A PATRIOTIC SUGGESTION.
ANTHEM TO BE SUNG IN SCHOOLS DAILY. The following letter from Mr W. B. Scandrett was read at the Southland Education Board meeting on Friday last (reports the Southland Times): — Dear Sir.—l am informed by a friend in Melbourne that the school children commence the day’s duties in the schools in Victoria by singing a verse of the National Anthem and the following new verse:— “God bless our splendid men, Send them safe home again, God bless our men. Keep them victorious, Happy and chivalrous, They are so dear to us, God bless our men.” They are no doubt very simple words, but worthy the occasion. If you would approve of the suggestion to ask the teachers in the schools in the Southland district to sing this verse, I would gladly supply you with the sixteen thousand copies of the verse, if you would send them to the teachers for distribution. —Yours faithfully, W. B. Scandrett. On the motion of Mr J. C. Thomson, M.P., it was decided to accept Mr Scandrett’s offer with thanks, and school teachers throughout the province are to be instructed to have a verse of the National Anthem and the new verse sung each morning by the pupils.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1506, 5 February 1916, Page 4
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206A PATRIOTIC SUGGESTION. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1506, 5 February 1916, Page 4
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