Notes from Nightcaps.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 346, 26 December 1911, Page 5

Notes from Nightcaps.

SCHOOL VACATION,

Tbe Nightcaps school broke up for tbe annual holiday on Wednesday afternoon last, the chairman of the Scbool Committee (Mr A. Hunter) presiding at the distribution of prizes held m the schoolroom m ihe .presence of a large gathering of friends. After a few introductory remarks by the chairman, the distribution of prizes was carried out by Rev. Mr McDowall, who presented the prizes to the junior classes, Rev. Mr Sleep, those to the senior classes, and Mr Jacobson, who presented the dux prize and the proficiency certificates. The children were all complimented by the speakers on (heir wotk during the year, the headmaster, Mi Gr_iy, and his assistants also receiving their well-merited quota of appreciation. The popularity of Mr and Mrs Gray was sealed at the function by a presentation from the senior pupils of the sohool of a beautiful inkstand to Mr Gr%y, and a silk handkercbief satchel to Mrs Gray, the presentations being carried out by the dux of the school, . Miss Grace Hunter. Mr Gray responded feelingly on behalf of himself and Miss Gray. Following is the PRIZE LIST.

Dux of Scbool, Grace Hunter.

Standard VI — Olive Brighton. Home Exercise, Olive Brighton, Progress prize, Bena Clapp.

Standard V — Willie Greer. Home exer oise, Archie MoDcwaU. Progress prize, Reginald Hall.

Standard IV— Fred Webb. Home exercise, Kate Hunter. Progress prize, Esther Kelly Standard lll— WiJliam Cosgriff. exercise, Jane Purdue. Progress prize," James Mcßride.

Standard ll— Lottie Quested. Horns exercise. Maggie Burke. Progress prize, Mary McDowall.

Standard I — David Jones, Home exercise, James Burke. Progress prize, Agnes Fer guson. Special prize for reading, Joseph Tikey.

Introductory :to Standard I— l Reginald Wakeling. Reading, , Jeannie Forrester. Writing, Violet Wells. Spelling, Gordon Gray.

Preparatory lll— Eoberta Brown. Spelling, Norman Croad. Drawing, Hector McDowall and Herbert Robinson.

Preparatory 11-— Willie McKenzie. Industry, Maay South. Drawing, Stella Purdue. Preparatory I— Punctuality, George Dempster, Order, Agnes Hunter. Junior Classes— -Good conduct prize, Donaid Hunter. *

Good attendance certificates— First-class, Olive Brighton, Joseph McDowall, Lawrence Rogers, Archie McDowall, Katie Hunter, Isabella Brighton, Jes_ie Clapp, Willie McDowall, Mary Lottie Quested, Eunice Brighton, George Jones, Agnes Ferguson, Roberta Brown, Norman Croad, "John Dunn, Archie Ferguson, Foster Gill. James Croad, Second-class, Grace Hunter. David McMillan. John Duncan, May Gid, Effie McMillan, Annie Dixon, David Jones, Alison MoKenzie, Alma Rogers, Thomas Wells, Harold Phillips, Alex. Jaggers, Donald Hunter, Lindsay Brown. Technical School— Cookery: 1 Kathleen Cosgriff, 2 Olive Brighton and Grace Hunter (equal). Woodwork: 1 Edward Geary, 2 Gavin Hall, 3 David McMillan, i Archie McDowall.