Boys

A College Education for Islands Boys

FEW people will deny that a college education is a desirable asset for every young man.

Islands residents contemplating sending their children to Australia to be educated could not do better than choose one of the Great Public Schools —and in this connection the first-class record of St. Ignatius’ College (Riverview) merits attention.

Conducted by the Jesuit Fathers, the College is pleasantly situated on the Lane Cove River, an arm of Sydney Harbour. Boys are prepared for all the usual examinations required by the N S.W. Education Department and for entrance to the Sydney University. Pupils are arranged in three divisions, according to age, and each division has its own library, debating society, cricket and football fields, and tennis courts.

The senior and junior rowing sheds house a large fleet of pleasure and racing boat’s and there are private swimming baths. A separate building serves as the College hospital, in charge of a doctor and a trained nurse.

Annually, the College produces a high-class volume, -Our Alma Mater”, recording the activities of pupils, present and past. It is interesting to note in the 1939 edition that Eric Giblin, son of the well-known Dr. W. B. Giblin, of Wau, New Guinea, figured prominently in rowing, football and athletics, and was head prefect and house captain. It is a coincidence that those positions were held in 1938 by Ewald Uechtritz, of New Britain, and in 1937 by Dexter Giblin, of Wau.*** Mr. Kuroki Tokitaro, newly-appointed Japanese Consul in New Caledonia, is expected to arrive at Noumea this month.

Mr. John Dicketts, a retired superin tendent of the Pacific Cable Board, died recently in Auckland, New Zealand, aged 74. At various times, he was manager of the cable stations at Fan ning Island, Norfolk Island, and Suva (Fiji).