HIGH SCHOOL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13358, 24 December 1906, Page 7

HIGH SCHOOL.

PRINCIPAL'S REPORT,, j

jMr the presentation of' prizes at the .High School , on. TEriday >tbe Pri-racipal (Mr Pijkfliam) read his report ori the %>rs 6% fehe school > for Jli^past year.' •the lof the fifst^ term. ,ih& ntaniber o* lite xoU wa& 107 '(boea ft?, girJs'^B)- ' sjjci fot the last term 91 boys. '47, girls'. 44}. The percentage of attendance lor, the last term was : Boys,, 59.8,. girla 59.4. Foi? thd whole year the percentage of attendance was 96.8 jpf th« roll. Thirteen- girls and ten.boys had never been >abse<nbj or late during the year. The conda<& oi the, pupils in sorae.forms had nc^ been satisfactory,.' but it was caused chiefly by the lack of control by tgis chiefly by the lack of control^ .*. *».,.v *«3s!s< *^ Pridham theil quoted W detailed . 'digest of .the -marks gained by all the pupi^, dui^ng^th'eUye*^ '^ithim the past/ f ortTJi^'bi J>3 had, goSfa' 4p for ,sornio :— Oii© for /a»ior scho^arshipi r one . lor, medical pWramriary, -eight for Matrioulatiom, foiflrteen for, Civil Service, >( one,lor Victoria* . Scholarship, four for senior Education Board Scholarships, and 24 for Senior Free Places. During the yoar ,0n,3 -girl kept first year University terms at the, school, three qualified for a partial ' Teachers* *D .Certificate, four matriculated- (three of them passing the Solicitors' General Knoswlqdge); four passed Hher- Civil Sosyice Examination (three of them getting' on the credit list), five gamed' Senior Bduca^onf Boai'd . Sc^ai^h|es f ore' qualified "for \m^ -da* eleven gained Ber.iovi Free; Blaces under the atfusafeiflfv were played by the first football fiC- , Wii, of: whidii- fi\ r e - . one "•dfa^n Head; three lost. Sf^TSte a*B&*& fil "' t<?en ? 'pJayed q:x ' matches,, wmnangfive and losing -one. A third fifteen had

been instituted and had won both o? • the two. ■ gamps itc played. The-; criclaet *olev& iwete .'also doing, ' VsMU,. - and a considerable advance had been Blade in "gymnastics, under Mr W. Lints. The ♦girls had ? takefj a much, mows. 1 general interest in 'teniis, ' aodt "Mr "•Pjidbam said he would be glad if the .Govemprs' could see, th'e|r^ay;to 'fay . down •^asphalt court^ In- ■cbhclusior-, Mr P.i&lram thanked .tho'ladiea-'wiro had •givm their sOTvr : ees"a^ exstotaers ■ of; dre'ssmakm*, a&d gymTvatrtics, and on behalf of the other teachers- and him•sefrftwbed every Sucpefls .to -those who were "leaving the 'school.