NAVY LEAGUE ESSAYS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18733, 11 December 1922, Page 4

NAVY LEAGUE ESSAYS

EXAMINER’S REPORT. THE OTAGO RESULTS. With regard to the Navy League esseya for this year, the examiner, Mr I. Sarginson, reports as follows: ‘Tt was thought that the somewhat changed attitude in the matter of naval defence that resulted from the Washington Conference might have « prejudicial eflect upon the work of the Navy League. Such fears have not been realised to any extent that would at all justify concern for the interests of the Navy League, which, under any conditions of naval retrenchment, would still be needed, perhaps more than ever. The actual facts are that, the number of schools contributing essays lias fallen from 103 last year to 85 this year; Hie. total number of essays - written having fallen from 4689 to 4655, the number submitted to mo being 716 as against 810 last year. All things considered, it is mailer for congratulation that the drop has not been more pronounced. “Several of the writers of senior essays ■were unable to conclude without a distinct note on the glowing importance of aircraft a- a, menace or an aid to naval defence, and as likely to modify profoundly the whole problem. In this there is a suggestion to the leatrue that is 100 evident to need statement. ■ Its programme might well include ships that fly with ships that float. “The subject chosen for the serno v essay this vear —‘The Sea is our Life’—was well

adapted to inspire the scholars for whom it was selected, and has produced some very good work, though the best has tome from the girls. The junior subject—‘British Explorers in the South Polar Regions’—involved a good deal of research, and has doubtless been highly educative in its special department. Perhaps it presented some unusual difficulties. Many of the essays suggest that the teachers have not found it easy to get hold of sufficient material. The general result is distinctly encouraging, and. once more, the ■ league is greatly indebted to the head-teachers and their staffs for their devoted co-operation. “I have touched upon the educative influence of 11 to Navy League essay, but J have also been deeply impressed with the immense good it must accomplish iu the realm of personal character, by bringing, year after year, thousands of our scholars into close contact with the immortal deeds of Britain's noblest men. In the most meritorious essays on Antarctic exploration some important details were of necessity omitted, but few were the writers who omitted to dwell on the sublime tragedy associated with the names of Scott and his companions, and the glorious deeds of Shackelton after the Endurance was crushed in the ice. "In marking the essays I have often thought of the disappointment some of the teachers must feel with the result. It may not be quite superfluous (o point out that in the nature of the case divergencies between the estimates of teacher and examiner are inevitable, at least in many cases. 'A teacher may bo guided solely or mainly by the use made by an essayist of the particular ,instruction he has given : in any case his comparisons are limited to the work done in his own school or class. To the examiner an essay is but one of many hundreds, and its merits cun be decided only by the place it takes with the best from a hundred schools. “Without instituting any comparison of the results obtained by the different schools, I take it that there cun be no objection to mentioning a few of the schools and particular classes that have achieved prominence iu this year's Navy League essays. “Among several essays cf high merit in the senior section, I name Mary Munro Coutts (0.G.1L5.) and Marie E, Hall (Normal School) as first equal with 97 per cent.; Euphie Fletcher (Port Chalmers D.H.S.). second, 95 per cent.; and Bettina M. Collier, 0.G.1L5., third, 93 per cent. For the junior essay I place Jean Rae (Port Chalmers U.H.S.), first, with 95 per cent.; Joan Morrell (0iG.11.5.), second, 92 per cent.; and 11. R. Minn (0.8.H.5.), and Win. Lindsay (Port Chalmers D.H.S.), third equal, 90 per cent.’’ Full details of the results follow: SENIOR ESSAY. Bnlclutha District High school.—Senior section—Betty Grigor 1, Patience Rooney and Dorothy Parker (equal) 2. ’ Colnmba College.—Senior la—Nancy F. Barr 1. Lawrence District High School.—Standard VII; senior—E. W. Durward 1, Vera L. Bateman 2. Normal School. —Form V—Marie E., Hall 1, Richard Johnston 2. Form IV —Valraai Barclay 1, Lily M. Becby 2. Otago Girls’ High School. —Form Via— Mary M. Coutts 1. Form Vlb—Bettina M. Collier 1, Jean Archibald 2. Form Va— Anna N. Hartmann 1, Ellen Imrie 2. Form Vb—Elmira W. Stenhonse 1, E. E. Whitelaw 2. Form Vs —E. H. Grocott 1, E. M. Henderson 2. Otago Boys’ High School.—Form VI—D. W. Jolly 1. Forth V, upper—A. C, Notnian 1, J. F. G. Stark and N. E. Balclay (equal) 2. Form Va—Alexander Salmond and R. E. M’Lay (equal) 1. Form Vb—J. W. Logan 1, A. L. Park 3. Form Vc—C. E. Webber 1, E.- D. Matthews 2. Form Vd—G. H. Aiken I, 3. R. Whyte 2. Palmerston District High School.—Senior class—Dulcie Murray 1.

