Southland Boys' High School. Established 1877. Opened 1881. CHATRMAN-R.BOARD OF A. GOVER�OHS. ANDERSON, Esq. A. F. HAWKE, Esq. Elected by The Governor. R. A. ANDTrnSON, Esq. } T. STEVENS, Esq. "\. G. Elected by Sonthland Education noard. J. C. 'fHOMSO:--!", Esq., M.P. 1 CROSBY SMITH, .T. Esq. Elected by Parents . .J. T. CARSWELL, Esq. } .J. STEAD, ESQ., MAYOR OF JNVERCARGJLL. I SECRETARY-MR F. STEVENSON, Tay Street. PRTNCTPAl,--MRSTAFF OF T. TIIE D. PEARCE,SC'HOOL. M.A. FIRST ASSISTANT­ JVIR .J. P. DAKIN, B.A. SECOND ASSISTANT­ MR .J. S. McGRATH, D.A. THIRD ASSISTANT­ MR M. ALEXANDER, M.Sc. FOURTH ASSISTANT­ MR .J. G. ANDERSON, M.Sc. FIFTH ASSISTANT­ MR .T. STOBO, M.A. SIXTH ASSISTANT­ MR .J. FLANNERY. SEVENTH ASSISTANT- MR L. .J. B. CHAPPLE (On active service). PHYSICAL INSTRUCTOR- MR .J. PAGE. DR.AWING MASTEE- MR • .J, W. DTCKSQi�. SCHOOL OFFICERS, 1917. TABLE OF CONTENTS. l'rcfccts: H. Jefcoate. G. Kingston, C. Lipscombe, F. McD:iwall, \\'. Ryburn. R. G. Ste,·ens, R. Stephens. f'atlets: O.C., Major Pearce. 2nd in Command-Lieut. Stobo. Artillery-Lieut. Stobo. Platoon Commanders-Lieut. Flannery. CompanyI SP.rgt.-major--R. G. Stevens. !IIUSlrations--'l'he Firnt XL Platoon Sergeants-G. Kingst:m, T. James. R. Ste:ihens. c. ,ipscom he. Section Commanders-F. McDowall, C. Dickens, J. Alexan der, Page. S. Hall, D. Irving, R. Woods, D. Reed, G. Cleland. ernors ;ind Slaff Lance-corporals--J. Ewart. B. Winders, W. Johnson. lT. Affleck. 1:ov 1 E. Tregonning, A. Howie, JI:. Service. Buglers-.T. Ferg·uson, A. Campbell, L. Hendren. Schon! Officers FOO'l'R.\LL. 5-G2 Drnmmer-G. !11cCaw. J�ditorial Team. Captain. Dep.-ca11tai11. Committeeman. 1st XV. H. Jefcoate W. Whyborn G. Kingston Sc!Jool News 7-10 2nd XV. c. Dicltens E. Cleland A. Howie 3rd XV. D. Reed T. Mahony In l\lemoriam 10-11 4th XV. E. Tregonning P. Meffin 1st XV. Reporter F. McDowall. H,111 of Ilouour 12-22 Club Secretary,CRICKE'I', W. Ryburn. )lilitary Notes 22-30 Team. Captain. Deputy-captain. Old Days' Colurnu Ist XI G. Kingston 30-33 E. Diack H. Stokes Juniors I .etters from France VI & V-I D. Reed v.;r. Johnson 33-36 S. Barnett E. Kerr. VI & V-11 War Music lVA-I C. Dickens A. Sligo. 36-38 T. Mahony T. Howie 1VA-II Cricket lVB-I G. Kitto .J. 'McCallum 38-51 G. Mccaw A. Kingsland IIIA-IIlVB-II Cadets IJIA-I H. McPherson P. Service 51-52 T. MacFarlane H. Smith Library IIIB-1 G. Oughton N. Gallagher 52-53 !JIB-II E. Tregonning G. Conland T,ilirary.-1 M. A Dista11ce Swimming Stroke 'l't'nnis.-Secretaries: W. Ryburn, J. 0. Sanders. 5453-:i4 ,ibrarians: F. McDowall, Ott. Subscriptions l'ofoa Clnli.-Committee: .J. M. Alexander, E. Kerr, .J. Humph1;ey, \'. J\foss. H. Afflecl,, E. Geori,;e. Treasurer, J. M. �lexander. l�xchanr.es So11thl:nulinn.-·G. Kingston, F. McDowall, R. G. Stevens. C. Lipscomb • 54 T. Mahon�•. H. Stokes, Subscribers 55-56 "1.Von scholae sed vitae disr:imus." Published twice a year. SUBSCJUP'l.'JON: 2s 6d 71er annum, vayable to the Editor, Southland Buys' lfirrh School, I1tvercargill. Contributious j1·om, and news 1·el,iting to, Old Roys will be tlim,kfidly recei-ved by the Editor. JUNE, 1917. No. 30. ,l Scl1ool Penuant.-�At the suggestion of an Old Boy, a School Pennant in the school colours, Red, White and Blue, has been adopted. •rile Pennant is two feet long, with a base eight inches. On a blue uack ground stands out the School badge in the school colours, with tile school motto on a scroll beneath, and to the right the name •·south­ land," in white. Altogether, the effect is good. Those who saw the advauce sample admired the design. As most readers of American books and spectators of American films already know, the School Pennant plays a large part in American schools and colleges. It is generally seen adorning the walls of a study or bedroom. '11.,le feel sure that Old Boys, as well as 1;resent boys, will desire to have this emblem of association with the school. The supply is now to hand andA is obtainable at the School from Mr :\fat. Alexander. Price, 2/-. It is also obtainable in Duneclin from �Ir J. P. Donald, Knox College. Wellington agent will be appointed in due course. 'l'he Late Hon. R. McNab, M,P.