PARNELL CONVENT SCHOOLS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6567, 4 December 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)

PARNELL CONVENT SCHOOLS.

TIIK t x iminuti'-n nf j-njuls of the thteo j >.cb<,o)x contifcctMl with the Convent, P ; t.n»H, ! was liflii ;n N-»r. 22 in Hi- pr.-aence of His I Lun.Miip liUlmp r.uck, th.. Voiy Ki'V. >loi<siy- I noro •* Lumber of the U:itlioiic Cloil'j. THE INKANT SCHOOL. The tirat examination wan th;tt of the infant j school, and very interesting it t >»<>vtiti to [ he. Hin Lordship presented the pjjzt-.i with a leW w«mla ot «*ncoUfnn*n)« nt uml kindness to e-.ch recipient. Th« prize list ih an folios; -l»r.. John Uy*n, conducted catcchUm ; liml, \Ut-.ter Si.iirh, geutial improvement; r>r.?, Fdaafer Newell, arithmetic; 4th, AL'hUt John Grace, geography ; sth, Master John Cionin, general improvement; Oth, Master John Hogan, reading und Hpelliug ; 7th, Miss Teav.i (Jrotiu, grammar; Bth, Miss Maud McHufih, neatness ; 9th, Miss Annie I'owtir, recital io* ; 10th, Miu* Lily Kichards, regular attendance; 11th, Alius Allie Kogau, recitation; 12th, Master Thomas Keaeally, general improvement. About twenty-four other prize* were distributed amongst the remaining children. The number attending the school is f>7. ST. JOSEPH'S SCHOOL. The examination of the pupils of thus Bchool followed. His Lordship distributed the prizes as follows :— Ist, Hugh Campbell, for good conduct and regular attendance; 2nd, Margaret McCarthy, for catcchism; Brd, Miss M. Walsh, for good conduct; 4th, Miss Tessa George, for general improvement; sth, Miss Fanny Neville, fer amiability. Second Class: Ist, Miss T. George, fojr general study; *2nd, Miss K. Kichards, for politeness; 3rd, Miss A. Cronin, for improvement and geography; 4th, Miss Sarah McCarthy, for improvement and conduct; sth, Miss E. George, for recitation; 6th, Master A. Yates, for a rithtueiic; 7th, Master C. McCarty, for study; Bth, Miss E. Kilfoyle.for catechism. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST'S SUPERIOR SCHOOL. The examination of the pupils of St. John the Baptist'* .Superior School, took place in the afternoon. A platform was erected to raise the pupils under examination, so that they could be observed by all present, and over the platform was the motto "A loving welcome to our beloved Bishop." The school room wub crowded almost to suffocation by parents and friends of the pupils. A p'uno duet, played by Mi«*Bes Avey, Courtayne, Yates, and Fallon, opened the proceedings. Miss A. Courtayne then read An address in French, after which Miss Frances George read an address to the Bishop in English* The prizes were distributed as follows

First Close : Mlaa May CourUyne, algebra, book keeping, French, and KngliJia literature: ilisi A. George, French, composition, i»a algebra; Miss Fallon, drawing. French, book-keroing, and algebra; Miss A. Connayne. French, algebra, and camposition; Miss Fitz, music, booklc-epiig, and algebra; Miss L. George, Kr»mmar, catechism and arithmetic ; -Miss F. Lynch, conduct, obliginj manner,and reading : Misi E. O'Hrien, conduct, hiitory, and arithmetic; Miss 11. llcwaa, catachism and -Scripture history ; Aliss Aley, drawing. Kreach. and history ; Miss M. Edgar, good penmanship and needlework. •Second Class : Miss Minnie Carrol, catechism and obliging manners; Miss M. N. Judge, catechism; Miss li. (Jlery, good conduct; Miss White, general improvement; Miss F. George, grammar; Miss E. Kic!iurri3, application to study; Misa L. O'Kern vocal music. Third Clans: Sliss .May Kobinson, land, recitation ; Miss Kalie Gr»ce, general improvement ; Master J. Fitz, conduct and obliging manners ; M Lster \V. Fitz, general improvement; Master B. .McCabe, politeness anil general improvement; Master I'. liurnant, catechism and politeness. His Lf. RD.-iHII" addiessed the children on the great amount of satisfaction th*t he w.id pri!»jiit and- assisting at. the examinition. Tb-,- knowledge displayed was varied and txtjniive, «bU the progress made in music especially was remarkable. They sun? well, ami kept pool time. In his own name, and in the liiiiiie of the Very lev. Moiisignore Fjnes, innl t.'in other visitor.-, he thanked the nuns for tiiia very agreeable exhibition, and also tb»:iked the children for the essential part they had taken in it. God .Save the Qii'ien w*a thon sun?, after which Bishop Luck pronounced the beuedict.on, and the g.itheriug discerned.