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HOBART-STATE HIGH SCHOOL
ANNUAL SPEECH NIGHT.
The Theatie Poyal »ni crowded last
evening by past and pi cent scholars of
the Hobart Sítate High behool and pit
onts at the ninth annual speech night
Ml P H Mitchell li A the Principal of
the school, presided uppoitcd bl His
1 xcellency the Annum tntoi (Su Her
heit Nicholls) the Ducctoi ol 1 duca
lion (Mi G \ Brooks) Mi Crawford
(Secretary to the Education Depart
mont) and Mr Detener (in pectoi 1
The Principal-, iniru ii icpoit titcd
thal the ucragc a tend ince va 29 j
whicn uas Vi pei cent «f the average
monthly enrolment 10 >er cent of Ihe
pupils did not m s i il iy the ulolo
\ctir Hie examination result!, wcic at,
lollows -Seniors Senioi public 17 can
«lidafes 2öcrc«lits 197 pa es _0 1ea\m"
certificates lohn Jenner md Tohn Ia«
renee gained »acnee cnolaiship* and
the former is going on with an engineer
ng course at the UnivoiMtv lohn len
rer was also on the general proficiency
scholarship list rd-win Turnci (jualified
foi the Gilchrist Watt «holarship ho
also gained the arithmetic prtre lohn
lenncr gained the pri7c in physics (b)
and líobert O \la\ the drawing pnre
fumors Tunioi public 1" candiilfltcs
128 credits 5% passes 11 intermediate
certificates Best pa t Basil 'Wells 8
credits 1 pass Bursaric were gained
bv Vela Lamer Blenda lohnston Nel
lie Dphlc Nancy Propsting sni for the
qualifying examination igain .ind gain
ed i junior bursarj As the aim of the
îchool is for -ill round development par
ttculai attention is paid to sport Each
pupil is expected to take an active pall
The Davis shield that ha-- been gener
ously donated bv Chas Dims ltd to cn
courage sport in the school has been
won bv the Green group (Captains Ucx
Townley Thelma Weed) with lfi>4
points the Ked berne, second with loa
then the Blue 41b and Gold 270 The
Coe trophv for lowing «ai won b\ the
Gold troup (Max Reis/ captain) which
also won the Andrewartha cup foi the
eros country run The boys had a tood
cricket team and finished a successful
tcason by a raLher sensational win or
the eighth wicket against the Iaunccs
ton High School fhey were also very
successful again»t the private school
teams in football but lost to the Laun
cestón High School by J points Th«
gills lost then tennis match againsi
launceston but won then hockey match
They had a mo t successful season lr
th» A grade Hockey Association and hat
to plav off for the premiership agamí
the Buckingham team At the call o;
time the tyyo team«, yycrc e\en hut it
play ing on for anotbei ten minutes th«
Buckingham team tiuck a goal from .
penalty stroke We yveic beaten for thi
Bourke cup aftet a good contest ant
also for the cios country lue mile"
foi the Bowtell shield although Waltei
Hill a yen niomisinc, lunner carne n
first and won the gold medal Tilt
school has done i lot to foster swim
ming and in Max Pei-r we have f
champion who has already distinguish
ed himself in championship events anc
won the tians Derwent swim at the Ho
bart regatta Our Old Scholars' Swim
ming Club is to be congr-tulated on th«
vor\ succeB'ful season it has had thi!
