"THE TARANAKIAN."

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 203, 4 February 1915, Page 6

"THE TARANAKIAN."

The latest number of the New Plymouth High School magazine is one that would do credit to any of the leading secondary schools. The arrangement of the matter, tho illustrations, and the high quality of the literary contents in-diear-e. the thoroughness with which the work of the school is carried on and there is, moreover, a virility about this journal which clearly points to the fact that the body as well as the mind is receiving due attention in the process of training at the school. This as it should be, and augurs well for the future success of the school. The editorial deals with the question which gives most parents many anxious moments—"What shall 1 do with my boy?" The subject is naturally treated from the point of view immediately connected with secondary education, and the various courses of study available and advisable are dilated upon. We note that reference is made to the vexed question of Latin, and it is urged that every boy should be given at least six months' trial in this subject. The misfortunte is that many boys join the High School at an age when the study of Latin does not appeal to them. There seems too much to be learnt in the small time left for their school course. Yet no boy's education can be considered as "liberal" or complete unless he is a Latin and French scholar. This contention only serves to emphasise the great stress which the principal, Mr. Moves, lays on the desirability of having boys in the school for the whole of their school life so that they can receive and profit by the full benefit of the system of study provided. There is no place that so pre-eminently. fits a boy for future citizenship or' leadership as a college that is conducted, mainly on the lines of the public schools of the old country, though shorn of the frills. The healthy and manly tone that prevails is the bulwark of all that is held in high esteem in every department of life. The attention paid to drill, games and moral training referred to in the "Taranakian," not only helps to bring fame to the school, but it is a potent factor in developing the intellectual side, and no higher testimony to this is needed than the fact that 'two of the school's pupils recently gained places among the nine, boys of the Dominion wdio succeed in obtaining cadetships at the Duntroon Military College. It is only fitting, therefore, ' that the school magazine which records all matters of interest connected with the institution should be worthy of its mission, and that it is so is matter for congratulation. Among tin; many interesting articles is one by Captain EyreKenny o n "Our Indian Troops," which at this juncture is particularly welcome. Old Hoys notes should also be much appreciated as they serve, to keep up that esprit do corps which is the life of every secondary—or other—school, (space will not permit of reference to a tithe of the good points in the Taranakian. We can only say that the magazine bids fair in time to equal if not excel that of any other similar school or college.