EDUCATION’S MEANING

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 537, 14 December 1928, Page 13

EDUCATION’S MEANING

TE PAPAPA PRIZES REWARD OF HARD WORK “Education does not mean the mere acquisition of knowledge. “Th© development of the moral qualities of honesty, determination, generosity and truth in order that the character of each boy and girl may be built up into useful citizenship is equally important.” The Rev. D. D. Scott made this statement at the annual presentation of the Buchanan prizes at the Te Papapa School this morning. The prizes are the interest of a capital fund vested with the Public Trustee in perpetuity by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Buchanan, of Quadrant Road, Onehunga, for pupils of the Te Papapa and Onehunga Schools. This morning the donors presented th© prizes to Florence Harvey and Thomas Knox, each receiving a cheque for £6. The headmaster, Mr. H. T. Gibson, explained that the prizes were awarded to the girl and boy who had shown the greatest capacity for overcoming obstacles and whose school work, apart from its quality, had shown the greatest amount of those characteristics of determination, integrity and leadership which had so largely contributed to the building up of tlie British Empire. Tho chief object of the award was not for excellent work or special cleverness in any subject. “The reward is a recognition of hard work, the best fight put up against difficulties and the capacity for beating down the obstacles of life.” The Rev. H. M. Smyth urged upon tho pupils th© value of industry and discipline, and the necessity for learnorders ° W S * VG an( i how to take Mrs. Buchanan was presented with a bouquet by the girl scholars.