PRESENTATION TO MR. RAYNER.
On Tuesday afternoon, June 10th, a presentation of a highly gratifying nature took place at the Kaiupoi Borough school, when Mr Edwin Kayner, the laio head master who happened to hare entered during the afternoon to take away some of his papers, was informed that the children wished him to wait till, they were all assembled. The teachers having mustered the children, of whom there wore about 250 in attendance, in the main building, Mr It. J. Alexander, the head master, explained that, as this was probably Mr Ilayner’s last visit to the school before leaving to take charge of the practising department of the Normal School, the scholars! were glad to take him a little bit by surprise, and in the name of the teachers and scholars he had been requested to hand Mr Rayncr a substantial token of the esteem and respect in which ho was held in the school. Mr Alssaudcr, as a recent arrival, had also to
Mi predecessor on the state of classes, and. he had found the youth of the town to be exceedingly tractable and. •willing to j&udy. The present consisted of a silver inkrftund, on which would bo placed a waitable ascription, with elegantly cut inkbottles. Its presentation to the recipient was the signal for rounds of cheers. Mr Raynor, who was somewhat taken aback, briefly thanked the teachers and children for their 'very handsome present, which he should preserve in remembrance of his connection with the school, and as showing the good feeling which the teaching staff and the scholars had towards him. Throe cheers were then given for Mr Raynor’s ’future success. Mr Grant, ■assistant master, on the part of the teaching staff, expressed their regret on the removal of a gentleman whom they respected in every sense, and under whom they had worked for •the advancement of the school. Mr Eayner had been in charge of the Kaiapoi school four years and five months, and hia leaving would 'be regretted by a large number of his friends.
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Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1658, 13 June 1879, Page 2
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342PRESENTATION TO MR. RAYNER. Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1658, 13 June 1879, Page 2
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