NELSON COLLEGES.

Colonist, Volume L, Issue 12134, 8 January 1908, Page 1 (Supplement)

NELSON COLLEGES.

ANNUAL PRIZE DISTRIBUTIONS. Ihe event of the year ia connection with Nelson Colleges took place on Dec. 17, when the prizes won by the students were distributed. The caromony took place in the fine assembly hall at tho "Boys' College, which was crowded to the doors by the students, thoir parents and friends. Mr J. H. Cock presided, and upon the dais with him were Messrs G. A. Hark ness, P. Best, F. W. Hamilton and Dr S. A. Gibbs, also members of the Board of Governors, Mr A. T. Maginnity, Chairman of the BonH of Education, Miss LiO rimer, M. A., Principal of the Girls' Collegn, Mr H. L, Fowler, M. A., Principal nf the Hoys' Ooll3go, and Me .lames Blair, secretary of the Board if Governors The Ciiairnnn, in his opening remarks, commented upon the fact of the distribution taking place in that .hall, whiih he considered a most suitable place for the purpose. As the Colleges grew, the hall would probably not be large enough, it was, indeed, hardly large enough that evening. A building erected for such noble purposes as the assembly hall was designed to serve, should be of as dignified a nature as possible, and those who came to tbe place day by day would go away with recollections of the charm of the /place. They were greatly obliged to Mr Maginnity for stepping into the breach occasioned by the inability of tne Hon George Fowlds to attend for the purpose of distributing tbe prizes. In Mr Maginnity they had a worthy substitute (Applause) Mr Cock then asked Mr Magmnity to address the assemblage Mr Maginnity, who was received with applause, expressed his appreciation of the tribute paid to himsalf and to the office he held in be ing asked to take the place of Mr Fowld3, whose absence he regretted. As he would have to address them later, he would not take up their time then. At tho request of the Chairman, the Principil of the Girls' College then read har annual report, as follows: — 1 have the honor to present the 25th annual report on the work of this College. The average roll number for tho year is 161, and the average number of boarders 41. At the end of the first term vie had tho misfortune to lose from our staff Miss Gribben, the first graduate of tbe College, and a successful and much loved teacher, who showed great interest in the College, and was a most pioasant and obliging colleague. The other members of the staff having been promoted, Miss Dal I was appointed junior assistant, and, alter proving herself a capable and popular teacher, is,f lam sorry to say, leaving us to join the staff of the Wellington Girls' College. We have to regret also the loss of Miss Thorp, one of our visiting teachers. Early in the year Miss Greenwood was appointed instructress in physical culture. She has spared neither time nor trouble in uialiiug her classes successful. The classes aro much the same as last year, except that we have fewer in the Preparatory department, and mare in the Upper School, to which Miss Maclean has, therefore, been transferred. Miss Chisholm has entire chnrga of the Preparatory department, a branch of the school taught on the lines of the primary schools in the work of tbe standards, up to, and including Standard V. Upon passing this standard girls are promoted to the Upper School, where they take a more extensive curriculum. The results of last year's examinations announced during the present year are as follows : — Connie Paln-.er and Quinioe Cowles obtained, the first section of tftefß. A. degree. All our candidates for Matriculation were successful. They were — M. Garland, D. Brusewitz, N. Macbeth, M. Hill, C. Bratlett, I. Meyer, E. Adams. Civil Service Junior with credit: I. Meyer, M. Hill, C. Bartlett, L. Walker, E. Findlay . Civil Service: H, Small, E. Peart, E. Hewlett. Senior examination for free places: C. Bratlett, M. Cooke, 1. Dement, E. Findlay, K. Haldane, M. Hill. D. Huffam, I. Meyer, E. Peart, S. Ricketts, H. Small, E. Bmitb. Junior examination for free places : Janet Cameron, Brunette Derrick, Alison Thorn. The only results of this year's examinations yet available nrc those of the highest and lowest classes of the College. At the Victoria College annual examination, Myrtle Garland" and Gladys Everett were very successful, keeping second year's terms, tho tormer gaining second claes passes in English, Latin, Mathematics, and a third in French, and the latter second in English and French, and a third in Latin. Students unattached to a university seldom do better than this. The examination of the Lower department was conducted by Messrs Harkness and Crawford on the 20th November. All the candidates ■passed, and the report described the work as "good." Special prizes were awarded by Mr Harkness to Elsie Hamilton, Grace Grove, and Huia Bamford for obtaining the best passes in their respective standards. This year we have an unusually large number of girls sitting for the public examinations, with what success remains to be seen ; we fear that the breaks )n the work and the depression caused by influenza cannot but have some ill effects. Exclusive of those already referred to we have fifty-two candidates distributed as follows:— Two from Form VI. for Junior University scholarships. 