FOXTON STATE SCHOOL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2371, 22 December 1921, Page 1

FOXTON STATE SCHOOL.

During Ihe prize-giving ceremony in connection with the local State School, in the Town Hall on Tuesday afternoon, John McKnight, Std. VI., the following speech, which was well received by scholars and parents alike: — “Mr Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen. —It is with the greatest pleasure that I speak lo you on the achievements of this school year, which is now fast drawing to a successful close. Those who have been fortunate in the recent examination are elated at the fine progress they have made. Many of us, myself included, were at one time filled to the utmost with the infatuous idea that we were hopeless inefficients, hence at times we becaritg pessimistic, especially when the re 4 suits of the weekly tests becainp known, but gradually we found ourselves gaining confidence. Our star of hope began to rise with ever increasing brightness, and now today we stand in the full glory of success and ready for further responsibilities, whatever the future may- have in store for us. Now a word or lwo must be said about those who worked so strenuously that we might become proficient. We mu.it pay our kind respects to Mr Currie, and express our earnest hopes that he will progress well and quickly recover from his recent serious illness. On behalf of those boys and girls who are now about to leave this grand old school, I desire to extend to Mr Broad our profuse thanks for his kind efforts to help us on during the time he has been in charge, hoping that our earnest wishes for his future career and happiness may lie fully realised. We also wish to llmnk the School Committee for their works on our behalf. We arc beginning to look forward to the lime when we shall he able to serve our old school in a similar capacity. There is but little more to comment upon, except that we in Std. VI. are sorry to leave the (del school, and I feel sure that in after years, while ruminating on bygone days, we shall think, not of the petty trials and troubles that we have had. and the puzzles in grammar and arithmetic, but of (he many pleasant--hours that we have spent within the walls of our dear old school. There is but one thing more to add, and 11ml is: We in Std. VI. extend to you, Mr Chairman, holies and gentlemen, boys and girlS, our best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous and Happy New Year."