YOUNG CITIZENS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 338, 27 September 1932, Page 4

YOUNG CITIZENS

USEFUL TRAINlKd HIGH SCHOOL PREFEft AS SPEAKERS AT ROTARY HIGH STANDARD SE> Members of the Rotorua^ Club were given an insig^ day into the ability of the k generation to conduct a meetijw proper lines and at the same jl deal with current. affairsJu^t competent manner. On this oc( th.e rnembers of the club relE control to the boy prefectstt Rotorua High -Sehool and m interested . apdience wliile ^ took charge and delivered th^adi es-. . . ■ ■ • . Norman Hinton, school heaj f ect, was in the chair and cct I ipgly demons-trated that he ho instruction in the duties ofi manship and the j-ules of pr0{( There were present Prefeeh man Hinton, Chas Davis, Jack ander, Trevor Berghan, C. Haj Godfrey Beale, Dick Devihanj chell. , . Norman Hinton took as % je,c.t "The Maori Ra.ce," an3 gised the cbaracter and sagajj Wikina Tamehana, whom te acterised as one of the finesti in Maori history. He spoke c cordial relations which pervaiit

relations ■ between the two rata trusted that these would alwa; tinue. a ... • , . Chas Davis took as his subjt life of the late Sir Ronald spoke of his self-sacrificing resa into the life, of , the. anophel^ quito and the incidence of jj Her.e was a man, who typifi^ Rotary ideal of "Service abow for he ,had deyote.d. hig life, 1 and resources to the service o! kind. Functions of , Schoql Jack Alexander'? subject wa; Functions of a School," whic Caesar with Gaul he divid« three parts, firstly, the inttS side, about which he detidedti little; secondly, the moral side, he considered might stand ie; ment and, thirdjiy, the civil which he considered most imp since true civic life really ggj all the others. He advocatd democratic control in schoolsa inauguration of a students' re; tation council which, he c® would prove of great assista the school authorities in h many of the minor matters w in school life. "The Beautifying of Rotorua the subjeet chosen by, Trevor han who dealt wjth the good done by the unemployed OBi j Borough Council in the Kuirs j serve. He also condemned ii ; tidy appearance of Whakari j and suggested that the Govei > raise a loan and expend it | proving the. surroundings offe i A tribute to the interest ij by the Mayor, Mr. T. Jacksoa, cluded his remarks. A very bright address vvasi Clyde Hampspn; who paintedi ous verbal pictures of the ftife possibilities of the newlyfoia torua Hikiqg .Club, which hei would open up the country a

vide work for cartoonists aui makers. Godfrey Beale led his aiik the Thames Embankment vfe I trac.ed the history pf ffei needle and told of the diffics [ its transport from Alexandra the Bay of Biscay to its las! place on the Thames. The enunpiation and dictic: boys was exceptionally good,t ject matter wqll chosen andfc jects deftly and interestingly: ed. Allusion to the high stani the speeches was made byfts ; J. D. Davys, as he voiced ft i gratulations of the club.