PRIZE LISTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26027, 15 December 1945, Page 4

PRIZE LISTS

OTAGO GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL BRgAK-UP CEREMONY The annual break-up ceremony of the Otago Girls' High School was held last night. Mr W. R. Brugh, chairman of the Otago High Schools' Board of Governors, presided. . In his introductory remarks, the chairman paid a tribute to the work already achieved in the school by the new principal, Miss M. S. Fitzgerald. In February of next year, he said, the school, which he believed was the first secondary school for girls established in the southern hemisphere, would celebrate its seventyfifth anniversary, and he expressed the hope that the celebrations would be fitting to the occasion. Servicemen and Education The principal speaker, Professor R. C. Silver, referred to the good name which New Zealand servicemen had made for themselves in Britain during the war years. He recalled the month of June, 1940, which, he said, was not a happy time for most Englishmen, though he had heard no one openly grumbling. Then the second echelon arrived, and the sight of the New Zealanders, their own kith and kin from 12,000 miles away, had effectively bolstered the spirits of the people. The British people, he continued, learnt to like the New Zealanders more and more every time they saw them. He connected that fact with the excellence of the Dominion's educational system, for, he said, it must have had a great deal to do with the character of the serviceman. Perhaps the mfiin feature in that character which had impressed the mind of the Englishman, he added, was the fairmindedness of the New Zealander —his ability to suspend judgment until all points had been considered and nqt to rush hastily to an ill-formed decision. Not all the Allied servicemen had had that virtue. He impressed upon his audience' the need of knowing something about a subject before talking about it. New Zealanders were always ready to find out the facts of a subject first before offering an opinion. Professor Silver then discussed the subject of words, which, he said, was really his job. There had been many times during the war when one had become sick of words, he said. He mentioned the words of deception which had emanated from German and Japanese-controlled radio stations, and he implored his audience to remember that words should represent some reality, and to endeavour always to understand the underlying reality of whatever was heard or read. The Prize List The following is the prize-list:— Third Form Class Awards Form 111 1: D. Hilliker 1, Elsie Fraser and M. Leets (equal) 2. Form IHm: Joan Taylor 1, S. Jeffs 2, V. Williams 3. Form IIIo: Elizabeth Frazer 1, T. Douglas 2, L. Gardner 3. Form IIIp: F. Napier 1, J. Donaldson 2, M. George 3, G. Allen 4, J. Stewart commended. Form nir: L. Bray, E. Duncan, S. Mason, and M. Stewart (equal) I.' Form Ills: N. Frankham 1, N. Gringley and D. Strain (equal) 2, E. Hunter and C. Mclver (equal) 4. Fourth Form Class Awards Form IV1: J. Dale 1, E. Innes 2, T. Bodle commended. Form IVm: Z. Smith 1, A. Hogg 2, J. Harvie 3, E. Reid 4, D. Winchester com- - mended. Form IVo: R. Howe 1, R. Dryden 2, A. Bond and L. Jamieson (equal) 3. Form IVp: L. Trewem 1, B. McLeod and J. Morgan (equal) 2, J. Allison 4, A. Melville commended. Form IVr: V. Burns 1, B. Kofoed 2, B. Drummond 3. Form IVs: O. Robertson 1, R. Johnson and A. Vincent (equal) 2, A. Woods 4, M. Lang commended. Junior Special Prises Act: Patricia' Gill, IVm. . NSedlework: S. Bremner, J. Jonem, D. Ellwood. Embroidery Shield: D. Ellwood. Home Science and Cookery: R. Johnson, and J. Whitehouse. Biology: E. Duncan, Elizabeth Fraser, M. Leete, M. Stewart. Literature: O. Robertson. Athenaeum prizes: L. Jamieson, O. Robertson and E. Reid. Fifth Form Class Awards Form VI: V. Jensen 1, A. Finnic 2, D. Lindsay 3, B. Mitchell commended. Form Vm: P. Howe 1, S. Dryden 2, M. Grant 3, N. White 4, A. McKenzie 5, M. Beatson commended. Form Vo: V. Walcott 1, G. Gorton 2, M. Sharpe 3. Form Vs: I. Dagger and M. Wilkinson (equal) 1, N. Hastings 2, M. Bell 4, C. Jackson 5, D. Cleland commended. Form Vx: L. Haddon 1, S. Mackay 2, C. Harvie 3, Y. Williams commended. Form Vy: J, Cox and B. Hamel (equal) 1, A. McCay 3, S. McFarlane and R. Samson commended. Senior Special Prizes Art: C. Harvie 1, Y. Lambouroe 2. Library work: N. Barclay, L. Chatterton, L. Sutherland. Literature and history (Shakespdare reading): R. Elliffe 1, A. McAllan 2. History prizes: M. Leith and M. Kibblewhite. Literature: M. Kibblewhite. Original prose: M. Kibblewhite. Shakespearian Scholarship: M. Kibblewhite 1. D. McNab 2. English and history: L. Haddon, V. Jensen, R. Joseph, M. Kibblewhite, M. Leith and A. Mclnnes. Sixth Form Class Prizes Form Vlb: M. Kibblewhite 1, M. Godby 2. M. Leith 3, M. Ellis 4, A. Mclnnes 5, D. Kerr 6, N. Murray and J. McCrorie commended. Higher leaving certificates: D. Allison, D. Bramley, R. Burgess, L. Chatterton, E. Doggart, M. Ellis, B. Flett, F. Fraser, H. Gibson, M. Godby, M. Hutton, D. Kerr, M. Kibblewhite, M. Leith, J. Lunn, E. McArthur, J McCrorie, A. McDermid. A. Mclnnes, F. McLeod, L. Martin, D. Melser, N. Murray, K. Scott, N. Thompson, D. Woolman. Best ail-round girl: Norma Thompson. Form Via: C. St. George, M. Tunnlcliff. N. McNab. Dux of the school: Claire St. George.