-On February 7th the School [lag flew at half-mast to mark the School's respect to the passing of a distinguished Southlander, the late Honourable Robert McNab, M.A., LI ,.D. He was to have distributed the prizes at the annual ceremon:· in DecembPr, and was in town for that purpose, but at the last moment had to leave hurriedly for Wellington on departmental business; so we had not the pleasure of his address or presence. The late Dr ;\lcNab was not au Old Boy or the School, but his four younger brothers were. None the less he evinced a warm interest in us, and in all mat­ ters appertaining to the welfare of Southland. He was a man of a broad, generous mind, who gave bis services to New Zealand. He was particularly serviceable in his researches into the early history of our settlements, in the whaling days before the Treaty of Waitangi. He had made himself the New Zealand Hakluyt-<:ollecting and editing the 6 7 SCHOOL NEWS. voyages and discoveries of the early navigators or the Tasman Sea. ]lECJDmEH 11x.nrr�.\'J'IO�S, 1916. And it is as such t!rnt he will be remembered by future generations. He spared neither pains nor expense in sifting the truth of history. His loss both to Southland and to the rest of New Zealand is unfor­ Univer�ity Scholarships.--J-I. E. Dyer (8th), J. P. Donald (29th). tunate. To his brothers we extend our sympathies. Passecl with Credit.-F. McDowall, R. G. Stevens. l\1atriculation.-J. :\f. Alexander, J. Evans, S. Hall, D. Ha)'. H. ruher�itr Hrform.-In i918 there will come into force a new Howie, T. Prendergast. E. 'I'. Sheppard, F. Taylor, F. Trnpski, A. scl·,edule of marks in the University Entrance Scholarship Examina­ oar111son. tions. For a long time it has been felt tbat the scbedule required Partial Pass.-,v. Brash, lI. .Jefcoate, D. !\Janson, W. Rybum. reyio;;ion in subject values; at last the revision has come. The effect Completed Engiueering.-G. Kingst:ou. is that Latin, Engli1:b, Mathematics, and Science are put on an equality Completed l\fatriculation.-C. A. Young. of valne; that an:v candidate not taking Latin will not be penalised EO Public Service Senior Entnmce.-T. W. Preston. heavily as under the old schedule; e.g., if he takes History and Geo­ Public Service .Junior Entran<'e.-T. W. Preston (9), A. C. Garm­ gr11,phy in�tead, his penalty is only 100 marks. French is slightly raised son I<'. W. Spite-with credit (60 per cent.); P. Cody, J. G. K;ng in value. The following is the schedule for 1918 :- F,. Uudrill, S. T. Ilarnet.t, J. A. Mayo, n. G. Wind"rs, J. S. 11anvell. A. Latin, English. l\Iathem::itics. Science, 600 marks each. R. li'ord, A. G. Linn, J. R. Walsh. French, -JOO: History, 300; Geography, 200. Senior Free Place.-C. Hartley, W. S. Imlay, E. W. Kerr, .J. A. �.lC'Donald, J. G. Mackay. E. J. McLauchlan, A. E. Nisbet, R. Stout. The total effect is that Latin no longer dominates as in the past. As Junior Free Place Extension.- 12. it is no longer compulsory for Matriculation or the 13.A. degress, rnuch Junior National Scholarship. - M. Broad. J. T. Gilkison. E. of its prestige has already gone. Two final reforms are required before T!10111son, E. Preston. it can be said tllat we are unfettered by tile traditions of the past, James l\facfarlane Laing was bracketed equal with Guy Charles viz., the abolition of a compulsory pass in Latin both for the llledical Parsloe, of the Stationer's Company's School. for tlte essay competition Preliminary and for the Solicitors' General Knowledge. Any medical of 1916, inaugurnted by the Ro)·al Colonial Institute. The subject for or legal practitioner will tell you that Latin is absolutely required the competition was, "Tn What Ways has Scientific Invention Affected for neither practice; it may be desirable, but that is another matter. the British l�mpire ?" Each of these successful competiti'.lrs received The medical student never uses Latin after passing Matriculation; it I a prize of ,C? 10s. Laing won the second prize in tbe 1915 competition. is part only of the legal fiction that Latin is necessary for law. Even I In l!ll6, only thirty-si:-- esrnys were sent in, twenty from overseas an:1 Rom:rn J,aw can be best studied in translations; and the existence o[ sixteen from the 1Jnitcd Kingclorn; last year fifty-five were received. Latin terms in English law creates no necessity to pass in Latin, The adjudicator of the 11rizes was Pl'ofessor H. E. Egerton, Beit Pro­ ! simply because these Latin terms can be viewed as English words, fe�sor of Colonial History at Oxford. even as the student of botany talks about Plagiauthuslyalli or the School re-openert at the encl of Jannary with an increase in the student of Zoology about the Ornithorhyncus. One can become learnedin �ttendance. One hundred and twenty boys of last year returned.