SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
THE HON. E. G. WHITLAM, M. P,.
AT KNOX GRAMMAR SCHOOL SPEECH NIGHT
DECEMBER, 1974 UY
IT IS NOT WITHOUT SIGNIFICANCE AND NOT WITHOUT
A CERTAIN IRONY THAT THE JUBILEE OF KNOX AND THE SECOND
ANNIVERSARY OF THE LABOR GOVERNMENT ARE BEING OBSERVED IN THE
SAME WEEK. I AM PROBABLY THE ONLY PERSON IN AUSTRALIA WHO j
HAS ATTENDED BOTH CELEBRATIONS AND DERIVED KEEN PERSONAL
SATISFACTION FROM EACH. I MUST CONFESS THAT THE ATMOSPHERE
IN DIAMOND VALLEY ON MONDAY NIGHT WAS A TRIFLE MORE RAPTUROUS
THAN IT IS IN WAHROONGA, BUT LET ME NOT BE STINTING IN MY
GRATITUDE'. THERE IS NO OTHER FORUM WHERE I CAN ACHIEVE SO
LARGE AND CIVIL AN AUDIENCE ON THE DEEP NORTH SHORE AS I CAN
AT KNOX ON SPEECH . NIGHT. THIS IS EASILY THE BEST MEETING I
HAVE ADDRESSED IN THE ELECTORATE OF BRADFIELD$
IT IS'A VERY GREAT HONOUR AND A VERY GREAT
PLEASURE TO BE BACK AMONG YOU. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE SCHOOL
HAS CHANGED A GOOD DEAL SINCE I WAS HERE. THE BUILDINGS
AND GROUNDS'ARE MORE RESPLENDENT THAN EVER. THE UNIFORM I
AM WEARING TONIGHT IS SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE I
REMEMBER. 2/
KNOX HAS JOINED' THE SELECT BAND OF SCHOOLS WHOSE
SOLD BOYS INCLUDE A PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA. SOME OF
YOU MAY THINK THAT IN AN IDEAL WORLD THAT HONOUR MIGHT HAVE
FALLEN MORE FITTINGLY ON ONE OF THE OTHER OLD BOYS WHO HAVE
MADE THEIR MARK AT KNOX AND THEIR FORTUNES IN POLITICS
IAN SINCLAIR, JOHN FULLER, JiM FORBES. BUT I WAS DETERMINED
THAT NONE OF THEM WOULD BEAT ME TO IT, FOR MANY YEARS I
NURTURED AN OVERWHELMING AMBITION I WAS RESOLVED TO BE
THE FIRST KNOX BOY TO LIVE AT THE LODGE. WHAT BETTER WAY
TO BRING HONOUR TO THE SCHOOL? FIFTY YEARS AGO, , WHEN I CAME
HERE, NO ONE DREAMED I WOULD ONE DAY BE PRIME MINISTER.
IF ANYONE HAD KNOWN I WOULD BE A LABOR PRIME MINISTER THEY
MIGHT NEVER HAD LET ME IN.: LABOR MEN RARELY WENT TO
KNOX THEY. PREFERRED THE SCHOOL. OF HARD KNOX.
I SUPPOSE WHEN I FINALLY MADE IT THERE WERE SOME
MISGIVINGS IN THE A. L. P. AND NOT A FEW MISGIVINGS HERE.
YET LOOKING BACK, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REMARKABLE PARALLELS
' IN OUR FORTUNES AND ACHIEVEMENTS. KNOX AND THE LABOR
PARTY HAVE BOTH TURNED OUT A FAIR QUOTA OF JUDGES, DIPLOMATS,
AND HIGH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS EVEN PRIME MINISTERS. WHEN
A VACANCY OCCURRED ON THE HIGH COURT LAST YEAR IT WAS
OBVIOUS TO ME THAT MR. JUSTICE JACOBS HAD EXACTLY THE RIGHT
BACKGROUND. SOME OF MY AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENTS ARE QUITE
WELL KNOWN. PERHAPS I CAN CONFIDE TO THIS AUDIENCE THAT MR.
