FAREWELL TO HEADMASTER

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 990, 5 June 1930, Page 9

FAREWELL TO HEADMASTER

FUNCTION AT KOHIMARAMA "By a liappy blending of consistent discipline and uniform kindness he has won and kept the confidence and lo> - | alty of his pupils," said Mr. J. Hubber. - chairman of the Kohimarama School Committee, at a farewell social given | last evening to Mr. A* A. Kenny, headmaster, who has been appointed to the \ Richardson Road School. Mount Albert. The Kohimarama School opened seven years ago with 130 pupils and I three classrooms. In three years these numbers increased to 300 and six, respectively. “The departure of such a capable j master is to be deplored." said Mr. Hubber, "but our loss will be Mount Albert’s gain.” The chairman wel- | corned Mr. Kenny s successor. Mr. H. ! C. Jeffery. During the evening Mr. Kenny was j presented with an illuminated address. : signed by the school committee and by ! a number of residents. The inscrip- j tion on the address conveyed the ! thanks of the parents, scholars and committee for Mr. Kenny’s services. . Mr. W. P. Endean, M.P. for Parnell, made the presentation. An additional gift was a gold foun- 1 tain-pen from the old pupils of the j school, through Mr. W. J. Jordan. M.P. i Replying, Mr. Kenny outlined the j school’s educational history during the seven years of its existence