DOMINICAN CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL, DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume IX, Issue 454, 23 December 1881, Page 3

DOMINICAN CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL, DUNEDIN.

The annual concert and distribution of prizes took place at this school on Friday last, the Rev. Father O'Malley, S. J., presiding. There were also present the Rev. Fathers Walsh, Adm., Newport, Burke, and Fitzgerald, Mr O'Neil, and several lady relatives and friends of the pupils. The concert and exhibition of work spoke very highly for the character of the school — more especially since, in order that the regular coarse of studies might not be interrupted, the time given to rehearsal was extremely limited, and the performances of the pupils might be taken as the results of solid acquirements, and by no means as those of " cramming" for a particular exhibition. The following programme was gone through with :— (1.) " Down in the Forest Glade," a chorus sung by the pupils of the junior school, in excellent time and tune. (2.) '« Deh con te," a pianoforte duet, performed by two little ladies, who stood up to reach the key board of the instrument, but who went through their task with precision and good expression. (3.) " Ich singe" a vocal chorus sung in German by the junior pupils who seemed to find the foreign language familiar to their tongues. (4.) A scene from Racine's Atfialie, given in the original French with fluency and intelligence. (5.) " Andantino and Polacca,"' by Kuhlau, a difficult duet, performed oa three pianofortes by six young ladies, and given with correctness and taste ; in this performance, as in all thoso executed simultaneously, the precisioa with which the time was kept was very remarkable, and it was difficult to perceive that more tban one instrument was in use. (6.) " Swiftly fiom the mountain's brow," a glee, very prettily aud correctly rendered. (7.) "The Bells," E. A. Poe's famous verses, recited simultaneously and with good understanding and expression by several young ladies. (8.) A duet from Beethoven played on four pianos by eight young ladies, and which was a brilliant performance. (9.) " Light and Laughing Summer Sky/ a vocal trio, very sweetly I sung. (10.) •' La Belle Helene," "La Hondinelle," a pianoforte duet. (11.) " Down Among the Lilies,"' a vocal trio. (12.) Pianoforte solo, "L' Argentine." (13.) Duet, pianoforte, " Oberon." (H.) " The Master and Scholar," a vocal duet. (15.) "La GaiteV' Rondo brillante, by Weber. (16.) Vocal chorus, " Let the Hills Reßound." Amongst these last items, each of which was in itß way admirably given, the most remarkable were the piano solos performed by Miss Watson and Miss Rehberg, and the duet of tne Misses Irwin, Of these young ladies Miss Rehberg is the more advanced, but all of them promise to become musicians of a very high class. The exhibition of work contained a very large selection, seemingly of all possible descriptions, and executed with the utmost delicacy. The young ladies who appeared to hare attained to the greatest degree' of skill in both the ornamental and useful branches of the art (including plain sewing and darning) being the Misses George and Meenan, of the drawings shown Miss Bleenan's were the most admired. The young lady who received the crown and the Bishop's prize for amiability, awarded by the voles of her school-fellows, was Miss George. We append the prize list : — ENGLISH. Class lV.— First prize, Misses Diamond; second prize, Hegarty. Composition : Diamond. Exercises : Meenan. Mapping : Hegarty; first certificate, Meenan ; second certificate, George. Class 111. — First prize, Misses Neaie ; second prize, Conolly ; third prize, Wall ; third certificate, Pavulitch, Nicholson, and Rutherford. Composition : Neale. Exercises : Nicholson. Mapping : Nicholson ; certificates, Conolly and Bremer. Class II. — Second prize, Misses Watson ; third prize, Waters. Composition: Waters; certificate, Ahe.n. Exercises: Waters. Mapping : E. Hales ; certificates, Ahem and Waters. Class I.— First Prize, Misses R. Mills ; second prize, Roberts ; second certificates, Perriu and Martin. Exercises : Martin. ABITHMETIC. Class IV.— Second certificates for attention, Misses Nantes and George. Class 111. — First prize, Misses Christie ; second prize, Nicholson; second certificates, Conway, Rosbotham, and Rutherford ; third certificates for attention, K. Lees, Norman, Hales, Woods, and Pavletich. Class II. — First prize, Misses Columb ; certificates, Mills, Watson, Carroll, Waters, Grant, Hallinan, Stephenson, Bayley and Scanlan. Class I.— Prize, Misses A. Harming ; certificates, Roberts and Pen-in. BOOKKEEPING. First Priz?, Misses Meenau ; second prize. Lees ; second certificates, Hales, Wall, Norman, Diamond, Pavletich, George, Rutherford, Hegarty, Conway, Woods, O'Driscoll, Christie, Hill, Hanniag, Grant, Rosbotham, Sherne, Neale. FRENCH. Olass IV. — Prizes, Misses Diamond and Hughes. Class 111. — Attention to French : Miss George. Class II. — Prize, Misses Nantes ; certificate, Woods. Class I.— Prize, Misses Hegarty ; certificates, Nicholson, Buther* ford, Couolly. ITALIAW. Prize, Miss Diamond. WRITING. First prize, Misses Wall ; first certificate, Nicholson ; second prize, Meenan ; second certificates, Waters, George, Casey, E. Woods, Hill ; third prize, A. Stephenson ; third certificates, Watson, Martin. DRAWING. First prize, Misses M. George ; first .certificate, Moenan ; sectnd, i certificate for improvement, Hales.

