more to them now. ' .

Modern Flabhinsss, In tho course of the annua] report, tlio headmaster staled that while ho could not express himself as quito satisfied with wlnt had been done during the .rear, yet lie thought they liacl all striven to do their best. Ho then went oil to make- some remarks on the broad phase of education. "There is," ho said, "an ever-growing tendency towards sacrificing duty to ease and pleasure. Aiming all the discoveries of the royal road to learning, that wliich professes to show the way along flower-strewn paths without any expenditure of effort- on flic part of the learner is tlio most erroneous and the most vicious. Wc are told by the advocates of this method that boys should not bo asked to do what they do not like to do, that their work should be presented to them in such a v-nv as not to appear to be work, tint thero sSould be 110 compulsion, that all difficulties should he smoothed away, everything should be made easy. "The Craving of Modem Life." "Xow tlio craving of mo'dcrn life for the easy, comfortable, and pleasant is the 'very thing the schoolmaster should set himself to fight. It is good that a boy should have difficulties to meet; it is good that lie should ftpl that he is not playing but really working: it is good for him to find thst the joy of effort —the joy at times of successful effort —is worth more than all tlio comfort and pleasure he hopes to find, 'and never, does realty find, along the easy road. The trouble with many boys-js that, while they wish to get 011 isi their studies, this wish is accompanied -by., a strong: disinclination to work. . The disinclination to work is what wo. have to light; and in_ the fight the cooperation of parents is all-important; but it is not" by any means always given. . . .• ; The Need for Discipline. *■ "It is no uncommon tiling lor a .boy. i-o begin the term a week late, because to he ill time would moan that lie would have to return from a visit a day bcSore. the end of the, holidays—:i tcuk's work' is given up for 0110 day's _ pleasure. When the hoy leaves school he will not find a continuation of the hover-strewn, path. If he is to do anything worth doing lie will have to meet and overcome difficulties. Surely it is well that liis previous training should have fitted him to face these difficulties.- . Tlio importance of discipline cannot rite too strongly emphasised. . . . .3 appeal, then, for tlio co-operation of parents. Too often is it true, not that the child 1 obeys the instruction of the parent, but that the parent yields to the .dictates of the child." In conclusiontlin report extended thanks to the masters, Old Boys, prefects, and ' others; for faithful services to the college, PRIZE (.IST. Scholarships and Special Honn irs ...Scholarships.—Firsl, Rhodes LIIS, ,11.'! A. .Mackenzie; first, Moore £10, li.;,D. C. Adams; second, Rliud«s 11>, R.--I'. Wilson; second. Moore £10,- : L. C. llenier.v; Turnhiill £'10, S. A. ..Wiron.;. Turnbull £15, Hanson and S. MansjHeld, equal; Levin, languages i-l, .1.--A.. Allan ; Levin, science £•!. K. S. Ijrialeyj Special Prizes. —Head of school, 1 Ity\\"\ Mackenzie; lianiicoai, nieiiHirial, ! -K. : . K;. l'ishworth ; Liverton science, S. I . Rrailsl'ord; Liverton history, -.11 (.'roll; Jlethuno Now Zealand history and geography, senior, H. G. Croll ;;juuiorf A. G. Seholcs; Old lievs' mathematics;' S. A. Wiren; Mr. S. " Eichelbailin's. special prizes for English -i' literature;Via, X, Gadsby; Vlb, ,H.\K.:.Corkillj-

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.',. Va.—l'atii!,'fE;.;.:A,; Porritt ;fmathematics; E. 'I'TFeist.:';''English, C. Williams; French, Williams"; Js,>; Si;. Briariey.;', bo'ok-keo'piiig/jE. ' S.'.'Briarley ';' •_nwtriculat.ion/(histoi'.vj/,-lt '. \'b.—Latin, K: F. Feist; .niatlieniatics, C.';: 0. linrd;ni; ;.H. Donaldson jtFreiich',?Bji Gordon; science, L.- J. Edmondsonj -book-keeping, Skinner. ■% Ve.— Mathematics, h/' tii Welch; English, A, Brooke-Taylor; Fix-nch, U. : 'A. Pilcher; ssicnce, W. H.-S. Hobbs." i. . Sp. l\'a.—Lntin,• E; llogg; niathema--tics, 1!. H..-F, Gardiner;,English,.ll. («. Croll; Freiicli;:;-E. Hogg; scicnce,.lt, J. Skinner. ' Sp. -1 Vb—La tin; C.'< J. L. Trott;' mathematics, C!:' 0.. Kii'k"; Hnglisli,"'.S.., S. M. 'Bisli; ft-ciieh, K. S; Bargii; scienco,' S. S. M. Bish. '■ : ' : v ' IVa..—Latin,■ ; H: A.' Jenkins"; -mathematics, E. 11,'' Memiit-h ;English, F. A. liortoLi ;' :Fronch, " : Ij. 'M. Willis'; science, 8. \Y. C. '.ltaleigh; book-keep-ing; E. Al.'"Meredith.'--;- i.- -V '■' IVh.—Latin, ,W. 11.'Brown;': mathematics,- J. A.. Stick; English,-:. 'L'.- ".M. Willis ; French, N. K. 'J'iionisqii; science, J. A.' Stiok; bctok-kceping. : .l{. 11. Cole.'.- ■'. IVc.—Mathematics,-T. H. Lloyd; Englisli, J.. A. Stick: Fionch.r-S. W..fstokes and J. J. M'Cartliv: science, 1.. H. Hovd; book-keeping, E. E. King.. iVd— Mathematics,,F. W. Dewhurst-; English,' N. ; Roiudds.m;, s-ience, !l. Marshall.' ■ . Ilia —Latin, J.'"lVc-njamin'; 'niatheniaties, V. 11. ■ Brown ; English, A. G. Scholos: French, J. Benjamin;', scicnce, V. I<. Brown. : .: -;.A ' Illb.—Latin,-■ L. ,E.. Lhveii; mathematics, W. W. Bramwel!; English, G. H. Lissington i'reneis, IN. owldon; science, AV.. W.' BrnniweU. ■■... '■"•Hie.—Latin;-' I'). 1". Fowler;- mathematics,'R. Newcombo; English, T. A. A.- Palmr-r: French,. ~A.,: , K.' ■ WifFin ; science, JI. S. Noble. ' ' Ifld.—Latin, T.. o.'",Forsyth ; mathematics, A, 11. Keene ; English, ..A.. H-. Keone; French, G. : P. Itnywnrd ; scic-isce, W. P. Al'Gowan. "

11 Id. —Miiliematics, Tt. J; T'age; English, D. L. Jones;; French, R.. J- Fox: scicnce, E.. 8.. Pennington ; .hook-keep, iti<t. N. D. Condef. -

Tiff. —s!athemat-ies,.B. J. ; English, A. W.-Marley; Krcnoli, R. 11.' Keys;science,' .IT.. T. D.' Kohcrtson ; book-k-;-ei)ing,.ll. I?. Keys.

Nois French.—(a) F. li.inspn ; (b) H. B. M'Master; !c) _L. .E. -Ijovell. ... At the, conclnsion; of the,. ceremony cheers were given for the Governor, the masters, the visitors, the prize-winners, and the iHiri-:» ize winners. . .. .. .