THE SCHOOL YEAR

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23839, 14 December 1940, Page 14

THE SCHOOL YEAR

ANNUAL PRIZE-GIVING AUCKLAND GIRLS' GRAMMAR SUCCESSFUL PERIOD RECORDED A reminder that even though the latest news of the war was most encouraging. a pelmanent peace could only be ensured by the provision of a better type of people in the world, and that this depended to a large extent upon education, was given bv Mr. •). Stanton, chairman of the Auckland (•laminar Schools Board of Governors, :it the annual prize-giving ceremony of the Auckland Girls' Grammar School yesterday morning. He expressed his confidence that the cirls leaving the school at the end of the present year would he well equipped to take up the new responsibilities of the war. In her annua! report the heart mistress, Miss E. M Johnston, stated that examination successes of !!»:>;» included a Lissie Rathbone scholarship, five credit passes in the university entrance scholarship examination and six university bursaries. There had lieen passes in the university entrance examination, anil .">7 complete passes and 15 partial passes in the school certificate examination. Thirty-nine, higher leaving certificates had been awarded this year. Jn sport the school had had quite a successful year, while next year facilities would t>c greatly increased by the provision of new areas in the school grounds. During; the year iMl'girls had qualified for the awards of the Royal Life-saving' Society. "The school war effort began in earnest early in tlie second term," said Miss Johnston, "when an energetic committee of mistresses and girls was set up to organise and direct our efforts. Hundreds of garments have been knitted and made, and contributions of money from pupils and members of the staff, augmented on special occasions by gilts from parents and old girls, have been very generous. amounting in the second term to lot and in the third term to Ls-o. In one week hi the third lenn L">o was raised for the relief of distress in London." The presentation of prizes for school work was made by Mr. Stanton, while Mrs. Stanton presented the sports prizes. Ihe award for first place in the. upper sixth form was made to Barbara Ross.

APTITUDES OF PUPILS POSITION AT IM'KKKOHE [from orn own correspondent] Pl'K KI\OllK, Friday The erection of ;i shearing and implement sheil on tin' school farm l>y hoys of the agricultural class is mentioned in the annual report of the headmaster of the l'ukekohe Terhliieal High .School, Mr. \V. F. J. Munro. Mr. Munro states that thr proportion of secondary department pupils takins? the academic course is too high. A total of HI per cent foil twed the academic course this year. •_'U per cent the commercial, "JO per cent the aKricultnr.il or domestic science, and 17 per cent the woodwork and metalwork. "The.-e figures would he a truer index of the aptitudes of pupils if the last two percentages were doubled," he adds. STUDY OF MATHEMATICS riiOORKSS AT HAMILTON [FROM OCR OWN ("OR It MS PON DENT] HAMILTON, Ffda.v At th? annual prize-giving ceremony of the Hamilton High School, over which Mr. ( . L. MaeDiarmid, chairman of the board of governors, presided, Mr. S. X. Ziman was the principal speaker and presented the prices. The headmaster. Mr. IT. D. Tait, said that there were -ITS pupils, including 15.3 new pupils, on the roll at the beginning of the year. More attention was being given to mathematics, and the basis of the science work had been broadened. In public examinations and at sports the school had acquitted itself well. WAIKATO DIOCESAN PATRIOTIC ACTIVITIES [FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT] HAMILTON, Friday There was a large attendance of parents at the annual prize-giving ceremony at the Waikato Diocesan Girls' School. The Bishop of Waikato. the KM. Rev. (". A. Cherrington, addressed the gathering, and Mrs. Cherringtou presented the prizes". The headmistress. Miss A. K. Satchell. said that 11 candidates out of 11 had passed the last matriculation examination. There had been much patriotic activity in the school.