SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION’S EXHIBITION.

Evening Star, Issue 10793, 30 November 1898, Page 4

SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION’S EXHIBITION.

The Engineers’ Baud played in front of the hall last evening. In the evening the Rev, A. North took the chair in the main hall, and the scholars who competed at the Union’s annual examin itioo, held in October, occupied the platform. The winners were presented with their prizes, of which there were two sets—przisfor those who obtained over 75 per coot, of maiks, and books in lieu of cerlihcv.es for those who obtained from CO to 74 pT cent. A nodal was presented by the Exhibition Committee to the scholar who glined the highest number of milks at the e{animation, and tf.-ij proved to be Miss Knily Log i t tl'<’ Choral Hall Sunday Seooid, who m-i-b; 99 per cent. Too c.iiogi were opened with a readin;' Ikmm u. ’ by Mr lb tt tight and nrav.'r by thr K v 1) Bcrric, i-f »r which * Mr Hciioo, \V. bb, convener of the Exani'ii »".on Cmm.' ‘, lead Lius Committee’s rjpoi t, as 1' 11" a - : ,\x convener "t tiu' KxaminatioM Committee (.cluch tlii-; vi'iir inehules Misses Haig ami Ho,;:; .mil Mr I •. It, lvi'i-"ii, a-; hffore) 1 forward you 501 |. .per; i t i'll!i'liii l which wo have assessed as umler; -

I, ! v ",r ■ol :ti!i eimin titors came forward. 1.. a uif'm tl-.e extra inducement ottered. ; v irr I'Jv .*-c.l to >"i‘ this i ear a return to wh.it m.v c tiled tla* i.linn,d eolldili •» of fmuv. I In- i. tit.’ u.nrc cratif. ii.g as -ro; of the sdwlars wh.i u d!v cum" up fur i \ imiimtim> d i-’iiii-d t" d.l - I tills year mi th -er mml that they wtc |nr p.iriii' for exoiMtioii c-mie.vs. No p I■ •• i lull of mark-*, hut a \luv m.,1 ; uml'cr ,-f n qvr: were value! at I" 1 c i:; ami unward-. ia the ,-rond id ■ lim ;■ 1-1 d 1: 1 per I’.-i.t,. the answers coming \. sI:;- -1 1 111' t of th" highest posspile lie 1-ir, I-, 1 I hi- i chi-clv followed by a paper in :I, • ,1 -t "fide which stands at 98 p r--nr. Th •.u imr of tlic-e papers wins for im : c:t ’■ r o id p.-e. -rite’ll by the Union. Tae s! r.iiliro evvliciiec was high last year. Tut tins M ir it I- higher still, as is witnessed by the nc.ud er of awards earned. As the foregoin; li.-ui", sh-iw, 1.7 prizes have to be avarled. ii; ; - is by far the highest number that has y.-i been rcai'hed at any of the I’nii■ iTs examinations. Th.; books to ho given in lieu of iir-t ela-s certificates number ISI, whie’i. I )!■ "d I; ii'illy -ay, establishes a “re-eu-'l.' Adding these tiguics together, it apo- ,ii - tli:I in fewer than :#IS scholars, or mure th in three-fifths if the cimipetitors, are entitl-d to receive hooks in evidence of the if ■-t\ ing . h.iracter of their work. 'When we g: mv at the nniuher of failures—that is to > iv. t p .pers that have come short of 40 per cent, of tin- hi a.e-r possible nniuher of marks—we find the. tie a-.- are only sixty-tive, or less than 111 per emit, of the wh-de number of papers. In this particular d-o th." outcome is most gratifying. We tlie light it go.>d List year that only 21 per cent, fa.’i.d, ’.Ve are, therefore, enabled to eongratu--1 it • the l oion very heartily on the result of the e; mainaTi"ii. A- imaa 1 . there are very few entries in the s »l "'.iss. hut a.- all prize-takers in the first g-id- ar-’obliged, if they compete again at all, to e '.unete in this class, we are sanguine that the t..Tty-eight scholars who have by their success Tv- y-ar di-.pi.diiied themselves for entering in a 1-e.ver am le will he well represented in next y '.w - eumjietitioii. The pri/'-list was then read by Mr A, 5.1. secretary cf the Union, as under : Sphrl.U. t'RAPE. Prizes. P. A GiiK-l’.-rth.t Simp-on pi) per cent., Maggie Wright 77., y.i alandia White 77., I’ir.vt class i'crtilic-des, 7.-CO to fiS per cent, Pin-r (in.Min (Pi and over). Prize-. I:ovin i ioar 1") pei cant., Jolm Hartley Sp, T.iO'- t .lohu-Ton S7, Horace Groeott SC>. Lewis V ■ i , 1 , George Th mips-.'n 78, .lames Robinson 7s. Duncan ilruwn 77, John M‘Hutcheson 7(1, 1 i,'iiry Alexander 70. Hirst class certificates, 11-02 to 71 per cent. Hirls. Kate t'.ible pO per cent., (leorgina M Kciizie p.”i, Hannah Pdnnie SH, Ada (iitihs IU, •h'luie Stevenson Sill, K.lith M’Kenzie 90, Mary St •nliuisse sp, Agnes t 'ampbell Ml, Lizzie I Until V>. Alice Si’utt S7, Annie Tomlinson Ml, Mary .lohii-tune >5, Kric Lear Si, iMargarct Smith -Sj. ,1 me Hutton sj, Annie bttley s , May Howie s:j, .lam' fabler SI, Leenie Uussell MI, Itevina H ird-ley so, Lussmot Howland SO, Beatrice Nets 7i. Nina I'.remner 70, Kthel llroad 77, Marion I.",vi; 70, Annie Smith 75, Isabella Laird 75, Huron Lear 75. Hirst class certificates, 22—tiO to 72 per cent. Second Grade(U and 15 years). Prizes.

