THE COMPETITIONS.
In cf the face i.;nat the Masterthe competitions (will again be with us in irhe course of -a few weeks, it :1s well that we shotild reflect upon the valine of such, competition's to the gencirtii coraimuinity. Afpan-'t feom the fact. [ that they are of imjmerise .educational value, they inspire the young folk wi.tih laJna.'bifcTon; 'and emulation,, and assist in developing the Jatemt'talent im the people of the district. In ft. recent article Mr- 0. N. Baeyerfcz said of them:—"lt has seemed to me.lo be a sign-j of (hope, a .set-off to the •ever]as-tdng'terse mania,' to; emptyheadedness 'and lit heaps' young people 'to .think : of the '•things .that matter,, instead of devoting .alltheir thoughts to the things that flicker and pass., Jit makes for Rhveeitnee®. and. lightf I stand firm in my earlier, "faith—competitions are good."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10659, 14 June 1912, Page 4
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138THE COMPETITIONS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10659, 14 June 1912, Page 4
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