13 from Form V. for Matriculation, and 37 from Forms V. and the Remove for Junior Civil Service and Continuation. The papers for the final College examinations were, as U3ual. set and examined by the staff, and the questions and results afterwards submit ted to me. The senior degree girls did not compete at these examinations ; hence the omission of their names from the prize list. The cookery, sewing, dressmaking, and elocution were also examined by me, and, with tho help of the staff, the reading, while in physical culture Dr. Gibbs kindly undertook the difficult task of selecting the best four out of twenty picked girls. Dressmaking, elocution, and physical culture are new subjects this year. In the first mentioned olass, in spite of some hindrances in the way of insufficient apparatus, which I hope to have reniedied next year, very satisfactory work has been dene, A pleasing feature with regard to the class is that most of them, as the result of their lessons, have already done independent work at home, some of them quite a consid-p-rnble amount, and all but one profess to like it. lam glad to see girls taking up this branch, not only because \t adds to tbeii womanliness, but on account of its utility. The increasing cost of dressmaking, and the scarcity of dressmaker render it desirable that girls should make an effort to do some work of the k»nd for themselves. B The elocution class, too, under Mrs Nicholson, has, 1 am pleased to say, proved a success. Many girls are greatly in need of lessons in voice-training, not to become singers, but to learn to speak, read, and recite audibly, and in a pleasing manner, Indistinctness of utterance, and the peculiar twisting of tho- vowel sounds, which we call colonial twang, are two evils which have constantly to be inveighed against. The best corrective 1 know of i 3 a course of elocution lessons or of singing lessons. One term is of no U33 ; at ifcasfc h year's training is nwcassary. And something like a correct standard of pronunciation is well worth aiming at, for it is more or les3 of a hall mark wherever one may" go. \ Physical culture has found an able and "firrthusiastio exponent in Miss Greenwood, who has, however, tbia $r$ year, Mad, goraa prejudice iq

combat. Tbe system of training advocated by hor is being very generally adopted in the schools of the Dominion. It remains to be proved whether or not it is a passing fashion, or whether it is to be of more permanent duration. Those girls who havo practised their exerciaes conscientiously and regularly have certainly improved, but without work, of course, no results can be looked for. Mis 3 Greenwood herself, as 1 have said, hn9 spared neither time nor trouble, and in the course of a clay or two each p ipil will bo supplied with a detailed report drawn up by her. An examination which caused a mild sensation among tho girls was that on general knowledge. To be«m with, the examination was in itself a surprise, being quite unexpected, and many of the questions were apparently a surprise for the same reason. The whole school, except the Preparatory department, did the paper, and' the labor of correcting was considerably lightened by the ingenuity and unconscious/ humour of the answers. The poems on "Influneza 1 ' and "The College Boll" were of very varied merit. No "mute inglorious Milton's" were discovered — perhaps the subjects were not sufficiently sublime— but some girls proved themselves to be possessed of poetical talent worth cultivating. Success in an examination of the kind referred to is, 1 consider, something to be ptoud of. It depends only in a small degree upon what has been taught in the class-room, but rather upou the girls habits of- observation, the thoroughness of her reading, and her interest in things outside of her own little world. These are things fostered: at home probably more than at school, and the girl who has opportunities of reading the better magazines, and of hearinc the quegtions of the day discussed round the family tea table should be grateful for these advantages. It is well for girls to understand that there is something worth knowing outside of their school books, and, with the object of impressing this upon them, I hope to make the general Knowledge examination an annual thing. The following institutions and clubs have continued to da good work under the management of the members of the staff res- onsible for them — tennis, hockey, nvimming, water polo, the "N.G.C .." and the Christian Union. In the Boarding department our numbers have increased considerably, and 1 think we may say we have had a happy