Port Chalmers District High School.— Standard VII, senior—Euphie Fletcher 1. St.. Dominic’s College.—Form Va—Josephine O-Noill X. ‘.Stir- Hilda’s Collegiate School.—Form V Emily M’Leod 1. St. Philomena’s College.—Matriculation class,—Mary Popplewell 1. AVaitaki Boys 1 High School.—Form VI Leicester ,‘VVebb 1, J. O. Mercer 2. Form Va—Hermo R. Swindley 1, Leslie Heslop 2. Form Vb—Wilfred J. Crump 1, Harry Kent JUNIOR ESSAY. Airedale School.—Standards V and VI George Pringle 1. Akator.e Coast School. —Standards V, VI, and Vll—Alice J. Borthwick 1.

Alexandra District High School.—lnter, section—Hypatia S. Brown 1, Phyllis G. Jamie S.Junior section—Eva May Uren and Noel O’Kane (equal} 1. Standard Vl—Douglas Scott I, Linda M. Morton 2. Standard V Stuart F. Bringans 1. Anderson’s Bay School.—Standard VI Alma M. Butcher 1, Daphne H. Cowic 2. Standard V—Alice M. Fairbairn 1, Lillias F. Harbrow 2. Arthur Street School.—Standard VI Alfred Wood 1, Gordon L. M‘ Lecd 2, John Hayward a. Standard V—Lesley Brewer I, Noel Erridge 2, Aston Hooper 3. Awamangu School.—(Standard Vl—William M. ’Elliott 1.

Balclutha District High School.—lnter, section—Violet D. Lattimer 1, George Andrews and Mona J. M’Lean (equal) 2. Junior Seventh—Percy AValter Hislop 1 Clarice C. Allison 2, Standard Vl.—Clarks M’Lean 1, Molly Roy 2, Robert. M’Cutthoon Standard V—Ronald Turner I, Gordon Buchanan and Graham Lancaster (equal) 2 Beaumont School.—Standards V and Vl—•Than Barclay I. Benhar School.—Standards V and VI Donald A. Kosie 1. Brighton School,—Standards 1A T . A”, and Vl—Elsie M’Coll I.

Broad Bay School.—Standards V and 6 -Nelly Harris (Standard VI) 1. Caversham School.—Standard Vl—Lionel Homer 1, -Leslie K. Souness 2, Donald Camubell s! Standard V—Ailsa F. Hanning and' Alison .Buchan (equal) 1, May Bradley 2. Clark’s Flat School. —Standards V and VI •—-Ileff. D. N. Woodfield 1.

