THE COUSINS’ COMPETITIONS

Southland Times, Issue 23254, 17 July 1937, Page 2 (Supplement)

THE COUSINS’ COMPETITIONS

380th COMPETITION Poem for Cousins 12 and over: “Winter.” Prize of 1/6 to Cousin Margery Barlow (14), 61 Eye street. Prize of 1/- to Cousin Elizabeth Kean A.C. (12), South Hillend R.D., Winton. Very Highly Commended and 3 marks to Cousins Mary Maloney (12) Makarewa, Edmund Maloney A.C. (13), Makarewa Isobel McKenzie M.A.C. (15), Dipton, Jeanette Moore M.A.C., M.M.S. (13), 57 St. Andrew street, Mary McMillan (13), 124 Duke street, Shirley McKeever A.C. (14), 191 Pomona street, Marion Stobo V.A.C. (14), 20 Wellington street. Highly Commended and 2 marks to Cousins Clara Lobb A.C. (12), Dee Street Hospital, Pat Henderson M.A.C. (12), Waikana, Mataura (2 entries), Constance Lloyd V.A.C. (13) Nightcaps-Beaumont R.D., Ngaire Gardner (11), 154 Leet street,. Helen Dalgamo (15), 71 Grey street, Gladstone (2 entries), Graeme Anderson (13), 78 Don street, Helen Goldsmith (12), Dacre, Vera Lake (12), Tussock Creek, Section 8, In-vercargill-Glencoe R.D., Eva Lake (14) Tussock Creek, Section 8, In-vercargill-Glencoe R.D., Ray McLeay M.A.C. (14), Otahu-Black-mount R.D., Otautau, Edmund Maloney A.C. (13), Makarewa, Margaret Hyndman M.M.S. (13), 33 Nelson street (3 entries), Jean Bell (14), Woodlands, Shirley McKeever A.C. (14), 191 Pomona street (2 entries), Jeanette Moore M.A.C., M.M.S. (13), 57 St. Andrew street, Marion Stobo V.A.C. (14), 20 Wellington street, COMMENTS Though the poems were satisfactory this week, they were not quite up to your usual standard. Cousin Margery has a good sense of rhyme and rhythm, but the metre and length of the lines in the last

two verses differs slightly from that of the others. If you divide the lines into feet, you will see this yourself, Cousin Margery. The last two lines of your poem had to be changed, Cousin Elizabeth, as you had used wrong tense. This alteration has spoilt the rhythm of the verse. 380th COMPETITION Story for cousins 11 and under: “What Jack Frost Said.” . Prize of 1/6 to Cousin Mary Cameron (11), Glenfalloch Station, Nokomai. Prize of 1/- to Cousin Norman Barlow (7), 61 Eye street. Very Highly Commended and 3 marks to Cousins, Wallace Baillie (8), 216 Nelson street, Ngaire Gardner (11), 154 Leet street, Betty Haugh (9), Pyramid, Richard Goodson (10), 64 Robertson street, Derek M. Pears (10), School House, Oreti Plains, Winton R.D., Dulcie M. Tuffery (11), Dacre, Section 2, Inver-cargill-Otara R.D. Highly Commended and 2 marks to Cousins June Horton (11), Tussock Creek, Section 8, Glencoe R.D., Roger Pearce (8), Wakapatu, Elspeth Goldsmith (9), Dacre, Yvonne Hall A.C. (9), Aparima, Otautau, Imelda Kirkwood A.C. (11), South Hillend, Winton R.D. COMMENTS Judging was difficult this week, as all the stories were good. I was pleased to see so many entries from younger cousins, and I think that some of them will soon be among my best writers. Please do not abbreviate “and.” Write the whole word. If you are printing, use capitals for names, or at the beginning of sentences. I noticed a few capitals right in the middle of words. 381st COMPETITION Poem for Cousins 12 and over: “To a Worm.” Story for Cousins 11 and under: “The First Daffodil.” Entries close MONDAY, JULY 26.

NEATNESS MARKS One neatness mark to Cousins Pat Henderson, Vera Lake, Eva Lake, Ray McLeay, Helen Dalgarno, Edmund Maloney, Margaret Hyndman, Shirley McKeever, Jeanette Moore, Marion Stobo, Mary Maloney, Isobel McKenzie, Constance Lloyd, Ngaire Gardner, Graeme Anderson, Margery Barlow, Elizabeth Kean, Richard Goodson, Norman Barlow, Betty Haugh, June Horton, Mary Cameron.