ROB LAURIE, WHO ACCOMPANIED ME HERE TONIGHT, WILL TAKE UP
A POSTING AS HEAD OF ONE OF OUR ASIAN MISSIONS NEXT YEAR. MR.
LAURIE LEFT KNOX IN 1953. MY PRESS SECRETARY LEFT IN 1951,
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I UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE PAST YEAR KNOX AND THE A, L. P. HAVE
BOTH HAD BUILDING APPEALS, IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME IF ONE
OR TWO BUSINESSMEN HAD GIVEN SOMETHING TO BOTH OF US. AND OF
COURSE WE HAVE DONE GREAT THINGS TOGETHER FOR EDUCATION.
EDUCATION HAS BEEN OUR COMMON GOAL THOUGH OPINIONS MAY DIFFER
ABOUT OUR RESPECTIVE ACHIEVEMENTS,
DESPITE MY EARLY SCHOOLING AT KNOX I HAVE NEVER
BEEN A SIMPLE PRESBYTERIAN. THE MOST CELEBRATED
PRESBYTERIAN TO HOLD THIS OFFICE ATTENDED A METHODIST SCHOOL
IN MELBOURNE. IT IS STILL GOING STRONG. I BEGAN MY
EDUCATION AT TWO ANGLICAN SCHOOLS IN SYDNEY. THEY HAVE
BOTH CLOSED DOWN. ONE OF THEM WAS MOWBRAY HOUSE. IN THE
LAST TERM OF 1922, I ATTENDED THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND GIRLS'
GRAMMAR SCHOOL AT CHATSWOOD. IT WAS MY FIRST CONTACT WITH
THE " MONSTROUS REGIMEN OF WOMEN" WHOSE INFLUENCE JOHN KNOX
DEPLORED WITH SUCH VEHEMENCE. I HAVE OFTEN WONDERED HOW
KNOX WOULD HAVE FARED IF HE HAD SET ABOUT REFORMING THE A. L. P.
INSTEAD OF THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. HE WAS'A RATHER
SUBVERSIVE CHARACTER. HE WENT SO FAR AS TO ADVOCATE RESISTANCE
TO THE ESTABLISHED CIVIL ORDER IF NECESSARY BY FORCE.
HE WAS A BEARDED REVOLUTIONARY, GIVEN TO HARANGUING PUBLIC
MEETINGS. HE FELT THOROUGHLY DISAFFECTED WITH THE " SYSTEM".
HE DISPARAGED'THE MONARCHY. IF. HE HAD BEEN ALIVE TODAY HE
WOULD HAVE MARCHED IN MORATORIUMS AND SUPPORTED THE PEACE
MOVEMENT, I DOUBT IF HIS CHILDREN WOULD HAVE GONE TO THIS SCHOOL.
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A*. IN THE LITURGY HE DEVISED FOR THE CHURCH ONE IS
STRUCK BY CERTAIN CONTEMPORARY PARALLELS. KNOX BELIEVED
THAT MINISTERS SHOULD BE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE BUT APPOINTED*
BY THEIR MINISTERIAL BRETHREN. THAT IS MORE OR LESS. HOW WE
RUN THE CAUCUS.-HE BELIEVED THAT FINAL AUTHORLTY IN THE
CHURCH SHOULD LIE WITH A GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTAINING ELDERS
. AND MINISTERS, THAT IS RATHER LIKE OUR FEDERAL CONFERENCE,.."':
SO YOU CAN SEE THE SOURCES OF OUR INSPIRATION. YOU CAN SEE
WHY I'VE COME TO YOUR SPEECH NIGHT. IN THE LABOR PARTY WE.
