MARSDEN SCHOOL

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 73, 19 December 1929, Page 9

MARSDEN SCHOOL

PRESENTATION OF PRIZES SUCCESSFUL YEAR REPORTED The annual distribution of prizes at Marsden School, Karori, took place yesterday afternoon, the ceremony taking place in the dining-room of the school house. Miss Baber, the principal, in her report, stated that the health of the girls had been good, better in fact than at the old school in Fitzherbert Terrace. She expressed great satisfaction at her own restoration to health, and thanks to Mrs. Crompton Smith and Miss Mayhew, who had charge of the school while she was absent last year. The school had been very full last term, having ninety boarders. Two rooms in the house have had to be used to accommodate classes. The work had shown a steady improvement during the year. Mary Hursthouse had won the medal offered by the French Government to secondary schools. During the year the school had acquired Mr. Cooper’s property at Karori. Much help had been received from the Parents’ Association, and next year it was hoped to have the assembly hall, which would also be the gymnasium, the apparatus for which would shortly be on its way from England. New classrooms were also to be added above the present ones as well as another large studio, an extra cloak-room and a dark-room.

Miss Mayhew and Miss Bridges would be welcomed back from England, said Miss Baber. The former had attended the Headmistresses’ Conference at Leeds. Miss Bridges would return to Fitzherbert Terrace School as headmistress. Miss Galland had joined the school as games mistress from Dartford Training College. Bequest to School.

