WEST END SCHOOL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 251, 16 October 1908, Page 2

WEST END SCHOOL.

LAST NIGHT'S CONCERT. A highly successful concert was held 'at tho West End School last night, Ihe 'occasion being the opening of the rc;-ent-iy-ereetod gymnasium, in which the *-;>n I <\ 'cert was hold. The attemlanco must 1 t , 'have been close on five hundred, the, v building being taxed to its utmost. n 'Prior to tho commencement the Mayor , js (Mr. (!. Tisch) formally opened Lhe! j; building. He congratulated the eomm't- j' L lee, teachers, and the residents on bar- ( ing such a largo and commodious lmiid- ], ing. it showed what could he done by an energetic committee backed up by [ the residents, lie could remember when f 'the attendance at the school Was only . one hundred, while now it was close on < four times that number. This .showed "the harmony which existed between tinteachers and parents. The Education 'Hoard had subsidised the committee, und they had good value for their money. Me mentioned that he would offer a prize for gymnasium work, ami "would always be ready with any assistance he could offer to so good a cause. In conclusion he thanked the committee for their invitation to open the gymnasium. ' ' i r "'

The following programme was then | , rendered in capital style by the scholars: Orchestral .selection; chorus, "In the 'Smithy/'' seniors; song, 'Ten Little 'Niggers," senior boys; sons'. "The Chinaman,'' senior girls; song, "Cock-a-doodle-doo." juniors;- Maori football song, senior boys; song, "blacksmith Tom." juniors; orchestral selection; action song. ""The Dwarfs"; song. "Hev, Diddle, 'Diddle,' 5 juniors; drilling (nigger song); dolls (action song). junior ,pu])ils; song, "Ton Little Chinamen," senior girls; "Excelsior" (nigger song): song, "Old Moon" (niggers and Chinese). During the evening Mr. R. Cock presented the prizes won by the pupils at 'the swimming competition at the baths, 'lie congratulated the winners on their 'success, and said that it was a strange circumstance that the girls seemed to have taken the most prominent pari The following is the list of prize-Avin hers:—*

•220 Yards, nineteen certificates (live girls, fourteen hoys) Flora Collins, 'Nellie Hamilton, Alice Cocker, Ida Rus- I ■ sell, Hilda .Jury, William Crone, Albert j 'Howell, Kenneth Stohr, Erie LepinoJ 'Claude Jury, Harry Bailey, Gertie Malison, Darcy Newell, Edwnrd Clarke, Thomas Johns, JJarry aMana, Rupert 'Ward, Archie Bacon, lliorns Mandcr. 440 Yards, thirteen certificates (ten 'girls, three imys) —Olive Oeorge, Annie 'Bullnrd, ilary Tiplady, Veta Gilbert, Kreda .lohust-on, Myra Rea, IMabel Mills, 'Jessie MeJUaae, Rcssic Sislcy, Irene Thomj»son, David Sykos, Win. O'Brien, Waka Mana.

880 Yards, five certificates (three, girls, two boys)—lvy Thompson, Winnie 'Morrison, Mona Lepine, Ceo, Mcllvride,' Reggie Brokenshire, ; One Mile, ftve certificates (three giris, 'two boys) —Annie Trigger, Myra Stour, Doris (iMbert. Bertie White, Leslie Pipe. One Miie and a-quarter, one certificate—Elsie White. One Mile and a-lialf, two certificates— Xorah Crozier. Lthel Johnson. Life-saving Medals Norah Crozier, Eflie Tiplady, Bertie White, Archie I 'Bacon.

At the conclusion of the concert Mr. H. J. Gilbert (chairman) thanked those •present for the practical assistance they 'had rendered. It had been the aim of 'the teachers and parents for some time I 'to erect such a lull, and he thought th"y 1 had fullv justilicd the expense. Many 'were oi' the opinion that the building 'was not large enough, but they had "plenty of land ;it the back of it, and i 'could build a mace as large as the "Theatre. He referred in eulogistic terms 'to the splendid work done for the school by .Mrs. Dowling H seemed that when 'money was needed Mrs. l).»wling always Wind it, and the committee found a 'way to spend it. l n H hort. it was due to her untiring efl'orts that the building had been erected.