PRIZE-GIVINGS

Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24750, 15 December 1945, Page 2

PRIZE-GIVINGS

AVONSIDE GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL

In referring to what she described as a Weakness in present-day educational training, Miss R. P. Karsten, principal of the Avonslde Girls’ High School, said at the school’s prize-giving ceremony last evening, that the inclination nad been to take away all difficulties, and rightly encourage the "play-way” in education, especially in the early years. “At some stage of a child’s life, however.” Miss Karsten said, “she must learn to face difficulties 'for herself and master them. That stage was found in the secondary schools when homework had to be done, when a high standard of work was demanded and when school.work had to come before sport. "Lite presents most of us with difficulties to be overcome," Miss Karsten said, ‘and if a girl does not learn to exercise some determination to master hard things, when she is at school, it will not make for strengthening of character and full development of her personality.” Miss Karsten reviewed a very successful year in the school. The special prizes listed below, and form prizes, were presented by Mrs R. J Tillyard. of Canberra. The list was as follows:

Drill championships; senior. Alison Hughes, intermediate. Marlene Ullrich; junior. Joan Ritchie. Sports trophies: junior athletic champion, Helen Francis: intermediate. Jean Muirhead; senior. Holly Rountree. Junior swimming champion, Betty Dale; intermediate, Margaret Robinson; senior. Beryl Williams. Junior tennis singles champion. Winnie Buckley: doubles. Rona Pengelly and Betty Weir. Senior tennis champion, Alison Hughes; doubles, Noeline Hood and Beatrice Pierce; House honours cup, Randolph. Art and crafts; Third Form art work, Marjorie Williams, Dolores Danks. Margaret Stevenson, Fourth Form crafts: Desiree Hegan. Fifth home crafts; Doreen Leishman. Mary Hughes. Sixth Form drawing: Ngaire Hyland. Sixth Form crafts: Zena Johnson. Special drawing class; Alison Armstrong. Sewing and dressmaking—Third Forms: Bell Blakemore. Estelle Drake Fourth Forms: Beverley Eaton. Shirley Nicholls, Joyce Tindall, Senior; Nano Armstrong. CoatsClark Shield for Fourth Form needlework: Beverley Eaton Cookery—Third Forms; home. Alwyn Cropp; commercial, Fay Hartman. Fourth Forms; Desiree Hegan. Brenda Hirst. Fifth Forms: Beth Franklin French (presented by the Misses Chaoman): Beryl Hoglund. Geography In Form Six: Pauline Cross. Music (presented by Mr Peters): Zena Johnson. Original verse: Junior, Bay Lauer; original prose, junior. Margaret Wilson: original prose,, senior, Lois Birdltng; original drawing, junior. Alison Macpherson; senior Rosemary Beaumont, Speeches.— Junior (presented by Miss Morice), Margaret Hooper. Judith Barwick Intermediate (presented by Miss Wagstaff), Pat Bremner; senior (presented by the Prih■•i.al) Betsy Whitlock. Special prize for English, Melva Stothers Special prize awarded to the school captain. Alison Hughes, Special prize for head prefect. Nance Wvnyard. Special prize for senior home life. work. Geraldine Partington, special prize for senior commercial work, Gwen Munnerley; dux of the school. Jocelyn Cox.

ST. MARGARET’S COLLEGE

The opinion that it was an advantage to have “greater elasticity with regard to compulsory subjects" in the new secondary" school syllabus was expressed by Mrs C. L. Young, headmistress of St. Margaret’s College, in her address at the college’s annual p'lze-givlng ceremony last evening.

‘For the able language girl ‘who can’t do arithmetic,’ and. conversely for the mathematical girl who ’can’t do French; It is a real easing of the burden to be able to take the difficult subject at her own pace as an educational matter rather than to struggle with it is an examination subject," Mrs Young said. The headmistress also mentioned that a good deal of thought had been given during the year to world affairs, each form having worked on one international organisation and delivered its findings to the rest of the school.

