PRIZES TO CHILDREN ATTENDING PROVINCIAL SCHOOLS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 342, 23 December 1875, Page 2

PRIZES TO CHILDREN ATTENDING PROVINCIAL SCHOOLS.

Captain Rough, who occupied the chair at the Provincial Hall yesterday, on the occasion of his Honor the Superintendent distributmg prizes to the children attending the Lity Provincial Schools, gave the result of a cursory examination he had made of the ' schools of the city, the majority of which were in a highly satisfactory state. He contrasted public education in Nelson twenty years ago with ifca present advanced state, and complimented the gentlemen to whom the province was chiefly indebted for the admirable scheme furnished by them when acting as an liducation Commission, and by their instru mentality ' became a Provincial Act. He in particular commended the female schools, wd their admirable discipline

His Honor the Superintendent then distributed the following prizes : — ■'.. > BRIDGE-STREET BOYS' jSCHOOkV- : , First Division.' .; First Class-King;<i; Barltrop. ;Un), 2. \ Arithmetic — iConneff; Wnfcing -i- King. I Master^. prize;)f or Beaditig-i-^Gonnell, 'l j ! N Webster, 2. * '" ' '' V - Second Class — Bond 1 ; Johnston, 2. 'Arithmetic— Bond; Writing— Hingaton (ii). Master's prize for Reading— Mills. Webster was entitled by merit to first prize, but having won a scholarship it goes to the next best-rGeorge King. j. ■■' Second Division. First Class— Herbert Pilcher, 1 ; John Bolton, 2. Arithmetic — John Bolton. Writing— Herbert Pilcher. Readings JohnNicol; Extra prize— Walter Middlemiss. Second Class— Joseph Dreyer, 1 ; John Bentley, 2. Arithmetic — John Bentley. Writing— Gecrge Sheppard. Third Class— Hugh M'Artney, 1 • ?oh~n Larking, 2. Arithmetic— John-* Larking*Writing— Charles Sowman:' •"-" .'• ' '■'. Fourth Class — Frank 1 Johnston, I; Fred. Dixon, 2. Arithmetic — Frank Johnston. Writing— Charles White. ;" HAVEN BO AD SCHOOL. First Class— lsabella Robb, I.; Rosetta Freeman, 2. , . Second Class— Theodore Hammerich, 1; Robert Nicol, 2 Writing— Rosetta Freeman. Arithmetic— Catherine Beagley. Third Class—William Johnston, 1; James Thompson, 2. •: .••.-; . - . • Fourth Class— George' Robinson; 1; John Bernard, 2. Fifth Class— Jessie Salmond, 1; William Johnston 2. ■ -• ..-.- - % ---'--. - •-. r Monitors' Prizes— Firsfc. Class, Jane Salmond; Third Class, William Johnston. Second Division. First Glass— Ellen Blackmore-1; Edward Freeman, 2. „- ; i. - Second Class— Tnonias Johnston, 1; John Young, 2. Third Class— Thomas Hodgson, 1; Claud Graham, 2.. .., „ . Fourth Class— James Mitroy, i ; Edward Rule, 2; Mary Pickard, 3. ■/ ... . • . Good Conduct and General , Improvement —Herbert Vercoe, John Weir, George Tibbie, and Isabella Grant. : ' ' HAMPDEN-STREET SCHOOL. -* FIBSX ; Division. ■■•/ First Class — Henry, Kelly, 1; "WilliamTucker, 2; Clara Ross, 3. .: Second; Class — James i Stringer, 1; Joseph Henry, 2- V Third Class— Frederick Kelly, 1: James Shirtliffe,2. Arithmetic— John , Sunleyj 1 ; James Stringer, 2. Writing— Henry" Kelly. Good Conduct — Henry Neale. Skcond I^rvisioN. First Class— Elizabeth Bolton, 1; Joseph Stringer, 2. . • t , Second Class — Estner Clutterbuck, 1; John Burns, 2. „ . - ' . Third Class— J,ohn Blincoe, 1 ; Harold Kelly, 2. „ .-."«, Fourth Glass— Charles Henry, 1% Bessie Burns, 2 : . '. Eifth Class — Janet Henman, lj Daniel 80nar,2., , , „,... „,',,,'[■ Arithmetic Prize— Joseph Cockram. , HARDY-STREET GIRLS' SCHOOL.— Fisst ; Division. ' . ■ ' • • First Class-^rGeneral proficiericy-i Mary ' Adamson, 1; Charlotte Grey^ 2; Harriet Ann Smith, i 3. Writing^-^Haifriet Ann Smit», Henrietta Percival, and Elizabeth Hale, equal. Arithmetic— Elizabeth Leach and Harriefc Ann Smith, equal. ".• ; '-. ; Second Class— General Proficiency— Violet Hargreaves, 1; Eliza Waterhouse, 2; Elizabeth Robertson, 3. "■ ' ; : : Third Class — General Proficieiicy— Marion Hood, 1; Elizabeth Capper, 2; Annie Harris, 3; Ada Hargreaves, 4. Second Divisios. First Class— Mary Young, 1 ; Fanny Adamson,^ becohd Class— Maude Baltroo, 1; Edith Waikling,2. , ■ ' Third Class-^Aiice Chapman, 1; Eniily Amos', -2. Fourth Class— William Hunter, 1; John Rose, 2; William Rose, 3. Fifth Class— Minnie Moffiat, 1 ; Amy Astle, 2.; . Esther Hingston, 3. Sixth Qlass— Jane Adams, I ; Julia Karsten, 2; Arthur Adamson, 3. PREPARATORY SCHOOL. First Class— William^ Nicol, 1; Minnie Spencer, 2; Charles Guy, 3; Elizabeth Blwards, 4. General Improvement— Emily Husband. Writing— Frederick Jennings. Second Class— Edith Johnson, 1; Grace Bond, 2. General Improvement —Frances Cooke, John Congdon; Writing— -William Whiting. . Third Class— Louisa LivicVl; Caroline Young, 2. General Improvement— George Leiz, Alice Wood. Fourth Class -William Hibble, 1; Albert Webley, 2; Henry Joseph, 3. Fifth Class— Arthur Harley, 1; Alfred Gibbs, 2. .••:.-• Good Conduct— William Kiely. The Superintendent, on completing his task of distributing the prizes to the children, said he.had a further .pleasing duty to perform, namely, to present two of the masters with tokens of esteem from the children they instructed. One, was a stereoscope to Mr Sadd, . master of the Second Division, , Bridge-st School, and the other an inkstand, to Mr Sunley, master of the Hampden st. School. The following notes accompanied the presents: — " To Mr J. B. Sadd. Dear Su-,— We, the undersigned, beg you respectfully to accept a small token of our gratitude and esteem. We hope it will often remind you of the care and patience you have bestowed upon us, and of our deep appreciation of what you. have done and ..still are doing for us. That you may long remain at the head of our school, and help us by your teaching and influence to become worttlj members of the community in which we live, is the earnest wish of your grateful pupils, and we have the honor to subscribe ourselves, yours respectfully." [Here follow the signatures.! " To Mr R. M. Sonley. Dear Sir,— We, the undersigned scholars of the Hampden-street School, desire that you will please accept the, accompanying present, as a slight token of our esteem for you, and for your kindness and forbearance during the past year. We fear that we have often tried you very much, but trust that in the ensuing year increased application on" our part may, to a great extent, relieve -you of some portion of your onerous duty. Tjrustiug that you and Mrs Sunley may enjoy the approaching holidays, and wishing you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year, w« remain, dear sir.'' . . '■'■■'■ [Here follow the signatures.] Messrs Sadd and Sunley respectively replied. "•.'".'■ Captain Rough announced that it was the intention of Mr Burns to give sis prizes for best English composition— three to boys and three to girls. To show his own sense of the importance he attached to regular attendance, as urged by Mr jSunley, he would now award four prizes to those who stood highest in attendance— to Violet Hargreaves George King, Edward Percy, and Harold Kelly. The Superintendent, in addressing, parents and School Committees, deprecated abandoning prizes for . school proficiency. School life was but a type of what followed, • with its struggles fo? th.Q prize*©! wealth j

