THE SCHOLARSHIPS.

Colonist, Volume XX, Issue 4736, 7 January 1887, Page 3

THE SCHOLARSHIPS.

■ :.. ' : EXAIIINKBIBi BEPOBT. Nelgea, Jannaxy 6,1886. To the Chairman of the Nelson Mi Marl, borough Education Boaxdi. O«tltm««,-We hare the honor to lay before yra bur report on the examination of candidates for the N«1«m and Marlboroufb •eholanhipe,, held Daoeu^r Mnd and SSid. The plan of holding framiaatfoni at arreral eentm, under looal inptrviion, hai been tried this year in the Nelion dietrkt for the first time. Parent! of children who lite at some diiUnce from Nelion hate bora nand expense, and tbe children thtmatbw both time and worry by thii defiee. It ii due to the raperriwn, whoie lenioei an rendered gratuitously, to state that they htie done their part so efficiently that all the sets of papers from the MTaral eentret, inoluding Wakefleld, Motueka, Lyell, Collingwood, Beefton, and Weitoort, were in the hands of the examiners within fire dayi of tbe dose of the examination, by which date alao the papers from Marlborough were received. The printed iustructioni for the guidance of supei^iow appwr to haw bea»^tirjTpunctuallyewrriedout. . a .. , *" There were 60 Nelson eandidatee thu year as agninit 55 in 1885. The Marlborough candidates, of whom there were only ee>en last yewj numbered sixteen on this ocoaeion. This computation ii exclueire"of the competitors for the two Tinline scholarships, who will be referred to in a separate report addressed to the Gorernors of Nelson College. We recommend that the following scholarships be awarded, none of the candidates having made an aggregate of less than half marks :— TOWH SCHOLAISHIPS. /, f ..-:'. ■ . Bioyf; '" "-' .' "•■ ■" 1. C. McEaohea, Bridge-st. Boys, 449 marks 2. J. Bond „ Mi „ ■;' " ;■'.■: ■• QirU. ■.•■..• ■••'■•••• •: ..-.- ---1 M. Croucher, Toitoi Valley Girls 482 marks 2. AnnieXelly » 894 „ WAIMIA SCMOLABSHIW. Boyt. 1. J. A. Cowles. Bichmond Boys, 420 marks 2. JamesPetrie „ ; , qB9l „ Girls. 1. Gertrude Baigent, L. Wakefleld 346 marks 2. Esther Eves „ 825 „ Distant Schools Sobolabships. . . - C. A. Craig, Beefton .. .. BOOmarkß Girls. Buth Deck, Jiower Moutere .. 412 marks ; - Mablbobottoh Sohola»ship. Ernest Butherford, Hayelock .. 180 ~ . Before entering into details, we feel bound to state that while the papers, as a whole, were well done, the palm for superior exeeHettce is «nquestionably due to those from the Marlborough district. - „ The ArittoeiiS-paptS «* «■•» dlfficulJ one, the difficulties being, moreofer, ia ssVESftl questions, such as could not be overcome fay mere deftness of manipulation of figures, but which demanded for their solution consider- j able exercise of thought. That the sums were not beyond the powers of many of the keen-witted and well-trained scholars who grappled with them is clearly shown by the fact that two boys cleared the paper, twelve more succeeded with from three fourths to

of-Ih* avMttty*alx oopiwtitonVoMifajiia|[ hu mark*. AootnpariSviVslifnt totomdojjfo of tbe difficulties would, indeed, ha* made it impossible to differentiate tha work of the beatoftbeeandidates. Tha general neatnees and food arrangement of the figures, together with the clearness with which th* several steps of each praam wen shown, deaemd special commendation Tho ahnoet total break down of Mftnl candidates, who hod already shown some oapacity for figures by passing th« Sixth, Standard a few months previously, ought hardly to be set down to man ignorance, bat may more reasonably be attributed to overpowering Mrvoosness, aaoh m ia not infrequent aren,,among;adult examinees. '' ■'" ■ - v ■ i Tha English paper, on the whole, was not ■o well done m theothar work. I* the marks given for dictation and punotnation, which ware indaded in the number of marks allowed for this paper, were ( to bededooted, it would be foand that comparatively few of tha candidates gained more than halt marks. What may be termed the formal part of grammar, such as parsing, was generally well.done, but few suooeeded in explaining cleats the meaning of several words as used in the passage given for dictation. The letter writing was the least satisfactory part of the work. The letters of some of tbe best of the candidates were wanting in pithiness, and showed a strong tendency to wander from tbe point. The shortest of these essays were, as a rule, the best. The Geography paper was'done well by the Town Boys, better still by the Town Oirls, and best of all by the Marlborough candidates without distinction of sex. In this paper one of the Blenheim boys obtained full marks, while of the remaining ten, five obtained upwards of 120.marks out of 130. Of the five girls from -the Marlborough district, three obtained an average of 125 marks out of 130. The highest number of marks gained in the geography paper by a Nelson candidate was 125 by Ethel Buekeridge, of the Toi-Toi Valley school. The maps were, on the whole, drawn with great neatness and accuracy. But very few of the candidates sucoeeded in giving correct definitions to all the terms contained in Question I. The History paper was a more difficult one than tha Geography, and as a natural consequence was, on the whole, less fully answered. Here, again, the Mariborough candidates take a decided lead, two of them obtaining full marks, and seven more 125 or upwards, out of ISO. The greatest number of failures in this paper was over the genealogical table. It is a remarkable fact, that white the writing of these two papers was generally good, the spelling of some of them especially the girls, was very bad. ■ : It. affords us great pleasure to state that, the question between the various candidates has, on a whole, been simply one of relative excellence, ~ ~ . . w There are scarcely half a doaen papers out of Ibe' wlSoffimimDer 'wnlSu d*Servs, A 0 be. classed as complete failures, while the majority of them have obtained more than half the total number, of marks, a fact equally creditable to the scholars and teachers. ' We are, Gentlemen, < Tours respectfully, 7 ■ W. C. Hodgson, H; J. Lewis.

