SACRED HEART HIGH SCHOOL, ASHBURTON.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9603, 18 December 1896, Page 6

SACRED HEART HIGH SCHOOL, ASHBURTON.

The annual distribution of prizes at the Sacred Heart High School, Ashburton, took place on Wednesday afternoon in the large room of the Convent buildings. The Very Rev. Father O'Donnell presided and warmly complimented the Sisters as well as the pupils on the progress the school had made, the Diocesan Inspector's report this year being the beet the school had ever received. In specially mentioning the singing of one of the young ladies attending the Convent schools, he remarked that the six candidates who went up for the Trinity College examinations in June last had passed with great credit, and their certificates had that day arrived. A programme of music was then gone through, items being contributed by the senior pupils and by the Misses O'Keefe, Johnston, Bullock, Sandbrook, Brick (2), Friedlander, Cottrell, Coster, McKay, Dwan, Lagan, Digbv, Small, Bourvigne and V. Johnston. The Very Rev. Father O'Donnell then distributed tne prizes as follows: — Good Conduct—(Boarders) Kate Rooney, (day pupils) Nellie Coster; regular attendance, Violet Johnston. CUwr VTl—Christian doctrine, Agnes Sandbrook; arithmetic, Kate Rooney; Algebra, Mary O'Brien ; grammar and compotttxm, lame DoUo; geography mm}

history, Mary O'Brien ; reading and recitation, Agnes Sandbrook; writing, Agnes Sandbrook.

Class Vl.—Christian doctrine, Margaret Brick ; arithmetic, Margaret O'Grady; algebra, Fannie Leahy ; grammar and composition, Annie Bullock ; geography and history, Annie O'Keefe; reading, Fannie Leahy ; writing, Margaret O'Grady; freehand drawing, Adelaide Scott. Class V. — Christian doctrine, Violet Jchnston ; arithmetic, Licla Cottrell ; reading and recitation, Violet Johnston; algebra, Margaret Smalt ; geography, Lizzie Brick ; grammar and composition, Margaret Small; writing, Bella Wilson ; general progress, Hilda Friedlander.

Class IV.—Ch'ietian doctrine, Mary iloreliiiul ; arithmetic, Mary Digby ; geography and history, Mary Digby; grammar and composition, Nellie Coster ; reading, Mary Digby. Cla33 lll.—Christian doctrine, Julia Brick ; arithmetic, Carrie Friedlander ; reading and recitation, Trefina Devane ; feography, Lena Lagan ; grammar, Lucy 'ayne; history, Mary McKay; freehand drawing, Eleanor Shaw ; general progress, Nellie O'Longhlan. Music— First prize (first class) Annie O'Keefe, second prize (first class) Margaret Brick ; tiiHfc prize (second class) V. Johnston, second prize (second class) M. McKay ; special prize for obtaining highest number of marks at the Trinity College theory of music examination, awarded to Annie Bullock. Singing—First prize Agnes Sandbrook, second prize Eva McClatehie, third prize M. McKay. Fancy needle work, C. O'Rielly; plain needle work, Mary O'Brien.