and successful year. We were singularly fortunate in the matter of the influenza scourge, as, whilst nearly all the day girls were among its victims, all but four boarders escaped. This we thick must be due largely to the healthy situation of our College, and. to our belief in the gospel of fresh air. The domestic arrangements, under the able management cf Mrs Sat ohell, have run most smoothly. My thanks are due to her, and to the other mombers of the staJS for the loyal and earnest way in which they have carried out their duties during the past year. 1 desire also to thank all friends of tbe College, the donors of prizes for swimming, tennis, hockey, and of those to be distributed this evening: and particularly our very good friends, the members of the 01 J Girls' Association, for their tangible proofs of their loyalty to nnd ioterest in the College. * They have beautified its class-rooms with reproductions of the old masters, and have very fittingly celebrated the completion of the 25th year of its, history by the erection ot an Honors board, which, I hope, may act a3 a spur to the ambition of'soma of our present and future girls. " In conclusion, I should like to say a word or two about a matter which ha 9 exercised my mind somewhat during the past 3:ear. .With <:>■<> IdncTastf " intentions som-3 of the boardars' friends have asked for special privileges io the way of outmga other than those permitted by, the rules of the College. - Now these rules and regulations, the reasons for which may not be patent to all, are as few as lean consistently make them : they are the fruits of experience in managing girls, many of them having been framed by my predecessors ia office, and having been adopted by me only after mature consideration. that the granting of any ono these requests preferred on bahalf"of the boarders might form a precodent which would not be in the best interests of the College, I am often obliged to say "no," when it would really be much simpler and much more pleasant for me to acquiesCß. It would, therefore, be doing me a kindness if you would give no invitations but thos9 which you know to be in accordance with the rules of the College. Another matter on which I feel it to be my duty to say something is the question of irregular attendance. 1 am required to furnish to the Education 'Department certain details With regard to free pupils, and, among other things to report upon those who had not made 80 par cent of the possible number of attendances, and who have no satisfactory excuse for having failed to do so. Now, it appears to me that illness is the only excuse which may be regarded as satisfactory. During the year, and especially this term, 1 am sorry to say that one or two girls, all free pupils nearing the completion of their term of free tuition, havo been very irregular, giving one tho impression that they do not value their privileges, and are unworthy of them. These i am reluctantly oompelled to report to the Department, but should bo much better pleased if there were uo such defaulters, tew though they be. And now, girls, 1 shall not attempt to add anything to what I said to you yesterday morning; but 1 hope you may have very enjoyable holidays, and come back renewed in mind and body, and ready for a good year's work. In the Christinas week I hope to be deliberating* in council with the principals of the leading girl 3' colleges of the Dominion, on your welfare, intellectual and physical chiefly, and then for three weeks, at the other end of tho Island, 1 intend to do my be3C to forget you. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The address was received witn loud applause, and a call for three cheers from the girls, for Miss Loriruer, was heartily responded to. Mr Fowler followed with his annual report, which was delivered as follows:— The number of pupils in attendance shows a slight advance oo the total for last year being 212. as against 201. There is a similarjimprovement in the number of new admissions, which has been steadily rising for the last four years: 62 boys joined in 1904, 64 in 1905, 69 in 1906, and, this year, 80— a figure that has only once been exceeded. The boarding department keeps up its strength, the numbers for the past three years being about the same, viz., 63, 61, and 64. As the newcomors were rather more numerous ! that usual and but few of the older boys are leaving, some increase may now be expected : and, though the main building is full, there is ample accommodation in the College House for at least 30 more. Of the 80 new boys, 45 hold . free places— 43 junior, 2 senior. The regulations relating to free places, though subject to alteration from time to time, and somewhat complicated, are fairly well kuown to ihe Dublic. 1 have given the substance of them in previous reports, and have drawn attention to the alterations, so far as they concerned us : but as lam still asked whether there is or is not an age-limit, 1' should like to make this point clear. Any pupil under the age of U w!jo gains a scholarship or obtains a proficiency certificate in tbe woik of the Gth Standard is entitled t:> a free place; but of thosa who obtain the cf rciGcate when over 14 we may not admit a number exceeding 10 par c>ntof the whole numbar of free pupils in the school. There are always more candidates undar this hojicl than we can take, and^it does