Clyde School. —Standards IV, V, and VI [Duncan Bringans 1, Jessie Manning 2. ■Coal Creek School.—Standards V and Vl—[Marjorie M. Dunlop 1. Columba College.—Public Service—Helen Ewing 1. Senior lb—Jean C. Begg 1. Commercial Class—Linda Matthewson 1, M. B. Gray 2. Domestic Science Class—lsobel A. Boss 1. Senior 2—Mavis MTntosh and H. J. Glasgow (equal) 1. Standard V—Annie O. Fraser 1, Jessie M. Kerr 2. Standard JV—N. H. Pratt I. Concord School.—Standard Vl—Robert J. [Henderson 1. Standard V—lsabel R. Ben,«ett 1. Cromwell School—Standards V and VI Fay C. Sanders 1, Mary E. Jolly 2. Ditntroon School. —Standards V and VI Nellie Heyward I. ■East Taieri School.—Standards V and VI •—Samuel Brown 1, Gwynneth Simpson 2. Ettiriok School.—Standards V and VI Winifred Johnson 1. Forbury School. —Standard VI —Rosie Warren A, George Ross 2, Ivy Gillies 3. Standard Roy Lucas 1, John Bunting 2, Jack 1)-*1 J. George Street School. —Standard Vl—Arthur B. Jennings 1, Gwen M. Newman and Marjorie E, Valentine (equal) 2. Standard B—Alexander Spence 1, Ina Wingfield 2, May Kelly 3. Green Island School.—Standard Vl—Evelyn Lambic I, Jane Fleming 2. Standard Y—Veda Lananze 1, Janet Barnes 2. Hampden School.—Standard Vl—Nancy I School.—Standards IV, V, and VI -John W. Smith 1, James E Brunton 2. High Street School.—Standard \ I—Jean H • Lennox 1, Allan Henderson 2, Mabel A. Morrison 3. - Standard V-Renia Alice Gordon 1, Charles R. Watson 2, Charles E. Spear -Sjlde ' School.— Standards V and Vl—lya ’ V I S W ChfE School.-Standards V and VI School—Standard Vl—'G. C. Bauj- * i H M'Alninc 3, Hemingway 3. Standard V-Alet. M’Donald 1, Peter Mclntyre &

Kaitangata. School.—Standard Vl—Margery A. Allan 1, Jean 0. Shaw 2. Standard V Jessie S. Finch 1, Ksme V. Aitchison 2, Mona. D. Cockerill 3. Kakapttaka School.—Standards IV, V, and Vl—Helen M. Dallas 1. Knritanc School.—Standard V—Ata Kllison 1 1.

Kanrn Hill School. —Standards V and VI —Sadie May Rodger 1. Kensitngton School.—Standard Vl—Catherine Malcolm 1, Jessie Feeder 2, William Holley 3. Standard V —Margery Michael 1, Owen Dickie 2, dim MacLeaii 3. Kyebnrn School.—Standards IV, V, and Vl—Thomas J. Benge 1. Lawrence D.H. School.—Standard VII Intermediate—Elsie K. D. Smyth 1. Standard Vl[ Junior —Margaret A. Highley 1. Standard VI—K. O. Potts 1. Standard V Ethel Christie 1, Noeleen M’Kinhty 2. Lovell’s Flat School. —Standards IV, V, and Vl—Willie M’Lean 1. Macandrew Hoad School.—Standard VI T. Brooks 1, F. Shelton and Marion Stewart (equal) 2. Standard V—May Campbell and Elaine Shore (equal) 1. Maori Hill, —Standard VI —Madge Marlin 1, James Wilson 2, Hodorick J. M’Donald 3. Standard V —Jessie Kay 1, Alwyn Turner and Arthur Anderson (equal) 2. Maungatua School.—Standards IV, V, and Vl—Edward Light 1, Mason Clrainger 2. John M'Giashan College.—Forms IV, V, and remove —Howard Hunter 1. Form 111— W. 0. A. Young I. Standard VI —J. Noel M’Gregor 1. Standard V—Donald A. Watson 1.

Morninglon School. —Standard VT—Alice Parker I, Vera. C. Smith 2, Rona Nicholson 3. Standard V—Jessica M, Smith 1, Stanley Johnson 2, Emma M. Cunningham S.

