CRAIGHEAD DIOCESAN SCHOOL

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19626, 21 October 1933, Page 20

CRAIGHEAD DIOCESAN SCHOOL

SPORTS POSTPONED. The pupils of Craighead Diocesan School seem to be fated to have unpleasant weather for their annual sports. For four years in succession they have had to contend with wee and boisterous weather, and yesterday afternoon, when they were to ha\e been held, proved no exception, as rain began to fall about 2 o'clock and all events had to be postponed. However, a very excellent entertainment was given in the gymnasium by the pupils under Miss Clifton-Mogg. the sports mistress. Figure marching, Greek dances, gymnastic work, folk dances (by preparatory, junior anil senior pupils) and sc'.ad drill by Te Hauauru House, were given witn smartness and precision and made the visitors quite forget the very unpleasant conditions outside. At the end of the programme afternoon tea was served in the dining-hall, the tables being decorated with lilac and wattle. The guests then visited the classrooms to view a display of sewing, painting and drawing. Many of the drawings showed decided talent. In one corner of the room a display cf beautiful silver sports cups which were to have been given during the afternoon, was arranged. To give an idea of the. excellent training received by the girls, the visitors w T ere shown a room which had been papered, upholstered and decorated by the pupils. Tne pictures on the wails had been painted by them, and the whole room showed great taste even to the very artistic yellow electric light shade. Mrs MacPherson received the guests wearing a black georgette frock patterned in lavender and finished with a collar of white pleated georgette. Her hat was of black tagel straw and she wore a black cloth coat with fur colie.r. Those present included:—Mr and Mrs C. Bryan King, Mr and Mrs H. Harper, Mrs P. A. Elworthy, Mrs G A. M. Macdonald, Mrs L. M. Inglis, Mrs Menzies, Mrs J. W. Adams, Mrs F. S. Shrimpton. Mrs J. E. Winter, Mrs F. C. May, Mrs J. M. Barker, Mrs G. Webster, Mrs R. B. Bell, Mrs G. Morrison, Mrs T. Rhodes, Mrs J. M. Scott, Mrs C. Hayter, Mrs Helen Scott. Miss Pat Pearson. Mrs Redmond Neill, Mrs A. L. Gee, Mr and Mrs Walter Raymond, Mrs H. Sinclair-Thomson. Miss Fonna Macdonald, Misses Ruth and Audrey Barker, Mrs F. I. Washbourn. Mr and Mrs C. Kain, Mrs R. L. Wigley, Mr and Mrs A. Cambridge (Dalrachney Station), Miss Rudge, Miss Stubbs, Mrs Hazeldean, Mr and Mrs C. S. Hammond, Mrs E. Vincent, Miss Sheila Vincent, Mr and Mrs C. R. OrrWalker, Miss Nan Orbell, Mrs R. C. Hurst, Mrs W. Morrison, Mrs W. G. Tweedy, Miss Helen Fox, Mrs W. D. Revell, Mrs E. Thompson, Mrs H. H. Webb, Mr and Mrs C. L. Orbell, Miss Sheila Cordner. Misses Dorothy and Helen Kerr. Miss Shona, Dr and Mrs F. F. A. Ulrich, Miss Margaret Rolleston, Miss Dorothy Walton, Miss Joan Fraser (Dunedin), Miss Joan Washbourn. Miss Ailsa Campbell, Miss Janet Orbell. Old Girls’ Dinner. Last night, the old girls of Craighead Diocesan School held their annual dinner in the Grand Lounge and a most enjoyable time was spent by those present. The long tables were decorated with vases filled with wattle, blue swan river daisies and orange marigolds, while blue and green ribbons (the school colours) were stretched across the tables. After the loyal toast had been honoured, Miss Denderah Rhodes proposed “The Head, the Staff and the School,” to which Mrs MacPherson replied. Miss Mary Bridges proposed the toast of “Absent Friends.” A beautiful bouquet of pink rosebuds was presented to Mrs MacPherson by Miss Denderah Rhodes. Those present included:—The Principal of the School (Mrs MacPherson), who wore a frock of patterned georgette in shades of black, orange and yellow. Misses Gregory, Seaward, Phillips, Nichols and Bentham of the School staff, and Mrs G. H. R. Ulrich. Mrs T. Barker, Mrs D. Unwin, Misses Denderah Rhodes, Mary Bridges. Dorothy Walton, Joan Washbourn. Helen Scott, Fonna Macdonald (Geraldine), Janetta Johnstone (Otaio), Nancy Bond. Joan Harper (Waimate), Joan Turnbull (Christchurch), Janet Murchison, Mary Stone, Scota Steward, Mary Thorpe, Margaret Rolleston, Diana and Nan Orbell, Nancy Hall. Sheila Vincent (Waimate), Bette and Margaret LeCren, Chassie Howden, Helen Fox, Sylvia and Janet Orbell, Nan Cossins, Hazel Rule, Greta, Dorothy and Josephine Cameron, Margaret Kerr, Patricia Pearson, Ruth and Audrey Barker, Peggy Unwin, Margaret Webster, Kathleen McMeekin, Dorothy and Helen Kerr, Ailsa Campbell, Ethel Adams, Elsie Neale, Muriel Kelland. After the dinner a very enjoyable dance was held at Craighead, the guests of honour being Misses Beryl Stevens and Betty Williams, of the High School Old Girls' Association, and officers of H.M.S. Dunedin.