SCHOOL TREAT.

Temuka Leader, Issue 359, 5 March 1881, Page 2

SCHOOL TREAT.

* ■ The indefatigable mistress of the Temuka School, Mrs Rows, improvisoed a treat for the scholars in the Park yesterday afternoon, that lady superintending the girls, and Mr E. Smith, the second master, ths boys. There were 360 children present, together with a large attendance of their parents and friends. Several games were iodnlged in, Mrs Rowe and the lady teachers presiding ovei the girls, and Messrs Haylmrst, sen., and Burrows, the boys, the latter acting as starter. The day being gloriously fine, all present enjoyed themselves immensely. Through the instrumentality of Mrs Rowe, a large quantity of valuable prizes were presented to the winners of the various games. Shortly before 5 p.m. the children sat down to tea, the green sward beiog aptly improvisoed as a tablecloth for the occasion. It was highly amusing to observe the readiness with which the condiments provided disappeared, and after one and all had satisfied their youthful appetites, games were resumed and-continued till a late hour, when tUay dispersed, lieariily - thankful to those who had so liberally contributed to their enjoyment. We no- \ tieed, however, one omission in th. 6 ptogramme. and that was the non-appear.-»nc6 r of the youthful drum and 6fe band. Their Bandmaster, Mr Gapes, has taken them, we understand, to several places recently out of Temuka, and it was certainly agrave omission that they were not in the Park yesterday to enliven the proceedings. We know that nothing cheers the youthful mind, making pleasure the more enjoyable, than music, and we trust that in the future Mr Gapes will remember this. Of course, we do not know at whose door the blame for the omission lies, and therefore we speak the more freely upon the subject, trusting that our remarks will bear fruit in due season.