IMPORTANCE of SERVICE

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22894, 15 December 1939, Page 9

IMPORTANCE of SERVICE

SCHOOL GIRLS AND THEIR OPPORTUNITIES avonside high school PRIZE-GIVING “This is a time for you girls to do rttle services which will make things a | -tile easier for those who have to bear L worry of these trying days.” said Mr E Slower i chairman of the Canterv^y'University College Council), who resided at the annual prize-giving cereP nny of the Avonside Girls’ High School yesterday morning. Mr Flower was speakL, on the Importance of service. The chairman asked the girls to con_„trate their thoughts on giving a little slrvrce than they had been doing. Tfte real object of the work of the teacii- ™ inculcate a public school spent fP the pupils and if the pupils liked to look about them they would find plenty t °Prizes were presented by Dr. G. M. L. ' T«ter a member of the council, who congratulated the school on its fine build-S-s and expressed the hope that the vision of swimming baths would not £ delayed too long. He said that the girls iire worthy of their school and commended the standard of some literary 1 Sjrk which he had recently seen. While I there was not a great deal of originality I Xjwu. a lot of the work was spontanet (jus which He thought more valuable. Ail i schools had to have discipline, and the sneaker contrasted the enforcement of sdhool discipline in Victorian days with the position to-day, indicating the very different relationship which now existed between teacher and pupil. A review of the year was given by the lady principal (Miss M. Samuel), who said that the school had begun the year with a roll of 381 and had ended it with me of 318. In the sphere of both examinations and sport, the school had done well. Miss Samuel made special mention of the performance of Hazel Hulston, who headed the list for the whole Christchurch centre in the senior shorthand typists’ examination. As a number of the candidates were drawn from the commercial colleges and as many had already had a few years' experience in offices, this result was very creditable. In sport, school teams won all their grades in both hociey and netball in the secondary school competitions. A tribute to the work in the school of Hiss E. Earwaker, whose sudden death during the year she described as a great lass to the school, was also made by Miss Samuel. "Her scholarship and her teaching were excellent, and she gave of her best Doth as a teacher and as a careers mistress,” said Miss Samuel. “She has left to the memory of a delightful personality and of a cheerful courage which sustained her through-all the difficulties with which she had to contend.” There was a good attendance at tne function. Carols were sung by the junior girls, songs by the seniors, and displays of drill and folk dancing given by the whole school and by a special squad. Ihe prize list was as follows: PRIZE USX Scholastic Awards Form VI A —Myrtle Roper, first French, first history, first home science, first arithmetic. first algebra, first geometry, first trigonometry, I; Joan Hammersley. first English, second arithmetic, 2. Form VI B—Betty Crewe, first English, . second geography, second history, second, equal French, I; Lorna Campbell, second English, second equal French, third history, third equal geography, and Catherine Waltho. first geography,' first histcry. third English (equal) 2. Form V A—May . Lummis, first Latin, first French, second arithmetic, third English, third geometry, 1; Peggy Morris, first geometry, first history, first equal home science, second algebra, 2: Shirley Osborne, first geography, first equal home science, third French, , third arithmetic. 3. Form V M—Hazel Hulston. first shorthand; group A, ; first typewriting, second bookkeeping, second arithmetic, 1; Mereile -Pryce-Jones, first shorthand group B, first bookkeeping, first arithmetic, 2. Form V R—Alison Webb, first English, first Utin, first .French, first algrebra. first geometry, first equal home science, second history, third arithmetic, X; Margaret Swann, first equal home science, second equal Latin, third geometry, 2. i? >orm V B—Joan Bradley, first equal English, first geography, second shorthand, second bookkeeping, second typewriting, second arithmetic. 