year
\s the school is glowing older w«
find that oui old scholais are bcgmnin(
to take piomincnt positions in the lift
of the community Two of our ex scho
lara aie completing then medical cours«
this year and five others haye giaduatet
at our University Many of the head'
of the largest firms in the city have c
pressed to me their satisfaction witl
the work done by oui ex scholais in«
the demand for bojs and girls from thi
school is grcatci th in we can supply
The old scholars association known a:
the Old Hobartians \ssoci ition con
tmucs to flourish Its activities includ«
social literarv and sports clubs Thi
committee would like all ex cholnrs t<
keep up their connection with the asso
ciafion He all -egret the severe los'
the staff baa sus'ained in the death o
Mr It C Stephen He was one of tin
original six members of ti e staff tha
opened the High School in 1113 He hat
always given his best service to help tt
build up a Htgh School with the bes
traditions possible lo commemoruti
his excellent woik some of the old scho
lal s have formed a scheme to build ¡
gymnasium and ve tniat that all ex
«cholais and parents of scholais will di
theil best to contnbute towards thu
fund to show their appreciation of thi
woik done bv Mr Stephen« Ihe gym
nasium would make in excellent me
monal to Mi Stephens who interestc«
himself so much in the sports of tni
school
I haye in picvious leports pointe«
out that the average agc of new scholar
is far too high 1 his militates agains
the complete success of the High School
This is more accentuated now that thi
couisc to the intermediate is a lince
vcai course In the leaving cxaminatioi
scholarships ale given only to the» c un
der eighteen vcais of age therefore ncv
choisis should be undei th rteen Ou
average af,c this yeal foi new scholar
is thirteen years ten months and then
are onlv d2 who are undei thiitccn ou
of lc»2 new scholars Writer on oduca
lion agree that secondary educatioi
should begin at twelve y caro of ago am
until such a scheme is biought inti
foice that will enable tie averag'
scholars to entei the school at undc
thirteen the school cannot play as mi
portant a part in the scheme of educa
tioii as it should play Aftet seVera
vean experience I considci this matte
a-- of very c,rcat importance The chang
from a four vcai course to a five yea
course without the means to enable ncv
scholais to enter at in earlici age ha
meant a senous diminution in the aver
age attendance at the school
A branch of the Students Chnstia:
Union undei the genoial supervision o
Mr I G McLcod M A his been i:
operation at the school foi the past tv
vcai s The classes have b««n well al
tended Oui thanks ne due to Re
Adam Clnr) c Misse McCredie and Smit
from the 1 W CA for leading thes
classes once each week
The administrait commented in ver
warm Iel ros on the excellent wor* of th
school He said he íegrctted that in til
australian States an 1 in mo I civilise
States there v-as no p/'tematic teacl
ing for little children laircr children c
adults on what vva¡> meant by "ood cit
/enship He had lead Mi McCov s booV
and was told that the subject was o
cecdint,lv difficult to te ich bu he (til
» leaker) vi is unable to soo it How fe
people thcic weie who yycrc able to te
what a community consisted of ar
what was its value or could expiai
community rights again,t the individu
tnat should be recoin 'ed by ii dividual
No man who evci lived said wisi
thing linn Edmund Burke and he sa
that the ical difference between a state
man and m ordinary individual wi
tnat the statesman remembered th
thrre whs au organised communiti th
lad it rights li they looked at it fro
the other point of view the crimin
was a person who said Never mind ti
commun u I am going to nave vhat
want The statesman recognised I
r ghts of the State and the crimin
pcr«istcnth ignored them So the teac
ing of citizenship was uioi-t importa
as tending to peace and harmony in
community instead of ho»tility a;
showing that there had to be continu
iccoj,nition of the rights of commur
ties The teaching of clines if start
on proper lines could not fail tis tit
.went on to prove a great good (A
plau»c ) Aristotle so long ago carne
the conclusion that a State had th
-ort of government onlv that its ci
zens deserved and nothing could
truer (Hear hear) He hope I the p
pil- of the schcol in after life vvru
display as much attention to what th
learnt as Mr Mitchell and his staff h
displayed in teaching them Mare
< ¡arkc wrot" on What to do with o
Boys, an J ws& replied to with 'Wu
them and mnrrj them to the girle "
(L3Ughterl Butsomebodv had to keep the
girls, and it was the bovs who made the
best use of tneir education and opportu
mes who were tbc ones that would have
the best chance o, getting the nicest
girls Vpplausc )
Mr Brooks tatcd that in tin rrvised
curriculum for the ensuing tear too
teaching of civics v.as incluucd along the
line His Kxccllenej. had "uggeoted He
(the Direotot) was immcnselv pleaded
with the «collent vork done b\ the
scholars during the past twelve montis |
It had hcen without doubt, the bcr-t vcar
in tnc histori of the school Fine work
wa«7 being done b\ the Principal and his
staff (Applause ) E cr«, branch of
education wa taught succcs3fullj and
physical training and dctelopmcnt was
made au importunt feature, boys and
girls being made fit to take their places
in the communit«. (applause)
A large number of prizes and certi-
fiâtes of ri556,5 at "'e senior and lumo
public examination^ were then distri
buted b\ the Director Hie musical
items con«"t ted of thi tendering of put
song? b\ the gins ehon 01 100 toices,
conducted b\ Mr Mci end son,rs bv
Mi" c Blanche Sinclair and Kite Roth
well, and a tiolin solo b\ Mr Baden
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