AWARDS TO CHILDREN.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 194, 17 August 1931, Page 6

AWARDS TO CHILDREN.

Life-saving Certificates Presented. GIRLS WIN ROSEBOWL. Life-saving certificates and trophies were presented to pupils of the Linwood and Cathedral Grammar Schools this afternoon by the Mayor, Mr D. G. Sullivan. The Mayor was accompanied by the Town Clerk (Mr J. S. Neville) and the secretary of the Christchurch centre of the Life Saving Society (Mr P. G. Bamford). About 200 children assembled at the Linwood School. In the absence of the chairman (Mr G. T. Baker), Mr W. Mackie, a member of the committee, presided. The headmaster (Mr W. Rogers), welcoming the Mayor, said he was pleased that the chief award of the society’s rosebowl had been won through the efforts of the girls. He remarked on Mr Sullivan’s interest in swimming. Mr Sullivan said the ceremony was one of the greatest interest for him. He had seen that girls and young women were now doing much of the work that had once been the province of boys and young men. “ To-day I find that they are even taking on the job of life-sav-ing,” he added. “ That is just as it should be. It is in keeping with the work of other noble women, like the nurses who, by their care and attention, save the lives of thousands of our citizens in the hospitals each year.” Close Contest. The rosebowl, Mr Sullivan continued, was awarded to the school whose girls did the most life-saving work in proportion to the numbers on the roll. The contest this year had been close and another proficiency certificate in favour of St Albans would have meant the trophy going to that school. It was the fourteenth year in which the competition had been held and in that time there had been eight different winners. Particular credit was due to the three girls who instructed classes and obtained teacher’s certificates and the thanks of the society were due to Miss B. Buxton, whose work among the girls had inspired them to take up teaching for themselves. Mr Sullivan said he hoped the example of the girls and boys who had gained awards would be followed by the other children as it was a splendid thing to be equipped to save life. He pointed out that the same treatment was used in the resuscitation of people suffering from the effects of electric shock. In an age of electricity, that made proficiency in life-saving even more important. List of Awards. Mr Sullivan presented the rosebowl to the head master. The awards were: Girls.—Proficiency and elementary certificates to Phyllis Beaven, Sylvia Gibbs, Mary Huston and Margaret Wallace; Joyce Tucker gained an elementary certificate; bronze medallions were awarded to Mabel Diehl and Rona Moore; Daphne Bowen, Audrey Hunter and Mabel Diehl gained teacher’s certificates. Boys.—Elementary and proficfency certicates were gained by William Diehl, William Jack, Herbert Petrie, Eric Standring, and Maurice Woolley. The Grammar School. Awards at the Cathedral Grammar School were made to the boys of both the primary and secondary departments. The Collins Cup, which is given to the school whose primary boys do the most work in proportion to the roll number, was also presented, as was the Petersen Cup, a trophy given under the same conditions for competition among secondary schools. The Collins Cup competition has been running for fifteen years, and, in that time, has been won by seven different schools. Mr F. M. Collins, the donor of the cup, who has invariably attended the presentations of the trophy, died three weeks ago, on the day before the results of this year’s competition were announced. There have been three different winners in the Petersen Cup competition, which was inaugurated in 1923. It is for competition among secondary schools, whether for boys or girls. Primary.—Elementary and proficiency certificates were gained by: Jack Donaldson, Leslie Donaldson and Stanley Jones. Jack Donaldson also gained a teacher’s certificate. Secondary.—Elementary and proficiency certificates were gained by Douglas Lough, Reeves Harris, Noel Moffatt, Kenneth Rhodes, Morris Simpson and Alan Wright; Haakon Bergh gained a proficiency certificate; bronze medallions were awarded to Haakon Bergh, Graham Clothier, Douglas Lough, John Mashlan, George May, Peter Shennan, Reginald Simpson and Albert Torrens. Clinton Stevens was awarded a bar to his medallion. A teacher’s certificate was gained by George May, and an honorary instructor’s certificate by Graham Clothier. Richard Pemberton gained an award of merit.