Dimapur, October 31: The thee-day annual sports and games of St. John's Higher Secondary School, Tuensang was inaugurated by Brig. Manindar Singh Sidhu, the DIG, 7th Sector Assam Rifle, Tuensang with the Rev. Dr James Thoppil, Bishop of Kohima, as the guest of honour on Monday.
The chief guest in his speech encouraged the students to take part in the sports with a competitive and a sportsman’s spirit.
The Bishop exhorted the students to be competitive and cooperative, but not at the expenses of putting down others but taking others along in a spirit of service. The competitive spirit must bring out the best in each one and each one contributes one’s best for the team. In this way, though there is only one prize, yet all are winners. The inauguration function ended with the inspection of the various houses by the chief guest. It may be noted that no plastic materials were used in the making and decoration of the tents of various houses, a press release stated.
