CHURCH OF ENGLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 296, 21 December 1885, Page 4

CHURCH OF ENGLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

: —* — '.■'.' ! Distribution of Prlies, The annual distribution of prizes tookplsca in the school on Saturday last at 7 ( k In. vitations to the platform had beea'taned'to various gentlemen, chairmen of edmiatloMl institutions and headmattors of thti secondary Echools, tome of whom were'jiraeent, The headmaster in his report, dwelt jjaro'enlarly on thoimprovements the GoverabreM made in erecting a large and diStached workshop in which all the boys received instruction, in fitting up a lavator^'md in laying gas in the school. He also pointed out what an important aid to good edooi work the fostering of athletic eppito was, and referred with satisfaction to the inter-school sports, whiohj -vpt to bo annual and settled on a fimbaiis, With reference to the work i;(b the school, the Head-master was glfti to h able to tell his audience that the thorough grounding which he had insisted on from the first was begining to bear fruit, to that he was new able to have forms.doinj; work for matriculation and senior ■ district ssholarshipa, but ho warned the boja that the winning of such jdisHnctioa would take time, bet it would be far better for them to bide their time ml qnlet preparation, rather than to throw tnemselvM out of gear by going up for ininbteitoili' tions. The bishop then (jave: obtrlbt prizes, of which the following is the list;Governors' Prizes—on the reetiltoof the examination :—Upper School! ' Aubiiii X Middle School: EDglish.Bowden; tatin.HMketh, 2 ; Mathematics, flesketh,-2w toer School (A division): Engliah, Whewdli Al, Latin, Hall 2;A2, Latin, Hull; Al, arithmetic, Hall 2; A 2, arithmetic,!Cm, Lower School (B division)^ Challisf freehand drawing, Bailey 1 j mebhaiMdrOTing, Stevens. a7'S<i ( Headmaster's PKizES-For mwiosot marks through the year : r Upper School: Aubin, 1. Middle School :Bowden.:Lower School (A division): Francis 2, Urn* School (B division): Fairblirn'2: Special Prizes-The Biehop'fl WVfif highest number of marks in the ecbooUor Divinity: Impett. The:Pien»-B!ffly, "England under Gladstone,. lwO l<»> Aubin, 1. Tho Barstow prize: P««; lA*' Upper School, Wynyard.r .Mt.FwP 01" prize, highest in Divinity, Upper Bmooi. Hall 1. Mr Tobin'a pritts.: JW'.'1 Clarke, 2. Herr Tutschka's pn»:, inland, 1. > ,'■ iSu Mrs Cowie then gave thepika IMP annual aquatics and athleUo»,;bntasi tflere events have been already given, it■«i«« necessary to repeat them. Stevens w«»« winner of the Governor's Bplendid ptWtoj microscopoi for the best oUrtonnd. MJT ™ aquatics and athletics. %«lr« assembles on Wednesday,. 3rd FebrWi 1886. - _^___»»—— •'