PRIZE DISTRIBUTIONS.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 11946, 22 December 1902, Page 4

PRIZE DISTRIBUTIONS.

opiHi. The Opihi School Committee held its usual school treatjand distribution of prizes on Thursday last, and with the exceptionof one or two showers, was favoured with a fine day. The children to the number of twenty-five each received a valuable; book prize, among- them being three pre- 1 sented by Miss Alexander, the former teacher, and two for attendance by Mr Pearson. The special prizes for the best attenders living within naif a mile of the school were woe by Ernie Matthews, Fred Matthews and May Wells, and those given for the most regular attenders living outside of half a mile to James Stickings and Edie Cunningham. The children were games until late in the afternoon, luncheon being provided by the ■ ladies of the district. A dance was held in the evening for adults and was well patronised. The teacher and school committee are to be congratulated on. a pleasant and successful day.

TEMUKA DISTRICT- HIGH SCHOOL.

The annual distribution of prizes in connection with, the above school was made yesterday afternoon in the schoolroom, Temuka. Besides a great collection of pupils of the school there were present a number of parents and friends and Mr T. H. Goy, in the absence of ihe chairman of the School Committee, presided. He was supported by the Mayoress (Mrs Havhurst) who distributed the prizes, the Rev. Messrs J. Adccck, M.A., and J. Blight and several members of the School Committee. The infants, under the direction of Miss Phillips, head mistress, rendered three or four action songs to music, supplied by Misses Cooper and Buiilie, and the elder scholars under the conductorship of Mr A. A. Hintz, contributed several part songs. Speeches were delivered by .the chairman, the Key. Messrs Adcnek and Blight, Mr Flatman and the headmaster (Mr McLeod). The - prize list is as follows: Standard VII. %- Attendance First Class: Ada Lissa'ck,Lavel Bracefield; Second Class .- Louie Gray, W. McCallum; Third Class : Eva Battes. Standard Vl.—Merit—Boys:Horace Colville, Richard" Butland, Joseph Saunders; Girls: Isa Iverach (dux), Maggie Proudlock and Martha Mcßride. AttendanceFirst Class: Ethel Comer; Second Class: Euphemia Martin,, N. Bennett, Geo. Alves, Richard Butland; Third Class: Arthur Mason, John Friers, Alex. Whitehead, Bertie Levens.

Standard V.—Merit—Boys : Stuart Austin, Wm. Bennett, Rex Harrison; Girls: Ruby Miles, Ethel Cook, Augusta Saunders. Attendance—First Class: Evelyn Stewart, Hettie Thomson, Ruby Miles Ethel Cook, Flora Edgeler, Wm. Bennett' Gordon Roulston, Rex Harrison; Second Class: Lizzie Scott, May -Webb* John Cook, John Chapman, Horaces Prattley; Third Class: Harry Whitehead, Thos. Harrison, Farquhar Matheson, Geo. Fisher Ernest Lee.

Standard TV.—Merit—Boys : Eric Miles, trilbert Hancox, Rudolph Goy; Girls - Amelia Cross and Mary Mills, Hetty Sim Attendance—First Class: Eurydice Washington, Amelia Cross, Flora Mclnnes, Rudolph Goy, Fred Comer, Eric Miles, Gilbert Hancox, Frank Radbumd; Second Class: Hetty Sim, Stanley Armitaee, James McCallum; Third Class: Alex Blyth, Madge. Chapman. Special prizes presented by Miss McCaskiU—Spelling : E. Washington and G. Hancox. Standard Hl.—Merit—Boys: Hugh Andrews, Herbert Oliver; Girls: Jean Irerach, Laurel Storey. Attendance—First Class: Olive Austin, Hilda Oldfield, Bertie Watson, Ellen Thomson., Laurel Storey • Second Class : Jean Iverach, Ethel Oliver Mabel Roulston, Geo. Armitage,' Geo' Cooper Harold Higgins, Herbert Oliver! lhird Class :Lina; Bennett, Henry Jackson, gpecial prizes presented' by Miss Hope-^Writing: Flora Nicholas. Spelling : Ella Cross. -\ ' -

_ Standard n.—Merit—Boys: Harry Mormon, Donald Matheson; Girls: Margaret Goy, Isabel Green. Class,: S. Marshall, Mai-jorie Got, Hilda Harmon Maurice Austin, William Anderson, Walter Edgeler, Harry Morrison, Len. Heap; Second Class: Herbert Stewart, Arthur Woodley, Norman Cooper, Gordon Hancox; Third Class: Frank Kin K , McG Swaney. 6 Standard I.—General Proficiency—Vivian Morns, Harry Storey, Mary Steele, Frances Brogden. Special - Douglas Iverach, Alice Rainbow; for spelling:' Carroll Watson (given by Mr McLeod), i'ercy Levens (given by Miss Phillips). PrepaTatory.—Class 3—Stanbury Avlino-, Outhbert Mcßratney, Lily Walker, Clara £ lDg; ™- er Divis ion: Ernest Cooper, May Oliver Class 2—James Prattler ™ am .„ J \ William Henry, Annie McCaskril, Maud Somerville, Katie Bone • Lower Division: Harold Cross, Fred Hooper Alan Brown, Jessie Monahan, Jennie Mills Class Fisher Eric Senmshaw, Stanley Parke and btephen Chnch, Ivan Brogden, Eric Lee Pansy Parke, Idean Miles, Malvina Saunders. Attendance.—Standard I.—First 'Hooper Oswald Josling. Harry Stewart, Harry Storey, Gordon Webb, Carroll WatS A O ! n; G A TI V £ oris Cwner ' Ed itt Hancos, Alma Cook, Georgia Thomson. Second Class-Boys: Desmond Elder, Harold Page, Douglas Iverach, Horace Collier; Girls : Edith Bennett, Beatrice Edo-eler' Salome Williams. In the preparatory classes 30 got certificates or prizes Sewing.—For Kindergarten Work—M ? lO fJ en - m Standard I—E. Hancox (given by Mrs Twomey), E. Annals, F. Parke, btandard n.—H. Harrison (given bv Airs Badhe), S. Marshall, E. Clinch. Standard ill.—E. Oliver (given by Mrs Beri), J Iverach, U. Blight. Standard IV—A Gross, B. Higgins, M. Elsc-m ; special for finished garment, E. Washington (given by Miss Cooper). Standard V.—H. Thomson (given by Mrs McLeod), E. Cook, J Scott, N. Somerville. Standard VI. L Hobbs (given by Mrs D. Taylor), M. McBnde, E. Bisdee, M. Hobbs (given" by Miss [ Phillips). I