Foxton State School.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 6 October 1891, Page 3

Foxton State School.

« We are enabled to give the results of the late examination. The report is not very favourable, but the Inspector pointedly states " The attendance continues to he very irregular. •*k long as this is so, injustice is done to the teachers, and results cannjtbegood.'' 'Che percentage of passes on the number examined in Standards, omitting exceptions, is 71*9. The following are the names of those who have passed in th:; several standards : — Standard I— Presented, 80; passed, 28 ; failed, 3 ; excepted, 4. Boys : James Bgg'i William Coley. Charles Doncaste|pwarter Edwards, James Fume, Faver Honore, Charles Hood, Leslie Newth, Mark Perrean, Hilton Read, William Sawyers, Charles Small, John Speirs, Clifton Trask, Frederick Walls. Girls : Minnie Aldridge, fhiby Fraser, Ehna Guerin, Gertrude Hamer, Ellen Hawkins, Ada Murray i Edith Perreau, Letitia Williams. Notes : The remarks against James Bo we are, ♦'excellent spelling and arithmetic ; " Leslie Newth, " excellent, except writing ; " Charles Small, " excellent reading and arithmetic ; " Ehna Guerin is credited with" excellent arithmetic." Standard II — Presented, 88; passed, 82 ; failed, 8 ; excepted, 8. Boys : Cecil Bramley, Sydney Bramley, James Birchley, Percy Easton, Edgar Gillespie, Joseph Gillespie, William Hawkins, Ernest Ingram, George Jonson, John Lewis, Thorwald Murray, Albert Better, Henry Rout, David Thompson, John Whibley, Frederick Whibley. Girls : Constance Austin, Elizabeth Easton; Edith Harris, Ellen Harris, Mabei Liddell, Ethel Little, Lillian Osborne, Alice Purcell, Ellen Rand, Kate Rout, Flora Deßidder, Maud Fatherley, Bird Sawyers, Henrietta Trask, Ada Vautier, Flora White. Notes : 0. and S. Bramley are credited with " intelligent work ; " William Hawkins, with " excellent arithmetic ; " George Jonson, with " excellent reading and arithmetic ; " Henry Rout and John Whibley, with ♦' exoellent arithmetic ; " Elizabeth Easton is remarked as having done ♦'excellent spelling," and Maud Satherley, Bird Sawyers, and Henrietta Trask with "excellent arithmetic." Standard 111 — Presented, 28 ; passed, 18 ; failed, 10 ; excepted, 4 ; absent, 1. Boys: David Ahern, Leonard Furrie, Frank Ray, Walter Symons, Walter Thynne, Archibald Thompson. Girls : Hannah Easton, Ada Stansell, Henrietta Simpson, Mary Speirs, Emma Spring, Mary Walls, Thirza Webb. Notes : David Ahern, " excellent arithmetic " ; Walter Thynne, " good work " ; Archibald Thompson, " excellent arithmetic " ; Hannah Easton " excellent arithmetic " ; Thirza "Webb, " good reading and arithmetic." - Standard IV — Presented, ~BTf passed, 14 ; failed, 16 ; absent, 1. Boys : Walter Honore, Frank Murray Ambrose Pqjgell, Charles Retter, Harold Ra^m. Reginald Vautier. Girls : Matilda Coley, Jessie Furrie, Gertrude Gibson, Annie Hawkins, Sarah Harris, Isabella Seaton, Kate Trask, Margaret Trask. Notes : Walter Honore, " excellent arithmetic " ; Frank Murray, " very good grammar " ; Ambrose Purcell, '" good arithmetic " ; Jessie Furrie, ♦' good work " ; Isabella Seaton, " excellent grammar." Standard V — Presented, 5 ; passed 4 ; failed, 1. Boys : Arthur Thynne Arthur Retter. Girls: Winnifred Ray, Maud Ray. Notes: Arthur Thynne, "very

fair wort " ; Mattd Ray, " very fair." Stihd; cd VI — Presented, 2; passed, i ; failed, 1. William Gillespie. The average age of those passing the Standards are as follows : — S.I, 9yrs Smths ; S. 11, lOyrs lOmths ; S. 111, Ilyrsßmths; S. IV, 12yrs 7mths ; S. V, 14yra Bmtha ; S. VI, lfiyrs 2mths.