OTAGO BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 76, 4 August 1913, Page 3

OTAGO BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL

JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS. The celebrations of the jubilee of the' Otago Boys’ High School opened with a sports meeting on the Caledonian grounds yesterday afternoon, before 2UOO spectators. Chief interest centred in the Old Boys’ football match, in which many well-known gentlemen of advanced years donned the jersey and sought to renew their youth. The jubilee dinner in the evening was attended by over 420 Old Boys from all over the Dominion, and was a conspicuous and enthusiastic success. The Hon. H. D. Bell presided, and the Hon. C. A. C. Hardy and Messrs G. M. Thomson, C. E. Statham, and T. K. Sidey, M.P.’s, were among those present. Speeches were mostly of a reminiscent nature, and references to old masters and distinguished ex-pupils were received with unrestrained enthusiasm. This afternoon a procession of old and present boys to the number of about 650 was held through the streets. The Fourth Regimental Band marched in advance, and those in the procession were arranged in decades, headed by banners containing dates from 1863 to the present time. The spectacle was a most interesting one, the route being lined fyj several thousand spectators. The procession marched direct ■ to the school, where ,a commemor-j ation service was held'ip the lecture room. An address*was delivered by the Rev. A. Bruce-Todd, a senior dux of the pchool, who, as the basis of an inspiring sermon, chose the words from St. Matthew’s gospel “What .Think Ye of Christ?” The Rev. E. G. Neale, H. A. Barton, W. A. Fitchctt and P. B. Haggitt also took part in the service. Opportunity was also taken to unveil two memorial tablets to Conrad Seaward Cantrell, and Major Gilbert Montgomerie Hutton, D.S.Oi, two Old Boys of the school. This function was performed by the Mayor (Mr W. Downic Stewart).