OWE AS MUCH TO KNOX THE MAN AS WE DO TO KNOX THE SCHOOL. HE'*
ALSO HELb EXEMPLARY VIEWS ON EDUCATION. J. S. MCEWEN, WHO
WROTE A STUDY OF KNox's RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, POINTS OUT THAT
IN THE BOOK OF DISCIPLINE KNOX OUTLINED A MOST ELABORATE'
EDUCATIONAL SCHEME FROM PARISH SCHOOL UP TO UNIVERSITY,
COMPULSORY IN ITS EARLY STAGES FOR ALL AND FREE TO THE POOR$
WITH EQUAL OPPORTUNITY OF ADVANCEMENT FOR THE SON OF' PEASANT
AND OF. PEER." 4, I& THOSE WORDS ARE NOT MINE BUT I SHOULD-BE
QUITE HAPPY TO SEE THEM IN OUR PARTY PLATFORM.
IT IS TYPICAL OF KNOX THAT HE GAVE NO THOUGHT TO
THE DAGHITER. S OF PEASANT OR PEER. IN THESE ENLIGHTENED DAYS
WE PROVIDE GIRLS WITH INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS THAT ARE JUST: AS
EFFICIENT, JUST AS RESPECTED, ' JUST AS WELL ENDOWED AS THOSE
FOR BOYS. IWAS ASTONISHED THE OTHER DAY TO FIND A BOOK
WRITTEN BY THE FORMER HEADMISTRESS OF SUCH A SCHOOL. IT
WOULD BE UNFAIR TO MENTION THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL OR THE
NAME OF THE AUTHOR, BUT THE BOOK WAS CALLED ' INDISCRETIONS
OF A HEADMISTRESS". " I WAS CONNED BY THE TITLE. ,1
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t W-4-MANY PEOPLE BROWSING THROUGH THE PAPERBACKS AT AIRPORT
BOOKSTALLS MUST HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED WHEN THEY READ IT.
I DO NOT MEAN TO. DISPARAGE THE BOOK. ITS CONTENTS WERE
PIOUS AND ENTIRELY ADMIRABLE. IT WAS THE TITLE THAT GOT
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ME IN. IT OCCURRED TOME THAT/ THE KARMEL REPQRT HAD
BORNE HALF SO SUGGESTIVE A TITLE IT WOULD HAVE ACHIEVED
A MUCH WIDER CIRCULATION, IF NOT A WIDER ACCEPTANCE.
NOW I KNOW THE KARMEL REPORT IS A SORE POINT WITH 4
SOME OF. YOU, BUT I SHOULD LIKE TO TOUCH ON IT BRIEFLY. I
HAVE DONE MY HOMEWORK, AND I NOTICED AN EDITORIAL ON KARMEL
IN THE " KNOX GRAMMARIAN" OF JUNE THIS YEAR. IT WELCOMED
THE REPLACEMENT OF OLD FASHIONED " ROTE LEARNING" BY MODERN
CONCEPTS OF TEACHING. IT DEPLORED THE FACT THAT THIS
TRANSITION WAS PROCEEDING TOO SLOWLY, AND THAT THE NECESSARY
ATMOSPHERE OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE IN THE CLASSROOM WAS
BREAKING DOWN. IT WENT ON TO SAY: " THE BLAME FOR THIS
STAGNATION IN EDUCATION CAN BE GIVEN WHOLLY TO THE POLICY
MAKERS WHO FIND CHANGE INTOLERABLE. THE KARMEL REPORT IS
OF COURSE, THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS. THEY FOUND THAT PRIVATE
SCHOOLS WERE TOO FAR AHEAD OF STATE SCHOOLS IN IDEAS AND
APPLICATIONS. TE WAY THEY STIFLED OR HALTED THESE
' RADICAL' EXPENSIVE IDEAS WAS TO CUT OUT FUNDS TO THESE
SCHOOLS. NOW THEY WANT TO STANDARDIZE EDUCATION ON THE
SAME MEDIOCRE LEVEL." CONCEPTS~ I~~ ~~~ E~ L RDTEFC OFTAHHN, T TI il
I MUST SAY THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN
ACCUSED OF FINDING CHANGE INTOLERABLE. As ONE WHO HAD A
LOT TO DO WITH PROFESSOR KARMEL'S APPOINTMENT AND THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SCHOOLS COMMISSION, I CANNOT ALLOW THAT
ACCUSATION TO PASS.:-ONE CAN ARGUE ABOUT THE MERITS OF MODERN
EDUCATIONAL THEORY BUT I DON'T THINK ONE CAN ARGUE ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF MONEY TO EDUCATION$. THE SCOTS, TO THEIR GREAT..-.'