not seem to be generally known that there is a "special examination" for free places at the end of each year, and that all pupils who qualify through this examination, provided they are under 17, may claim a frae place. There is no 10 per cent limit here. The examination is held at tho same time as the examination for Junior National scholarships., the age limit for which has nithorto been 13, but is now fixed at 14 by the Education Act Amendment Act of 1907. It has not been clearly understood that though there is an age limit for the scholarship candidates, there is none for the free place candidates taking the same examination. These free places are known as "junior," and aie tenable for twojyears. A "senior" free place is gained by passing the Junior Civil Service examination under the age of 16. IE the candidate ia over that age be must obtain "credit" (with a higher percentage of marks), or pass tbe Matriculation examination. Under these provisions the number of free pupils in the College has rapidly mounted up from S3 in 1995, and 113 last year, to 134, the increase taking place not so much in juniors as in the seniors, now numbering 46, who have gained their free places by passing tho examinations mentioned above. As the free pupils now comprise very nearly two-thirds of our whole number, it is evident that the work, especially in the middle classes* of the school, must be arranged with a view to the requirements of the Civil Service examination. Ido not mean that it is necessary to _omit any of the usual subjects of a secondary course, but that care has to be taken to covri 1 the ground indicated in the regulations. If this is done, it is my opinion that every pupil of any ability ought to be able to take the whole school course, and yet pass the qualifying examination at the end of the second year. Our pupils, in daed, have been very successful in doing so ; no fewer than 65 having; passed in the last two years. This, however, is a result largely due to the skill and care of th9ir teachers. It cannot be guaranteed every year, nor can it be expected from overy school. In fact, it is frequently asserted that the examination is too difficult for the average pupil. My experience, at any rate, does not bear out this objection, provided that it is understood that the exam ination is not one that can be passed without hard work, and that it is not intended to let every one through. The free place system has now been in force for five years, so that it is possible to form some idea of the extent to which the hopes or the fears which it aroused on its intro^ du^tion have been fulfilled. The object was to popularise secondary education. The large increase in tho number attending the District High and secondary schools of the Dominion, though in part attributable to other causes, offers good evidence that this object *s being attained. To take our own case : — In the five years preceding the establishment of the system 254 boys joined the College": tho total for "the last five years is 373 — an increase of nearly 53 per cent. When the difficulties! in the way of combining the practical with the scientific teaching of agriculture in high schools and colleges has been overcome, there ia no doubt that these institutions will appeal much more strongly than they do at present to that large and important section of the population who draw their livelihood ftom the land. The children bain.? attracted to the schools, the next thing is " to keep them there. The provision not only of junior— but also uf senior— free places, which are tenable'tiil the age of 19, seems to show that a seeonday course of four or live years was contemplated, allowing time for a thorough train-, ing, ancL uut> "«j*°i.r *-- r"J nl; "\- ---ducttua jto several new subjects and the imparting of a like- auperiical polish. Even this is a good thing so far as it goes, but it is to ba regretted that the advantages of a longer 3tay are not more generally recognised, even though it would in many cases call for considerable sacrifice on the part of parents. Of the free pupils admitted five years ago there are now only four in the school', eight from - 1904 : and 13 from 1905, out of the 39 who joined in that year, i.e., only onethird of them have stayed so long as three years. The tendency ia to conaider the Civil Service examiraUon the goal to be reached, and for a boy to make use of his senior free place for a short time only, until he can obtain employment. This w.i.s foreseen by some