SCHOOL BREAK-UP

Evening Star, Issue 14534, 9 December 1910, Page 4

SCHOOL BREAK-UP

JOHN'S, EOSLm '^_,-^ The breaking-up ceremony of the W. : \ John's private school and kindergarten wm ) held at St. John's Schoolroom, Roslyn, to- / day. The Rev. H. L. Snow, vicar of St. < John's, presided. / The Chairman read a, letter from Miss L. Gillies, who regretted her inability to be present at to-day's function, out ex* pressed tho hope to be back in New Zea- . land in time to rcsame teaching next year. t Miss Gillies had been only two days in ; \ Loudon when she received news of her : sister's death, and on that account she j expressed the wish that the closing cere- j mony should bo carried out as quietly as I possible. In tho meantime, as she had ) every confidence in Miss Wilson, she remained in England for. the. purpose gf', I studying school method.- ". " " "\:. v-J In the, report sympathetic reference %M ]• made to tho death of Miss Florence Gillias,/x who had bean acting principal during the : -V absence of her sister, and whoso teaching and bright and loving disposition,] bad endeared her to both teachers soi'\ pupils. ~ " -y Tho report slated also thai tho •atlendanco had been remarkably good, and the health of pupils excellent. The music work had maintained its high standard, among tho outside successes being the gaining of first place for pianoforte' playing; (under thirteen) at the Ckristchurch Com.; petitions this year., Tho same pupil gained' third place at the Dunedin Competitions.; Two pupils rat in June for the Trinity College examinations in the theory of music, and both were successful, one gaining 96 and tho other 92 per cent. ■; • ; The prizes v/ern presented by the" Rev.' Mr Snow, and the prize-takers wore .£■s follow." -—...- • ",'■''".'

■Standard lll.—Eva Allan (class marks,, and sowing and painting); Nancy Holmes (arithmetic, and geography and drawing); Emily M'George (arithmetic and geogra-. phy, and calisthenics). -• .Standard ll.—Edith Garden (class marks sewing); Xoa Oliver (arithmetic, reading and spelling, and nature Biudy) ; Eileen Ackland "(drawing audi •general improvement): Freda Belt (lower arithmetic and peneral improvement). marks); Joyce- Stronach (reading and 1 ; painting); Gordon Allan (arithmetic and, spoiling); Procio. Bolam (general improvement and drawing). Claw ] I.—Violet Sutherland (arithmetic, and wriiina); Florence ll.aggitt (reading' and spelling) : Gcorgo Wales (singing and-word-building); JjCflje Rogers (drawing ;;};d sinking); Rath Belt (nature 6tudyand word-building). Clacs I.—Eric Ackland, TrieGlendining,, Ta;n Black-. Charles Wilson, Fred.; Mowbray Bolam, Colin. uc-h, Randolph Re id. Kindergarten.—Allifiter Munro, Gordon? i-tronarli. Special prizes.—Eva Allan (good con- \ duct) ; Aline Stronach (Scripture); Vera X M'Grorgc (attendance and deportment);, ( Queciiio Balk and Florence Haggiit I (music). ■'"[ A well-diversified nrogrammo of songs,/i cabst hemes, marching, and xeeitatione,' ;j etc., was gone through with,decided sac--J CCEB. . • jßii-:';/