CHETWODE SCHOOL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 143673, 18 December 1911, Page 5

CHETWODE SCHOOL.

On Thursday evening Aliss .Stanford eui-erlameU a number of Hie paients and iTiemU or her pupiU iu Lhetuode, ou the (Weasion of the bn.iKUg up oi tho school lor Hie year. i lie school rooms wore very prettily decorated, Hie stage being literally a bower oj greenery—a very charming background for the performer*. Air. rmndbury, as chairman, made a very fccicous .speech in which he congratulated the successful piaze-winners oi Hie year. Hr ivniincled the girls who were" leaving that their time of <tudy should be but beginning and that their training had been only Die preparation for Ilnur work in the future, lie spoke- in great praise of the success of Atiss .Stanford s work in the school, of the splendid moral inllueiice that she exercised over the girls, and of the high esteem in which she was held by her pupils. The prizes vere distributed by Air. Bradbury as follow ; Divinity.—Dorothy Corner, English.—Alaxriculation, Alarjorio Wheat-ley; form 5, Irene Hirst: form }, Hilda Tail; form 3. Viva Johns; form 2. .Freda Hirst. Af at hematics.— Matricnln Hilda Wilson : form 5, Irene Hirst; form 4. Hilda Tail; form 3, Ina Dent-. Languages.—-Alnl riculation, Evelyn Fox; form o. Shicla Hutton; form 4, Nancy Pitcher; form 3. Klma Carthcw. French. — Form 5. Doris Bradbury. Alusie.—Senior, Evelyn Fox; junior, Olive Shaw. f l lu-cry of Alnsic.—Nancy Pitcher, 1; Alay Atkinson, 2. Composition.—Senior, Irene Newton ; junior. Phyllis Kixon, Calisthenics.—Senior, Doris Afcnzics; junior, Evadue Good/on. Needlework. —Alat riculation, Hilary Lepper: form 5, May Atkinmni; lorm 4, Daisy Fussoll; form 3, Muriel Dent; form 2, Kathleen Hutton. House prize for neatness. —Rnth Cutfield. Head girls’ prize.—Doris Menzios. After the presentation of the prizes there was a short musical programme. The first piece was a duet “Volso Briliianto” (Tiunten) by Doris Alenzios mid Evelyn Fox, They were both very promising pianists and reflected much credit. on the tuition they had received, A rharminely pretty action song, given by Hie- Jitilo people (ten of them) each carrying a big baby doll, was very onliiu/iasucaHy encored. A piano solo followed, by Olive Shaw, who showed much musical ability aoid good taste for so young a performer. Tho programme was concluded by a short musie.d play. ‘Aladdin,” very brightly written, with tuneful music. The principal pans were taken by Hilda Wilson, who scored a groat success and is certainly a very gifted little actress; Marjorie Wheatley, n stately princess, most pathetic in her grief; Doris Bradbury, ns AVa.Hieo Washoe, Aladdin’s mother, full of humour as well as motherly fooling and very dirty; Irene Ilmst. as El (.-hang, a magician, sang several Mttlo songs’very well indeed; Olive Palmer, as tho slave of tho lamp, who appeared with much eclat when summoned hy tho rubbing of the lamp. Dulco Baily, Marjorie Death, Hilary Lepper, Betty King and ALay Atkinson, a very bright bevy of pretty Japanese maidens, fluttered on and off lho stage at intervals and contributed several well rendered choruses. The parts of the fairies wore- allotted to Norn:.n Collins. Dorothy Saxton, Evelyn, Fox, Ernestine' Body, and Nancy Pitcher, each representing a coloured chrysanthemum. The effect was , charming amidst the surroundings of. green foliage. Evelyn Fox, the possessor of a sweet, true voice, sang a dainty little tong.

The whole production was remarkably good and must have entailed endless work for the promoters. It was received very warmly by an entirely appreciative audience.

Supper wa.» served in tho drawingroom, whore there wore on view some beautiful specimens of tho pupils’ needlework.