SCHOOL HONORS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 38, 4 July 1914, Page 3

SCHOOL HONORS.

LADY GODLEY'S CUP. BAYLY SCHOLARSHIP MEDAL.

A very pleasing ceremony took place on the drill ground at the Stratford School yesterday afternoon when the cha.nnan of the School Committee (Mr. P. Skoglund) presented a silver medal ! and bar to the highest scorer in the school cadet company (Sergeant Roy Coutts), which won the Ladies' Challenge tup for shooting. The cup its-If was brought on to the ground, and will be retained for a year by the school, Sergeant Coutts' name be"ing inscribed inside the cup, wherein the names of subsequent winners will be recorded In making the presentation, Mr. Skoglund explained that the cup was one of several that had been obtained at the instance of Lady Godley, who initiated a fund to encourage good shooting by cadets, and to that fund ladies throughout the Dominion subscribed, with the result that a cup had been donated to every school possessing a company of senior cadets, and a medal was given to the highest scorer. He added that he had great pleasure in presenting Sergeant Coutts with the medal, and the latter then stepped forward and received the trophy, saluted, and n joined his company.

Tlie next presentation made by Mr. Skoglund was that of a handsome gold medal to the winner of the Bayly Mem-orial-Scholarship, Charles Lawn. He said that in the previous rear he had presented one of these medals to Coutts, and everybody would feel very proud indeed that another Stratford boy had won the scholarship again this year. No doubt some of the boys had never known the late Mr. Alf. Bayly, while some would only just remember him. He felt sure that Lawn would worthily uphold the reputation made by previous winners of the scholarship, and the previous winners had done all that was expected of them. The idea of the Rugbv Union in providing the scholarship was to enable boys wiio might not be in the first flight of scholars to enjoy the benefits of a scholarship. The Rugby Union hoped that Lawn's future career would be entirely successful He (Mr. Skoglund) could only cvpress the hope that Lawn would grow m> such another fine man as Mr. Bayly wa \. Mr. Bayly was a man whom all should delight to honor. Three hearty cheers were given for Lawn and Coutts.