“DO YOUR DUTY.”

Hokitika Guardian, 15 August 1924, Page 4

“DO YOUR DUTY.”

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(TIRISTCHnu 11. Aug. 12. \ iseouni .lellicoe paid a visit to St. Andrew’s College to-ilny. In addressing the hoys, liis Excellency said it was a great pleasure to route and see the boys op the college. Some of the happiest limes he had spoil in Now Zealand had been with the hoys of the Domini, :i. However line the men of the Dominion were, the hoys were going fo he liner when they are grown up. Vi llen one saw 1 lie* rising generation, us lar ns tin* physique was ton. corneil, they would lie as tine as the men ni to-day. "I think their lieatlpie,'cs will be good, too,” added llis Ext ellemy. lie added that there was no mvasion to enjoin New Zealanders to remain loyal, for one of the eharat'ieristies of New Zealanders was their loyalty. "WILL GO WEST A lIAI’RY MAN." Perhaps the best advice he could give to them was to ilu their duty oil all occasions ami under all tiiviini-dtaua-s. •■Remember,” he added.

••when you fro ‘west,’ if you have the satisfaction of knowing that you did what you concluded to he your duty you will titi ‘west’ it happy man.” lie sitid the oreat men of the llrilish Kmpire had all lieen consiiicuoiis for the trait in their characters of iloinc their duly. As an example, he quoted Nelson's hist words; ••Thank God, I have done my duty.” Although the school had only lieen in existence for seven years it already had some very line records. He hoped the traditions which had lieen started would he tarried on. not only by themselves hut by those who eatne after it. It was a tradition wltieh made a school the place in which they learnt character, and character came from tradition. It lay with the hoys to build up traditions. and for the boys to live up to those traditions.