Hoys.—t '.irlylc Ferguson 01 j.cr cent.. William ITrVy 01, Leonard Laniard 00, Newto i Vanes 00, J dm MT.aren so, Forbes Home SI. Joseph Wells si, If irr.l.l Kilroy ; l, Janes Braid Kf. Arthur Humic sg, John Stephens 82, Frank Webb "0, SLuli Begg7U. First class certificates, 15-00 to 71 per cent. Girls. —Emily Logic 00 per cent., Agnes Lillie ,!•>, Mabel Wri,dit ml, Jessie Allan O.i, Heilbn White OJ, Clarice Walker 01, Mary Sweetland Ou Mabel Aid rod 88. Louisa MT.ellan 80, Dora Hull ■yi. Myra Hamilton s[, M.nul Harburow 84, Ktiie Simpson si, Miusie Chinn SJ, Alice Loss 84, Hettie Dawson Si, Llm be Jones 82, Ada BeckingHalo sl, Mary Nelson SI, Molly Humock SI, Nellie Hutchinson SI, Kate Browniiu 8(J. Charlotte Longworth sri. F.thel Aldrod 80, Bella Carnio SO. Katie Donaldson 71', Flora Allan 79. Ada .Salter 78, BelliPrentice 75. Annie .leavens 75. jSFIr d das a certificates, fill-00 to 74 per cent. T'ntrU) (nunc 02 and 111 years). Prices T,..ys.—Edward Bichanlsß7per cent., Alexandr Lillie 87, Vernon Barnard S-5, Billies Barrie 75, George Paulin 75. Fir’-t class certific ites, 24—00 to 74 per cent. G rD. Daisy Simpson 87 per cent, Mart Wright 87, Theresa Johnston 85, Veda Mercer 85. Lena South SO. Daisy Wright 80, Mabel Dotting SO. Edith Williamson 80, Daisy Robertson SO, Muriel Walker 75. t'athie Olarperton 75, Louisa Morton 73, Gabel Neil,on 75, Adaline Drew 75. First cl i«s certificates, 29-00 to 74 per cent. Fomin Hr aim; (10 and 11 vcarsl. Prizes. L ,ys.— William Heiyliw >y SI! per cent., Stewmt Wru’ut 82. Peter Millie so, Dunstan North 80 Arthur Robin.-on 78, John L'uMe /S, Arthur f’n t♦mg 7 s . Percy Shaw 77, F.dmund Smith 75, L onard I ttley 75. Fir-t class certili'Mt-s, 2:: -tin to 72 per cent. Girls.—Laura Dum-m 95 per cent., VioL 1 ' 1. -wi-i 91, M.il'el Thomson ss. Minnie Hraik 88, L.rii.: Hunter s 5, Glara Browning s;;, Agnes Strothers s;{, .b-ssie P.orrie 7 s , Mary Burr 78, K.lith Burnard 77, Daisy Manson 77, Lily M‘Keuzie 77, Annie Bueb.m 75, Nellie Johns an 75. First class certiiieatcs, 2:1-60 to 72 per cent. TIIK MUSICAI. UONTKSTS. Judge : Hon. Geo. Jones, M.L.C. Iu the evening the violin contests took phee in the Victoria Hall, with the following results : Violin solo, under twelve (‘Braga’s ‘L« Ser--nata’). —fjianfield Hayes (Trinity Wts 1 van), 1 : Norman Lo Keong, 2 ; Ldmund S uith (Mcrnington Presbyterian), ,‘3. Alai e ■inoeled ; Doris M'Pharscn, Geo. S wan, ('. M'Bride, D. Pvobertson, and Leila Jeffs. The judge remarked that several faults wen apparent, which, of course, were to be looked for in children. For one thing th* op.-ii string was used too largely, one r asun, he 'supposed, being that it was diffi C sit to play with the fourth finger to produce the same cote—it was especially diffi c ill for children. Not much in the way of e cpee-33101) could bo expected from young p epic, but in one or two he found there was a slight tinge of it now and ther which was fairly pleasant to his ear. Violin sob), under cigh'een (SingeleeV 1 Tro -'atore John Wuliac - IMorningtor Prc-byti. ri t), 1; W. Hunter (L-il hj street G mgiegation ■■'), 2; Nelly Fnilvs (Knox), F:ve o’hers »i>tj>>.-• ej. Owing to lie 1 ..t .<> ss of the hour when the Bern was concluded, :.l-,o judge refrained from making coamienta on individual play. He said, hj rwover, that acme of the performers were very much alike in the nature of their perf inn me::, which nude it. difficult for him to decide. He considered the piece chosen was an ambitious one. It contained many technical difficulties, and there was a necessity for a great amount of expression in it, which in most cases was not shown. Strange to sav, the second-priz; winner was the best ii expression—by far the best—but as he was inaccurate iu time and phrasing he lost the honor of premier place. The Hon. G. Jones does not judge by poin s, but takes into consideration the natu r e of the play, weighing well each charaoteriabic.

