PRIDE AND SORROW.

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 57, 4 September 1926, Page 9

PRIDE AND SORROW.

"Mr. J. P. Firth, the former headmaster of the college, said that the central idea of the ceremony was to express their gratitude to tbe sacrifices made by the Old Boys when they servedwn the late war, and to express their admiration of tho heroic devotion of those •who fell for King and country. Like all other schools in New Zealand, they were- too young to have the great traditions of the old schools in England, but the part taken by the Old Boys ill the Great "War gave room for a proud Appreciation. At this point, Mr. Firlh, after a vain effort to steady his voice, said: "I am yery sorry; I cannot say any moro." The Bight Rev. the Bishop of Wellington concluded an earnest prayer,

appreciative of tho courage and devotion of the fallen, by reciting tho Lord's Prayer, in which all present reverently joined. ' Then followed the hyinu, "O, God, Our Help in Ages Past." . HIS EXCELLENCY'S ADDRESS. It was a very great honour and privilege, said His Excellency, to bo invited to take part in the ceremony. He wished to add his congratulations to the old boys who had conceived this project and carried it into execution. It had been said that tho best test of the value of a school was in the respect and reverence held for it by its old boys. In Now Zealand they saw on every side such evidence of the greatness of tho schools of the Dominion. He was glad that tho old boys had given somothing to tho school not to bo valued only by its intinsic worth, but far more for the influence it would have in its future progress, a memorial to these gallant men.