Understands Youth

NZ Truth, Issue 1195, 25 October 1928, Page 6

Understands Youth

THE ..youth), of Invercargill occasionally /refer ■ to~ a ' certain "Toby," of .;'-. whom they- stand m no 'little amount of awe. v.: v •', ■ .-. Yet, there is^/a -! smattering of very genuine affection lfi this' homely nickname,- for-; it '.''.dstj. specially, reserved f or T. D. Pear^e, M^A.^e'ctqr of ' the 'Boys' High School, f£h ,Ver*cSrgiii. '-'' '%/ For many years^/now, T.D.P. has been on the job/ pi 'sending. Southland boys into the stern- arena of; life arriied with the. best kriOwledger' a wisely r conducted high school; can give. 4 v ' ; * V. ; The rector 'Wili^terf. you' that :, ; "the boy'" is an riglit-^he lias only "t'6- be' understood. And, Vlike the wise man he is, Pearce has, made it his business to fathom the workings of. the complicated mind of youth. Some call this art, psychology." To Pearce, it, is but common-sense. .'-... •■". True, discipline demands that a stern face: is the correct thing. But discipline could never . m.oye' the little twinkle of understanding from the, eyes of that excellent gentleman, T. D; Pearce, M.A. '.'.'.-.'.'■ ! 'v

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