The violin solo (all nget) and the violin duet (under eighteen) were postponed to Thursday evening at 7.3 U. PHYSICAL EXERCISES. ETC. Dumb-bells and clubs (Dr Roberts, judge). —lndustrial School 1, Union street School 2, Wanda and Indian clubs, lor girls (Dr Roberts, judge). —Union street School 1. This team, which had no opposition, did remarkably well. Nail-driving, for girls (Dr Roberts, judge).—Annie 1> Wright, Kaikorai Baptist, 1. BEADING FEINTED MATTER AT SIGHT. Judge; Mr T. W. Whitson. Boys,—Between 12 and 15 ; James Oliver,

St, Andrew’s, I. Between 7 end Id I W. M'Kencie, St. Andrew’s, 1. Girls.—Between 15 and 17! Emllte M, Logie, Choral Hall, 1. Between 12 end 15: .lessio Allan, Knox. 1. Between 7 and 12: Doris Allan, First (Roslyn), 1. TO-NIGHT iho cookery will be on exhibition, and towards the close of the evening it will be sold. Oo Friday and Saturday the winner s . f tho different contests which have been ield during the course of the Exhibition will repeat their respective items from the main platform. The prz s will be distributed on Saturday afternoon by Mrs A. North, the wife of the president of the Union.

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