CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' SCHOOLS, DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XI, Issue 35, 28 December 1883, Page 21

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' SCHOOLS, DUNEDIN.

The annual distribution of prizes was made at this school on Friday by His Lordship the Bishop, iin presence of the rev. clergy of the mission and several gentlemen, friends, and relatives of the pupils. The following programme was gone through with :—l.: — 1. Overture, (piano) " Fairy Voyage," A. Court ; 2. Recitation, " Tell's Address," F. Walker; 3. Dialogue, "The King and the Miller," J. Macedo and A. Mcllroy ; 4. Chorus, " Canadian Boat Song ; " 5. Violin Solo, F. Walker; 6. Scene from " Coriolanus," L. Pavletich, J. McNamara ; 7. Recitation, " Hodge and the Vicar," F. Philp ; 8. Beading, " Mardochai," F. Walker ; 9. Chorus, " Meeting of the Waters; "10. Recitation, " SMel's Reply," J. Hally ; 11. Piano Solo, " Summer Night," A. Court ; 12. Dialogue, " Cromwell and Wolsey," J. Connor, H. Leary ; 13. Quartette, " Last Rose," F. Walker, J. Hally, J. McNamara, and W. Pearson ; 14. Reading, " Skating under difficulties," J. Hally ; 15. Chorus, "My Own Native Land ; " 16. Piano Solo, " Pulaski's Banner," J. Macedo ; 17. Scene from " Henry the Fourth," J. Drumm, J. Macedo ; 18. Scene fron "Cataline," J. Hally, F. Walker, C. Colamb, J. McNamara. The various items on the programme were very creditably rendered — the boys showing a great deal of intelligence in their recitations, and entering into the spirit of the various tasks committed to them, whether humorous or grave, in a very pleasing manner. Master F. Walker's " Mardochai," and Master J. Hally's description of Mr. Winkle's famous skating adventure, were especially well given, and provoked much laughter. The quartette "Last Rose," was the chief performance among the musical selections, and was sung with extreme sweetness, the boys' voices harmonising charmingly. The whole programme, however, was so very well carried out that we are unable to make any marked distinctions. The Bishop then distributed the prizes, and afterwards spoke to the following effect : —

The number of the boys was 230 and he hoped they woald increase largely next year. — He was happy to say that as the school grew older it became n?ore efficient, but this was to be expected, for there were a greater number of boys and they were for a longer period under tuition. — His Lordship then gave the percentage obtained by the boys who won the scholarships, and some particulars of the competition. He said it was only fair to state that the bo; who was second on the list bad been very nearly equal to the successful candidate, so that it had been a nice matter to decide the result fairly. The succes-ful competitor had gained 94| per cent, of all possible marks, and the second on the list 94J.— As an instance of the progress made by the boys during the year, His Lordship compared the percentage gained by them this year with that gained last year, but the figures will be found in the table we give below. He was happy to be able to announce to those present that the conduct of the boys had been good. He believed he ought to say more than this— that it bad been very good indeed. For the firs s time there had been no complaints made to him this year. This was a very gratifying circumstance. He hoped it would continue so. Complaints would never be made iE the boys were careful to consider their conduct, and to follow the good example that was shown to them. Boys attending a school like this where religion and morality were made paramount ought to bear in mind the advantages they enjoyed ; they should take a pride in their school, and act towards it with what is called esprit de corj>s. They should do nothing in any way to cast a slur upon it. There was good reason to be pleased wi«h the results of the year's work, and those who had won the prizes well deserved their rewards. Those who were not successful should recollect that they might make better progress next year. If they were more attentive and industrious and more regular in their attendance they would succeed better, and they should make a resolution to be so in future. — He had to thank those ladies and gentlemen who had kindly contributed prizes to be compc^ci for ; it wa9 a practice that he should recommend to all, as it eucouraged industry and application among the pupils, and he thought ail who could should take part in it. He hoped the boys would thoroughly enjoy their holidays, that none of them would be troublesome or wild, or on any account allow bad companions to lead them into mischief ; they must keep away from bad company, and do nothing that was sinful or harmful. Without doing so, however, they could enjoy themselves thoroughly and take part in all suitable sports. His Lordship then dismissed the school until January 28, saying that he did not think the vacation was too long considei ing the hard work that had been done in the school during the year. — We append the prize list : — Examination Results foe Bishop's Scholabship of 1884. December, 1883. I .; I I I O. (rA I .• I i YT~\ 1 . ._.

