DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12147, 18 December 1902, Page 6

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.

PRINCE ALBERT COLLEGE. Tit; annual distribution of prises to the sue. cessr«i scholars at Prince Albert College was ■made,yesterdayT afternoon.? at thes College v Buildi.gs, Upper Queen-street, in the presence of a large gathering of parents, friends. ?i,& guardians :of the pupils. Mr. P. E. Baume. • M.H.8., presided, and' presented the -prizes' the recipi(ut 3 being warmly applauded' Amongst tht se present, were: The Rev C H* Garland (chiirman of the Board of Gover! nors), and tie Revs. .7. :H. Sinimonds. \\. Ready, and J J. Lewis; and Messrs Tho<<' Allen, W. Thome, and S. J. Ambnry (mem! bers of the Boa-d). Apologies were read for the absence *>\ -Rabbi Goldstein and tl )e Revs. Joseph Claft, Henry B. Gray, and OnDixon. The sch.ol orchestra contributed to a musical programme during ho afternoon and afternoon teawas served to the visitors ' After congratulatory speeches by the chairman and others, Hie headmaster (Mr. Tiio? Jackson, M.A.) prcientcd the eighth animal report, which statid that the School rear closed with a roil all of 150 pupiL*. of .whom 23 were boarders. in l ast year's junior uni. versity scholarships examination A. E. {**£ was placed in, the credit division. Though he did not win a scholarship, ydt LaWry2 out first in the colony in mtihematicl 1 notable achievement. One girl Ruth Unit.* passed the medical preliminary Naim'natiw,.' and eignt pup-Is passed last year's roatriehla' toon examination-four girls. Klio Gritlm "4. McMaster, Agnes Young, and Edith Bag naif and lour boys, E. Chitty (theTblind cum I '<: at ?;- whose suo "-- under unvrficedented dif. w°rtS TV ' aS " n £ her notable ichieveme, ) W. OMwra J. Boyes. and W.i White In last January s senior civil .'erviceUxaminatkm Florence Jones secured a partiaflpass. and iS the junior civil service examination five girl a passed. Els,e Grimii. WinifrM EuUh polling Jessie Brooks, and KvelTn Hall and three boys, S. J. Bishop, H. A RobertC™ and W Broofcsmitli. For lacfofSSffj candidates, no entrance scholarship -4a£ swarded on the girls' side at thej beginning of the year. That on the boys' side was a° a ,tl to C. Martin, whom the prize Set will show to have made good use of it duiing the year A fairly large number of candidates for tha examinations just concluded bid been sent up, viz.. two for the medical preliminary exanimation, and 14-eight girls 2nd six bov" for- matriculation, an examination in which this college had passed 50 candidates in the last five years. Besides L these, four would ente- for the senior and four tor the junior civil seriice examiua tion, and two girls would preimt themselves Tor branches D and E of the tochers' earn" ™w T + le fa SL that P«P»?had been prepared for these different examinations, while the mam attention had beep given to those who were not yet ready for sich preparation gave some idea of the year's work. The general work of the. school bad been satisfactory and creditable, a Ml general average had been maintained, and there had been rarely serious fault to find .with the general conduct and discipline. ThJ boys had thrown themselves energetically iijto their snorts Prince Albert College came »nt second in the list of secondary schools in football, and bracketed first in cricket, as the result of the inter-collegiate matches; aid in the invitation events of the various school sports their representatives had usually been successful A kindergarten class for very junior bovsanU girls had been started at the girls' college under the experienced management of Miss Alexander, and.a carpenter's workshop had been made under the gymnasium. 36ft long, and had been well lighted and well equipped. Mr and Mrs. Stephenson had gone into residence at the girls college, where for two terms the girl boarders had enjoyed the benefit of their presence and oversight. ! Appended is the prize-list X