CREDIT, HAVE NEVER HAD ANY DOUBT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF-'
MONEY. WEALTH DOES NOT NECESSARILY MAKE FOR A GOOD-SCHOOL
BUT POVERTY ASSUREDLY MAKES FOR A BAD ONE. OUR POLICIES ON
EDUCATION ARE NOT INTENDED TO " STANDARDIZE EDUCATION ON THE
SAME'MEDIOCRE LEVEL". THEY ARE INTENDED TO RAISE ALL
SCHOOLS TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL. I-ACCEPT THAT IT MAY NOTALWAYS
BE POSSIBLE TO DO THIS. I ACCEPT THAT THERE WILL PROBABLY
ALWAYS BE SOME SCHOOLS NOT NECESSARILY PRIVATE SCHOOLS
THAT ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS. No AMOUNT OF PLANNING Oft
FUNDING CAN OFFSET THE EFFECTS OF, SAY, INCOMPETENT MANAGEMENT,
DISHARMONY'AMONG STAFF# OR A LACK OF MORALE OR ESPRIT
DE CORPS.
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THESE THINGS ARE INTANGIBLE AND VERY LARGELY
FORTUITOUS. IT IS NOT DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT, HOWEVER, THAT
MATERIAL DEPRIVATION CAN BE OVERCOME WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
IF A SCHOOL IS DISADVANTAGED, IF IT IS POOR, WE CAN HELP
RAISE ITS STANDARDS. BY PROVIDING THE BUILDINGS, THE
EQUIPMENT, THE BOOKS, THE SALARIED STAFF THAT IT NEEDS.
LONG BEFORE WE CAME TO OFFICE IT WAS MANIFESTLY'CLEAR
THAT MANY SCHOOLS LACKED FUNDS FOR BASIC NECESSITIES.
SOME WERE IN GREATER NEED THAN OTHERS. I SHOULD HAVE
THOUGHT IT A VERY SIMPLE AND OBVIOUS PRINCIPLE IT WOULD
NOT BE PUTTING IT TOO HIGHLY TO SAY A CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLE
THAT THE MOST DEPRIVED CHILDREN SHOULD HAVE THE FIRST
CALL ON OUR HELP. WE DECIDED THAT THE SCHOOLS MOST IN
NEED SHOULD BENEFIT MOST FROM ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDS.
WE DECIDED THAT THESE NEEDS COULD BEST BE ASSESSED BY
AN EXPERT, IMPARTIAL, INDEPENDENT INQUIRY. WE SET UP
THAT INQUIRY. WE MADE PUBLIC ITS REPORT. WE ACTED
ON THAT REPORT. IT WAS NOT JUST A QUESTION OF REDISTRIBUTING
EXISTING FUNDS. IT WAS A MATTER OF CHANNELLING VASTLY
AUGMENTED FUNDS TO THE SCHOOLS THAT NEEDED THEM. THERE
WAS NEVER ANY QUESTION OF LEVELLING DOWN. OUR AIM IS
TO RAISE ALL STANDARDS. WE ARE DETERMINED THAT THE BEST
EDUCATION AVAILABLE ANYWHERE IN AUSTRALIA SHOULD BE
AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE IN AUSTRALIA. / 8
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IHAVE NEVER DOUBTED THAT OUR REFORMS IN EDUCATION
HAVE BEEN THE PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENT OF my GOVERNMENT. WE
ARE SPENDING FOUR TIMES AS MUCH AS OUR PREDECESSORS ON
EDUCATION.-WE HAVE ASSUMED FULL FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
FOR TERTIARY EDUCATION, AND HAVE ABOLISHED FEES. FOR THE..