Christian Doctrine, Arithmetic, English Grammar, and BookKeeping are compulsory subjects. The othw four are not compulsory, but any two of them may be taken to make up the required number of six subjects. — We mark with an asterisk the subjects chosen by each boy. We may add that the questions given this year were considerably more difficult than those given last year.

Junior Scholabship. — Awarded to Daniel J. Falkner, who received 89 four-sevenths per cent, of the possible number of marks. In the examination for this scholarship, C. Fottrell made 86 sixsevenths ; Joseph Deaker, 86 ; James Farrell, 83 four-sevenths ; A. M'llroy, 81 four-sevenths ; T. M'Namara, 79 ; W. M'Cormick, 78 two-sevenths ; A. O'Brien, 76 five-sevenths ; W. Hayea, 75 threesevenths ; John Carroll, 72 ; and G. Carter, 71 five-sevenths per cent, of the total possible number of marks.

Senior Book.

Regular Attendance (Mr J. B. Callan's prize).— F. Walker, The following were present every day during the year : F. Walker. Jeremiah O'Connor, John Cousins, and D. Falkner. Good Condnct (Mrs. Haydoa's prize). — A. O'Sullivan. Home Work (Mrs. Murphy's prizes). — First (highest) Class: J. Hally and F. Hall. Second Class : C. Fottrell and E. Sheedy. Christian Doctrine.— First Class : J. Hally, 1 ; A. O'Sullivan, 2. Second Class ; E. Sheedy, 1 ; J. Deaker, 2.

Arithmetic— First Class: A. O'Sullivan and F. Hall, equal. Second Class: John M'Clusky and D. Falkner, equal English (Mr. M. Fleming's prize). — First Class : Jeremiah O'Connor, 1; J. Hally, 2. Second Class : A. O'Brien, 1 ; D. Falkner, 2. Book-keeping. — First Class ; Jeremiah O'Connor and J. Hally equal. Second Class : C. Fottrell, 1 ; A. M'llroy, 2. Composition (Mrs. Haydon's prize). — First Class : F. Walker, 1 ; J. Hally, 2. Second Class : A. O'Brien, 1 ; W. Hayes, 2. History (Mr. J. B. Callan's prize).— First Class : F. Walker, 1; F. Hall 2. Second Class : D. Falkner, 1 ; T. Drumm, 2.

Geography.— First Class: A. O'Sullivan, 1; W. Pearson, 2. Second Class : Jno 1 Carroll. 1 ; Joseph Deaker, 2. Geometry (Mr. F. W. Petre's prize).— A. Court, 1 ; A. O'Sullivan, 2.

Algebra (Mr. Meenan's prize) .—J. Hally, 1 ; F. Hall, 2 ; L. Pavletich, 3. Mensuration (Mr. Gartland's prize).~J. Hally, 1 ; F. Hall, 2. Latin.— First Class : A. O'Sullivan, 1 ; F. Hall, 2. Second Class : W. Pearson, 1 ; 0. Columb, 2. French.— First Class : A. O'Sullivan, 1 ; A. Court, 2. Second Class : T. M'Namara, 1 ; C. Fotterell, 2.

Drawing.— J. Cousins, 1 ; W. Pearson, 2. Vocal Music (Rev. Father Lynch's prize). — F.Walker, 1; J. Hally, 2. The following in this room passed the examination for th« junior certificate of the Tonic Sol-fa College : F. Walker, J. Hally, W. Pearson, A. Court, T. M'Namara, C. Cunaing, C. Fottrell, and P. Smith.

Best Writing (Mr. N. Smith's prize). —First Class : J. Hally, 1 ; Jeremiah O'Connor, 2. Second Class :J. Slattery, 1 ; F. Meade, 2.

SPECIAL PBIZEB.

Best-finished home exercise book (Mr. N. Smith's prize).— Jeremiah O'Connor.

Orthography.— First Class : A. O'Sullivan, 1 ; F. Walker, 2. Second Class : C. Meade, 1 ; J. Farrell and E. Sheedy, equal. Mapping.— Jeremiah O'Connor, 1 ; J .Hally, 2. Recitation.— J. Hally, 1 ; F. Walker, 2.

