SUCCESSFUL PUPILS

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXII, Issue 303, 19 December 1928, Page 2

SUCCESSFUL PUPILS

District High School

PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY

With the thoughts of another year’s work behind them, and the anticipation of six weeks’ of glorious freedom from school, it was inevitable'that the breaking-up ceremony of the Waipukurau District High School this afternoon would be characterised by a spirit of youthful glee. Coupled,with the proximity of the Christmas festival and all tluft it means, youthful spirits were not to be bounded. To-day was a day of days. To many of the older scholars it meant the passing of a milestone in their education, a step from a primary school to a secondary school. To others it meant only a change of teachers, and perhaps a new classroom. The faces would be the same, and life next year would continue on its even tenor. However, none oi these sober reflections were passing through the minds of the children, to judge by their happy faces, as they sat with parents, friends and teachers in the Municipal Theatre this afternoon.

The chairman of the local High School Committee (Mr W. G. Bryce) presided, and associated with him were Cr. John Warren, members of the School Committee, Mrs Bryce, and Mr F. B. Curd (headmaster). An apology for unavoidable absence was tendered on behalf of His Worship the Mayor (Air R. McLean). in a happy speech, befitting the occasion, the chairman extended a hearty welcome to those present. To the scholars he congratulated them on the progress that they had made during the year, and expressed the hope that they would have a very merry Christinas and a happy and prosperous New Year. He referred to the fact that, the school had had a hard year, on account of sickness among the pupils. Of a total of 400 children in the primary department and 65 in the secondary department, it was necessary to have an average attendance of 361 scholars in order that the school could retain its present grading of grade 6. The chairman referred to the good work of Standard VI., and said that under the tutorship of Mr Walsh, the class had put up a record for examination results.

It was with much sadness, the chariman said, that it would be the last occasion on which Mr Curd would be present as headmaster. Mr Curd was retiring on superannuation, and in recording the committee's sincere appreciation oi all Air Curd had done for' the progress and welfare of the school, Air Bryce concluded by wishing Air Curd long life, prosperity, and good health during his retirement.

On behalf of the committee and parents, Mr Bryce extended sincere thanks and appreciation to the members of the teaching staff for the good w.ork which they had performed during the year, and said that they had carried out their duties loyally and with credit to themselves, the pupils, and the school. (Applause). He expressed the hope that the teachers, too, would enjoy their well-earned rest, and concluded by wishing them the compliments of the season. The chairman then called on Mrs Bryce to present the prizes as follows: — PRIMER I. Boys.—-Henry Evans 1, John Leitch 2, Stanley Elliott 3. Girls. —Sybil Rapley 1, Pamela Mcßae 2, Pamela Fisher 3. PRIMER 11. Boys.—Roy Hames 1, Keith Morton 2, Dick Bevin 3. Girls. —Molly Gibson 1, Freda Tucker 2, Nancy Ward 3. PRIMERS 111. and. IV. Boys.-—Alan Lee 1, Recklaw Renolds 2, Maurice Guy 3. Girls. —Peggy Ashley 1, Lottie Peddle 2, Dulcie Moffat 3. Attendance Prize. —Roy Bendeich. STANDARD I. Boys.—Geoffrey Walker 1, Jim Harris 2, Arthur Rickey 3. Girls.—Lorraine Woodward 1, Rona Harvey 2, Joyce Cameron 3. Attendance. —Bruce’ BowTey, Lorraine Woodward. Special for Writing.—Joyce Cameron. STANDARD 11. Boys.—Basil Staines 1, Eric Sargisson 2, Elwyn Gardner 3, William Ann and 4. Girls. —Mollie Black 1, Nellie Bell 2, Ngaire Staines 3, Joan Stoddart 4.

Attendance. —Basil Staines, Thos. Brassel, Valda Renner, Marjorie Urquhart. STANDARD 111. Boys.—Douglas Taylor 1, Bernard Guilliard 2, Lawrence Morton 3. Girls. —-Wynne Malkin 1, Patty Chisholm 2, June Hewitt 3. Special Prizes for Neatness.—Ken Spotswood, June Hewitt. Attendance. —Douglas Bell, James Plant, Reg. Green, Malcolm Coughlan, Ivan Renner, Joy Faithful. STANDARD IV. Boys.—Vincent Rice 1, Pat Sharpin 2, Ray Rapley 3. Girls. —Jean Fowler 1, Doris Thomson 2, Joyce Moffatt 3. Attendance. —Max Chapman, Geo. Harvey, Marvyn Kirby, Fred Lee, Jean Fowler, Marion Smales, Doris Thomson.