FIRST TIME WE ARE* GIVING ASS ISTANCE TO TEACHERS COLLEGES
AND PRE-SCHOOL TEACHERS'I COLLEGES ON THE SAME BASIS AS
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES OF ADVANCED EDUCATION: WE ARE
GIVING MUCH MORE GENEROUS ALLOWANCES TO STUDENTS AND
HAVE MORE THAN TREBLED THE NUMBER OF TEACHING SCHOLARSHIPS$..
WE ARE TACKLING THE NEW AREA OF TECHNICAL AND FURTHER,
EDUCATION. ISHOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THE MOST ENDURING
RESULT OF OUR POLICIES ON EDUCATION HAS BEEN TO RAISE
THE COMMUNITY'I S LE VEL OF EXPECTATION. WE HAVE-SET OUR
SIGHTS HIGHER.. TH* E WHOLE DEBATE. ON EDUCATION HAS MOVED
TO A HIGHER PLANE, FREE OF DOGMA1 FREE OF PREJUDICE, FREE
OF SECTARIANISM$ -THERE IS NO LONGER ANY QUESTION ABOUT
THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR EDUCATION;~
IN THE CASE OF TERTIARY EDUCATION IT IS ACCEPTED
ABSOLUTELY. THERE IS NO LONGER ANY DEBATE ABOUT ' STATE
AID'. THERE'IS NO LONGER ANY ARGUMENT ABOUT THE
SCHOOLS COMMISSION, THE HISTORIC INCREASE IN EDUCATION
EXPENDITURE WAS UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED AND WELCOMED,. EVEN
BY THOSE WHO DISPUTE THE WAY THOSE FUNDS HAVE BEEN
ALLOCATED. ' A
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IT HAS TAKEN AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTS NEARLY
SIR KEITH MURRAY'S COMMITTEEREPORTED THE NEEDS
100 YEARS TO ESTABLISH THE PRINCIPLE THAT EDUCATION IS r.
A NATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY. MORE THAN 30 YEARS HAVE
PASSED SINCE THE FIRST STEPS IN THIS PR WERE SBYTER
INITIATED BY A LABOR GOVERNMENT. IN 1957, WITH THE
UNIVERSITIES OVERLOADED AND E E OINODNE PCEONMDMEONNWTE ALTH
SFUNDS SIR KEITH MURRAY'S COMMITTEE REPORTED ON THE NEEDS
OF UNIVERSITIES AND IN 1959 A NEW UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION
WAS ESTABLISHED BY STATUTE. THEREAFTERI UNIVERSITIES.
BENEFITED FROM SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED FUNDS AND WERE
ON A REGULAR AND RATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF THEIR NEEDS.
WHAT WE ARE NOW DOING FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
IS PRECISELY WHAT SIR ROBERT MENZIES A GOOD PRESBYTERIAN
DID FOR UNIVERSITIES. IN 1
FIFTY YEARS AGO THE ROLE OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
WAS MUCH MORE DISTINCTIVE THAN IT IS TODAY. WHEN I WAS
AT KNOX IT WAS MORE OR LESS ACCEPTED THAT THE MAJORITY
WHO ENTERED SUCH SCHOOLS WOULD FINISH THEIR SECONDARY
EDUCATION AND, IF POSSIBLE, MATRICULATE. IT WAS UNDERSTOOD
AND NO ONE RESENTED THE FACT THAT SCHOOLS LIKE KNOX
OFFERED THE QUICKEST AND SUREST ACCESS TO THE
PROFESSIONS AND THE HIGHER MANAGERIAL AND EXECUTIVE
OCCUPATIONS THAT WAS A PERFECILY RESPECTABLE AIM
IT IS STILL YOUR AIM BUT IT IS NO LONGER ONE THAT
YOU HOLD EXCLUSIVELY IN 1924,. I CAME TO KNOX,
PER CENT OF ALL CHILDREN IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN
NEW SOUTH WALES WERE AT GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS,
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YET OF ALL THOSE WHO WENT-TO THE LEAVING AND THROUGH
THE LEAVING IN 1924 ONLY 57 PER CENT CAME FROM
GOVERNMENT, SCHOOLS., THE REST WERE EVENLY DIVIDED BETWEEN
ROMAN CATHOLIC AND. ANGLICAN AND PROTESTANT SCHOOLS. A
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THE ANGLICAN AND PROTESTANT SCHOOLS PLACED
MUCH GREATER STRESS ON CLASSICAL EDUCATION IN THOSE DAYS.
