S. MARY’S SCHOOL

Taranaki Daily News, 20 December 1930, Page 8

S. MARY’S SCHOOL

YEAR’S WORK CONCLUDED.

PRESENTATION OF THE PRIZES.

/ A large number of parents and friends gathered' :at j the S. Mary’s Diocesan School,’ Stratford, yesterday for the annual break-up ceremony. A sports meeting was held in conjunction with the presentation of prizes. '•'The sports .were continued throughout the day, and there was an impressive drill display early in the afternoon. Later, opportunity, was taken to present the prices. The list is.:— •-.Form Prizes.—lV.: Naney Petrie; 111., Barbara Stalker; 11., Joan Quilliam; 1., Marion Pitt; standard 4,. Kathleen ' Amon; standard .3, Shirley Curtis. Progress -Prizes. —IV., Isobel .Brbad; 111.,.. Maryßremer; standard 4, Ailsa Savage. , Mathematics.—lV., G. Stack. French Prizes.—B (Mr. Liddell’s prize), Joan Anderson; C (Mrs. Penn’s prize), Mary Bremer; D (Mrs. Penn’s prize), Ailsa Savage. . Drawing.—A, Wenda Scott; B, Marjorie Townend; C, Marion J?itt; progress, Jo.au. Curtis. . ■ - Sewing,—Plain A, Joan Curtis; B, Mary French; sampler A, Ina Josephson, Rosa Weston (Mrs. Penn’s); Lyh Tennent, Shirley Jeffries; collection Christmas presents, Dora Sladden; special (worked cloth), Barbara Stalker. Music. —Primary, Kathleen Amon and Clare Newland; elementary, Joan Quilliam; - lower, Thelma Larcom; higher, Marion Condon and Marjorie Townend; intermediate, Norma Josephson/ ■ • Music.—Senior (Miss Riera’s prize), Marjorie Townend; middle (Mrs. Kear’s prize), Wenda Scott; junior, Barbara Deightbn. ■ ' '. ,■ Attendance. —Senior, Nancy . Petrie, Georgina Stack, Lucy Penn, Ina Josephson, Wenda Scott, Joan Quilliam','Marion Pitt; junior, June Mark, April Jardine; ■' preparatory, Heather Jardine; drill preparatory, Marjorie Anderson. Special , Prizes. —Impromptu speech (Mrs.. .Frederick)', Patricia-I Valintine 1, Dora Sladden 2. • Shorthand and. Typewriting.—Lucy Penn, Norma Josephson, Mary Bremei (progress).' . - z . : . ■. Elocution.—Trevor. Hunter. Spencer Rutherfurd Memorial.—Dora Sladden. Helen Young Memorial. —Wenda Scott, Proficiency ..Certificates.:—Wenda Scott, Joan Quilliam. ( shorthand ; Certificate'.. —Elementary Mary Bremer; theory, Norma Josephson, Lucy Penn. ; CHILDREN LEAVING-SCHOOL. ADDRESSES TO PRIMARY PUPILS. An address was given, yesterday, by , bjr. L. J, Furrie; (headmaster) to pupils of the. Stratford primary school who will proceed from the familiar class rooms either to continue their, education in the secondary department or to commence work. The children were assembled in one of the larger , rooms, where the Mayor (Mr. P. Thomson) and the chairman of the committee (Mr. W. Hoskin) presented 1 proficiency and competency certificates, together with transfer records, the '■ latter being given only to children, leaving the school. Mr. Furrie emphasised the desirability of thrift and urged each child going to i employment to open and keep adding to a post ■ office banking account. To pupils proceeding to the. secondary school he mentioned that in many cases parents would he. making sacrifices so that studies might be, prosecuted and it was up to the’children to repay their parents by. a conscientious application, to work. Much other good advice was also tendered.,// , x. .j* : . , > > >s “It gives hie great pleasure to again attend on this occasion and see another lot of pupils take a further step in life’s progress,”, said the Mayor. Whether they went to High School or out to work, he asked all'leaving scholars to remember their old school. For some years they had been under the care of Mr. Furrie and his staff. Now it was necessary to bear in. mind that the school had won art 'excellent name dating from the time of Mr. Furrie’s predecessor. Of late years this: reputation had been enhanced. The maintenance of the reputation was in their hands to ; safeguard and foster. The advice to keep up reading and studying was given to those taking up employment. • The World needed well read and well informed men and women, he said. Mr. Thomson went on to speak of behaviour towards members of the opposite sex, handling tho subject in a tactful manner. In conclusion lie said an excellent address had just been given by the head and he could do no better than- urge the adoption of the advice tendered. „ Perseverance towards ultimate success was the topic of Mr. Hoskin’s remarks, which were calculated to leave a lasting impression. The Mayor presented medals won during 1929-30 by pupils of the school in the Boys’ and Girls’ Agricultural Club calf-rearing competition. The awards went to .Bruce Johnson, second in the Jersey-Ayrshire class; J..Neilson, third, and, H. Paynter second, also iu the Jer-sey-Ayrshire class. KING'S THEATRE PROGRAMME “SOUTH SEA ROSE.”

'Stirring romance mingled with spar‘kling comedy ■ and music make Lenore 'Ulric’s'-new starring Fox Movietone alltalking feature, “South Sea Rose,” one of-'the most satisfying entertainments ever offered at the King’s Theatre. The piquant star .of countless Belasco stage successes delineates a vivacious French •girl living in a convent situated on an island in the. South Seas. She is the spirit of the natives, exercising her madcap mischief in her frenzy to free herself. The irresistible charmer of every •white man who visits the island’becomes an innocent victim of ajplot she herself creates’ and she is smuggled on an outgoing vessel by a young sea captain (Charles Bickford), who tricks her into marriage. Always cunning and never shying at adventure, the tempestuous maid from the tropics gives a crew of seamen and a seaside community a lifetime of worry, but also keeps them interested.