and position^ and the ioaulaitMi created in youth acg.Qured,at^eiagtß[|in amyanced life. He trn^ted^prkea^wduld^jntinlte^to be given* ; CapteinJjJßouuii said lijtt the'rd only now remained ffefr him the ? clntyj&£j closing the schoali jPMs was pfrobably^Past occasion «>n whiilvlie;! would |iavejttr#pportunity of speakiii^in so near his heart as education, fudging from the election speeches everywhere delivered, there was no fear of New Zealand being in want of an educational system likely to secure the thorough instruction of the young to fit them for the business ofr life.? 'He was less sure they would be as Veil fitted foriits duties. The current of opinion seemed" to flow in f ayor of secular education, and in as far as this meant the exclusion of religious teaching from ordinary^ : sch6bl"toutine, it'wotfld: rbe wise, because such instruction might not there be given with, the solemnity due to so sacred a subject/ Yet it would be a sad thing if any. system o£ State.edacati.oa 3 U««ld; altogether ignore religion and morality, for ;he held that the true prosperity and happiness; of naiiops as well as, individuals depended mostly to their religious and moral condition. Therefore some time-rj-say, one*. aftentoon each week—might" be* set; apart for '• religious instruction, wheii 'those young people attending public schools whose parents might ndt object, should be required to attend. The ministers "of various denominations would surely make arrangements . to instruct the scholars at such timfe in those great principles of religion which would tend to. make New. Zealand renowned, not only for itsHne'climate and its rich productions, but also for the religious and moral excellence of its people. He should be very glad, when far away-frpm it,- to hear of thewelfare of New Zealarid'achoold-^p'driicularly '1 those of Nelson— in which city it had been for years a source of pleasure to him to watch the labors of the teachers^ and the progress of the scholars.:; . ... .-/ : . Themeeting ihen dispersed. Vi. BefQfe breaking up for the Christmas holidays, the children of the Haven Road School presented lheir;master, Mt; Hbagson,J with a handsome l book", accompanied' witbji •their be3t wishes for his happiness.