* Winners of Scholarships are marked thus. f Winners of the two Tinline Scholarships, carrying 440 a year and fna education at I Nelsou College for three years, open to all comera in the Nelson and Marlborongh Schools, except those attending the Nelson Town Schools , ~ l ~ . „, Boys' Scholarship, Edward Pasley, Blenheim School, 578 marks. ■ > <! , 11

RESULTS OF NELSON AND [ARLBOROUGH S< Dicxubbb, 1886. :hol SHIPS EXAMINfA 1 IONS, Names. ■ Age. !■ :-' ■' Schools. I 1 QQ 4.: I -I - to !J3 S O & s Maximum Marks. 130 130 140 200 —— 600 ■ : Town Bots, two Scholarships. (Free education at Nelson College for 2 years.) 1. *GbM'Eachen.. ..1 2. * John Bond .. .. 1 3. Charles Wright .. 1 4. George Stiles .. .. 1 5. J. Nixon . .. 1 6. W. Christian .. .. 1 7. H. Marshall .. .. 1 8. H.Nalder' .. .. 1 9. C. Milroy .. .. 1 10. J. Foy .. .. .. 1 11. H.Sutherland.. .. 1 i 12. D. Henry .. .. 1 I • . . • ■ - 13 1 14 10 13 0 14 6 14 1 13 4 13 5 13 9 14 0 14 0 14 1 14 6 Bridge-street Boys. Ditto ; Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto 120 115 103 117 108 107 117 104 90 99 93 75 95 115 88 90 100 97 85 80 65 66 65 55 100 117 92 90, 100 98 59 78 87 56 86 54 131 95 156 140 124 92 129 118 98 135 56 60 U9 442 439 437 432 394 390 380 350 346. 300 244 Town Gibm. two Scholar* ships. (Free education at Nelson Girls' College for two years.) 1. *Minnie Croucher .. 1 2. * Annie Kelly.. ..1 3. Alice Johnson.; .. 1 4. Tsmene Webster ,. 1 5. Ada Thompson .. 1 6. Gertrude Heaps .. 1 7. Maggie Barhett .. 1 8. Ethel Buckeridge .. 1 9. Maud Slatter .. ..] - ♦ k i Toi Toi Valley Girls Ditto Ditto : Ditto ; Ditto i Ditto Ditto ! Ditto ; Ditto ' 115 90 110 55 - 60 87 -80 65 60 126 101 47 94 53 60.. 57 30 44 A 14 14 13 13 12 14 13 13 12 9 5 3 2 8 8 7 2 5 125 115 115 100 115 92 102 125 95 116 88 84 96' 110 9T I 79 92 90 482 394 356 345 343 336 318 312 289 : Waikba Bots, two Scholarships. (Free education at Nelson College for 2 years and railway fares.) 1. * J. A. Cowles .. . .. 3 2. * James Petrie.. ' .. 3 3. G. Gaukrodger .. 3 4. L. Baigent .. ..3 5. W. Green .. .. 3 6. H. Riiffell .. .. 3 7. G. Fairhall .. .. 3 8. C. Best.. .. ..3 9. D. Biggar .. .. 3 10. B.Hoult ...... «] I. 14 11 13 8 14 5 13 8 14 0 13 10 14 3 14 10 14 6 13 1 ; Richmond Boys ! Ditto > Fox Hill ! L. Wakefield Boyi ) Richmond Boys ) Ditto t L. Wakefield Boys ) Ditto i Stoke [ Upptr Wakefield 120 105 115 100 90 85 75 100 68 65 65 60 83 60 50 20 25 35 40 15 101 82 65 88 71 77"i 59 79 63 42 134 144 122 126 98 114 102 38 46 32 420 391 385 374 309 296 261 252 ! 222 154 • Wamea Girls, two Scholar ships. (Free education at Nelson Girls' College for 2 years and railway fares.) 1. * Gertrude Baigent .. 2. 'Esther Eves .. .. 3. Janet Palmer.. .. 4. Bertha Whitehorn .. 5. Lilian Thomas 6.