HALL OF MEMORIES.

North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17748, 17 March 1927, Page 4

HALL OF MEMORIES.

COMMEM ORA TION SERVICEWAITAKI'S PROUD RECORD. Following on the oflic'a7 opening of the Hall of Memories at the Wai* ie.ki Boys' High School bv •P*" Dukef of York yesterday afterno^r r serd vice of eommemoration wr ' !d iflf ihe Hali last evening wlr larg^ number of Old Boys fr: • vrrioua ' parts of the Dominion > ;;l da^ scholars and parents aud n'.iers in^ terested were present. The chair^' man of the Hall oi Mcmor'er Committee (Mr A. W. Moss) presidecS and with lnm on the platform were! i the Mayor (Mr J. McDmrmiri) the) chairman of the Board of Covernors (Mr E. P. Leo) and a number n£ others eithcr taking pari in the sertt vice or connected with the erectioflf of the Hall. ^ In his opening remarks the chalr«j man said that he had been hon« oured that day by a vis'.i fromi Roj^alty which had added hn'ch t4 the lustre and tradition of t'n^ School. Mr Moss outlined how th^ Hall of Memories had come l,ito being and spoke of the enthusiasm ofi Mr Milner for the projec!.- Ht waS pleased to state that after ihe Mem« orial Committee had guaranteed td' pajr the Board of Governors £6008 they were able to do so. He wished to thank the donors who had contributed to such a magnificent sum^' The members of the Committee had| worked hard, the treasurer, Mr A « J. Grave and the joint secretarieSj/ Messrs W3 Atkinson and D. Chis-i, holm being tireless in their efforts^ as also were the other members of} the committee, Messrs M, K. McCuM loch, F. Jones. L. Roberts, H. B/ Reid and J. McLaren. But, said Mr( Moss theip work was not ye; completed as it was proposed to havel an organ installed and her war sure) Old Boys wohld give material assistance. \ Mr Lee said Ihe Board wished tQ! congratulate the Recto? and thosd associated with him in the incep* tion of their schemet Mr Lee paid tribute to the work of the arahiteets, Messrs Forrester and Steeii" son# and to Ihe contractor, Messrt Winsley Bros. ' Mr Milner said that when he look^ , ed at ihe handshrae' structure hd felt it was the consumatfon of efT forts of two decade^. back. Wheif , the call of war came, and when they}' realised what a noble part theiifboys were playing in that titantid struggle^ they made up their mind^ that what those lads were doing£ should be adequalely commemoratT ed. That dream had come -tc pass'T Mr Milner gave an outline of whatl had been achieved by Old Boys at the front. sometof whom had gained the encomiums of their comman-: ding generals. He mentioned thd heroism of several of the more pro« minent Old Boys. No man cou!$ say that they did not acquit them* selves nobly and he hoped they} would be an inspiration to ihe boySl of the present day as their deeda. had brought honour to the schoot and lustre to New Zealand. . J After the Highland lament, "CorT onach," had been played by Mr Wilkinson scriptural sentences and), a prayer of invocation were read by^ Rev. "Walter Maclean, M-G. Thd( hymn, "O God, Dur Help," was sung| and a scriptural lesson delivered by^ Rev. Adam Clark, followed hy al' prayer of eommemoration by Arete*? deacon Russell and the hymri^ "With Heart, and Soul and Voice.'* A short address was given by Rev.j Maclean who also pronounced the'] Benediction, the service concluding? with the "Last Post" and "Reveille.'-r