GIRLS' PRIZE lIST., Lower School, Preparatoiy.-Ellen Water, worth, Dorothea Jackson, Kthel-Doree, Muriel Barton. , ) • _ Lower School .-Standard! III.: Madeline Forbes. Standard IV.: Florence Brown. iNeedlework: Florence Brows. Form ,11.—English: Hazel! Purdy. (Hon mention. Hazel Lindsay.) Arithmetic: Daisy Bigelow. j ' form English: May Bond. (Hon. mention, Emily Walks,) Languages: Nora Buttie. (Hon. mention, Emily W'allis.) Mathematics: May Bond, Improvement: Katie Dunn, Edith Utting. •■■: ! . Form IV.-English: Madga Buttle. Languages: No award. Mathematics: Dora Griffin. Improvement: Daisy Dean. Form V.-i English: Edith Collins. Languages: :.; Marion Laseron. £ Mathematics : Winifred Mellsop. ,;: Improvement: Lottie Vickerman. . ■.•;.■,;.... . . Form Advanced Work:; Flossie Jones. • School Prizes.-Scripture: '; Madge Buttle. Science: Emily Wallis. Writing: Rosa Christ- i maun, Hazel Purdy. Drawing: Grace Goold. Jessie Dewar, Daisy Bigelow. : Examination Work: Jessie Brooks, : Mary - Paterson. Ger- v.man : Florence Jones. Reading: Emily'Wallis. Gymnastics: Hazel McMaster. ._, Dux T Prizes.-Form II.: "Hazel Lindsay. Form in.: Emily Wallis. Form IV.: Dora Griffin.^Form V.: Edith Collins. Form VI.: Ruth Utting. ■':■ Tennis-Tournament: : Ruth Utting, 1; Ella Atkin, 2. BOYS' PRIZE LIST. • Form 11.-Euglish: M. Robertson. Arithmetic : No award. Improvement: R. Forbes, R. Dykes, B.Prosser, K. D. P. Murray -; Form : -English:, C. A. Paqne. ' (Hon. mention, C. Martyn.), Mathematics: No award. Languages: W. Caughey. ; (Hon. mention, c. Martyn.) Improvement: S. Braken♦iSHb I^-M :Buel i? ll = w - Gibson. (Hon. mente ;„ Dellow ' P- Burnett.) Languages ;A. Lush (Hon. s mention, P> Del low.) Improvement: B. Cobbe. Mathematics: P. Burnett. V ;- and r ow er V._Engliah: R. Dellow. Mathematics: , W. O'Meara, H. La wry. Languages: .E. Brown. Improvement: J. Boyes. School Pmes.-Writing: T. Thorne, 1;. N. Clifford, 2. Shorthand: -J. Boyes. * Drawing: S. James, 1; P.' Bond, 2; hon. mention, W. O Meant. Science: B. Shaw. ; German- - 0 Germann ;, Scripture: ,S. Wotta. : v Reading i ■■■'■■'. No award. < Gymnastics: W. OMeara, 1- . O Matthews, 2. Examination Work: *M. Hamp- I son, P. Dellow, C. Martyn'. > Dux Prizes.-Form II.: E. Hay. Form in.: C. Martyn.- Form IV.: P. i Dellow. Form ™ er 7v, G -. Mariner. Form V.: E. Chitty. me following sports prizes, :recently won were distributed by Mr. Stephenson :-Cric--ket :■; H. Lawry,: score of 62 against King's College; G. Whiteside, all-round play. Footbah representative caps: D. Bosewarne, W. O Meara, R. Morrison. E. Hutchison. Invitation : hurdle race: C. Dickeson; King's Col--lege. Open Championship: :W. O'Meara, 1H. Morrison, 2. • ■:* ' ',

The annual distribution of prizes took place yesterday afternoon, at " The Willows," Wyn-yard-street, there being a very, large gathering of the parents and friends of the pupils. One: classroom was devoted to the display of* the work, proving the industry of the pupils during the st year. J , : The exhibits taluded plain and fancy needlework, maps,s drawings paintings, and wood-carving, all , of which elicited much admiration from the visitors, the prizes were presented by. the Rev. W. E Gillam. vicar of St. Matthew's, who opened proceedings by heartily congratulating Mrs. ; Williams and her staff upon the success, not only of their ■ method °*' intellectual culture, but upon the excellence of their moral trainnig of the pupils under their charge. Mr. .Crillain said he was sure that the young people attending the school were being educated in the truest sense. The education was not of that mechanical character which moulded the children in one particular groove, and turned them out only with the acquisition of certain rudiments required by the State. < But the best .'parts of ;.; their nature were " reached, mental, moral, and spiritual. * The true object of education should be to cultivate tastes that would enrich the whole nature.; Surely that was the meaning of the word education. The great aim was to draw out, train, and direct, bey wanted an ■ education that would educe «l n I ? ut 7: al th ? Powers of the mind. They were told that jill sorts of dreadful things *£&*♦ ap £f D if - th( i y attempted ito introduce ?, s ( i e i ins . m the State schools. It was ™,r at , the introduction of such teaching would foster religious bigotries. • But this was 2f«.™ L caSe her ? re ,"gious instruction was given in private schools. - The distribution of prizes being ended a Th7pl eaSl ?£ ht £ <*™ m took place.when the Rev. W. B. Gillam, on behalf of the S a w , Di, ?V Presented a handsome gold bracelet and silver-mounted purse, with an address, to Miss Braund, one of the staff, TJhLi 18 sever her connection with the school:after nine;years'- work. .-'■ The following is the prize list •— Infant Form.— Kathleen Patterson, Colleen .Partridge Roy McGregor. Desmond Brown. Muriel Cohins. Harrison Spencer. Jim Craig. Tw2 n iMT I ?? r< & bie Mootaeue, Bita Ashton. Bertie Abbott. Howard Dalton.' Form ll.—Flossie Abbott, Jean Wigg. Lillie Wrifeh. E, iT y }omfie,d -. Gordon Nicol. Arthur Hellaby Harold Hutchison, Willie Geddes. *orm m - A Williams. Gertie Gillam. Dorothy Kensington. Dorothy Johnson. Marion Wigg. Jessie Geddes. vS?£ m IV.—Janie £ r ownlie. Maggie Dalton. oIIa Thompson, Bessie Dalton. Alexander ueades, Anna Wolfgramm. . J, 0 ™ V.-Rosa Becker. Ella Blacklock. Isabella Nash. :

Form Vl.—Daisy Brown, Renie Partridge. Special Prizes.—Writing : • Doris Warner. Jame Brownlie. Flossie Abbott. French: Upper division, Daisy Brown; lower division, Daisy if*™*- Conduct Alexander Geddes (senior). Ulhe Beeby (junior). Attendance : Agnes Williams, Jessie Geddes. Maggie Daltom Music: Daisy. Palmer, Dorothy Johnson. . Drawing : V. 0 ?'" . -Parker. Wood-carving; Relier. Louie Phillips: chip, Anna Wnlfgftimm. Manprwr: form VI.. Renie Partridge; Form V., Rosalie Becker; Form TV., Alexander Geddes. Needlework: Plain, Ruby Blomfleld, Flossie Abbott. Dorpthijr Montague; fancy, Daisy Brown, Louie Phillips. Bessie Dalton. A special prize tor the'most■.industrious-girl in the school was awarded to Louie Phillips.

WILLOWS.