"UNWHOLESOME RIVALRY.”
EOIi INTER-SCHOOL TROPHIES. MOTION TO ABANDON. WELLINGTON, Last Night. The meeting of the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Association, under the presidency of Mr T. Cresswell, principal of Wellington College, today passed a motion disapproving of the Moascar Cup, Empire Shield, Riddiford Cup and Jellicoe Cup, or any other inter-school competition for trophies, as they were thought not to be wholesome. . Mr Milner, principal of the Waitaki Boys’ High School, pointed out that competition for the Moascar Cup had approached a gladiatorial display. He inferred that this had been encouraged by “certain bodies engaged in fostering sport, in order to improve their position or their finances. There was a strong body of opinion on the other side, it being urged that this was no business of the conference, and that in any case the schools would disregard the decision. The motion, which also was to the effect that the contests should be abandoned, was carried by 16 votes to 10, male delegates only voting.
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Shannon News, 18 May 1923, Page 4
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165"UNWHOLESOME RIVALRY.” Shannon News, 18 May 1923, Page 4
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