headmasters, who feared that a general shortening of the school life would inevitably follow. So far as 1 have beoa ntle to observe, this result has not come about, for the practico cf leaving at the end of the second year or early in the third has long been a subjest cf complaint. Agin, it was anticipated (though 1 do not quite know on what grounds) that tho standard of education would be lowered by the introduction of large numbers of pupils from the primary schools. I am inclined to thinlc, on tho other hand, that the necessity for .steady preparation on the part of tho free pupils who form so considerable a portion of the school has not only had a good effect on these pupils themselves, but has also tended to raise the standard for those to whom the necessity wac not equally obvious. My judgment would be that the free place system, though not yet taken advantage of to the fullest extent, is, nevertheless, producing most valuable results in improving the general average of education and intelligence. I "was able to report last year that in spite of the difficult conditions under which our work had bsen carried on, very good work had been done by the school a -3 a whole, but the success of our candidates iri the various public examinations was perhaps even greater than we had anticipated. In tha examination for Junior University scholarships A. Sandel gained the high distinction of coming out first, while L. Jennings ane J. Ogg also won scholarships, and K. JJiggar gained "credit," our representatives taking among them the following positions iti tho different subjects:---Ist in Mechanics, 2nd id Mathematics, 2nd in German, 3rd in English, 3rd in Latin, 4th in French, and 4th iv Heat. Of 14 candidates for Matriculation, 12 passed, and all but one of these passed also the Medical Preliminary or the Solicitors' General Knowledge examination. Thirty-three passed the Junior Civil Service examination (which is also the'qualifying examination for senior frea piaces), 13 "with credit," several of whom have sinco been given positions in the public service. Two passed the Senior Civil Service; one the second, and throo the first year's "Terms" at Victoria Collego. Six boys wnra awarded proficiency certificates on t!io work of the Gth standard by Inspectors Harkness and Crawford, who also examined the Preparatory division. which haa this year consisted of 10 boys. The College as a whole was inspected in November by Inspector Gill, of the Education "Department. Coming now to the old boys who have long left College, and for whose performances we may parhaps claim a little credit, we find that the "First Terms" examinations have been passed by L. S. Jennings, C". M Rout., H. Fathers, H. V. Phillips, J. Ogg, E. Tustin, E. Bamford. 2nd Terms : EL P. Kidson, J. M. , Richmond, G. King, H. D. Skinner. 3rd Terms: F. B. Redgrave, E. J. Wilson (gaining a»"Exhibition scholarship in English, "),C. 13. Jordan. Medical : E. .T. Rogers parsed the 3rd professional, W. *r. Pettit passed the 2nd professional gaining four firat classes. Mr Powier proceeded to re f er to the sports of the Col lego and to the cadet corps. Military training was not on exactly the same plane as training in gym : '"ics, but at tbe same time there was a good dcnl of physical training involved in it. He did not aay that biliary training should take thn pluco of-gymnastics, but at the College they had kot^a. The

boarders did most of the gymnastic work, being at the College all their time, but they were always pleased to see the day boys in the. gymnasium, and he would like more of them to join the class. The- /.cadets had been paying great attention to_shobt^ ing. He himself was a great believer in the military training ofcthe whole population. A few weeks ago a team from the College took part in a schools competition -for-, the whole of New | Zealand,' gaining second place nut of twelve competing teams. Since then a team bad shot for tbe Empire : Shield, and but for an unfortunate change in the weather, he thought it would have taken a high place, on the averages. The officers had all obtained their commissions by examination, Mr Fowler concluded by paying a high tribute to the members of the teaching staff. Mr Fovvler stated that the scholarships had been awarded as follows : — "Richmond" (£24 for three years), P. Jory; prox, G. T. King. "Fell" (£2O for three years), N, MacLeod. Under 18. (£lO for one year), R. Worley. Under 17 (£lO for one year), G. T. King. In Form V— Under 16 (£lO for one year), J. Griffin, I. Under 15 (£lO for one year). J. Cock. In Form IV.