Bishop's Scholarship. — This certificate was granted to those who, in the examination, passed (i.e. made not less than 70 per cent.) in Christian Doctrine, Arithmetic, English, and Book-keeping. The subjects examined in were :—l,: — 1, Christian Doctrine ; 2, Arithmetic ; 3, English Grammar ; 4, Book-keeping ; 5, English Composition ; 6, History ;7, Geography ; 8, Geometry. A; O'Sullivan passed in 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 6, 7, and 8 ; J. Hally in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 ; Jeremiah O'Connor in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 ; F. Walker in I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 ; F. Hall in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 ; and A. Court in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.

Junior Scholarship Certificate. — This was given to those who, in the examination for the Juuior Scholarship, made not less than 70 per cent, in Christian Doctrine, Arithmetic, and English Grammar. The following were the subjects for the Junior Scholarship :—Christian Doctrine, Arithmetic, Knglish Grammar, Book-keeping, English Composition, History, and Geography. D. Falkner, passed in all, C. Fottrell in all, A. Mcllroy in all, W. McOormick in all, and Joseph Deaker in all. Wai, Hayes passed in all except geography, J. Farrell in all except book-keeping, and T, McNamara in all except book-keeping and. geography. All these received the Junior Scholarship certificate. Dux of school. — Silver medal (the gift of the Catholic Literary Society), Frederick Charles Walker.

CERTIFICATES.

Middle Room.

Dux.— Silver medal (gift of Mr. M'Keay, solicitor) : James Maguire. Good Conduct. — H. Griffen, 1 ; J. Bradley, 2. Regular Attendance.— H. O'Reilly, F. O'Driscoll, C. Pistor (equal). Home Lessons. — (Christian doctrine, spelling, grammar, geography). First Division— First (highest) Class, Mr. J. Fleming's prize :W. Woods, 1 ; Jno. ftieenan, 2. Second Class : Thos. Walsb, 1 ; A. Miles, 2. Third Class : A. Fuller, 1 ; John Beasley, 2. Second Divisfon— First Class : A Murphy, 1 ; Thos. Webb, 2. Second Class : Peter Delahunty, 1 ; M. Francis, 2. Third Class : F O'Driscoll, 1 ; B. O'Neill, 2. Home Exercises. — First Division — First Class (Mr. J. Fleming' prize) :J. Maguire, 1; W. Woods, 2. Seoond Cla3s :6. Darragh, 1 ; W. Taylor, 2. Third Class :A. Fuller, 1; D. Edmonds, 2. Second Division— Firat Class : A. Murphy, 1, ; M. Hickey, 2. Second Class : M. Francis, 1 ; Joe Cantwell, 2. Third Class : E. Riordan, 1 ; Jno Taylor, 2. Heading. —First Division : Charles Eager, 1 ; H. Griffen, 2. Second Division : Joe Cautwell, 1 ; F. O'Driscoll' 2. Arithmetic— First Division (Mr. Thomas Power's prize) : John Meenan, 1 ; H. Griffen, 2. Second Division : Thos. O'Brien, 1 ; Thos. Primate, 2.

MarKKa^ Mapping.^A. Marphy. ' Best finished exercise book.— Jas. Maguire Best finished copy book.— B. O'Sullivan Staging.— Tonic Sol-fa CoUege Certificates gained by Geo. Pear. TnA mL ag T lre 'J* ¥ ur ? hy ' W ' Woods, HfGriffen, A. Murphy, Jno. Meenan, Joe Macedo, Jno. Connor. _. . . _ Junioe Boom; Stronacb. Third Class': J. Durkin. ' ■ ™Tri tinE '~; P i?' t Claafl: J - 'Woods, Second Class": J. Harris, .laira Class : J. Connor. Third Class : A. Hall and W % Kaye, equal. ThirH r ! ?l~^ ir^ 0Ia8s: J> Dorki n- Second Class :W. Connor, xnira, Class : B. Beasley. ni fla « I^ C ? t i 0I1 n and^ Sp^ ng -~Firßfc~ FirBfc Class: M - Morrissey. Second Class : J. McDonald. Third Class : J; Connor. w*r,5 Om T^A~ Fir^ £ laßa :J ' F °sarty. Second Class :J. Hams. Third Class : C. Wilkinson. G. BJth"rforf 88 ° DSl ~Firßfc~ FirBfc ° IaBS :J * Boyle< Second OlaBS : Regnlar Attendance.— J. Fogarty and M. Morrissey, equal.

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