The Hutt News THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1929. ASSEMBLE HALL.

Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 15, 5 September 1929, Page 9

The Hutt News THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1929. ASSEMBLE HALL.

L*As an initial step toward securing fflx "Assembly Hall" for the Hutt Valllpy v High School, the Board of G-ov-fcrnors and the Principal of tiiat institunion have decided to seek the cokperation of the people of the whole lyaUey from Petone on the south to Hipper Hutt on the north, and the sugHestion has been made tihat public HLeetings be held in the different reentres for the propose of beginning a campaign for the raising of the necessary money required, viz., a sum of approximately one thousand pounds. The Board has already a sum of O/ne thousand pounds in hand —the amount 'ionated by a relative of tjhe late Mr. Henry Bald-win to commemorate Ms Jove for the ."School" and in recognition of the really fine work he iHd for the school and particularly his entiring efforts for the beautificatiori. of the grounds and playing areas. Mxyhaps tie public feel tiat too raauy appeals are being made for sttbaariptioaa —that the call 'Ho give" is ne^er out of the ear, but, should sttch a thought obtrude itself concerning ttois appeal, let the public ask iteelf whether the object is a worthy one End incidentally, who will benefit from /""he provision of an "Assembly Hail." Some may ask just what it is and what ■it is for. Modern education is ret entirely concerned with the preparation of our boys and, girls for the oassing of examinations, but there is :i far nobler aim in the minds of those engtgod in the trying but noble work of education and that is tie training of our young to be good citizens, to be of higli moral tone, and to show them, both by precept and by example, how to be truly good. It is essential for community training that a' modorn school should have a hall sufficiently large to accommodate t>he whole of the' pupils where they can ibe addressed j by the Principal, where morning assembly ear. most efficiently be carried rent, where lectures may be delivered, irre annual functions when parents ;-yd scholars meet together can test | ~j staged, where patriotic gatherings ill be held to inculcate a true patriot--fim, not t&e jingo, noisy kind which is without true foundation, but the deep and reverent patriotism that results from our knowledge of all that our flag means and that out Empire sta.i Is for. When we realise all this we surely will admit the desirability of paying heed to the call for the necessary fu'urts when t&at call is made: When we remember that the population of the .area served by the High School is at least twenty five thousand, which necessitates the giving of but an average cf f. less than one shilling per head; when it is borne in mind that the gift is for our own sons and daughters, we, surely cannot hesitate. What we ?ow 5n the education fields of to-day v/e shall rea-p in the future, and every, facility for the securing of the Vst in modern methods of education we provide in t&e present will return value a hundred fold not alone to our Vallay but\to the Dominion —nay to the Emf prre '■ itself.