PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25679, 16 December 1948, Page 3

PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY

ST. MARGARET’S COLLEGE

The new syllabus had been in operation long enough to give a general idea of its tendencies, said the headmistress of St. Margaret’s College (Mrs C. L. Young) at the annual prize-giving ceremony held in the Radiant Theatre last evening. “It has, I think, brought with it a valuable flexibility in subjects and courses, .but . the schools will have to recognise that this flexibility brings a danger which only they themselves can counter. We must guard against the woolliness which so often goes with vague subjects, such as general science and social studies. “As a history specialist, I deplore the tendency to substitute social studies for authentic history, and I can only hope that the present type of school certificate history paper, for instance, merely represents a passing phase,” Mrs Young said. Part of the programme for the evening was musical items, with violin obbligato by Mrs Francis Bate and Miss Lesley Anderson, and carols and tableaux by the choir and orchestra. The prizes were presented by the Primate of New Zealand (Archbishop WestWatson). The Prize List The prize list follows: First-class Awards.—Standard IV: Sally Edwardes, Janet Hoy, Lynette Wilson. Form I: Beryl Batstone, Rosita Holenbergh. Form II: Margaret Bruce, Joanne Edwardes. Form IIIA: June Francis, Avril Jones. Form IVA: Ena Balfour, Alison Ross, Beryl Vizer. Form V Lr. M: Pamela Heinzmann, Jennifer Kensington. Form V Lr. A: .Ann Acton Adams, Josephine Horman, Jjanice McLeod, Eloise Marshall; Judith Mardon, Felicity Ower, Alison Thacker. Form V Up. S: Rosalind RoySmith.. Form V Up. A: Jean Adams, Marlene Bell, Valerie Bowen, Isabel Buckeridge, Rosemary Smith. Form VIB: Owen Fulton, Muriel Thomas. Form VIA: Gillian Quentin Baxter, Prudence. Tobin, Jennifer Warren. Bronze Shields.—Standard IV: Sally Edwardes. Form I: Beryl Batstone, Rosita Holenbergh. Form II: Margaret Bruce, Joanne Edwardes. Form HIM: Margaret de la Hunt. Form IIIA: June Francis, Diana Fulton, Avril Jones, Margaret Westgarth. Form IVM: Gaybrielle Barlass, Alyth McLachlan, Margaret Watling. Form IVA: Marie Ashby, Ena Balfour, Alison Ross, Beryl Vizer. Form V Up. A: Jean Adams, Marlene Bell, Valerie Bowen, Rosemary Smith. Form VI (enamelled): Gillian Quentin Baxter, Prudence Tobin, Owen Fulton, Jennifer Warren. House Trophies.—Hockey: Matipo. Netball: Matipo. Tennis: Rimu. Athletics: Kowhai. Colours.—Hockey: Owen Fulton, Ballinda Myers, Joan Chapman, Nancy Glass, Susan Heslop, Judith Dickson, Sandra McMaster, Enid Gillanders. Netball: Joy Robilliard, Pamela Sharpe, Marilyn Johnson, Isabel Buckeridge. Tennis: Mary Falck, Sandra McMaster, Mary Shields. Athletics: Rosemary Godfrey. JonesKissling Tennis Cup: Mary Falck. Rankin Tennis Cup (junior): Judith Mardon. Larcombe French Cup: Jennifer Warren. Miss Hoy’s Mathematics Cup: Ann Coates. Corsbje Science Cup: Ann Coates. Stokes Music Cup: Caroline Curtis. Storry Essay Cup: Owen Fulton. Alabaster Cup for homecraft: Alison Hughey. Old Girls’ Drawing Cup: Joan Chapman. Major Levy V Up. M Current Events Cup: Pamela Sharpe. Head of Kilburn House:. Ann Coates. Head prefect: Elizabeth Champion.