SCHOOLMASTER’S DEATH.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 August 1921, Page 6

SCHOOLMASTER’S DEATH.

THE LATE MR. EftlC A. ROWE. The Lyttelton Times gives the following particulars concerning Air. Eric |Arnold Rowe, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Rowe, of Christchurch, and. formerly on the stall’ of the New Plymouth Boys’ High School, whose death was recorded las.t week. The deceased, who was only 24 years of age, was born in Wellington in 1897, and attended the Clyde Quay School. Coming to Christchurch, with his parents in i 1904, he weni, to the East Christchurch School, gaining a certificate of proficiency at the age of 10 years, and a Christ’s College entrance scholarship. He studied at Christ’s College, for six years, and while there gained a Somes scholarship, and in 1912 a university entrance scholarship. In 191.3 he was seventh on the list of junior scholars. He gained a student’s Somes scholarship, and took a university course at Canterbury College, where he gained several science prizes. In 1917, he sat for the science degree, which he took with second-class honors. Earlier in 1917, at the age of 20, lie had enlisted, but was given medical leave of absence, which enabled him to complete his science degree. Shortly after completing the course, he went into camp its physical instructor, and was there at the time of the armistice. On leaving camp, he was for a short time attached to the staff of the Boys’ High School in Christchurch, subsequently being appointed as resident science master at the New Plymouth High School. He. was also given complete charge, of the physical training at the school, and introduced there the latest system. In 1919 he was nominated for the 1851 Exhibition Science Scholarship, and was elected. He reached London in February, 1920, and took up researches under Professor Donnan, at the University College. His letters to his parents seemed to show that he was engaged in an interesting and important line of research, but of course the details of this were not available. At Easter, 1921, he went to Aidershot, in furtherance of his military duties, as a lieutenant in the English territorials. He went up to London to see about some apparatus for his work, and, becoming ill, he took to bed. A week later his complaint was diagnosed by Dr. Saunders, a Harley Street specialist, as pleurisy and pericaditis. He was removed to the St. John’s Wopd and St. Elizabeth's Hospital, London, where

every care and attention were shown him, but he died on Saturday, after a three months’ fight.