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Eliot, Robert Louis Stevenson ; Wilson, Laureata ; selections from the poems of and the life of the most prominent poets. French—Hogben's Methode Naturelle, Part I, to p. 66. History—reading and civics; M. B. Synge, Growth of the British Empire. Book V. Hygiene—Lyster, First Stage Hygiene, top. 139. Arithmetic—Pendlebury's New School Arithmetic. Algebra—Baker and Bourne, Part I, pp. 1-87 ; also brackets and simple graphs. Geometry—Godfrey and Siddons, Practical, pp. I—3l ; theorems 1 to 12 (No. 4 omitted). Botany—Roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits examined, and remarks noted. Geography -Gill's Imperial Geography, Europe, pp. 53 257. Cookery—Notes and text-book ; Mrs. Miller's Elementary Cooking-book. DANNEVTRKE HIGH SCHOOL. Siafj. Mr. Jamos M. Summers, M.A. ; Miss I). R. Robertson, M.A. ; Mr. M. Ongley, M.A. ; Mr. William A. Alexander, M.Sc. : Miss P. Neikon, M.A. I. Report op the Board of Governors. The Governors of the Dannevirke High School have the honour to report that during the past year the school has been carried on in an efficient manner. The numbers on the roll for the third term of 1912 were—-boys, 51 ; girls, 44 ; total, 95 ; of whom 29 boys and 27 girls returned this year. Forty-two new pupils —22 boys and 20 girls were enrolled this year, making the total number 98 —51 boys and 47 girls. The numbers on the roll for the third term this year were—boys, 46 ; girls, 42 ; total. 88 ; and the average attendance for the year was— boys, 44-8'; girls, 38-5 ; "total, 83-3. During this year the School Cadet Corps has been properly established under the able direction of Sergeant-major Davis The boys have been fully uniformed and supplied with ten rifles for shooting practice. The physical and military exercises and drill and the shooting practice have been enthusiastically taken up by the boys. The school pupils were again very successful in the public examinations ; in point of numbers the Civil Service and Senior Free Place results were the best we have had. The usual school games have formed a part of the physical training of the pupils. Considerable changes have taken place in the school staff. Miss Hueston and Mr. Johnson left to pursue their studies at the University, and Mr. Papps was appointed to King's College, Auckland. Their places here were finally filled by Miss F. Neilson, M.A., Mr. M. Ongley, M.A., and Mr. W. Alexander, M.Sc. It is with sincere regret that we learn that Miss Robertson is leaving at the end of this year. During the year the science laboratory has been supplied with a large quantity of apparatus and material. Arrangements have been made for levelling, draining, and asphalting the ground about the school during the vacation. The work is now being carried out, and when completed should be of great benefit to the school. A. Grant, Chairman. 2. Work of the Highest and Lowest Classks. Highest. —English —Nesfield's Grammar ; Great Authors Second Period ; Palgrave's Golden Treasury; Carlyle, Pen Portraits; Macaulay, Hastings; Shakespeare. Merchant of Venice, and Julius Ctesar; Dickens, David Copperfield ; Chaucer, Prologue. Latin—Allen's Grammar; Stedman's Examination Papers ; North and Hillard's Latin Prose ; Bradley's Arnold ; De Senectute ; selections from Ovid ; Virgil, iEneid, Book V. French— Wellington College Grammar ; Rev's French Composition and Idioms ; Moliere's, Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Les Travailleurs de la Mer ; Specimens of Modern French Verse. Mathematics- -Hall and Stevens's Geometry ; Lock's Trigonometry ; Baker and Bourne's Algebra ; Pendlebury's Arithmetic. Mechanics —Loney's Mechanics and Hydrostatics. Heat—Glazebrook ; Stewart's Second Stage Heat. Lowest. —English —Nesfield's Outlines ; Great Authors, Third Period ; Kingsley, Heroes ; Coleridge, Ancient Mariner; Longfellow, Evangeline. Geography—Longmans' No. 3, America, Asia, British possessions ; physical geography. History—Ransome's History of England. Arithmetic — Pendlebury. Algebra —Baker and Bourne, Part Ito page 90, and factorizing. Geometry- -Practical Introduction and Part I. Latin —Scott and Jones, First Course and part of Second Course. French —Guerber's Contes et Legendes Part I; Methode Naturelle, to p. 60. Physiology —Furneaux. Physics —Castle's Practical Physics. Book-keeping—Thornton's First Lessons. MARLBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. Stajj. Mr. J. Innes, M.A., LL.D. ; Mr. ,J. H. Goulding, M.A.; Mr. W. A. G. Penlington, M.A. ; Miss E. M. Aiten, M.A. 1. Report of the Board of Governors. I beg to submit the following brief report on the working of the Marl borough High School during the year ending 31st December, 1913. The number of pupils admitted during the year was 50, of whom 23 were girls and 27 boys. All but two were holders of free places. The roll numbers were -girls, 57 ; boys, 66 ; total, 123. Mr. L. J. Wild, M.A., having resigned during the first term in order to prosecute his scientific studies, his place was taken by Mr. Penlington, M.A. At the end of the second term Miss Butler, M.A., resigned, and Miss Jenkins, M.A., a former pupil of the school, was appointed.

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