PRIZES PRESENTED TO SCHOOL CHILDREN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18643, 21 December 1928, Page 10

PRIZES PRESENTED TO SCHOOL CHILDREN.

SOMERFIELD SCHOOL. The prize-giving- at the Somerfield School took place on Tuesday after- "®°. n j ll ,.*'* l6 awn - Father Christmas rived by car and every child on the ground under Standard I. received a toy trom the Christmas tree. The boys of Standard VI. presented their teacher, Miss Wenmouth. with a solid leather suitcase suitably inscribed. In recognition of the esteem in which she Is held , P u P ,ls - The following is the prize list:— , Standard Vl.—Dux: Boy. Reginald Dalzell; girl, Shona Roscoe. Runnerboy ’ Cedrlc Hallaway; girl. Rachel At Gammon. Progress—Boys: Donald Parkinson and Trevor Cox; girl, Nalma Wood. Handwork—Noel Millar 1, Raymond Hand 2. Sewing—Kathleen Wilson 1, Winifred Hayman 2. Highly commended: Jean Maie Hnnis, Helen Class, and Edith Alderdice. Sports—Eric Farmer. Special prizes given by the School Committee—Swimo Boy » Roy Smart (cup); girl: Sybil Spence. Best all-round boy— Lachlan Burrell. Head prefect—Girl: Helen Glass. Attendance—Nine years: lan Jackson. Six years: Marcia Clemens, Clarence Perry, Reginald Capes, Noel Allllar. Five years: Eric Farmer, Keith Rickerby, Nance Braudigam, Rachel M’Cammon. Four years: Norman M’Alllster, Albert Round, Colin Parkinson, Edith Alderdice, Marion Harrison, Eunice Johnston, John Southward. Three srears:5 r ears: Alan Blake, Cedric Hallaway. One year: Reginald Dalzell, Raymond Rickerby, Lorna Brotherton, Lena Davies, Isla White, Shona Roscoe, Helen Glass, Trevor Cox, Frederick Mair, Raymond Fox, Leonard Butler, and William Alderdice. Standard V.—Proficiency: Girls, Hilda Hodge 1, Doreen Evans 2; boys, Maurice Hunter 1, Raymond Armstrong 2. Special, Kathleen Sullivan. Progress— Eileen Cother (girls); Arthur Britten (boys). Sewing—Beverley Arscott 1, Doris Goodrich 2; highly commended, Kathleen Sullivan, Jean Hayman. Agriculture—John M’Lean 1, Desmond Turner 2. Attendance certificates Margaret Boon (one year), Doreen Boon (one year), Gertrude Dron (five years), Katherine Harrison (four years), Alfred Field (four years), Henry Gurdler (one year) Trevor Haworth (one year), Maurice Hunter (three years), Thomas Macauley (one year), John M’Lean (three years), Verdun Pulley (three years), Thomas Thomson (one year) Colin Campbell (three years) Standard IV.—Proficiency: Bovs, Norman Hardie 1. Hubert Filer 2; girls: Margaret Wilson 1, Ella Hutton 2 Sewing—Elsie Freeman 1, Margaret Wilai rr * lan dwork—Ernest *Wright 1, Alan Holds worth 2. Progress—Boys: hig” ard S pence; girls: Norma Hutchattendanoe certificates—Ernest Wright (five years, perfect attendance), Alan Holdsworth (four years), Elva Gibson (four years), Gladys Braudigam (four years). One year—Norma Hutchrl ar , y M’Gilllgan, Rea Welsh, Mavis Forbes, Phyllis Brown. Kenneth Berry, Llo.vd Johnston, Hurhert Filer, John Morrissy, Alwyn Shann, Cedric i ox, Alan Chambers, Fred Cox Raymond Blake, and William Hewitt. uiM t !' n o a * ld — ( - Jlrls ' proficiency: Hilda Stewart 1, Margaret Hutton 2. Progress—Molly M’Cammon. Sewing —Pearl Henderson 1, Gertie Wilmshurst Boys proficiency: Noel Tabley 1 Ja-ck M’Gilllgan 2. Progress—Noel Hammett. Handwork—Jim Wright 1 Russell Buchanan 2. Attendance certificates—Three years or over: Pearl Henderson, Frank Milne, Neville Smith, and Laurie Smith. Attendance (1928)—Nola Bellamy, Molly M’Cammon, Myrtle Moreton, Keith Fehsenfeld, Arthur Good, John Hewitt. Ronald Lawry. Standard ll.—Proficiency: Boys, Colin Welsh 1, Maurice Dean 2; girls, Latona Johnston 1, Rhona Thomas 2. Progress in class—Boy, David M’llroy; girl. Catherine Melling. Sewing prize Dorothy M’Allister 1, Lorna Hewitt 2. Handwork—Norman Woodfleld 1. Leonard Whitworth 2. Certificates of attendance—James Carter, Ronald Chambers, George Gurdler. Thomas Hayes, Alan Kent, Denis M’Causland, Colin M’Donold, John Milne (three years), Lawrie Millar, Rex Pascoe, A lister Rickerbv, Arnold Southward. Leonard Whitworth, Adam Thompson, Alfred Gillard, Leslie Armstrong, Marjorie Arguile, Edythe Hand, Lorna Hewitt, Catherine Melling, Dorothy M’Allister, June Keller, and Margaret Lee. Standard I.—Proficiency: Boys, Ivan Baxter 1, Laurie M’Lelland 2; girls, Freda Brealy 1, Winnie Sterling 2. Progress—Edward Arscott and Helen Weir. Handwork—Malcolm Campbell 1, Kenneth Pitman 2. Sewing—Patricia Morrison 1, Joan Stephens 2. Attendance certificates—Full attendance: Malcolm Campbell, Collin Pearce, Keith Watts, Nellie Watts. Absent not more than five half-days—Eric Dalwood, Laurie M’Lelland, Edward Fox, Beryl Anderson, Kenneth Johnston, Thelma Morton, Jack M’Gibbon, Edna Smith. ADDINGTON. At the annual breaking-up ceremony on Wednesday afternoon there was a large attendance of parents in the infant school, when Father Christmas dis tributed presents from two well-lader Christmas trees. At the conclusion oi the ceremony in the infant school. th< Standard VI. proficiency and swimming certificates and the dux and sports medals were presented by Mr J. S. Bar-

