_The Evening Post_, 26 November 1924:
AN EARLY OPINION
Writing of Mr. #Firth in 1891 before he became headmaster, the Old Boys’ Record stated:—“A strict, but impartial and capable master, his teaching was a source of terror to the boy who shirked his work. Although a strict disciplinarian he was ever ready to lend a helping hand to anyone in difficulties. Besides, an eager enthusiast in all sports, a very prince of athletes himself, he took the greatest trouble to instil into the minds of the boys that healthy love of outdoor sports which is so essential to a youth’s physical training. The most important feature in all his work, however, was his earnest endeavour to preserve a high moral bearing in all the actions of his boys—an endeavour in which he was eminently successful.”
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19241126.2.91
Biography at DNZB https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2f7/firth-joseph
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