KAKERE SCHOOL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 72, 6 May 1879, Page 2

KAKERE SCHOOL.

Thursday last was a red-letter day with the youngsters at Karere. The number of children in this district had so increased that 'ho front rooms of the master's residence no longer afforded sufficient accommodation, so it became necessary to erect a schoolhouse. A very neat, sub* stantial, and well-appointed school has been built, and on Thursday last it was opened, and the day celebrated by the usual tea-fight, at which it may be taken for certain that the children did their best to demolish the piles of cakes, tarts, and other good things provided for them by the ladies, among w^om, from the immense amount of Trouble they took to ensure success, may be specially mentioned Mesdames Bo we, Keeble, and Randolph. A magic lantern was to have been shown in the evening, but the Fates determined otherwise ; so the day was concluded by the children, parents, and visitors assembling in the new school-room to hear the children recite poetry, &c. The youngsters certainly did credit to their teacher, Mr Gower, who must have taken no small pains with them, for it does not often fall to our lot to hear children recite as well as they did. There was no bashfulness. Each tried to merit a good opinion of its performance, and when the fact— r of many of them being Scandina- i vians, who a comparatively short time back did not know a word of English, is taken into consideration, we must acknowledge that the enunciation was remarkably clear. In the early part of the evening we noticed Mr and Mrs iSnelson, Mrs Kichter, and Rev. Mr Neilson on the platform by the chairman, Mr Mom-ad. After some addresses by Eev. P. Jones, Mr Bruce, and others, a most pleasanc reunion was terminated by the customary votes of thanks and " God save the Queen," the youngsters one and all seeming determined to work haid and merit another such feast on May 1, 1880.