PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXII, Issue 288, 13 December 1898, Page 2

PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES.

The certificates earned by the pupils by examination were Dresented to the following : - Singing. Grade I. —Lucy Hunter-Brown, Amy Burford. Grade ll.— Maud Hariey. Ruby Hanby, Ida Baigent, Mabel Easson, Alice Hariey, Henrietta Edwards, Ethel Ladley, Madge Mackay, Lizzie Louisson, Edith Bailie, Jessie Montgoraerie, Ruth Ferguson. Grade lll.— Maud Haytsr, Madge Rowley, Jean Bailie, Maud Giblin, Constance Faulkner, E. Talbot. Grade IV,— lrene Leggatt, F. WebbBowen, Pianoforte. Grade I.— B : Astrid Brusewitz, Elsie Booth. Nonie Enright, Florence Richmond, Katherine Sclanders, Vera Leggatt Elsie McEachen, Carrol Hariey, John Mullan. A : Ida Baigent, Lionel Mackay, Caroline Rowe, Ernest Smart, Nettie Hooper, Beatrice Black, Mary Patterson, Charles Rout, Constance Edwards, Lilian Preshaw, Ruby Hanby, Mabel Watera. Grade II.— B : Margaret Nash. Andrew Sclanders, Mabel Ellis, Olive Ladley. A : Ruth Fergusson, Lizzie Louisson, Annie Hewitson, Daisy Faulkner, Daisy Knapp, Harry Wright, Mona Taylor, Maud Hayter, Nellie Petrie, Ella Johnston. Grade lll.— Sadie Warnock, Edith Bailie, Marjorie Robinson, Ethel Webley, Nellie Fisher, Doris Lightfoot, Emily Sheldon, Florence Jones, Winifred Gibson, Ivy Bendal, Vernon Rout, Grace Gilbert. Grade IV.— Emily Alipuit, Mabel Easson, Helen Whitehorn, Louise Croucher (with honour), Phyllis Fell, Kate Ensor, Eva Hobden. Orchestal Instruments. Grade ll.— Eva Hobden, K. Whitehorn. Grade lll.— Louise Croucher, Ida Faulkner. Grade IV. — Mabel Easson. Theory. Grade If. — Annie Hewitson, Sadie Warnock, Emily Sheldon, Ethel Webley, Lucy Gibbs. Grade lll.— Emily Allporf. Grade IV.— Maud Shone. Heleu Whitehorn, Thomas Scott. In the course of his speech iv presenting the certificates, Mr Joynt reviewed the work done by the School of Music during its five years of existence, and spoke of the uesfulness and value of the institution. He gave credit to the teachers for their earnest attention to their duties. He referred to the recent appointment of Mr Naylor, and to the approaching retirement of Misa Fell. On behalf of the Trustees he assured Miss Fell of their regret at losing her services, and he testified to her worth as a teacher. Mr Joynt also alluded to the recent examinations, and to the need for a more commodious building for the purposes of the school, detailing the efforts now being made in conjunction with the Harmonic Society to erect a suitable hall. In conclusion Mr Joynt announced that Mis 3 Edith Kempthorne had won the annual scholarship provided by Mrs Monro (Miss Jackson), After the distribution of the certificates Miss Fell waa presented, on behalf of the pupils, with a case of handsome silver tea spoons. Those pupils who have won certificates, but did not receive them last night, may obtain them from the Secretary on application.