~ Annie Baigent •. :, 12 13 14 14 12 14 8 8 2 2 • > L, Wakfitld Girls ) Ditto I Brightwater ! L. Wakefield Girls } Ditto i DUto 87 107 95 97 . 102 70 ■ ■ •' 85 80 60 6.8 40 20 .■■■'■■■•I 87 80 78 83 63 62 87 66 92 48 - 42 ■■ 346 331 325 301 247 160 ; A, ■ - ... ; ■•-.-: Bots' Scholarship for dis. tant schools.. £40 a year, and free eduoation at Nelson College for 2 \ ■■■■> :' ■■■-■■■ " years. . 1. *C. A Craig ... < 2. A. Douglas 3. R. Riley .. 4. Edward M'Elwee .. 1 5. F. W. Marris .. ,. ; 6. G. Curaow .4 7. J.W.M'Coy ... 8. F. Lawn .. , .. ■ ;..9. L. M'Ginnity ..- .. - 10. -T.--Butto«rw«i;tt» •-•<• 11. F. Fabian .. .... .. 12. W. Campian .. .. 13. D. M'Callum ., 18 7 14 8 13 11 14 3 14 10 14 4 14 6 12 5 13 2 U 11 II . i 14 6 15 5 . •' Be«f ton 3 Motueka Bbyl L Pakawau $ Wntport Boys 3 Ditto 1 Ctllingwood 3 Lyell 5 Blacks'Point 2 Gollingwood l Gkarleston Boys i Lower Takaka B East Takaka 5 Long Plain 113 110 118 89 110 123 105 100 75 101, 82 88 70 100 110* 95 115 ! 85 55 100 25 23 20 - 20 20 15 102 104 ! 115 105 92 79 74 70 68 61 68 70 42 185 160 142 134 150 160 82 70 80 66 62 46 - 32 500 484 ' 470 443 437 417 361 265 246 248 232 224 159 V - Girls' Scholarship for distant schools. £40 a year, and free edacation at Nelson Girls' College for two years. 1. *Ruth Deck .. i 2. Fanny Jordan.. 3. Alice Bialey .. 4. KattWilliams.. 6. Margaret Enright .. 6. Annie Quin .. 7. Annie Inglis , 8. Julia Fair 9. EmmaCederman 10. Amy Barnett , Mablbokough Scholarship, i £40 a year, and free education at .Nelson College i for two, years. 1. *E. Rutherford , 2. |E. Pasley .. .i 3. W. Stace 4. fEmily Millington .. 5. S. Griffiths 6. C. Matthews .. 7. L. Griffiths 8. Mary Farmar .. ..{ 9. Jas. Rutherford . .J 10. R. Wanden ... 11. H. D. Crump .. 12. Amelia Hustwick. 13. Kate M'Laucblan .. 14. D'Arcy Chaytor 15. Lily Falconer.. 16. Alex. Machine I . . - ■■:- ! > - ••■■■ ••■•■ • ■ i b .. 12 3 14 9 14 9 14 2 12 11 15 11 13 3 14 7 14 7 14 4 3 Lower Moutere 9 Motueka Girls 9 Ditto 2 CharUston Gir'.s 1 Ditto 1 Ditto 3 Lyell 7 Ckarltstoa Girll 7 Riwaka 4 East Takaka 118 ■95. i 100 ■03--nu 92 95 | 50 i 90 , 70 | I 80 90 87 SO 20 40 85 5 40 5 100 112 88 , 71 78 56 20 67 25 54 j 114 I 100 106 134 110 . 92 I 64 I 80 ! 24 33 412 397 381 337 318 280 264 202 179 167 ,■■:■■■■ •••■-■■■■•■ ---:; >• i ■ •■■:■-■ i .-■ I |15 S 114 7 14 3 14 3 15. 4 14 4 13 11 14 5 14 3 11 9 14 3 14 4 14 8 13 5 13 3 13 0 S Hatelotk 7 Blenheim 3 Ditto S Ditto 4 Ditto 4 Havelock 1 Blenheim 5 . Ditto S Havelock , 9 Blenheim 3 Ditto 4 Ditto 8 Ditto * 5 Tua Marina 3 Blenheim 0 Wairau Valley i 125 , 126 130 125 105 126 122 124 127 90 110 123 90 90 75 65 I 125 123 130 128 130 122 127 127 95 128 105 128 90 20 60 65 180 119 121 125 114 ,107 124/ 108 101 89 .87 , 106 102 66 ' 74 57 200 200 170 163 170 162 138 128 150 154 150 ! 88 . 68 147 60 85 580 573 651 541 519 517 511 487 473 461 452 445 850 313 269 262 i-