HAWTHORNE SCHOOL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19041, 11 December 1923, Page 5

HAWTHORNE SCHOOL.

ANNUAL PRIZE DISTRIBUTION. The programme presented in the All Saints’ Schoolroom last night by the pupils of the Hawthorne Private School and Kindergarten, .on the occasion of the annual distribution of prizes, was an admirable one. The items were of a varied nature, including a Shakespearean play and a number of other difficult pieces that showed the capability of the pupils and the value of the instruction received. The spectacles presented by the participants in tiie numerous items were bright and happy, und the performance successful in tJiat it convoyed of its' brightness and happiness to the listeners. The following was the programme; School hymn, pupils- welcome speech. John Turnbull; Empire hymn, pupils; marching. lower school; circle games, kindergarten and junior school; duet. "Ihe Pixies’ Prize Song” (Brown), M. and P. Ballard; physical exercises, junior pupils (Class B); French play, "Shopping,” upper school; physical exercises, junior pupils (Class A); recitation, “Baby Bears” (Edith Howes), Gould Cook; class singing, upper school; duet,’ “The Three Spinners,” E. Hanlon and J. Wilson ; maypole, junior school; senior drill and ball exercises, upper school; duet. "Valse Caprice” (Rathbun), N. James and F. Hammond; recitation, ‘Fairies on the Lawn” (Fyleman), Eileen Hanlon. The following were the characters in the Shakespearean play, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”Titnnia (Queen of the Fairies), x lorence Hammond; Oberon (King of the Fairies), Ngaire James; Bottom, Jenny Wilson; Puck, Kathleen Pickerill; Cobweb, Paul Ballard; Moth, Margaret Ballard; Mustard Seed,' Tony Ritchie- Fairies—Wm. Mitchell. Margaret Ballard, Phyllis Mackie, Margaret M‘Donald. Patricia Hanlon, Kitty Wiida Fyfo; Gnomes—Paul Ballard, Spencer Cook, Garnet Fyfe, Tony Ritchie, Gould Cook. The following is the prize list:— Standard Vl.—Florence Hammond (dux medal). William Mitchell 2, Ngaire James 3, Eileen Hanlon (reading, second arithmetic), Kathleen Pickerill (composition, geography), xilliam Mitchell (special prize for arithmetic and competition composition). Standard IV.—Geraldine Doorly 1. Margaret M'Donald 2. Jenny Wilson 3, Margaret Ballard (arithmetic), ueraldine Doorly (composition). LOWER SCHOOL. Standard Hl.—Paul Ballard (dux medal), Ena Nyberg 2, Patricia Jtia-nlon (conscientious work), Paul Ballard (composition), itna Nyberg (first in third term examinations). Standard ll.—Doreen Barron 1, Phyllis Mackie 2, Beryl Bowden (second in term examination), Phyllis Mackie (composition). Standard I. —Joyce Gardiner 1, Tony Ritchie 2, Edna Chapman 3, Britton Laing (writing), Kitty Wiida Fyfo (writing, drawing). Needlework: Rona Fogg, Madge M'Donald, and Kitty Wiida Fyxe. Lower Standard I.—Sheila Robinson 1, Spencer Cook 2. Class IV. —Colin Bell 1, Garnet Fyfe 2, Joan Inglis (reading), Ngaire Fogg (spelling), Brian Tapley. Class lll.—Robert Wilson 1, Gould Code (recitation and good conduct), Millan Lawsen (second writing), Norman Mackie (improvement). Class II. —Winifred Road 1, Constance Guthrie (improvement), Joan White (good conduct). Class I. —Betty Ferguson 1. Murray Sinclair 2, Lorna Guthrie (writing), Margaret Munro (improvement). Kindergarten Gifts.—Julia Holmes, Margaret Willis, John Turnbull. SPECIAL PRIZES. Standard VI. —Physical culture (medals): Kathleen Pickerill 1, Florence Hammond. William Mitchell, and Ngaire James (equal) 2, Jenny Wilson (special mention). Drawing for the year: Margaret M'Donald 1, Florence Hammond 2, Beryl Bowden 3. : Competition drawing: Ngaire James 1, Kathleen Pickerill 2, Geraldine Doorly 3. Painting: Eileen Hanlon 1, Florence Hammond 2, William Mitchell and Patricia Hanlon _ (equal) 3, Tony M‘Lachlan. Music: Division I—Ngaire James 1, Florence Hammond 2; Division ll—Jenny Wilson 1, Eileen Hanlon 2; Division lll—Margaret Ballard 1, Paul Ballard 2, Patricia Hanlon 3. Needlework: Ngaire James 1, Eileen Hanlon 2. Standard IV.—Drawing and knitting, Margaret Ballard. Standard Hl.—Drawing and knitting, ’ Patricia Hanlon. Standard ll.—Needlework Doreen Barren 1, Beryl Bowden 2. Standard I.—Kitty Wiida Fyfo 1, Rona Fogg 2. Attendance: Florence Hammond and William Mitchell (equal) 1. Medal for good conduct and popularity (decided by votes of the pupils), Ngaire James, Florence, Hammond. Mr F. W. Mitchell presented the prizes.