— Under 14 (£7 for one year), D. Harkness. "Stafford." for modern history (£lO for one year), R. Worl6y. Mr Maginnity, who, on rising, was loudly apolauded, said it was incumbent upon him to make some remarks to the students in regard to their education at the Colleges. A popular method now of bringing oneself before the public v/as by a messaire. He had got a message for the bovH and girls, for tbe ladies and gentlemen present, and for tbb teachers and tbe governors of institution, it was a fourfold message. His first message was to the Governors. It was not three years ago that the old College was in ashes; marvellous old buildings I Some of them who were looked upon as wiseacres shook their heads and wondered what was going to happen: they thought Nelson College was done. But they had men at the head of effairs who grappled with the difficulty in a bold and able manner. They did not admit that the College was done. They had the site, and a staff composed of men in tbe forefront^ of their profession, and they had the traditions of the old institution, And who should say Nelson College was at an end. Nelson College was still living, and always would live. What happened? The Governors were^t work, and before q.ther people had done enquiring into the why and the wherefore of the fire, they looked up and got sight of the old tower lifting its head to heaven; and they saw the arches of the old College. They discovered, all at once that there was the Nelson College. That had been done without fuss of any kind. Could they imagine for a moment tbe labor, and anxiety and self-denying efforts that were necessary to arrive at this result.' It constituted a debt of gratitude that tho people of the Dominion and the people of the Dominion and the people of Nelsin would never bo able to pay. His iirst message, then, was to the Governors. He expressed to them, on behalf of all others who had an interest in education, appreciation of their noble efforts. His second message was to the staff. To them they also owed a debt of gratitude which was difficult'for them to express. To them they left their children. Surely they wore placing upon them a duty, the discharge of which called for their highest appreciation. Tlioy knew how that work had' been done: they knew with wjjiat anxiety tbo teachers had taught and cared for the children, and he asked to have an opportunity of expressing to them the appreciation of i'ae parents. His second flapssairo.thfin^ ■wjia-To !/itrr..«iUf:L"-oi-cnH"-Voliegeai;-- Tare third was to the ladies and gentlemen. It was to ask them to extend to those teanhprs the greatest sympathy, the greatest kindness, and the greatest help they could give them, in the discharge of tbeir duties. They wantorl no carping criticism; they did want krrfdly recognition. It was that he asked them to extend to the teachers of their Colleges. They had an Old Boys' Association, to which great credit was due: might ho venture to suggest that a parents' association was one that might do a graat deal of good. It would have many ways of being of helo, and the tsflofiers " would appreciate such assistance. A kind word in season would never be lost. His fourth message was to the boys and girls. It was the most serious messag9 of ail, but it was ono he had considered very seriously, and one he ffilt he ousht to deliver to them. _ His only regret wa3 that on an occasion of that sut, when ho would feel wealthy in oratory, he found himself a v ery paupe-. He could not. give expression to tbe feeling of regard he had for tbe girls and boys. He had tried to ascertain what the College was doing for them, and he had succeeded lin making up a balance sheet ox 1 ! debit and' credit. It was a sordid view to take-of such a subject, perhaps, but it was nevertheless the standard by -which most things were judged nowadays. He could show them that even in that regard the Colleees^had done and were doing for each 'and every one of them a vast amount in equipping them for the battle of life. How was that equipment to be properly used? They must consider what education was, and what were its purposes. It was not to be kept locked in their own brains. Their knowledge was to be brought forth not only for their own beneßt, but for tbe profit of their fellow men. Education was a means to an end. There was a moral standpoint that required them to set up a high ideal, and it enabled them to obtain it. From the economic standpoint it meant wealth. Wealth obtained without hieh ideals and lofty ambtion, was 83 Dead Sea fruit. If they wore their College motto upon their hearts they need have no other guide in this. He urged them to maintain character and purity as their most valuable possessions. In tbe earlier years of their careers they hoped to read of their doings, not with grief, but with gladness, and they would thank God for their institutions. In later years, when they viewed the reords of their work, as it were, framed in the perspective of history, they could proclaim in no mmnr key the men and women whose records they were there readinsf, tbe men anl women who received their training in Nelson College?. And whan they had attained the goal they would probably return to the old halls to yield up the great trust that had been confided to thenii and to honor the character and traditions of their good old College. And when they came might they be ahle to say, "I yield up the trust confided to me unsullied, untarnished, but I believe with greater lustre added by my endeavors. ' ' Reverses, temptations, trials, of course, they woulct meet with, but they had a talisman, they had their motti. They had their haiid to the plough, but they must keep right r on, and if alone, go on alone till effort found a foothold "at the top, and worth proved worthy, made success its own (loud applause). Mr Magmnity then presented tbe prizes as follows: — GIRLS' COLLEGE. For General Excellence. Form VI.: E. Edwards, 1; G. Saxon. 