SACRED HEART SCHOOL, HASTINGS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3, 18 January 1900, Page 10

SACRED HEART SCHOOL, HASTINGS.

(From our own correspondent.)

A most enjoyable entertainment was given by the pupils of St. Joseph's Convent on the eve of their breaking up for the Christmas holidays. The chair was taken by the Mayor of Hastings (W. G. Dennett), and Mr. A, L D. Fraaer, M R.R., for Napier, was also present. An apology was received from Captain Russell, who was absent through illnes« The programme was as follows : — Action song, infants ; song, boys ; pianoforte duet, Misses A. Sehaeffer, M. Maloney, R. Shattky, and L. Aldridge ; tableau, ' Brittania ' ; action song, junior pupils ; Irish jig, Master J. McCarthy ; fairy bell dance, junior pupils ; recitation, Miss N. Poppelwell ; tableau, •Faith, hope, and charity '; hoop exercises, junior pupils ; recitation. Miss N. Poppelwell ; tableau, ' Fairy land' ; action song, senior pupils ; pianoforte duet, Master O'Reilly, Misses Shattky, Lena and Cissy Aldridge ; tableau, • four seasons ' ; sailor's hornpipe, Masters F. Vickers and C. Dewston ; fan drill, senior pupils ; play, ' Mrs. Willis's Will,' the characters in which were sustained by Misses Lily Vickers, Rose Bransch, Mary McGrath, Nellie Poppelwell, and Frances Doherty. It would be invidious to single out any item for praise where all were so creditably performed, suffice it to say that the unanimous decision of those present was that the high order of the entertainment reflected the greatest credit on the good Sisters, who had evidently devoted much time and labour to coaching the pupils to such a degree of excellence.

The Mayor having made a few kind remarks to the children, Mr. Fraser delivered a stirring speech on the Catholic question of Education, and promised hia kind assistance and stout support whenever such matters were being discussed in the House. The Very Rev. Father Smyth thanked Mr. Fraser for his expressions of sympathy with the Catholic cause, and the Mayor for having so kindly presided.

Father Smyth, who takes such a lively interest in the school, presented the prizes, and congratulated both the teachers and the pupils upon the success achieved by the school during the past year.

The following is the prize list: — Dux.— Boys— Alfred Elwood ; girls— Nellie Poppelwell. Standard VI. — Boys — Gregory Lee ; girls — Genevieve Moroney. Standard IV.— Boys— Alfred Elwood 1, John Heeney 2 ; girla — Nellie Poppelwell 1, May Ellesley 2. Standard lll.— Boys— Charlie Dewston 1, Michael McCarthy 2 ; girls — Philomena Allison 1, Lylie Blake 2, May Moloney 3. Standard ll.— Boys -Frank O'Reilly 1, John Downes 2, Emmett Mclvor 3 ; girls— Lizzie Murphy 1, Ruby Shattky 2, Sarah Mundell 3.

Standard I— Boya— John McQuirk 1, Charlie Downes 2, Timothy O'Connor 3 ; girls— Teresa Stack 1, Alice Heeney 2, Mary Gilhooley 3, Ruby O'Neill 4.

Christian doctrine. — First grade — The Cullen Memorial medal, John Maggin 1 , Leslie Harker 2 ; girls— Nellie Poppelwell. Second grade: Boys — Michael O'Brien ; girls — Philomena Allison 1, Lylie Blake 2. Third grade : Boys — Willie Simmona 1, John Downes 2 ; Patrick Carroll 3 ; girls — Maggie White 1, Nellie Musgrove 2, Kathleen O'Brien 3. Fourth grade : Boys— John Sullivan 1, John McQuirk 2, Willie Coghlan 3 ; girls— Annie Hickey 1, Mary Casey 2, Mary Cosgroves 3. Fifth grade : Henry Diamond 1, Edward Casey 2, John Huurigan 3 ; girls — Lena White 1, Nellie Windle 2, Gertie Kearns 3.

Special prizes.— Singing, Willie Black ; sewing, Lucy Ellesley ; art needlework, Mary Kelly ; music, Cissy Aldridge ; attendance, John Sullivan, Horace Sullivan, Thomas Sullivan, John Maggin, Thomas Aldridge, Albert Aldridge, Frank O'Reilly, Willie Simmons, May Conway ; school discipline, boys — Alfred Elwood, Thomas Aldridge, Michael Keans ; girls — May Conway, Lena Aldridge, May Maloney, Kathleen Crowley.