Special Prize for Greatest Improve-ment.—-Charlie Black. STANDARD V.

Boys.—Vernon Richards 1, Tom Denne 2, Stewart McConchie 3.

Girls.- —Jessie Doube, Ist in class; Dorothy Marfell 2, Esther Ganderton 3.

Attendance. — Stanley Thomson, Alan Fryer, Bruce Gibson, Tom Bendeich, Arthur Chappel, Sinclair Brassell, Jessie Doube. Teacher’s Special for Best-kept Work-book. —Jessie Doube. STANDARD VI.

Boys.—Lloyd* Nicholson (dux) 1

Kenneth Dixon (Mr Leigh’s special) 2, John Doube 3. Girls.—Helen Monteith 1, Jessie Mackenzie 2, Lorna Haswell 3.

Attendance.—Dove Harris, Lorna Haswell, Clara Duncan, Ralph Smart, lan Holms, Donald Stowe. SECONDARY DEPARTMENT.

Form 111. —G. Brasell 1, H. Monteith 2, P. Lee 3, J. Pike 4.

Special for Neat Work. —K. Somerville, G. Moffatt. Form IV. —L. Staines 1, Molly Nicholson 2, J. Lee 3. Monitor’s Prize.—G. Hindman. Form V.—G. 1. Leigh 1, C. G. McLennan 2. Attendance. —G. Brasell, S. Barnes, 11. Monteith, P. Lee, M. Wood. PROMOTION LIST. Promoted to P. lll.—Joan Ashley, Jean Christensen, Pamela Fisher, Pearl Gray, Margaret McLean, Pamela Mcßae, Eileen Percival, Annie Peters, Sybil Rapley, Patricia Harding, Cherry Raymond, Vera Ross, Edith Thoresen, Norman Dobson, lan Cochrane, Raymond Couglilan, Stanley Elliott, Henry Evans, Keith Fryer, Albert Giddens, Alan Howland, John Leitch, Fred Lucas, Louis Moffatt, Jack Sanders, John Staines, Reginald Waters, Murray Waldrom. Promoted to P. IV.—Dawne Bous-. field, Olga Bowley, Marjorie Clark, Eunice Duckworth, Minnie Giddens, Marion Jamieson, Dwina Pendray, Audrey Taylor, Barbara Taylor, Nancy Ward, Enid Wood, Jock Annan d, Dick Bevin, Roy Hames, Robert McVicar, Keith Morton, Bernard Nicol, Frank Papprill, Leslie Rendle, Neville Rowlands, Ronald Walker, Billie Wilson.

Promoted to Standard I.—Boys: Roy Bendeich, Gordon Goodeve, Alan Lee, Stewart Leitch, Maurice Mason, Fred Price, Robert Saunders, Keith Waldrom, Selwyn Abrahams, Douglas Black, lan Dunlop, Lindsay Waters, Russel de Lacey, Irving Ebbett, Alastair Jones, Basil Kinghorn, Ronald Ferguson, Eric Rowlands, Arthur Rusher, Basil Sargison, Hytton Sharpin, Edgar Walsh, Percy Newrick, Maurice Guy, Ross Stewart. Girls: Betty Bevin, Jean Blair, Elsie Burgess, Kathleen Dillon, Ida Harper, Dulcie Moffat, Lottie Peddle, Jean Raynor, Corrine Renner, Joan Tinney, Pat Fraser, Margaret Ferguson, Jane Renall, Molly Gibson, Beryl Cochrane, Beatrice Harris, Morva Howland, Phoebe Lucas, Hilda Robertson, Gladys Ross, Hazel Rutherford, Audrey Tappin, Freda Tucker, Joyce Bowden, Peggy Ashley.

