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&tablished 1877. Opened 1881 Southland Boys' High School. iOARD OF GOVERNORS. CHAIRMAN-R. M. STRANG, Esq. J. GILKISON, Esq., \ Elected by The Governor. Mrs N. McD. WEIR, J J. C. THOMSON, Esq. ) Elected by Southland Education Board. P. A. de la PERRELLE, Esq. l J. T. CARSWELL, Esq. 1 Elected by Parents. R. M. STRANG, Esq. A. BAIN, ESQ., MAYOR OF INVERCARGILL. SECRETARY-F. STEVENSON, Tay Street. STAFF OF THE SCHOOL. RECTOR-T. D. PEARCE, M.A. ASSISTANT MASTERS J. P. DAKIN, B.A. H. DREES, M.A. A. G. BUTCHERS, M.A., LL.B. J. FLANNERY J. S. McGRATH, B.A. A. J. DEAKER, M.A. J. L. CAMERON, M.A. K. O. McDONALD, M.A. A. S. HOGG, M.Sc. A. McFARLANE, M.A. PHYSICAL INSTRUCTOR- J. PAGE. CARETAKER-J. LEPPER. ii lll SCHOOL OFFICERS, 1926. -8CHO0L -◊FFICERS (continued). Tennis: Committee-J. Dakin, R. Page, L. Clark, J. Hamilton, C. Treeby, T. .A�derson, G. Hughes, A. Dakin. School Prefects: R. Page (Head), J. Dakin, L. Clark, R. McKay, T. Plu11kctt, M. McCurdy, G-. Macdonald. Cocoa Club: D. Rhind (President), G. Oai·swell (Secretary), L. Form Registrars: G. Macdonald, T. Plunkett, C. Cameron, T. Thom Clark, G. Macqonald, A. Liddell, E. Hill. son, G. Rout, S. Gardner, L. Clark, A. Wealleans, L. R. McKay, J. Webb. Thompson, J. Armour. Library: R. McKay, R. Page, J. Dakin. Cadets: Company Commander: Capt. J. L. Cameron. Southlandian: Second in Command: Lieut. J. Page. Athletic Sports:· Staff, Prefects, and C. Cameron, F. Squires, E. • . Hawke, H. McKenzie, A. Mennie, A. Wealleans, H. '.L'hom Platoon Co1mnanders: Lieut. A. J. Deaker, Lieut. K. C. son, L. Mcturdy. McDonald, Sergeant-Major R. Page, Sergeant Major T. Plunkett. Hon. Secretaries: J. Page, N. Pryde. Company Sergeant-Major: J. Dakin. Quartermaster Sergeant: D. Rhind. Platoon Sergeants: iVI. McCurdy, J. Hamilton, E. Sargison, L. Clark. Section Commanders: C. Cameron, I. Rohertson, G. Mac donald, F. Waymouth, W. Tattersfield, '.L'. Thom son, T. Anderson, R. Tuck, F. Squires, G. Cox, W. Murchison, D. Strang, A. Horne, R. Murray, N. Tilley, S. Green, F. Calder. Vickers Gun Squad: Sergeant W. Butchers, Corporal F. Taylor, Lance-Corporal A. Smillie. Band: Corporal F. Beadle. Light Duties Squad: Corporal I. t:itevenson. FOOTBALL. Team. Captain. Deputy-Captain 1st XV. ... .. R. Page J. Hamiltoh. 2nd XV.. G. Macdonald C. Cameron. 3rd XV ... A. Wilson G. Cox. Junior A A. W ealleans R. Wallace. Junior B .. J. Polson A. Derbie. CRICKET. Team. Captain. Deputy-Captain 1st XI. J. Dakin M. McCurdy. Juniors .. J. Fox A. Derbie. TABLE OF CONTENT-S. "Non. scholae ud vit,r,e discimus." .. '·. WL?e g,outl)Canbian. Governors and Staff 1-m Published once a year. Srhool Officers SUBSCRIPTION: 2s 6d per annum, payable to the Editor, Southland Boys' High School, Invercargill. Editorial .. .·:,· 1-3 Convributions from, and news i·elating to, Old Boys will be thankfully School Roll 6-114-6 received by the Editor. School News . Examination Results .. 11-12 NOVEMBER, 1926. No. 43. Governor-General's Visit 12-14 Official Opening of New School 14-18 Break-up, 1925 18-20 EDITORIAL. 20-32 Football .. .. .. .. Our first year in the new school is drawing to a close, and Cricket .. 32-36 in a very short tin1e none of those will be left who can remember the old building which saw the birth of the school; but there is. Tennis .. 36-37 something which has changed its abode with us, something which means the very life of a school-tradition. Our traditions have Fives .. .. 37 been built up by the hundreds who have gone before; it is up to us to see that they are canied on. One of them is "Play the Gymnastics .. 37-38 game!" Surely we have always tried to play the game. Some times we have met with bitter failure, on the field of sport and Cadets 38-39 elsewhere, but surely we have tried to make even defeat glo1·ious. Athletic Sports . .. 40-43 "The better man won; but we are not downhearted." Another is "Noblesse oblige." You know what that means. Library 44 Hon om· demands that we shall not fall below our standards; and Eduration 44-45 our standards are worthy. Let us fulfil what is expected of us; and much is expected. We have a duty to the men who have Original Contributions 46-55 preceded us, a duty to the generations of schoolboys yet to come. These are the moral traditions of the school.-Let us live up to Old Boys' Column 55-64 them. Subscriptions and Exchanges .. 