The chairman (Archbishop West-Wat-son) presented form shields and certificates, and the following other awards:— Colours.—Hockey:. Wendy Morgan. Netball: Marlon Fisher, Marjorie Harris. Helen Binney. Tennis: Wendy Morgan. Jones Kfssling Tennis Cup: Wendy Morgan Major Levy Modem Essay Cup for current events: Patsy Richardson. Larcombe French Cup: Elspeth Cook. Miss Hoy’s Mathematics Cup: Norah Holland. Stokes Music Cup: Anne Darwin Corsbie Home Science Cup: Annette Stouppe. Mrs Clemens Gymnastics Cup; Wendy Morgan. Prefects hand-in badges; Marjorie Harris, Diana Wood, Helen Binney. Greeba Douglas, Marion Fisher. Helen Sincock. Annette Stouppe. Subprefects hand-in badges:, Alison Bennett. Tessa Calder, Elspeth Cook, Barbara Scott. Prefects leaving badges; Greeba Douglas. Marion Fisher, Helen Sincock,Diana Wood. Sub-prefects leaving badges - Alison Bennett. Tessa -Calder, Elspetlr Cook. Barbara Scott. Prefects Galwey House badges: Diana Dlckel, Jeannette Helps, Rosemary Thacker. Head prefect Kilburn House: Helen Binney. Head prefects award: Marjorie Harris.

TECHNICAL COLLEGE

We have now a new curriculum for post-primary schools in New Zealand based very closely on the recommendations of the consultative committee set up by the Minister of Education about three years ago,” said Dr. D. E. Hansen, principal of the Christchurch Technical College, in his report at the annual prizegiving ceremony of the college held last evening. The recommendations were well received generally, and so far as the technical high schools are concerned, few changes were needed in the curriculum, as the college had followed a similar scheme for many years past. During the year, however, social studies had been given a rather better status in the school, and the study of general science as another of the core subjects was still subject to some organisation, the problem being not what to put in but -what to leave out. The number of students in the evening school in 1945 was 2292, a reduction of 248 as compared with 1944. This was due mainly to a reduction in the number of students enrolled under the Army Education and Welfare Service and in the Air Training Corps, and few, if any, enrolments under these headings could be expected in 1846, continued Dr. Hansen. It was interesting to note that all students in the Technical High School held free places. In the evening classes only 475 paid fees, and 1817 held free places, 1330 under the ordinary regulations,. 291 as Army Education and Welfare Service students, and 171 as returned servicemen and women. He welcomed to the- college the increasing number of former servicemen and Women, and he assured them that every possible form,of instruction would be provided to help them either in rehabilitating themselves or in advancing them in their Interrupted careers.

The prize list is as follows: Girls.—Higher leaving certificates: Shirley M. Abernethy, Alma Criise, Lois Young. Mrs Opie’s prize to first year home science girl for practical subjects: Pauline Whale. Gard’ner Memorial scholarships: first year. Kathleen McLoughlin, second year, Ngaire Boyd. Special prize for drawing: Joyce Logan, "Boumville” prize for drawing and colour work: Noeline Cairns and Sylvia Norrlss, Prize presented by Mrs T. W. West to head girl prefect: Alma Cruse. Public speaking competition, cup presented by Mr and Mrs J. H. Howell; senior champion. Dawn Williamson; junior champion, Shirley Thompson. Girls’ sports champion: senior, Pauline Mercer; junior. Betty Newey. ‘‘Review’’ prize for poem: Lorraine Winter. Girls’ swimming champion: Norienne Everitt. Life-saving; award of merit, silver medallion, Valmai Batstone; bar to silver medallion, Norienne Everitt.

Boys.—Prizes presented by Mr C. E. Ivgrsen: E. Roiston and G. Marris (project in agriculture); M. Sullivan and W. Redmond (topical talks in agriculture). Boys’ sports championships: senior, D. Flynn; intermediate,'K. Beardsley; junior. J. McDermid. Craib Angus Cup, best performance at inter-secondary athletic meeting; K. Beardsley. Boys’ swimming championships; senior, B. Couling; junior, N. Schou. Cadet prizes; Shooting, senior, P. Rutledge (Godley Cup and certificate); junior, C. Bax (Godley Cup and certifi?cate). Recruits Cup: K. Harrison. Prizes presented by Mr T. W. West to head boy prefect’ K. Ingham. Prize presented by Miss Bowie to senior librarian; C. Roper. Awards for General Kindliness and Helpfulness.—Girls: Alma Cruse, Harriet Clouston, Valmaj Batstone, June Tarrant, Helen McDonald, Nancy McKenzie. Boys: L. Schou, R. V. O'Grady, A. J. de Lore, K. Ingham, G. Thomson, I. G. Mcßride. G. Kitto, C. Mann.