JUBILEE
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on a buffet system from 10.30 p.rn. to 1 a.m. Early in the evening in a most impressive ceremony, eleven debutantes, daughters of Old Boys, were presented by their fathers to Sir William and Lady Jordan. Associated with Sir William on the platform was the official party, consisting of: Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Moss, Mr. and Mrs . G. J. McNaught, the Very Reverend D. N. MacDiarmid and Mrs. Balh arry, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Honnor, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Aderman , Mr. H. R. Billing, Miss Allum, Dr. and Mrs. D. N. Alien, Dr. and Mrs. I. D. Auld.
time returned by a secondary schoolboy for the eve nt in New Zealand, and considering the damp state of the track, it was a remarkable performance.
The debutantes were:- Miss Judith Brown , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brown, New Plymouth. Miss Glyndwyr Davies, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. 0. S. Davies, New Plymouth . Miss Rowan Plymouth.
Davies, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Davies, New
Miss Janet Fookes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Plymouth .
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Fookes, New
Miss Mary Honnor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Honnor, New Plymouth.
In the senior 440 Yards Johns equalled the record with a time of 52.6 seconds. M. H. Tizard also gave an outstanding exhibition in winning the senior 880 Yards in 2min. 2.1 sec. He beat his own record of 2min. 2.9sec., set earlier this year. A third record fell in the iunior 880 Yards when K. Wakelin returned a time of 2min. 19sec. to better the existing record of 2min. 24.4sec. set in 1955. The maior event of the day, however, and the most interesting and amusing, was the Old Boys' race. Well over 50 starters faced the marksman, Mr. A. J. Papps, an d he had the utmost difficulty in getting anything like a reasonable start. He finally got them racing after much chiselling, questionable tactics, chea ting , foul play and false starts . The clash was won by J . S. Orams, and G. A. Neve was placed second and third. Both were new O ld Boys, being at School last year. The time for the 100 yards was officially set at 9mins.
Miss Dian Hutchen , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Hutchen, Mt. Albert, Auckland.
JUBILEE NUMBER OF THE "TARANAKIAN"
Miss Margaret lnsull, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Jnsull, New Plymouth.
The aim of the English Department of the School was to produce a magazine which would provide the starti ng point for the inevitable reminiscence th at was associated w ith the Jubilee. The Editor's task was made much easier when th e committee decided that the cost of the magazine should be included in the registration fee and that each Old Boy was to receive a copy on arrival. His only task was to produce a magazine wo.rthy of the School and of th e occasion.
Miss Shirley MacDiarmid, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. S. MacDiarmid, Manaia . Miss Raewyn Pease, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. 路 B. Pease, Eltham. Miss Laura Lee Ritai, daughter of Mr. a nd Mrs. J . Ritai, New Plymouth . Miss Beverley White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. White, New Plymouth. TUESDAY, 23rd APRIL
The Jubilee celebrations concluded with the Hansard Cup inter-House athletic ~eeti~g on the top ground. A large number of Old Boys were present 1n sp1te of the fact that many had had to leave that morning for home. The excitement of the present pupils during the events could not dispel the air of sadness that existed as Old Boys took a last reluctant farewell of school mates and masters.
The magaz ine contains a history of the School in narrative form, the narrative enlivened by quotations from all sources contemporary with the events described. This history includ es a summary of all the records of the School brought up-to-date. A history of th e Old Boys' Association follows and then the history of all the main School institutions such as football and cricket which are here put together for the first time. A most interesting sect ion contains 16 contributions from Old Boys who have written rem iniscences of their years at School. These are personal, lively and of considerable literary merit. The magazine is completed by a section called "Trivia or Do You Remember?" which is devoted to the lighter side of School life.
.Before a large crowd of Old Boys Central won the Hansard Cup in the Inter-House competition, ha ving almost double the number of points of the runner-up, Pridham. Poin ts were: Central 102, Pridham 57, East 48, West 35, Moyes 32, Nig er 30, Carrington 30, Country 8.
The whole is illustrated by an art section printed from 57 blocks which are a graphic record of outstanding personalities, incidents and activities in the life of the School. The whole production succeeds in giving an accurate and impe lling impression of the great expansion and growth over the years and of the depth and richness of the experience of those who have lived part of their lives in this School.
Three records were broken and one equal led Sprinting over 120 Yards Hu rdl es in 14.8 seconds on Johns stole the honours. In making his brilliant run second off his own record of 15.2 seconds. lt is
Sufficient numbers were printed to ensure a supply for some years and Old Boys who still wish to possess one should write to the Editor at th e School.
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during the events. a dead track, R. C. Johns sliced .4 of a probably the fastest
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