WAKARI SCHOOL.

Evening Star, Issue 7183, 11 April 1887, Page 4

WAKARI SCHOOL.

The animal distribution of prizes at the Wukari School took place on Thursday. A large number of parents and friends of the pupils were present. The school-rooms were decorated with evergreens and flowers, and there was a good display of needlework and darning. A number of songs, readings, and recitations were given by the children, who were addressed by Messrs Hood, Spears, and Godby, members of the School Committee. At the close, Mr Hood, who presided, presented Mr Paterson, the headteacher, with a gold pencil-case on behalf of the pupils as a token of their esteem and good-feeling. The following is a list of the prize-winners;— Dux, John Murphy (silver medal). Fifth Class. —David Laing (Mr Hood’s prize) 1, William Paterson 2. Fourth Class.—Catherine MTver 1; Andrew Torrance 1, Jane Grant 2. Third Class.—Mary M’Fadyen 1, Nelly Laing 2; Thomas Paterson 1, William Sherriff 2. Second Class, Joseph Sullivan 1, Emily Brickell 2. First Class. Richard Murphy 1, Maggie Sullivan 2 ; John Hornsby 1, Charles Paterson and Frank Revin (equal) 2 ; Annie Sullivan 1, Flora Bunting 2; Walter Wright 1, Harry Brickell 2; John Sullivan 1, Alice O’Brien 2. Sowing : Jessie Miller 1, Jane Grant and Wilhemina Laing (Mr Paterson’s prize) 2. Sewing.—First prize in junior classes, Mary Rieger. Darning.—Catherine M Tver (Miss M ‘Dougall's prize) 1, Mary Ann Sheehan 2. Drawing.—Thomas Sheehan 1. Writing.—Fourth class, David Laing 1.