BACK IN 1924, 126 CHILDREN FROM ANGLICAN AND PROTESTANT
SCHOOLS . PASSED LATIN AT THE LEAVING ALMOST AS MANY AS
PASSED FROM GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS ( 144). YET GOVERNMENT
SCHOOLS HAD 20 TIMES AS MANY CHILDREN AS SCHOOLS LIKE
KNOX. LATIN WAS'MORE POPULAR WITH PRIVATE . CHOOLS.
MORE THAN HALF THE PUPILS AT ANGLICAN AND PROTESTANT
SCHOOLS WHO PASSED THE LEAVING IN 1924 ALSO PASSED IN
LATIN ( 126 OUT OF 210). LAST YEAR MORE THAN 32,000
CHILDREN SAT FOR THE HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE IN NEW SOUTH
WALES; 446 PASSED IN LATIN.. So ALTHOUGH LATIN IS
STUDIED BY A MUCH SMALLER PROPORTION OF THE SCHOOL
POPULATION TODAY, WE ARE ACTUALLY PRODUCING MORE LATIN
SCHOLARS. THAT IS SOME CONSOLATION FOR SOMEONE LIKE
MYSELF WITH A CERTAIN PREJUDICE IN FAVOUR OF CLASSICAL
LANGUAGES. I I./ i1
9-7 YOU MAY SOMETIMES BE TEMPTED TO IMAGINE THAT
my GOVERNMENT IS INDIFFERENT OR EVEN HOSTILE TO INDEPENDENT
SCHOOLS. THAT IS NOT SO. IAGREE THAT WARE MOSTCONCERNED
WITH THE NEEDS OF THE LESS FORTUNATE-SCHOOLS.
BUT IT WOULD BE IRRATIONAL TO CONCLUDE THAT THIS
* CONCERNo URGENT AND VALID AS IT IS, BLINDS US
TO THE QUALITIES OF SCHOOLS SUCH AS YOURS OR MAKES US ANY
LESS MINDFUL OF YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE EDUCATIONAL
NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. YOU HAVE GREAT TRADITIONS.
YOU HAVE'A GREAT RECORD OF-ACHIEVEMENT. YOU ADHERE'TO
STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE AND A SET OF CORPORATE AND
INDIVIDUAL VALUES THAT ARE WORTH PRESERVING.
BY HARD WORK, BY GREAT EFFORT AND PATIENCE AND MUCH
SACRIFICE YOU HAVE CREATED A SCHOOL OF THE VERY
HIGHEST QUALITY, IN A SETTING OF GREAT BEAUTY. THERE
IS AT KNOX AND SCHOOLS LIKE IT A VERY PALPABLE SPIRIT
OF DEDICATION, OF STRIVING, OF TOTAL COMMITMENT TO
THE WELFARE OF EVERY CHILD. / 12
-THESE THINGS ARE ENVIABLE. IT WOULD BE ABSURD AND MEANSPIRITED
TO DESPISE THEM. HOPE THEY WILL SERVE AS
EXAMPLES TO THOSE OF US WHO SEEK TO BRING TO ALL
CHILDREN THE BENEFITS OF THE BEST POSSIBLE EDUCATIONA
PROVIDED IN THE BEST POSSIBLE SURROUNDINGS BY THE BEST
POSSIBLE TEACHERS, AND GUIDED BY THE MOST HUMANE AND
ENLIGHTENED PRINCIPLES OF SCHOLARSHIP AND DISCIPLINE.
ICONGRATULATE ALL THE PRIZEWINNERS TONIGHT. I CONGRATULATE
KNOX, ITS COUNCIL, ITS HEADMASTER, ITS STAFF AND ITS
BOYS 0CM THEIR JUBILEE. I WISH YOU THE VERY BEST OF
GOOD FORYLUNE INh~-9'