ORGANIZED GAMES

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 184, 1 May 1940, Page 7

ORGANIZED GAMES

Schoolboys Who Do Not Take Part HEADMASTER’S COMMENT ' "Altogether there are about 70 pupils in the school who for no satisfactory reason participate in no organized games,” said the headmaster of Wellington College, Mr. IV. A. Armour, in liis report to the meeting of the Wellington Colleges Board of Governors yesterday. "These pupils and their parents,” said Mr. Armour, "fail to realize or to take advantage of the training in character and physique offered so freely to them. There appear, however, to be more boys playing football and cricket than last year, and so we find it, difficult to provide sufficient masters lo supervise all. the groups into which our football and hockey clubs are divided.” Mr. Armour also reported that the effort made in the school to raise funds for the Provincial Patriotic Fund bad resulted in the collection of the substantial sum of £172., After printing expenses were deducted, £169 was handed over to the fund. Girls’ Colleges. The principal of Wellington East Girls' College, AliasN. G. Isaac, reported that she considered that the proposal of the National Patriotic Fund Board that pupils collect non-ferrous metals was a good one for those pupils whose parents were willing. At a recent staff meeting, members who teach in the eastern wing had inquired about the possibility of these rooms being protected, like the rooms in the main block, by glassed-in corridors. They were exposed to the full force of the north-west and south-west winds, which blew frequently in winter. The principal of Wellington Girls’ College. Miss E. Al. North, said she could nut see her way to ask the girls to collect non-ferrous metals as she considered that the girls of the college were working to full capacity already in what they had undertaken. Also in the present'building.s there was no place whatever in which to store such a collection, even temporarily. Work of all kinds was now well established throughout the school in order to assist in the national effort to win the war, Aiiss North said. She had decided, as the school already had very dose links with the Bed Cross, to work mainly through that channel.