OPENING OF THE TENNIS COURTS A cold day, coming after a very stormy week-end, reduced the attendance at this function on Wednesday, 8th May, but all who were present voted it an enjoyable afternoon. The Headmaster, in a brief speech, welcomed the visitors, and proceeded to make grateful reference to those people who had been principally responsible for the success of the courts. The Chairman of the Board of Governors, Mr. W. J. Williams, then delivered a most apt address. "The completion of these tennis courts," he said, "marks another milestone in the building up of a college which we hope ultimately will be the best of its kind in South Africa. "It has been suggested to me quite recently that too much time is given to organised sport in our schools and colleges. It is well, perhaps, on an occasion of this sort, to face up to the question, and see if the suggestion has any foundation in fact. "It will be admitted that it is not so rnany years ago that organised sport found little or no place in the curricu lum of the average school. The Ultima Thule at that time, for the majority, was the mastering of the three'R's.' But the progress of ideas, particularly in education, has made it imperative for educationists to recognise that the human being is not made up solely of mind, but that body and soul also need culture and nourishment. For this reason, of latter years the leisure time of the average schoolboy has received a good deal of attention, and to-day, while the culture of the mind sti ll takes a very prominent place in educational methods, the culture of the body and of the soul is recognised to be equally important, if the product is to have that balance which makes for the perfect life. "As far as our own College is concerned, our aim academically has been very high, and I think our records are evidence that this aim has been achieved of recent years. "As we look at the fine fields provided for rugby and cricket, as well as for athletics, and, at the rnany other indoor and outdoor recreational amenities, I think it will be admitted that the culture of the body is being well taken care of at Kearsney College." Mr. Williams then went on to discuss the third aspect of education, the nurture of the soul. "But what of the culture of the soul," he asked, "that mellows and tempers with unselfishness and honour all academic and sporting life? Under existing conditions
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