Full Results In Native Bird Essay Competition

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 40, 12 April 1935, Page 19

Full Results In Native Bird Essay Competition

‘HE Forest and Bird Protection Society (of New Zealand, Inc.) announces the results of the essay competition recently conducted under its auspices. There were 51 entries, a most gratifying response, and.the standard of the essays was very good. Many of the writers showed that they had a clear understanding of the vital value of forests for national welfare, but others disclosed a confusion of impression and. thoughts. For example, one wrote in regard ‘destruction of forests:-‘‘We must consider the deer, though they destroy our forests. Where or how would they find homes to live?"’ Several. writers. give pleasant impressions of bird-life, but usually the "observations" followed familiar lines (descriptions of plumage, nests, eggs, etc.) One of the best results of the competition was good evidénce that the principal of Waitaki Boys’ High ‘School, and his staff, have been giving the right kind of instruction about the native forests and birds. This progressive school supplied thirteen of the fifty-one entries, and won four prizes. This excellent example is earnestly commended to other schools, both primary and secondary.

With the exception of-the-.third -_prize-winner, whose subject:-was "A Personal Observation of a’ Weka," an excellent exercise in nature study, the awards were for essays on "The Value of Native Forests’’-the subject chosen by the majority of the entrants. The judges awarded the prizes as follows :- Ist prize, of £5: Miss Barbara A. Kerr, Otaika Valley, N. Auckland. 2nd prize, of £2/10/-: Bryan G. Hood, Waitaki Boys’ High School, Oamaru. 3rd prize, Morocco-bound Bird Album: Edward M. Mills, Waitaki Boys’ High School, Oamaru. ‘4th prize, Morocco-bound Bird Album: Robert A. McDowell, Waitaki Boys’ High School. 5th prize, Morocco-bound Bird Album: William Pearson, Greymouth. 6th prize, Bird Album, art paper cover: V. S, Jackson, Ngaruawahia. 7th ptize. Bird Album, art paper cover: P. A. Bay, Waitaki Boys’ High School, Oamaru. 8th prize, Bird Album, art paper cover:.Miss- Margaret Kerr, Otaika Valley, Portland P.O., N. Auckland: °° oe