PRIZE-GIVING

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 139, 9 December 1912, Page 3

PRIZE-GIVING

10 lU* XDITOB.' Sir,— Can you inform me- who is responsible for the allotting of, the prizes 'at the' end, of the year in the Girls' College? My girls inform mo that by some extraordinary arrangement a new scheme has been evolved of bracketing several subjects,'giving one prize for this, and thus excluding many of the girls who would otherwise receive some recognition for theif . year's work. This system of bracketing is manifestly unjust, and in one case "a girl who has gained first place m two subjects, arid second in several others, gets nothing, as her subjects .are merged • with others which she does nofc take. This College never was noted for its generosity in prize-giving.', tho authorities seeming to consider one bbok sufficient for several firsts, seconds, and thirds, but even that ib infinitely lnore just than the system proposed to be adopted this'year s ' Why are tho prizes given to the boys so much more handsome artd plentiful ? ■ Another matter which might perhaps receive serious consideration is the tuivial prizes given on Sports, Day. One sees only ah afrayof almanacs, photo ■ frames, aad'othei* trifles for really' breditable performances in the spotts field,; andvas the girls cohtributo considerably over £100 per year.- to the games -club/ their efforts should be rewarded by something they can look back on with -pride when their college days are behind them., ' ' It is not yet too late for. those who have the arranging of the prizes jto make such alterations as will not disappoint those pupils who have put theit heart and soul into their year's work, ■ a v hd it will also smooth aWay the fdeling of indignation Which must be felt by many parents.—! am, etc., VERB. SAP. [The complaint made in the letfer was referred to Mr. A. do B. Brandon, chairman of the College Board of Governors, who replied as . follows :—"Prizes are awarded on the recommendation of t'io Principal at each institution. The object of the prize is not merely to' give a pupil a recortipenso foi past work. It is to stimulate the pupil to further exertion.'']'