Moray Place School. —Standard \l—Edna Hull and James Stevenson (equal) 1. Stan* dard V—Edward Martin 1, May Salmon 2. Mosgiel School.—Standard VI —Allan Ash* by 1, Margaret E. Eogo 2, Wilfred A, Mac* Innes 3. Standard V- Edward Finder and Hilda Souter (equal) 1, Robert S. Hay 2. Musselburgh School. —Standard VI Alcxi. Priest 1, Kenneth Birred 2, Harry Shocks 3, Standard V —Browner Ilighct 1, llobt. J. Cook 2, Thomas Rennie 3. Ngapara School. —Standard V and VI A.llic Watson L Normal School.—Form VI —Janet K. Copland 1. William N. Pickard 2. Standard A i -Owen H. Paul, Ella A. Campbell 2, 31. M. Rodger 3. Standard .V—Arthur Dyer 1, Stuart MacMillan 2, Stuart MacKenzie 3. Model School: Standards V and Vl Daisy Paterson 1. North-East Valiev School.—Standard At— Fred W. Rigbv 1, Boris Lawrence 2, Winnie Todd 3. Standard V—Flora E. Bayley 1. Arch. Johnston 2, Hattie M. Arthur 3. Oamaru 'North School.—Standard A I - * Melba G. Mitchell 1, Ramie Hannah 2, Abel Wilkie 3. Standard V—xkgnc-s Mackay 1, David Patterson 2, Stanley Brooker 3. . Camarn South School. —Standard VI Dsio Brooker 1, Alan J. Hendeison 2, W. Fayney M'Qnin and A. Averille Lawrence (equal) 3. Standard V—Ella Henderson 1, Ena Crawshaw 2. . Otago Girls’ High School.—Form 111 (Latin) —A. L. Bloxham 1, Elinor Ilcrvcy 2. Form lilac —Rosalie Sell 1, Annie Gilles 2. I*® llll Hlb (Latin)—Ella Bedford 1, Hazel J. Allan 2. Form Illb (Commercial)— Alnm Brown 1. Estelle Jones 2. Form lllc—Marjory Hannatyne, Winifred J. M'Cutcheon 2. Form 11ls —Christina Hamilton 1, Doris M. Harryson 2, Form Vc—Mabel Lyders 1, Ncrma C. Russell 2. Form IV al—Joan Morrell 1, Rene A. Wilkie 2. Form IVac— Alison M. Pannett 1, Ivy Diamond 2. Form Iv b Jean Travis 1, "Kathleen M'Dowell 2. Form IVb (Commercial)— Ruhy Sainsbury 1, Maiona E. Jnriss 2. Form IVc—Annie M’D. Strong 1, Elsie L Pannett 2. Form IVs—D. A. Kavward t, A. J. Ritchie 2. dtn"o Bovs’ High School.—Form 3 Remove—J. F.‘ Fleming 1, F. W. Barlow 2. Form IVa—H. R. Minn 1, W. R. Gibson 2. Form IVb—K. J. Fulton 1, J. Rawlmson 2. Form IVc—A. A’ivian 1, James Milne -. Form IVd-E. C. Baird 1, A T Paterson 2. Form IVe—N. M. Porter 1. H. V. Tyrrell 2. Form IVf—J. R- Johansson 1, J. A. Hamilton 2. Remove—E. S. Winslow 1, AV. E. Currie 2. Form Ilia—C. E. Holler 1 D. S. Millar 2. Form Illb—J. H. R. Parker 1, J. R. Elder 2. Form lllc—A.fred Grass 1, L. E. Pithio 2. Form Hid—J. L. P. Macassey 1, T. K. S. Sidey 2. Form Ilia (Modern) —AVm. M'Connell L, R- L. Knowles 2. Form Hlb (Modern)—P. H. . N. Lyders 1, A. M. Dnncum 2. lorm Hie (Modern)—F. M. Francis 1. S. J. Alexander-. Otcpopo School.—Standard Vl—Muriel M. AViison. , ~T Oturehua School,—Standards A and Vi— Frances C. Becker 1. Oulram School.—Standard A I—Lnria M'Lean L Standard A’—John D. M Brydo 1

