SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume XII, Issue 3546, 17 December 1881, Page 4

SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS.

CHUKCH OF ENGLAND GRAMMAE^ SCHOOL. The Christmas examination being over, the. "H distribution of prizes to the pupils attend* rjg ing the above school eventuated yesterday, iff There was a large assemblage of ladies and |§ gentlemen, including Bishop Covrie, who 1 presided, the Yen. Archdeacon Maunaell, Eev. l»r. Parchas, Mr X, C. Baretoir, and J§ Dr. C. F. Goldsbro'. His Lordship, after congratulating Mrls Hammond and the boys on tlje Bteady if work of the past" half-year, mentioned that* he had b«.cn informed by the examiners that 1 there were not the "gaps" that had beea"-f§ previously noticeable, and that a general^!! advance had been made by the wool* || school. The discipline was good, and $&£ was altogether so satisfied with the school that he intended seeding his own son tliea •?> after Christmas. The Key. C. M. Nelson, after detailin* ; the result of the examinations, corrcboramS what his Lordship had said concerning tlj progress made during the past half-year.' '• } The Yen. Archdeacon Maunsell hiving also addressed the audience, the Bishop distributed the prizes as follows '.— The Bishop's Prize for Divinity: Poulttn, ~S Mrs Clayton's Prize for 2nd in Divinity d $& Form 11. :G. Kemp. Mr A. WatMi?,« Prize for Chemistry (Michaelmas): S.^§ 'Williams. Mr Barstow's Prize for Cbemi«- v try (Christmas): Kempthorne. MiPierce'i 1 Prize for an English Essay on the Advan- I tages of New Zealand as a Colony; :■ Ludbrook; Special Prize: Poulsen, Mr Larkins' Prize for an English Essay, on 'm the Life and Works of John' Wyclif: M Kempthorne. Mr K. Watkins' Prize tot m Drawing: 1, Fenton; 2, Harrop. Head* ;m master's Prizes for Divinity and English: Form IV., Brown; 111, G. Kemp; IL and 'a 1., Tisdall. Governor's' Prizes (Christmas), J Divinity and English: Form IV., Kemp? '<5 tfaorne; 111., Pouhenr 11. and I, U Ellis. 1 Latin - Class IV., Kempthorne and N. Wfl« I iiams, equal; 111., G. Kemp, 11., 1., Tis« j dill 2, SnellinK, Mathematics : Division 1, I Kempthornej 2, Walker; 3,1, L, Bills, i 2, J. H Bailey. French: Set A, M. * Williams; B,Poulsen ; CandD Tisdall General Proficiency: 1 (Dr. Goldsbro's prize), J. Williams; 2, Parchas; 3, Harrop; I 4, Harrington. His Lordship announced that the duties j of the school wo old be resumed on the 24th. % of January. ' The boys upon being dismissed gave three m cheers for the Bishop and Mrs Cowio, tai ; the head-master, the governors of the school! |fl and the ladies.