ST. MARY'S AND ST. JOSEPH'S SCHOOLS, WANGANUI.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XV, Issue 38, 13 January 1888, Page 11

ST. MARY'S AND ST. JOSEPH'S SCHOOLS, WANGANUI.

( Wanganui Cloronicle, December 17.) The breaking-up entertainment in connection with St. Mary's and TW«»? SP flßbf 18b 8C t hoo i ßwas S^en last night in the schoolroom. There was a large attendance of parents and friends, all of whom seemed pleased with the efforts of tbe children to afford them a good evening s amusement. The programme was as follows :-Greeting Burk/ ;pS tatl °"'T\ Th V Arab ' 8 Jewell to his Steed," Johann! iStt/jJrfwK & fi° hh x T Groml ey." B.Messiter; recitation, "The Jprfl-t? ; .fn l0 P e CT he i B °e ÜB ' Mesc a? e,"P. r jO ftusand L. Farrell; recitation, " Barbara Fritchie," M. McDuff ; recitation, » Lost Kitten," Jon7«?Th«T ; d ' alo f ue> i 1 Dolly ' 8 Doctor «" M Br °e an and J - Bro ™; IM&.TI «? ™ Blxtee ° b °y 8 ; scene from « William T.1!," J. Hogan «n? ?' • 11 I geP ' W> °' Hara F " Loftu8 ' and W - Kelly ; recita' '2 &T$ X° , th ? Old '" E - Ru-8ell ; "The Farmer and the Lawyer," M McCullock ; "Keeping his Word," K. Kearney; song, Cri? °»°T 8e b ° a SS-V." little girls ; scene from the play of » The if-f'^* ' ,? Hara an( * J- McClenaghan; recitations, "Tod^y and to-morrow '• Eva Reid ; « The Three Little Chairs." Bridget Moran ; song, Put me in my Little Bed," all ; recitation, " Mice," Maggie Holly ; a piece entitled « Little Pickle," in which toe f >llowing children figured, was then given : Masters M. McCulloch, G. S' ?>f e11 ; T ' Wixe y« J ' H °g an . and Misses Mary O'Leary, and Mary Ball This concluded the entertainment. * ♦w T l he !i Kllk » be£ore Presenting the prizes, stated that they were not awarded as the result of the exam. nation, but of the year s work. He then presented the rewards as follows :— ST. MABY'S SCHOOL. T Q «, F °^o b ° lasßl la \ Division-Catechism, Archbishop's prize, James O flara ; general excellence, Caledonian Society's medal and Mr. j. Brennan's prize, Thomas Hogan. cn F ff th T> C1 nn a ~ R , c , adingt Irish hißtor y' and arithmetic, John McDuff ; Dr. Connolly's prize for attendance, George Friend ; speU Ho^an 5 geogra P bv - Th om»8 Hogan ; grammar, M. Fourth Class, 2nd division-Mr. George Sheriff's prize for con- ™ '■ Z ,*™ °l °~ ; B eneral excellence, Thomas Wixey : geography, fr!SH MC ww U n- J le&^' W> °' Hara 5 J McClenigha/ S^aoSS? 6lly Th ° maS ° rOnin ' 2Qd « B ' ReQdall 5 t . Thi , r< ! ( 2 a8 £ ls * d i v i«on— Grammar, H. Steedman ; reading, W. Turner Ist B. Conroy 2nd ; spelling, J. Kearney and D. Beard ; geography and general diligence, W. Murphy ; arithmetic, G, Morgan ; writing, F. Loftus, next in merit, Thomas ftees ; Mr. Me Duff's prize for attendance, William Turner. m^o hi r rd v, C J aß^. 2nd divißi <>n-Reading, Thomas Hegarty ; arithmetic, John McClenaghan. ST. JOSEPH'S SCHOOL. Fourth Class-Catechism, Archbishop's prize, Maggie Friend ; general excellence, Johanna Burke ; earnest application, Mr.Lundon's pnie Mary Gordon ; reading, Kate Kearney ; writing, Mary Gordon and Florae Loftus ; arithmetic, Johanna Burke ; general improvement, Bridget Mbran ; Singing, and prize given by Mr. Sheriff, Mary OLeary ; needlework, Mary McClenaghan ; regular attendance, and second tor general excellence, prize medal given by Mr. McDuff, lizzie Farrell ; catechism, Michael McCulloch and Charlss Brough. Ihird Class— Excellence in all subjects, prize given by Mr. John Brennan, John Leydon ; reading, Mary Ball Ist, John Russell 2nd ; arithmetic, John Murphy and Alex. McLachlan ; writing, Eva Reid, J. Brady, and M; Ball ; spelling, Emma Russell and Ernest Loftus : singing, Annie Goode and Eva Reid ; good conduct, Edward Brown ; diligence. John Connery, Mary Holly, and James Burke ; needlework, Amma Russell. All the other children received gifts during the day from the Christmas tree. The following friends of the schoolß kindly cod. tributed prizes during the year : Messrs. Wixey, Kennedy, McDuff, J. Brennan, D Lundon, G. Sheriff, Dr. Connolly, and others, and bather Kirk desires to heartily thank them for their gifts, and especially Mr. D. Lundon, who promises a gold medal for the scholar who gains the highest number of marks for the ensuing year for application, progress, and attendance. The competition will be open to all the schools. The schools resume on the 23rd of January,