TECHNICAL SCHOOL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 138, 10 December 1908, Page 3

TECHNICAL SCHOOL.

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. REMARKS BY THE CHAIRMAN. The giving and taking of prizes is always a pleasant ceremony, and in schools marks tho close of the working year and the approach of Christmas. The students of the Wellington Technical School were well represented last night at the distribution of prizes in St. Peter's Schoolroom. Mr. J. P. Luke, M.P., chairman of the board, presided. On the platform were also Mr. T. Carmichael, member of the board, and Mr. W. S. La Trobe, director of the school. The chairman, in a brief address, referred to the disabilities under which the school had been working, and 111 spite of which had worked well. It was time that they should emerge from the infant life of their present state into one of progressive manhood and womanhood. It was the bounden duty of parents and tho public to exert their influence to bear on the Government with a view to making the school as efficient as possible. Notwithstanding its drawbacks, the Wellington Technical School was in the forefront of technical education in the Dominion. The success of the school, said Mr. Luke, was due to the energy and ability of Mr. La Trobe and his staff. The average number of students for the past year was 1131, whilst the class entries totalled 4452. The total number of classes recognised by the department was 204. The curriculum included all the principal elements that made up a good system of education. Of the sixty-five students who sat for senior free place examinations no fewer than sixty-one were successful. Students had also been eminently successful at the Palmerston Show, winning 30 first prizes, 28 second, 10 certificates, and two "third prizes, of a total value of £50. Some of the old students were now holding high positions in various parts of the world. With regard to the proposed new school, he said that all that remained to be done was for the Government to pass a Bill enabling the board to take over the land. He hoped this would be done next session. In conclusion, he would acknowledge on behalf of the board the splendid work done during the year by the staff and the students. (Applause.) After the prizes had been distributed by the chairman. Mr. La Trobe said a few words as to the accommodation in the present buildings, the system of displaying the pupils' work locally and at district exhibitions, and as to the needs of a practical education in New Zealand. Mr. Carmichael added his congratulations on the work of the school. Following is a list of the prize-winners : DAY AND EVENING ORDINARY CLASSES. Scholarships. > Day Art (Advanced). — Florence Pritchard and Violet Nelson. Diyy Art (Elementary). — Dorothy Deamer. Evening Art (Advanced). — .Annie Houstsn. Evening Art (Elementary). — Ethel Burton and Frances Gower. Building Construction (Advanced).— Albert Warbrick. Building Construction (Elementary). — Gordon Bogle. Carpentry. — Arthur Kellaway. Plumbing. — William Kay wood. Signwriting. — Fred Chittenden. Day art (advanced), Lena Williamson; day art (elementary), Miriam Ballard ; building construction (advanced), Owen Macfiej building construction (element tary), Vivian Haughton; plumbing, theory and practical (elementary), William Stunellj* carpentry and joinery, Hugh Dyson ; shorthand (day), Edna Greatbatch; typewriting (day), Hilda Walmsley ; shorthand and typewriting (evening), Kathleen M'Grath ; shorthand (exam.), Angus Neville Poison; shorthand (exam.), John Hunt; English, Constance Barnelt ; Latin, Frederick Moore; arithmetic, Constance Barnett; mathematics, Hugh M'Gill ; book-keeping (advanced), Fred Barclay ; book-keeping (advanced), William Ellis ; book-keeping (elementary), Joseph Clarke, Frank Chapman, Harold Everton, Reginald Porter, Constance Withers, Albert Hatfield, and Percy Winchcomb. Shorthand Examination. Speed certificates were awarded as follow : — John Hunt, 150 words per minute ; Angus Neville Poison, 150 words per minute ; Kathleen M'Grath, 130 words per minute ; Lorretta Wright, 120 words per minute ; Elizabeth Mace, 110 words per minute; James Schulenberg, 110 words per minute ; Vera Ross, 100 words per minute ; Louie Gibbs, 90 words per minute ; Mabel Hodge, 90 words per minute ; Hilda Walmsley, 90 words per minute ; Kathleen Hickey, 70 words per minute ; Jessie O'Sullivan, 70 words per minute; and J. G. Martin, 60 words per minute. Geometry. The following received certificates for geometry : — Vincent "" Barry Alexander Elton (good), Edward Flux, Henry Gwilliara, Harry Monaghan, William Norling, Daniel Organ, Bert Riggs, Charles Thompson, and Henry Weller. Building Construction. Certificates to students of building construction were granted as follow :—: — Advanced. — James Kerr, Owen Macfie, Albert Warbrick. Elementary. — Gordon Bogle, John Cameron, Edmund Cousins, William Harvey, Vivian Haughton, David Mansfield, John Moran, George Pearce, \V. B. Quick, William Wilson, Cyril Williams, Jack Young. Practical Plumbing. The following were awarded certificates for practical plumbing :—: — Fourth Year. — Thomas Park, Edward Elton, Joseph Elliot, Harold Wiechern, Henry Fabris. Third Year.— F. H. Stairmand, William Jenkins, Philip Milne, Richard Wood, Ernest Wood, George Weller, Arthur Ackroyd, Harry Inkerseil. Second Year. — William Kaywood, John Newell, Edward Foote, William Stunell, Norman Archer, William Harvey, William Norling, Henry Weller, Harry Monaghan. Plumbing Theory. The following gained certificates for knowledge in theory of plumbing :—: — Fourth Year. — Thomas Park, Edward Elton, Joseph Elliot, Harold Wiechern. Third Year. — Lionel Boielle, William Jenkins, Philip Milne, Richard Wood, George Weller, Arthur Ackroyd, Harry Inkerseil, Frank Clarke, William Kaywood. Second Year. — Daniel Organ, /incent Barry, George Roberts, F. Snaddon, William Uamieson, John Newell, Edward J. Foote, Horace Scott, William Stunell, Norman Archer, Henry Weller, Harry Monaghan.