nett (chairman) and Mesdames Hamlin and Thrower, members of the School Committee. The winners of the medals are as follows: Dux medals—Boy: John Robertson: girl: Jean Taylor. Sports championships—Boy: Harold Wright: girl: Una Gabbott. Scorer of highest number of points in rounders' team: Jewell Hobbs. During* the afternoon Miss E. Mnthleson, who is leaving the service to be married, was presented by the staff with a pyrex dish in a silver stand. Tn making the presentation the headmaster (Mr D. M. Shirlay) expressed his appreciation of the good work Miss Mathieson had done during the year and conveved to her the best wishes of the staff for a bright and happy future. Miss Bowden (infant mistress) and Miss Craig (senior mistress). also spoke in appreciative terms of Mias Mathieson’s work, and Mrs Hamlin spoke on behalf of the School Committee Miss Mathieson suitably replied.

RICHMOND SCHOOL. The annual breaklng-up ceremony of the Richmond School took P 1 ac ® on Wednesday, when Mr D. G. Sullivan M P Mr J. Stuart, chairman of the School Committee, and many parents were present. Mr Sullivan presented the dux medal to Laurence Grace, and one to Iris Smith, as well as gardening prizes to Frances Barnden and Edith Bavlis Many attendance certificates were distributed, Violet Nicholls receiving a special prize for six consecutive certificates. _ . . Advantage was takoti of the gathering to present travelling rugs to Mr Rowntree. head master, and Miss Kent, senior mistress, who are retiring on superannuation after over forty years and thirty years’ service respectively. The infant department had a Christmas tree, which was well filled with toys for the little tots. Great excitement prevailed, when Father Christmas arrived, and spent the afternoon at the ST ANDREW’S COLLEGE. The winners of the Entrance Scholarships offered are:— 1. Cuthbert John Wilkins. Waimairi School. (291 marks, possible 450). 2. Errol Desmond Gimson, Elmwood School. (2SI). Next in order of merit were:—William Rutherford Boyce (Waimairi), Brian Harold Mason (Shirley), Rex Beresford Potter (St Albans), Wllil&tn Grigor (Addington). There were nineteen candidates. WAIUTA. There was a good attendances at the annual school concert, held in the hall last Saturday night. Patrons were well pleased with the programme submitted by the scholars. At an interval, Mr J. A. M’Ewin (secretary) thanked those who had helped in making the concert a success. He referred to the satisfactory results obtained by the school during the j-ear, espeoiallj- in the proficiency •examination. Prizes and certificates were presented as follow: Full attendance—Robert Tomlinson. Good attendance —Basil Hempseed, Doris White, Robert Lines and Tom Thorn. The second half of the programme was a picture supplied free by Mr Arthur Beban, of Gre>-mouth, and the audience carried by acclamation a vote of thanks