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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVI, Issue 33, 22 December 1898, Page 15

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6T. MAEY'B CONVENT HIOH SCHOOL. (From our own correspondent.) The annual distribution of prizes, prior to the Christmas holidays, took place at this school on Monday afternoon, in the presence of a number of visitors and parents of the children. Among those present were His Grace Archbishop Redwood, Very Rev. Father Devoy, V.G., Very Rev. Father Lewis, Sir Arthur and Lady Douglas, and the Count and Countess de Courte. Prior to the prizegiving a short concert programme was performed in which Misses Beck, Reilly, J. Evatt, L. White, and Falconer took part. The Rev. Father Holley read out the names of the prize winners, the prizes being presented by his Grace the Arohbishop. The list was as follows :—: — Good conduct (silver medal, gift of Mrs. M. Kennedy) senior division, boarders, Daisy Reilly ; silver medals (gifts of Mr. White), day pupils, equal in merit, Cecilia Guise and Agnes Bourke. Good Conduct junior division, boarders, Earle Bremner ; day pupils, Eileen Truman ; preparatory school, Christine Henry. Christian Doctrine, firßt division, gold medal, Sharp memorial (gift of Mrs. O'Connor), Daisy Reilly ; second division, Geraldine M'Alister ; third division, Eanie Martin ; preparatory school, Ruby Poll. Dux, gold medal (gift of Mr. G. Fisher, junior), Mamie Waldegrave. English Composition, honourable mention, Mamie Waldegrave ; gold medal (gift of his Grace Archbishop Redwood), Nettie Falconer. Diligence, gold medal (gift of Mr. E. Palmer), Nellie Achison. Painting, Marion Brady Singing (gold medal, gift of Dr. Grace), Theo. Shapter ; higher school division (gift of Mr. Brookes), Christine Smith; junior division (gift of Mr. Brookes), Mamie Waldegrave. Instrumental music (gold medal, gift of Mrs. McCarthy), Nettie Falconer; senior division (gift of Mr.. Brookes), Marioa Brady ; intermediate division (gift of Mr. Brookes), Daisy Reilly ; junior division (gift of Mr. Brookes), Alice McDonald ; primary division (gift of Mr. Brookes), Mary McDonald. Needlework: Ist division, Ist prize, Cecilia Guise ; 2nd, Kathleen Bourke ; 2nd division, Earle Bremner. Shorthand : senior division, Ist prize (gift of Miss Williams), Isabel O'Grailigan ; 2nd (gift of Miss Williams), Marion Brady ; 3rd (gift of Miss Williams), Rene Pearce ; junior division (gift of Miss Williams), Margaret MEwen. Matriculation class : English, arit - metic, geography, French, Nettie Falconer ; algebra, Euclid, composition, Latin, Mamie Waldegrave ; French conversation, Claude Douglas ; model drawing, Ethel Garrett; freehand drawing, Ethel Poll; neatest exercise book, Olive Beck. Class VII : Grammar, composition, recitation, writing, Rose Sheridan ; arithmetic, Cecilia Guise ; geography, Euclid, Latin, Itene Pearce ; Algebra and drawing (freehand), Daisy Reilly ; mapping, Ethel Garrett: spelling, Muriel Waldegrave ; neatest exercise book! Theresa Rowe. Class VI: Best pass, Rene Webb ; geography, drawing, and mapping, Agnes Burke ; grammar, composition, arithmetic, Euclid, and Latin, Connie Reilly ; Algebra, Lita Truman ; writing, reading' and recitation, Nellie Ryan ; French, Muriel Waldegrave. Class V : Neatest exercise book, Ethel Poll: composition, Ethel Falconer; grammar, Hessie Whitaker; French and geography, Olive Blake; Latin, reading, and recitation, Annie Duig-nan • arithmetic, first prize, Nora Monaghan ; second, Rene Nathan • drawing and writing, Mabel Price ; spelling, Constance M'Oloskey'. Class IV : Best Pass, Violet Thompson ; arithmetic, equal in merit, Geraldine M'Alister and Gladys Philp ; spelling. Geraldine M'Alister ; writing, Eileen Truman ; composition, grammar, and French, Eveline Collins ; geography, Gladys Philp ; reading and recitation, Connie Gibbs ; drawing, Annie Scott. Class III: Arithmetic and writing, Amie Laing ; geography, composition, and dictation, Mary Fitzgerald ; history, equal in merit! Mary Fitzgerald and Carlisle Marshall ; reading, recitation, grammar, and drawing, Carlisle Marshall ; mental arithmetic, Frances Vaney. Class II: Arithmetic, geography, reading, and recitation, Monica Blake; writing, composition, and dictation, Mary McDonald; history, Doris Hay wood.

•Fl** 8 t A _ rit £ m . etic ' Gracie M'Ardle; writing, reading, and recitation, Martha Duignan ; drawing, Mabel Ward. After the distribution of prizes shorthand certificates from Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons were presented to Miss M. Brady, J. O'Galligan, R. Pearce, and M. Putnam (theoretical), and to Miss R Falconer, speed certificate, for 130 words a minute. This is the highest certificate attained by a school pupil in the city. Afterwards his Grace the Archbishop complimented the school on the sucoecs of the past year, and felt sure the pupils would always be grateful to Divine Providence for the opportunity of receiving suoh an excellent education as was impaited at St. Mary's where they not only received instruction at the hands of efficient teachers, but at the same time lived in an atmosphere of every Christian virtue. The musical programme was of a high order and gave him very great pleasure, and if their other studies came up to the same excellent standard they had reason to be very grataf ul to the Sistars for their unselfish devotedness to their welfare. He wished them a happy Christmas, and said that studies would be resumed on 30th January next.