Palmerston District High School.—Junior —Tui E. Croxford 1, J. F. White 2. Standard Vl—lan Lang 1, A. I?. Dov.’c 2. Standard V—Geoffrey C. Brookes 1, Irens AAhitllestono ~ Pine Hill School.—Standards V and VI Wm. A. F. Kilner 1. . , Fort Chalmers District High School.— Standard VII (Jnmoil-Lyall Barnbery 1. Standard VII (Inter,)—lean Rae 1. A\ m. Lindsay 2. Standard A I—Rena, A. Rae 1, Rnb> F Aeher 2, Hobt. J. Holden 3. Standard A Helen M. M'Ghee 1, Doreen Asher 2, Forrester Bell 3 . r j ttt Portobello School.—Standards Y and \i— Duncan Mackintosh 1. Eatanui School.—Standard A I—Mary A. Rsivenabonrne School.—Standard Al Catoline Heilson 1. Standard A Graeme M. Hash 1, Margaret B; Sanders 2 _ Roxburgh School.—Standard Vl—Frank •Hiscock 1. Standard V—Clarice C. Craig 1, Doris E. Crossan 2. , TT „ St. Clair School—Standard A I—R. I. D. Ritchie 1, Rayena H Orlowski 2. Standard y_ Edna G. AVarren 1. Hilary Z. Collier 2,

Mary Searl 3. St. Dominic’s College.—Form Ab Agnes Clark t. Form IV—Nancy Rice 1. Form HI —Marjory Thompson 1. Standards V and Vl—Eunice Wilson and Doris Roche (equal) 1, Emma Doak 2. St. Hilda’s Collegiate School— !• orm V Remove—Peggy Priest 1. Form IVa—Kathleen Ccok 1. Joan Oram 2. Form IVb—Adelaine Throp 1. Form Ilia—Marion Goyen 1, Florence M. Harding 2. _ TT . St. Leonards School.—Standards V and \ I —Andrew T. Guyton 1. St. Philoraona’s College.—lntermediate Class—Eileen O'Malley 1. Sub-intermediate Class —Thelma Weir 1. Sawyers’ Bay School.—Standard VI James S. Latta 1. Standard V—Margaret G. Millar 1. , • Stirling School. —Standards A and VI Standard Vl—Gladys C. M. Abel 1. Standard V—Constancy J. Pope 1. Tokoiti School. —Standards V and Vl—Effie Hughes I. Totara School. —Standards V and VI —William G. Wilson 1. Wakari School. Standard A 7 Kichan 1. Standard A T —Pearl Milne 1. AVaikouaiti School.—'Standards A r and AH Iris Peteraen 1, E. Mudge 2. AVaianakarua School. —Standard A r I—Gertie Donaldson 1.

AVaitahuna School.—Standards V and VI Iris M. Henry 1. AVaitati School.—Standards V and A 7 Eric Lowe 1.

Waitaki Boys’ High School.—Form Vc— F. C. A. Wood 1, G. K. Cvawshaw 2. Form IVa Andrew J. Rennie 1, Alex. J. Isdale 2. Form IVb —A. D. D. Inglis 1, S. R. Cuthbertson 2. Form IVc—Stuart Haynes 1. Form Ilia — Alex. Jessep 1, Leslie J. M’Duff 2. Form’ IHb—Linley A. Scaife 1, Thomas Mahoney 2. Form Hie—John M. Adlin 1, James Mackie Smith 2. Form II lan F. G. Milner 1, Herbert G. Gordon 2. Waitaki Girls' High School. —Form Vb— Margery Ward and Mary AV. Murray (equal) 1. AVaitepeka School —Standards IA 7 . V, and Vl John M. Logie 1. AVarepa School.—Standards V and A 7 l— AVUliaminu Edwards 1. AVharetoa School. —Catherine G. Weir 1. AVindsor School. —Standards V and A 7 I— Robert J. Hampton 1. AVest Taieri School.—Standard A’l—Mary O. E. Timms L