“A most interesting prize is provided by the kind thought for Marsden by the late Mrs. Ames, who left the school £2OO, the interest to provide a prize or scholarship in housecraft,” said the speaker. “The full amount has not yet been received. The prize will be awarded for the first time next year.” Good work had been done in handicrafts under Miss Hanham, and Mrs. 8. Natusch had taken diction classes during the year. In social work the girls had been able to help St. Mary’s Homes and the Levin Home. For the former they had held a bazaar in September, by which it received £lBO. For the younger members of the home the Karori Preparatory had given the usual Christmas tree party, and Fitzherbert Terrace Preparatory one for the Levin Home. During the year all three schools had contributed liberally to the Melanesian Mission and the Earthquake Relief Fund. Reference was made to Miss Mona Dennehy, an bld girl of the school, who has won the Sara Ann Rhodes Scholarship. Mr. Henderson and Mr. Mabin (members of the board), Mr. Innis (secretary), the Rev. Mr. Kempthorne, and Canon P. James also spoke. Much satisfaction was expressed at the acquisition of the new property, and the visitors were invited to view it The prizes were presented by Mrs. Sprott. A special presentation was made to Aubrey Blacklock, who is leaving school after ten years, during which time she has never been late or absent Prize List The prize list was as follows:— MAIN SCHOOL. Form Vl.—Mary Hursthouse: Divinity, English, history, French, no failures for year; Margaret Cotterill: Science, no failures, great artists and architecture; Elisabeth Williams: Great artists and architecture. Lower Vl.—Joyce Girling: Geography, Divinity, great artists and architecture; Mary Salter: French, no failures for year. Form Va.—Dorothy Souter: English, history, botany, no failures for year; Doris Mills: Home science, French, Latin; Annette Harcourt: Mathematics, no failures ror year; Betty Mackenzie and Bettie Lethbridge: Good work. Form .Va Special.—Nancy Duckworth: No failures; Therle Oswin: French; Betty Powdrqll and Margaret Prichard: Good work. Form Vb.—Zoe La Trobe: Botany, Latin; Mary White: Geography, no failures; Mary Mules: English, mathematics; Phyllis Ryan: History, no failures for year; Jean Gilmer: Scripture; Nan Welch: General science; Angela Yeats :• French; Betty Harris: No failures for year; Juliet Nathan: Good work. Form Vc.—Jocelyn Keeling and Jocelyn Openshaw: Good work. Form IV, Remove I—Betty Lewis: English, botany, general science; Mary Kirkcaldie: Latin, no failures for year; Stella Willoughby: Scripture; Kara Aldridge: Good work. Form IV, Remove IL—Mavis Giddings: Mathematics, no failures for year; Sonia Caselberg: History and geography; Molly Robertson: Latin; Elizabeth Hewitt and Margaret Guthrie: Good work. Form IVa.—Lorna Harrow: English history and geography; Nonnle Griffiths: Good work. Form IVb.—Barbara Widdop: English, history and geography, French, mathematics, Latin, science, no failures for year; Shirley Hopkins: Scripture, history and geography ; Githa Hand Newton: English; Tui McLeod, Pat Brice, Elsie Gibbons and lan Sloman: Good work. r Form Shell.—Patricia White, Scripture, history, geography, French, English; lonet Wilkie, English; Peggy Hjams, arithmetic and geometry; Barbara Coates and Maxine McLaren, good work. Needlework.—Form IV, Remove I, Mary Kirkcaidie- Form IV, Remove II: Dorothy Redgrave; Form IVa, Harper Allen; Form IVb Jovce Carpenter and Jean Kerruish, Shell, Maxine McLaren. Special prize tor improvement, Mary Kendrick. D ... Dressmaking.—First division: Bettie Tethridge. 1; Jessie Podevin, 2. Second division: Phoebe Graham. Drawing.—Va Special, Nancy Duckworth, outstanding ability and work during year; Va Special. Phyllis Simmons; Vc, Antliea Carey; IV Remove I, Helen Simmons? IV a Remove 11, Dorothy Redgrave; IVa Betty Hoare; IVb, Joy Hodgson, Shell. Betty Fullerton-Smith. Special drawing class, Nancy Duckworth, Margaret Fraser. . , Cookery.—Margaret Prichard. Handicrafts.—Lower VI. Mary Tatter: Va Special, Rachael Tissaman; Vc, Judith Lethbridge; IVa, Marjorie Dawkins. Shell, Jl Music —Beatrice Richmond Memorail Prize: Prudence Lewis and Therle Oswin. Mis Clere's Prizes: Therle Oswin, Githa Hand-Newton, and Mary Kirkcaidie. Miss Sealy’s prize: Phyllis Simmons, Betty Harris (piano and theory). Miss Earnicoat’s prize, Molly Goldfinch; Miss, Greigs prize. Jessie Podevin; Miss Trobm s prize, Betty Matthews, Maxine McLaren. Special prize for outstanding work at grading, Helen Simmons. o Knox Gilmer prize (botany), Joan Powe Vlld girls’ essav prize, Ola Rudman. French conversation, Elizabeth Williams. Form neatness, Form Vb. Audrey Blackloek, ten years outstanding good work and service to the school. Dux, Mary Hursthouse. Bursars, Joyce Nielsen and Annette HarC °HP-her Leaving Certificate. —Audrey Blacklock. Elizabeth Burnett, Margaret Cotterill. and Mary Hursthouse. LOWER SCHOOL, FITZHERBERT TERRACE. Form lIIA.—V. Robertson, head of school, scripture, drawing; J. Hayman, second in Form; M. Meave, sewing; P. Inglis, never late or absent. Form lIIB.—A. Eaton, first in Form, scripture, drawing, never late or absent; M. Wilson, second in Form; R. Bates, sew--1D Form lI.—M. Meave, first in Form, scripture- M. Taylor, second, equal, drawing, J. Pasley, second, equal; E. Simpson, sew--IDForm I—S. Wilson, first in Form; F, Taylor, second in Form, scripture, drawing; M. Simpson, drawing; M. Nimmo, sewing. - . Transition Form—J. Jacobsen, first in Form; M. White, best progress during Kept Form Room. —Forms 1 and 2. KARORIPREPARATORY. Form lIIA.—K. Nelson, head of school; H. Flanaghan, second, equal, and scripture, J. Hawley, second equal; P. Stanhope, drawing; C. Thompson, special history, geography, nature study, sewing. Form lIIB.—E. Webb, first in Form, scripture; F. Flanagan, second, equal, B. Baker, second, equal, French, drawing and sewing; P. Charlesworth, history, geography and nature study. Form lI—H. Ward, first in Form, scripture, sewing; M. Simm, second in Form, dr Form” I.—H. McLeod,. first in Form, scripture; B. Dennistoun-Wood. second in Form; A. Kelly, drawing; O. Woodward, general improvement and-sewing. Transition.-K. Fuller, first in Form, equal, never late or absent. F. Hart, equal 4 B. Maule, good progress: Helen Ward, Kept Form Room. —Forms 1 and 2. Circles Cup. for competition betweea Karori and Fitzherbert Terrace was won by Karori*.