65 At the end of this year many will leave school not to retul'll; but departure from the school itself does not necessarily mean Addresses 66-{>7 a departure from the habits that have grown up there. "Non scholae 2 3 sed vitae discimus." Freedom without abuse, honoUcr, cleanness, is the large number of windows, each room vei. Y 11oti·ce able feature these are the things that will make your after-life worth living. o fg 1ass. It 1s. poss1'bl e t o having one side consisting principally Remember that almost every action of yours will reflect on your to a nicety. 1.egulate the ventilation school, and what may seem insignificant in itself becomes of great main body of the building; the import when considered from this viewpoint. There are ten class-rooms in the toil at science. On the ground west wing is set apart for those ,yh? lecture-room and store_-room A word with regard to keeping fit. Most of" you play football .floor is the chemical laboratory, with the same plan, 1s for in the winter months, and do a certain amount of training. But d ·oini..ng and the floor above, set out on (some, ala�, when football is over for the year, and the sports are a thing of ;h�·sical �cience. Both laboratories are well equipped the ma�n the past, a general slackness sets in. "You are working hard to appreciate it only too well). To right. and left o� m t eh m:i.m pass your exams.," you say in excuse. But you can do your best entrance are the rector's office and the library, and be to our work only when your body as well as your mind is perfectly tuned. c·orridor are dark-rooms which will doubtless a boon the The only way to be really fit and well-conditioned is to live in the amatem· photographers. 1\.t the ends of the conidor are same manner all the time. Don't train yourself for a few months senior and junior cloakrooms. The staff-room opens on to the and let matters go the rest of the time. The following are sug- . balcony in the middle of the building,. on �he first floor-a favour gested as essential to good bodily condition:- able spot during our hot Southland days-and next it is a much and much appreciated apartment, the Prefect's room, 1. Clean thoughts. needed it is, unfortunately, situated above the Rector's office. 2. A clean body. although again, in the third storey section, is the museum, com 3. Correct breathing. AboYe these an excellent view of the countryside. 4. Sufficient and right kind of exercise. manding 5. The right kind and quantity of food. Perhaps the main feature is the Assembly Hall. 'rhis 1s well Ji"'hted and ventilated, and has an excellent floor for dancing, as Eschew those shocking little paper-covered books. Lavish use 11:s been proved on several occasions. The acoustic properties are of water, inside and out, is essential to bodily cleanliness. Breathe exrellent, and there has been quite a number of lectures, both from deeply and through the nostrils. The best kind of exercise is masters and from outsiders, throughout the year. The stage is not work, hard manual labour, not daily contortion of the body and enormous, but it is in proportion to our needs. An operating room limbs. Eat slowly in moderation; it is much better to be con has been provided at the back of the hall, against the time when stantly late than to suffer from indigestion. And, remember, if we haYe our own cinematograph apparatus you reach good physical condition, you can be pretty sure that . your mind is all right. The heating, by means of hot water radiators, is excellent f hroughout the school, much cleaner and more satisfactory than the old fu·e-places. Some of the Old Boys who live in distant parts will doubtless The gymnasium is in process of erection, and work has begun be interested in hearing about the new school. The grounds cover on a wall on the street frontage of the school. A miniatlll'e rifle all an area of 18 acres at the northern end of the Queen's Park in range has been built against the sports pavilion, which looks very reserve, at Herbert Street. There are three football grounds, all well in new paint. The tennis courts have yet to be laid out, and in constant use, at the western end, while one or two houses J<'ives must be dispensed with for some time. The grass lawns occupy school property, on the street-line; but there is still a at the side and in front of the school are still rather new and large area not in use, and there is ample room for extension. imperfect, but with the passing of time they will add the necessary The school itself is a two-storeyed, brick building with a finishing touch.