THE CHRISTMAS EXAMINATIONS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 203, 14 December 1876, Page 2

THE CHRISTMAS EXAMINATIONS.

THE NORTH SCHOOL.

Yesterday was a busy day in the North School, on the occasion of the annual public examination of the different classes, prior to breaking up for the Christmas holidays. The school-room was gracefully decorated with evergreens and boughs, a portion being set aside for the display of fancy needlework. Shortly after eleven o'clock, the following members of the School Committee commenced their labors as examiners : Messrs. George Sumpter, A. J. S. Headland, C. Galbraith, John Falconer, and Henry Aitken, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Armitage, and Messrs. Watson, Johnston, and Bee. The examination was a most painstaking and search- j ing one, extending over five hours, and »ras watched by a large number of the parents and friends of the pupils with marked interest. The first Class inspected was the Junior one, under the care of Miss Kernahan, the scholars of which were, of course, not very advanced, but tKe results of the examination were most satisfactory, particularly in reading. The writing by those in the more advanced classes under the superintendence of Mr* Fleming, the Head-master, and his

assistant, Mr. Todd, was next inspected, which also proved very satisfactory. The reading and elocution by the boys in the advanced classes called for special commendation. and although quits so much could not be said of the girls' school, the cause might be found more in the timidity natural to the sex than in a want of knowledge of these acquirements. At the conclusion of the examinations, the chairman, in dismissing the scholars for five weeks' holidays, said that, owing to the Committee being particularly short of funds, an appeal had to be made to the public for money to purchase prizes. Those, he might say, would be awarded to the boys and girls who the examiners thought were the most deserving of them, and, together with the certificates of merit, would be presented at the Volunteer Hall on Thursday night. The following is the prize-list : PRIZE LIST. Awarded on Day of Examination, class v. Heading and Recitation: Florence Thompson and Elizabeth Woodcock (equal) ; Christopher Galbraith. Arithmetic : Mary Wilding ; George Bell. class rv. Heading, etc. : Helen Hendry ; James Herron and William Hartley (equal). Arithmetic : Isabella Bee ; James Herron. CLASS m. (SENIOR DIVISION). Reading, etc. : Lilian Wardle ; Israel Hartley. Arithmetic : Catherine Henderson ; John Orr. class m. (junior, division). Reading, etc. : Margaret Brown ; Earnest Liddle and Edward Grave (equal). Arithmetic : Margaret Clarke ; Edward Grave. CLASS 11. (SENIOR DIVISION). Reading, etc. : Grace Henderson ; John Watson. Arithmetic: Isabella White; Frank Shalders. class n. (junior division). Reading, etc. : (1) Annie Hendry, (2) Jemima Hamilton ; John Thompson and W. G. Grave (equal). ■writing. Class V. : Harriet Shalders; George Bell. Class IV. : Alice Thompson ; William Hartley. Class 111. (Senior Division): Lilian Wardle ; William S'laklers. Class 111. (Junior Division) : Margaret Clarke; Archibald Steele. Class 11. (Senior Division) : Grace Henderson ; Charles Berling. Class 11. (Junior Division) : Annie Hendry ; John Thompson. MAPPING. Annie Milligan ; James Hood. Industrial Department. PLAIN SEWING. Ist, Maggie Patterson ; 2nd, Catherine Hamilton; 3rd, Sarah Rusbatch ; 4th, Martha Currie ; sth, Janet Robertson. KNITTING. Ist, Helen Clarke ; 2nd, Maggie Patterson ; 3rd, Jane Irving; 4th, Maggie Clarke. FANCY WORK. Ist, Lilian Wardle ; 2nd, Ethel Hardy ; 3rd, Elizabeth Woodcock; 4th, Catherine Hamilton; sth, Mary Jane Wilding. Awarded from Marks Received During the Year, class v. James Hood, Ist in Reading, &c., Grammar and Geography. Mary Wilding, Ist in Reading, &c., Grammar and Geography. class rv. Elizabeth Rusbatch', Ist in Grammar and Geography. Maggie Paterson, Ist in Reading, etc. James Heron, Ist in Reading, etc., Grammar and Geography. class hi. (senior division). Ethel Hardy, Ist in Reading; Ethel Clarke, Geography ; Lilian Wardle, Grammar. Israel Hartley, Geography and Grammar, and Reading, etc. CLASS 111. (JUNIOR DIVISION). Martha Currie, Ist in Reading, Grammar, and Geography; Edward Grave, Reading and Geography; James Richardson, Grammar. class n. (senior division). Reading, etc., Jane Irving and Frank Shalders. CLASS 11. (JUNIOR DIVISION). Reading, etc., Gaythorne Hardy and Janet Robinson. CLASS I. Reading, etc., Guthrie Robertson and Maggie Milligan. singing (theoretical). Ist, Herbert Thompson ; 2nd James Milligan ; Ist, Mary Wilding ; 2nd, Sarah Jane Rusbatch.