NAVY LEAGUE ESSAYS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19854, 15 February 1930, Page 3

NAVY LEAGUE ESSAYS.

— : COMPETITION RESULTS. Results of the Navy League and Victoria Leagueessays competitions, 1929, are as ' Schools.-Clase "Discuss the chief inventions and ecientifio discoveries which have influencßtl civilißa tion during the last fifty yews i fc Brock. First prize (Victoria r aj Baber, St. Andrews College; second prize (Navy League), Shirley Wooler, St. Margaret's College. ' The examiner, in giving .his decision, stated- "The quality of the essays wis and showed a wide knowledge of the chief scientific, inventions and discoyenea which have influenced civilisation during the last fifty years. I would like to suggest that in future vears the name and school of tne competitor should be on a covering page, and the essay when received by the secretary should be allotted a number. If this were done'there could be no feeling that anything personal influenced the examiner in hie iudjn&cnt. ~ Class B—Subject: ""Write an essay on the Union Jack and the links that _bind the Empire." Examiner: Dr. G. M. U Leatet. First prize (Navy League), Gladys Goodnck, West Christchurch District High School; second prize (Victoria League), 1. Wnght, St. Margaret's College.. The examiner said: "The essays are a very good lot, arid show good teaching and-an intelligent appreciation of the subject set, He highly commended the essay of Irene Hamilton, /West Christchtirch D.H.S., and said: "It is a remarkably srood essay for a child of twelve years." ' ' St. Andrew's College will "hold Mr I. J. "Dougall'fl challcngo cup wntil the next com- | petition. Essays from ' Methven, Weet Christchurch, and ; Greymouth jschools were t additional this year, . and there were 46 essays in all. " « i In the primary schools;' 133 certificates . were prepared for. presentation, 67 to city r schools; and 6fi to country -schools. • Approximately 1782 essayß were written in . 83 schools.. -