High School.

Southland Times, Issue 18019, 15 December 1902, Page 4

High School.

The annual break-up of the above was held in the Convent yesterday evening, in the presence of a number of the parents and friends of the pupils. The Very Rev. Dean Burke occupied the chair, and presented the prizes to the winners. Considerable pleasure was added to the occasion—although such gatherings always recall pleasurable feelings of themselves—by a short programme of music and recitation given by the pupils in a manner that must have made both parents and teachers feel pro nd of them. After the distribution of the prizes, during which the pupils applauded the more popular of their class-mates, the' Chairman referred to an election which had recently taken place among the pupils, when they had selected by ballot the girl who had been most amiable in her manners and most lovable in her dealings with her fellow-pupils. There had been three girls concerned in the voting but the majority . had gone towards Miss Ida McKenzie, whom the chairman crowned with a floral wreath amidst the applause of the company. In dismissing the. pupils for their six weeks vacation Father Burke expressed pleasure with the little concert provided, which, he said, the little children began very timidly, with *a gentle cooing, which gained in strength with the different classes, and finally ended in that triumphant burst of melody (a fine pianoforte duo by four young ladies) which they had just heard, and which formed a fitting conclusion of the year’s work. He dwelt in pleasant vein on the past year’s work, during which tho pupils had given satisfaction. There had been an increase in the attendance at tho school, and an increase in efficiency, very pleasant facts to record at the end of the year, and a number of the pupils had distinguished themselves in the Trinity College musical exams. He gave them a hint as to enjoying themselves during the holidays, after which they would return to the school with renewed energy, and anxious to begin work. To those who would not return he hoped they would be a credit to the school ; that their conduct would never cause a blush of shame to rise to the faees of their teachers, but that it would be such as to make all who had been connected with their early education feel proud of them. The following is a list’of the prizes : — Religious Knowledge: Medallist, Sara Wells; 2nd. Maggie Griffen : 3rd, Annie llishon. Junior Grade—Class B: English, Kitty Farrell : Arithmetic, Kitty McDonough. Class A : English, Ethel Murray;’ Arithmetic and French, Eileen Mahoney. Intermediate. Grade—Class B : English, Isabel Corbett; Arithmetic, Rebe Marshall and Isabel Coibett; French, Intisel Jackson; Composition, Rebe Marshall; Penmanship, Muriel Bews-; German, Ruby '“‘Smythe. Gloss A: Medallist, Tolly Wyncks: next in merit, Hilda Corbett; Arithmetic and French, Minnie Barrett; Penmanship, Tolly Wyncks; Composition, Hilda Corbett; French, Lizzie Barry: General Improvement, May Acheson: Improvement in Studies, Aggie Bowie : Attention to Studies, .Minnie Looney. Senior Grade—Class B: Medallist, Lily Godby: Next in merit, Cora Feldwick: French, Katie McGrath; Arithmetic, Mary Delargey ; Composition, Cora Feldwick ; Algebra, Mary Delargey ; Arithmetic. Lizzie McGearty. Class A: Dux Gold Medallist, Nellie Shepherd : French, History and Composition, Ida McKenzie ; Latin, Nellie Shepherd. Music—Medallist Higher grade, Alice Collins : Lower grade, Lily Godby; Elementary, Rebe Marshall; Marked progress in Music, Nora llishon and Katie McGrath. Calvier Class—Ruby Smyth, Kitty Farrell, Vera Bews, Isa Marshall, and Eileen Timpany. Singing—Fanny Paul. Needlework—Point Lace, Alice Collins ami Lily | Godby ; Venise Lace, Lorna Godby and May Cook : | Mountmellick, Minnie Looney and Sara Wells ; | ' Ribbon Work, Mary Delargey ; Arrasene, Lizzie Me- I Gearty, Marian Thompson, and Nellie Burke. Painting—lst Lorna Godby, 2nd Flo Henaghan : I Sketching from Nature, Lily Godby ; Freehand Draw- I ing, Lizzie McGearty ; junior, Freda Culling. Deportment and Neatness, Hilda Corbett ; Polite- I ness, Hilda Corbett: Elocution, Lorna Godby and I Rebe Marshall ; House Duties, Flo Henaghan and I Maggie Griffen : Regular and Punctual Attendance, I . Ethel Murray ; Good Conduct, medal, nuns’ prize, I Cora Felkwick. Wreath, awarded by the votes of her I companions for amiability, Ida McKenzie. Kindergarten— Good Conduct, Kitty Ferry ; Attend- I ance, Margery Murray; Politeness and Amiability, I Rene Bews. Class I: Readingand Tables, Isa Marshall; Reading I and Arithmetic, Vera Bews: Arithmetic, Home Work I and Spelling, Kitty Ferry; Diligence and Am'ability, I Lenard Little. Preparatory I, 11, 111, and IV—General Improve- I merit, Eileen Jackson : Reading and Spelling, Eileen 1 Timpany; Improvement, Margery, Murray; Spelling I and Tables, George Brond ; Writing and Reading, I Clara Mussen; Reading and Amiability, Horace I Petrie; Spelling and Tables, Joseph Shepherd ; Im- I provement, Edward Little ; for being a goo 1 boy, I Alex. Patterson. Pianoforte and Clavier Practice—Eileen Timpany. I Vera Bews, and Isa Marsha’l. St. Joseph’s School — Catechism : Ist, Miggie I; Woods; 2nd, Alice Droyer. Attendance : Ist, Esther I Kaveney; 2nd, Madeline Wells. Good Conduct: Lizzie I Hughes.