Promoted from Standard I. to Standard II.—Boys: Nelson Abrahams, Errol Blair, Bruce Bowley, Ronald Dreaneen, Alan Dunlop, Moray Eden, Walter Ganderton, Douglas Gibson, Leslie Giddens, Jack Green, Japies Harris, Alex. Kinghorn, Douglas Leigh, Andrew Leitch, Richard Mackie, Leo Morgan, Walter Newrick, Douglas Ross, Arthur Rickey, Ray Sargison, Lewis Taylor, Geoffrey Walker, Robert Walker, Richard Waddington, Rex Winter. Girls: Barbara Burgess, Joyce Cameron, Rose Dreaneen, Lily Dreaneen, Belle Davey , Elizabeth Harper, Rona Harvey, Betty Keir, Joan Le Bas, Dorothy Lourie, Betty Mann, Elizabeth McLennan, Joan Smyrk, Lorraine. Woodward, Gwyneth Holmes, Jean Munro. From Standard 11. to Standard 111. William Annand, Arthur Black, Thomas Brassel, Desmond Bradley, Seymour Bryce, Leonard Chapman, Cyril Dreaneen, William Eden, Bernard Fletcher, Norman Gall, Elwyn Gardner, Basil Hames, Norman Hewitt, Arthur Holmes, Trevor James, James Jamieson, Maurice Lee, John Mackie, Jackson McLennan, Alan Guy, William Le Bas. Haydn Denne, Donald Parker, Reginald Rapley, Douglas Rowlands, Lindsay Renolds, Eric Sargisson, James Sargisson, Robert Walker, John Wood, Bruce Nicholson, John Ross. Girls: Betty Bates, Nellie Bell, Mollie Black, Nola Frost, Janet Giddens, Gladys Fairweather, Margaret Monteith, Marjorie Paget, Millie Price, May Peddle, Beris Renal!, Joan Hartland, Margaret Holms, Betty Malkin, Valda, Renner, Frances Rusher, Ida. Sharpin, Ngaire Staines, Joan Stoddart, Phyllis Tappin, Marjorie Urquhart. From Standard 111. to Standard IV. —Boys: Douglas Bell, Dennis Bliss, Gregor Burgess, Bill Caskie, Les Chapman, Athol Fryer, Reg. Green, Bern Guilliard, Jim Hall, Lawrence Morton, Arthur Oliver, ■Walter Raymond, Jeff Renal!, Harry Rendle, Ivan Renner, Jack Spackman, Ken Spotswood, Douglas Taylor, Tom Walker, Raymond White, Hector Staines. Girls: Patty Chisholm, Marjorie Eustege, Joy Faithful, Marjorie. Giddens, Greta Grover, Evelyn Hall, Fay Hall, June Hewitt, Wynne Malkin, Dorothy Morgan, Ethel Stowe. From Standard IV. to Standard V. Boys: Charlie Black, Max Chapman, Jack Dixon, Roderick Gardner, Garnett Goodger, George Harris, George Harvey, Bruce Haswell, Allan Holms, Mervyn Kirby, Fred Lee, Leslie Marfell, Heath Mason, Pat Monteith, Ray Rapley, Cuthbert Raymond, Vincent Rice, Pat Sharpin, Dennis Tinney, lan Walker. Girls: Verna Blair, Hilda Brassel. Linda Cochrane, Sheila Cuthbert, "Winnie Dixon, Rose Eustege, Jean Fowler, Joan Fowler, Patty Hindman, Joyce Moffatt, Marion Smales, Doris Thomson, Nancy Turner, Phyllis Watson, Adelaide Welsh. From Standard V. to Standard VI. Boys: Alfred Anderson, ’Sinclair Brassel, Tom Bendeich, Arthur Chappel, Harry Chappel, Tom Denne, Robert Fairweather, Alan Fryer, Bruce Gibson, Harold Green, Rex Harris, Robert Holms, Eric Ferguson, Raymond Kinghorn, Allan Moore, Jack Morton, lan Newrick, Vernon Richards, Errol Robertson, Douglas Rapley, Walter Sargison, Ronald Spotswood, Stewart McConchie, Stanley Thomson, Irvine Tinney, Max Green. Girls: Florence Blair, Gladys Coughlan, Violet Climo, Jessie Doube, Esthei’ Ganderton, Peggy Hall, Sheila Lee, Eunice McLean, Dorothy Marfell, Betty Stoddart, Nancy White, Norma White.