2; M. Garland, 3; N. McBeth- 4: C. Bartlett 5. Form V. : M. Max, 1: K. Haldane, 2:G. JordaD, 3.;; M. Clifford and M. Cooke, 4. Remove A : E. Derrick, 1 : L. liershaw, 2; V. Garland, 3; E. Harknesa, 4. Remove B: L. Peart, 1: L. Lan'gridge, 2: J. Cameron, 3. Form IV. A: W. Bette. 1; D. Moore, 2: T. Clayden, 3: J. Trott.4. Form 1V.B: E. Blecbynden, 1; D. Hunt. 2: W. Gilbert, 3.Preparatory Department! Standard V. : G. Grove, 1} A. Clougher, 2. Standard IV. i Huia Bamfora, 1,

Sewicg. Remove A : M. AJander. Remove B: K. Brown. Form IV. A: l\. Blecrjynden. Form IV. B: E. Blechynden. Cookery. Alice Lusty, Rona liarsten, Louie Drunvmoud. Drawing. W. Gilbert. Dressmaking. E. Harkness, I. Everett. Physical Cutlure. J. Barker, V. Everett, D. Bisley, M. MacKenzie. Special Prizes. Mr Harkness's prizes, for best Standard passes: Standard VI, E. Hamilton; Standard V., G. Grove; Standard IV., H. Bamford. Mr Fell's prizes, for reading: Form V., .J. Munro; Removes, K. Bolton; Form IV., V. Smith. MrsJMules's prizes, for Scripture: Form.V., E. MacKenzie; Removes, It. Langrldge; Form IV. A, I. ingram? Form IV. B, E. Blechynden : Lower School, J. Hill. Tbe Principal's prizes, for general knowledge: B. Langbein, 1; M. Clifford,^; D. Brusewitz, 3. For diligence and progress, I. Mead. Miss Robertson's prizes: Mathematics, |E. Edwards; botany, W. Betts. ' Miss Strang's prizes: Practical Botany, B. Langbein ; diligence and progress, E. Dougan. Miss Kirton's prizes: English, Cr, Cock, N, Thorp. Miss McEachen's prize, for diligence and progress: R. Karaten. Mrs Nicholson's prize, for recitation: H. Small. Miss Greenwood's prize, for physical culture: G. Saxon. Mrs Moynihan's prize, for dressmaking: E. Bogle. • Miss Dall's 'prize, for most unselfish boa-rder: J. Munro. Miss Nicholson's prizß, for general knowledge: Form IV., D. Knapp. The British and Foreign Sailors' Society's challenge shield for an essay on the history of New ZealaDd as indicated by place names of European origin : J. Munro. Mrs Blechynden's good fellowship prize: G. Saxon. Old Girls' iiterature prize: E. Adams. Scholarships. Form Vl— Governors' Fees(£lo for two years): G. Saxon. Old Girls' (£lO-for one year) : M. Garland. University Lapses. Form V.— Under 17 (£lO for one year) : K. Haldane. Under 16, (£6 6s for one. year) : M. Cooke. Removes, under 16 (£lO for one year): S. Derrick. Under 1.0 (£lO for one year) L. Kershaw. Form IV.— Under Io (£lO for one year): W. Betts. Under 14 (£6 6s for one year) : Muriel Molesworth. Preparatory Department.— Uader 13 (£lO for one year) : K. Warnock. Barnicoat Prize (£3 to be spent in books) M. Garland, BOYS' COLLEGE. Prepartory :"* A. Hampson (best pass, Standard V. ). For progress. B. Skeet; writing. N. Healy. Form III '. C. G. Wells 1 : G. Hampson 2, ; T. Tully, best pass Standard VI. ; writing, E. Webber. Form IV. D : R. A. Ricketts, 1: E. King, 2; E. Stewart, 3: writing, C. Tothill. Form IV. P. J* Cock. 1; D. Hark ness, 2; 11. Panter, 3; writing, H. Parker, Form IV. B: R. Byles, 1: W. Kins. 2: S. Stevens, 3. Form IV. A: J. O'Connell. 1: B. McCabe, 2 : L. Bell, 3. Form Lower V. ; H. Waymouth, 1; W. Tully, 2: J. Norris, 3: .). Grirlin. 4. Middle Forms: Heading, J. Andrews, 1; J. Cock, 2. Commercial, A. E. boyeg. B. E. Edwards, O. A. Williams."^ _. f Lv.^Ti'angbe'inr^ licLeod," ~3. Fo r progress, A. Gooch. Form VI. : P.Jory, 1: R. Worley, 2: G. J. King, 3. For mathematics,. H. Jordan. "Simmons" prize for English literature: R. Worley. Principal's prizes! Senior prefect, A. Papps; head of house, K. Smith. "Crawford" medal : Head of the School, J. G. Skeet. "Fellowship" prize: T. H. Pettit. Mr Cock said that Messrs Franklyn and Richmond, members of the Board, had written expressing regret at their inability to be present. He referred to the death of the Rev. J. C. Andrew, a former Principal of the College, upon which he had left his mark, Ue expressed the gratitude of the Board to Mr Maginnity for his attendance. Cheers were then given for Mr Maginnity and for the College, and the proceedings terminated with the singing of the National Anthem. During the evening two school songs wore given with much spirit by the students, Master Jory taking the solo part in one, and Miss Fairhall and Master Lipscombe (piano), and Master Williams (violin) acting as accompanists.