SCHOOLS PRIZE DISTRIBUTION.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 299, 16 December 1911, Page 9

SCHOOLS PRIZE DISTRIBUTION.

PAH COIXIXJE. The annual •distribution of prizes took place at '"The Pah" yesterday afternoon. There "was a large attendance of parents and friends of the boys. The Rev. J. Burgin, Vicar.of St> Andrews, Epsom, presided, and ■with him on the platform ■were: Revs. Canon Gould and Haselden, J. King-Davis, 1. W. Clarke, W. Mather, J. Ooeker, Mr. Lang, MP, and the masters of the college. Interesting addresses were given to the boys 'by the chairman, Mr. Lang, and the Rev. J. Cocker. The school prizes were distributed by the chairman, the athletic sports prizes by Mrs. Clark?, and the cadet corps trophies by Mr. W. Fraser, B. A. After partaking of afternoon tea on the lawn, the visitors spent some time pleasantly in inspecting the grounds and building. In reading the annaal report upon teh work of the college, and during the year, the headmaster, the Rev. P. S. Smallfield, said that last year the school •was successful in passing a fair number of boys in the public exminations. If due allowance were made for the comparatively small size of the school the results would compare favourably with those of- otiier similar schools or colleges. This year they were presenting 17 boys for the Civil Service junior exam iiEition. and fouT boys ■ for the Matriculation examination. The school had increased as regards numbers since the end of last year. .There are now 89 boys on the roll, and 79 hoya have been boarders during the year." The prizes to be distributed -were awarded on -the combined results of the. t/hree examinations, and of the term "work, 70 per cent of the marks awarded being for extamination work, and 30 per cent of the marks for class Work. The prize list is as follows,Form IV.— Mathematics: Bervl Gudgeon English: Muriel McKelJar. Essay: Berta O'N'eill. Hon. mention: Olive Dean, Madge Montague. Languages: Beryl Gudgeon. Botany: Muriel McKellar. Beryl Gudgeon (equal). Presented by Miss Freeman B A Elocution: Olive .D?an; hon. mention Esther Levin. Painting: Muriel McKellar (Miss Beere's prize). Lower HI. and 11. Forms.—General Pro(fleiency: Alma O'Neill, Beryl Burpese. Drawing: Jessie Goudie;' hon. mention! Pnlcle Short: elocution: Beryl Nettleton. Neat homework: Hal. Forsyth. Needlework: 01) Jessie Gondle, (2) Alma ONetU. Special prnres: Geography and history, Greta AinsIle; improvement In read tag;" Beryl Nettleton (Miss Graham's prize); improvement in arithmetic. Ruth Nettletom plaaio'orte. Beryl Nettleton. vwa-orze. Form I. A.—General proficiency Juliet Moorhouse. Lettice Benjamin. Writrne Bnd' spellhur: Hete Marter. ArHJmeticLettice Benjamin, Joyce Smith. General neatness and thorough work: Heke Marler fMiss Graham's prize). Sewing: Juliet i Moorhouse. ' i