MUSIC. First prize, Mis?es Watson ; second prize, Meenan ; second certificates, Pavleticb, Conway, Hughes, Norman, Woods ; junior prize, Roberts ; second certificates, Martin, Harming ; certificate for improvement in music, Conolly. SINGING. First prize, Misses Mills ; first certificate, Norman ; second certificate for attention, George. CHIOR SINOING. Prizes, Misses M. Conway and Drumm. OBDEB. First Prize, Mi'ssps Hughes ; first certificates, George, Meenan, Hegarty, Diamond, Nantes, Rutherford, Stephenson, Norman, Nicholson, Conolly ; second prize for order, Bay ley : second certificates, Hales, Grant, Watson, Waters, Christie. DOMESTIC DUTIES. First prize, Misses Wall ; certificates, George, Grant, Hales, Meenan , Pavletich, Woods, Neale, Norman, Conolly, Nicholson, Harming, Conway. POLITENESS. First prize, Misses George ; first certificates, Diamond, S. Hughes, Stephenson ; second prize. Hallinan ; second certificates, Watson, Watson, Waters, Bay ley, Christie. PLAIN WORK. First prize, Misses Bremer ; first certificates, Rutherford , Rosbotbam ; second prize, Hughes ; second certificates, Woods, Hales, Lees, M. Stephenßon ; third prize, V. Perrin ; Third certificate, Neale, Hallinan, DARNING, BEPAIRING CLOTHES. Prize, Misses J. Meenan ; second certificates, George, Norman, Conolly, Hales, Martin, Conway, Grant. FANCY WOBK. First Prize, Misses Conolly; first certificates, Conway, Meenan, Pavletich, George, Watson, Woods, Hegarty ; second prize, Mills ; second certificate, Norman Hales, Harming, Carroll, Martin, Waters, Neale, Nantes. LACEWOBK. First certificates, Misses Bremer, Diamond. WAX-FLOWEB MODELLING. Prize ,Misßes George ; second certificate, Conway. PAPER-FLOWEB MODELING. Prize, Misses Conway ; second certificate, Diamond. ATTENDANCE. Prize, Misses Stephenson ; first certificates, Rutherford, Woods, Bremer, Lees, Nantes, O'Driscoll, Watson, Bayley, Williamson, Waters, Christie, E. Woods, Drumm, Hill, Ahem, M. F. Wall, Hallinan. SPKCIAL PRIZE. FOR GENERAL APPLICATION. Miss a *.«».* SPECIAL PBIZE FOB MUSIC. Misses Rehberg, Irwin. BOARDEBS— CHBJSTIAN DOCTMNE. First prize, Misses Vavletich; first certificates, Meenan, Conway, Wall ; second certificate, Norman, Harming. Junior prizes. — W. Perrin, M. Fagan. BIBLE HIBTOBY. First Prize, Misses Conway : second certificate, Wall. DAY-PUPILS— CHRISTIAN DOCTBINE. First prize, Misses O'Driscoll ; first certificates, Woods, Carroll, Mills, Diamond, Hagerty, Watt, Rutherford, Leary, Casey, Hill, Rosbotham, E. Woods, Drumm, Ahem ; second prize, Williamson ; second certificates, Morrison, Columb, K. Meenan, K. Daly, Scanlan, Griffin, K. Cantwell ; third prize, S. Hall and M. Beasley. CONDUCT. First prize, Misses M. Hagerty ; first certificates, George, Hughes, Diamond, Rutherford, Stephenson, Bosbotham ; second prize, Bayley ; second certificates, Watson, Harming, Waters, Christie, Hallinan ; third certificates, Meenan, Woods, Pavletich, Wall, Mills, B. Woods, Norman, Conway, Hill, Ahem, H ales, Grant, Scanlan, M. F. Wall, R. Mills, Roberts. JUNIOR SCHOOL. Class I. — Christian Doctrine and Geography : Misses Catherine Meenan. Fancy work : Anderson. Attention to Music and Arithmetic : Clark. Writing : L. Roberts. Second prize for Arithmetic : Annie Hall. Regular attendance : Frazer. Christian Doctrine and Needlework : Daly. Reading : Theo. Nantes. Second division — Prize for Christian Doctrine, Reading, and Spelling : Walburga Penin. Third prize for Arithmetic : Esther Leary. Improvement in Arithmetic : Katie Stephenson. Class II. — Christian Doctrine and General Improvement : Misses Eatie Cantwell. Reading and Spelling :A. Griffin. Second for General Improvement : Mullin. Class 111. — Christian Doctrine, Arithmetic, and Tables : Misses Sophia Hall. Good Conduct : Fagan. Second division— Christian Doctrine, Reading, and Spelling : L. Beasley. Attention to Arithmetic and Writing : W. Duncan. Regular Attendance : A. Mills.

What a sight for the Protestant nervousness and the Reformation bigotry of England 1 The legal head of the legal Church of England standing side by side with the head of the Oatnolic Church in England — and only a Lord Mayor separating them— on the same platform, joining positively in the same prayer and advocating the same cause. This remarkable sight was realised a few days ago at the London Mansion House, and was witnessed, and seemingly highly approved, by an immense gathering of influential Londoners. The object of the meeting was the suppression of the opium trade — happily one object upon which even all the free-thinking and con-veniently-believing sections of Christianity can agree. .Remarkable sight, and no mistake — his Eminence of Westminster hand in hand with his Protestant Grace of Canterbury ! All very well so far. But wait till the old women of both sexes come together. It will be a strange thing if the antiquated females of Exeter Hall notoriety do not, when they hate an opportunity, make an attempt at bringing his Protestant Grace to account,— Universe,