1; Allison - Peryman, tot arithmetic; first shorthand, first bookkeeping. first typewriting, third English. Kurd equal geography, 2; Rona Jones, first history, second geography, third arithmetic, 3. _Form IV A—Shirley Leech, first Latin, first French, first (equal) arithmetic, second English, second history, second (equal) home science, 1; Edith Worrall, tot home science, first algebra, third arithmetic, third geometry. 2; Pearl Shore, second Latin, second French, second algebra, and June Hill, first English, third French (equal) - 3. r^ on 2? B—Jean Strachan, first Enggeography, first French, first shorthand, first arithmetic, first home second history, second bookkeepjng, I;- Shirley Brown, first history, first jjookkeeping, second English, second geography, second French, second shorthand, second home science. 2; Olive Brosnan. ‘Mro geography, third bookkeeping, third (equal) English. 3. Form IV C—Ngaire Soanes, first home science, first shorthand, first bookkeeping, tot geography, first history, first (equal) arithmetic, 1; Shirley Yeatman, first Enghsh, first hygiene, first botany, second history, second geography, second home science. 2. / Form XV H—Commercial: Doreen Berry, tot geography, first history, first arithtotic, first (equal) home science, first bookkeeping, second English, second shorthand, 1; Nancy Mendoza,' first English, second geography, second history Kurd arithmetic, third shorthand, and Audrey Dickinson, first French, first shorthand, second bookkeeping, third history, third home science (equal), 3. Form IV H—Home life: Noreen Jones, tot (equal) home science, second arithmetic, third geography, third (equal) French, third -English. 1, Form 111 A—Mary Baxter, first English, tot Latin, first French, first geometry. J; Helen Walshe, first arithmetic, second JAtm, second French, second algebra, Kurd (equal) English, 2; Betty Sparrow, tot (equal) home science, second (equal) history, third. Latin, third (equal) Engu*b. third geometry. 3. . Form HI B—Daphne Wooles, first fais‘WJ, first French, second geography, sector home science, second arithmetic, wrd (equal) shorthand, third bookkeeping ■hird' (equal) English. 1; Lucille Clarke, tot home science, second English, second F Seuch. third (equal) history, 2; (Audrey atoett. second shorthand, third (equal) huglish, third (equal) arithmetic, third Jeography. 3. .Form 111 C—Ngaire Fleming, first touch, first bookkeeping, second arithjpuc. third history, 1; Gwen Mcßride, tot history, first home science, second |*®|raphy, second shorthand, and Aline toutle, first geography, second bookkeep“S, second arithmetic, third shorthand (equal), 2. -Jton HI D—Joan Beach, first history, > to; geography, first botany, first hygiene, tot home science, first shorthand, second tosush. second bookkeeping, 1. - f. Form 111 H—Alleen Stacey, first history, geography, first home science, first i to* e ’ second English, 1; Joan Trevella, tot arithmetic, second home ssience, second hygiene, 2. 1 j Special and Sports Prizes Rawing— Catherine Waltho, Nancy Burows, Joyce Smith, Joye Ashwell, Joan Fierce Joan Trevella. 1 w °rk—Evelyn Buchanan, Nada ■load, Noeleen Stevens, Tui Creelman. Sewing—Edith Worrall, Shirley Brown, "Bfcay 1 Fraser ' Ngaire Soanes. Doreen T^ ressrna king—Shirley Osborne, Noreen <Kmes Muriel Higgs. ■p.rftoing—Margaret Killoh, Cynthia • DwylHs Lloyd, Iris Thomson, Purton, Joan Beach, Alleen Stacey. {Wise Craft—Joan Trevella. ,(Miss Black’s special prizes)— touie Lee, Doreen Taylor. jfPJtoal Prize for French (given by the jEto Chapman)— Ngaire Benjes. T n “~ g tod e Co mpetltions—Original prose: ra?? Hammersley. Original verse: Noreen - nSI Original drawing: Gwen Mcßride. —Senior, Helen Butler; intermeditfaa. " Une Lowcay: junior. Daphne Tin-jjs^ates-Clark Shield for Needlework— Soanes. gSßtos Prizes—Junior sports champion, Easton; senior sports champion. wUscn: junior swimming champion, Zgto -Walker; senior swimming chaml(oSiaii McCormick and Patricia Bade senior diving champion, Betty junior tennis champion, Shirley gtoon; senior tennis champion (Asch- *£!* OUP). Helen Butler: tennis doubles Beryl McCormick and ShirI Chiral Championships— Athletic sports, i e . Jan< f. inter-house games. inter-house hockey, Charlotte [ feSj—later-house tennis (Allard Cup), I Snw?* lnte r-house netball, Seymour; ' netball, Randolph; inter--1 Cressy. *3SS®e Honours Cup (presented by Miss *g*l-Seymour. Prefects* Prize—Myrtle Roper, to* of School—Myrtle Roper.