CONVENT SELECT SCHOOL, WANGANUI.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 1, 3 January 1901, Page 29

CONVENT SELECT SCHOOL, WANGANUI.

On the ocoMion of the annual entertainment by the pupils of the Scored Heart Select School, Wanganui, conducted by the SUtera of Bt Joseph, there was a large attendance of parents and friends in the Oddfellows' Hall. The programme (says the Herald) was a lengthy one, and it was with pleasure we noted the finished manner in which the various items were contributed. The following was the programme :— Chorus, pupils of St. Joseph's School ; pianoforte duet, Misses K. Galpin and B. Hunter ; vocal duet, Misses L. Dalziell and A. Hyde ; violin quintet, Misses J. and M. Flynn, K. Galpin, B. Hunter, and T. Wilkie ; piano orte solo, Miss Adelia Doherty ; dance, junior pupils of Sacred Heart Sohool ; vooal duet, Misses E. Moroney and A. Dalziell ; pianoforte duet, Master C. and Miss R. Perrett ; vocal solo, Miss H. Flynn ; tambourine drill, Convent boarders ; pianoforte solo, Miss Julia Flynn ; chorus, pupils of the Sacred Heart School ; pianoforte solo, Miss K. Quillinane ; vocal solo, Mit»s C. Links ; fan drill, Convent boarders. The concluding item was the play 'The House in the Avenue,' the characters being admirably taken by Misses Hilda Flynn, Ellie Moroney, Adelia Doherty, K. Quillinane, M. Flynn, Annie Sullivan, Beatrice Wilkie, Julia Flynn, Maud Steedman, Tilly Links, A. Hyde, B. Hunter, Frances Whelan, and May Cooper. The display of work was very fine, creditable alike to the pupils and painstaking Sisters. It was as varied as it was excellent, and in many oases the perfection attained, not only in plain and fancy needlework, but in drawing and painting, etc., was surprising. A very striking feature of the collection was the number of paintings — over 100 — which proved that the pupils possessed special talent in this particular branch. Before distributing the prizes, the Very Rev. Dean Kirk said that he and Mr Lloyd, 8.A., and Rev. Father O'Sullivan, who examined the school, were well pleased with the progress made during the year. He ventured to say that those who visited the exhibition of work at the convent and those present there that night to hear and Bee something of the training and results of the Sitters' work had ample evidence of the year's successes. Dean Kirk then distributed the prizes, the list being as follows : — Junior Civil Service — A. Dougherty, M. F. O'Connell, and Ellie Moroney. Matrioulation Class (Archbishop Redwood's prize for diligence) — Margaret McCulloch ; physiology and geography, A. Dougherty and E. Moroney ; English and French, Margaret McCullooh ; Algebra and arithmetic, Julia Whelan ; history and Euclid, Mary O'Connell. Civil Service Class — English, B. O'Connell ; French and geography, Frances Whelan : arithmetic, J. Flynn ; algebra, Maud Steedman. Class Vl.— -Christian doctrine, S. Georgetti ; history and geography, Tilly Links ; grammar and arithmetic, K. Galpiu ; spelling and expositor, Ethel Nichols ; reading and analysis, Mary Tymons has best marks for the year. In history and grammar, Kate Quinn (only six months at the school) deserves honorable mention. Lower Class VI. — Christian doctrine, Beatrice Hunter ; reading and analysis, Emily Gibbons ; spelling and expositor, E. Gibbons, Nellie Crow ley 2nd ; grammar, geography, history, and arithmetic, Maude Mitchell ; next in merit in geography and arithmetic, F. Meuli ; next in merit in geography and grammar, Norah Dempsey and B. Hunter ; domestic economy, Emily Gibbons ; next in merit, Nellie Manson. Lower Class V. — Christian doctrine and reading and honorable mention in three other subjects, Beitrice Wilkie ; excellence in all subjects, Nellie Dwyer ; history, Annie Lloyd, and merit in three other subjects ; geography and grammar, Mary Lloyd ; honorable mention — arithmetic, Amy Hyde and Nellie Rigarleford ; history, A. Hyde and G. Powell ; domestic economy, Gladys Powell and N. Rigarlsford. Lower Class IV.— Christian doctrine, May Markham ; reading, Mary Flynn Ist, Ivy Cribb 2nd ; spelling and expositor, Josephine Lloyd and K. Quillinane (equal in marks-) ; grammar, M. Flynn ; merit, May Palmer j geography, May Palmer ; next in merit, X

Quillinane, May Cooper, and W. Hatrick ; arithmetic, Mary Flynn and Winnie Read ; history and composition, Norah Pine Ist, W. Hatrick 2nd ; next in merit, Flora Meehan ; arithmetic, specially deserv* ing of mention for second highest marks during the year, Cissie IN 61ii» Class lll.— Reading, Ella O'Reilly ; spelling and history, Hit* garet O'Neill ; arithmetic, Vera Galpin and E. O'Reilly (100 markf «*rh) : grammar, Myrtle Richardnon ; expositor, Margaret Keegan; geography, Lelia Barns. Lower 111. — Catechism, Annie RnlHvan ; arithmetic, A. Sullivan and Nellie O'Neill ; reading, A. Sullivan and Maggie Hatriok ; spelling, Ivy Thompson and W. Neylon ; grammar, I. Thompson and Lucy Wixcey ; next in merit, Mary O'Neill ; geography, Mary O'Neill and Queenie Perrett ; arithmetic and tables, Mary Keegan. SPECIAL PHIZES. Amiability — Selected by her companions for the ' Crown,' Tilly Lings (Mr Lundon's gold medal). Good Conduot— Mary O'Connell (Mrs. Dalziell's gold medal). Music — Instrumental and theory, senior grade : A. Doherty (Mayor's gold medal), and M. Barrie ; Binging, senior grade: Slue Mahoney (gold medal) ; intermediate, instrumental, Julia Fiynn ; intermediate, singing, Hilda Flynn ; junior, instrumental, Kate Quillinane ; junior, singing, Ada Dalziell ; violin, Kate Galpin lit, Julia and Mary Flynn 2 (prizes given by Mr Beck). Painting— Ada Dalgiell Ist, Lily Dalziell 2nd ; honorable men* tion for excellent work : Fiancee Whelan, K. Galpin, Julia Flynn. and Hilda Flynn. * * Drawing — Lily Dalziell Ist, Kathleen Galpin 2nd ; honorable mention, Julia and Frances Whelan. Fancy Work— Mary O'Connell Ist, Sophia Georgetti 2nd ; honorable mention, Blla O'Reilly and B. O'Connell. Plain Sewing — L. Dalziell Ist, E. O'Reilly 2nd ; hon mention, Flora Mett and Maud Mitchell. Writing— E. Moroney. MUSICAL EXAMINATIONS, Under Trinity College, London — Theory, Miss Minnie Barrie, senior honors ; Misses Adelia Dougherty, M. Barrie, Mary O'Connell, and Maud Steedman. Senior pass, intermediate honors : Misses E. Moroney and Otelia Links ; Misses J. Flynn, K. Galpin, Margaret McCulloch, and Mary Symons, intermediate pass ; Misses Lite Dalziell, M. McCulloch, and MaryCrowley. junior honors ; Misses £. O'Connell, Emily Gibbons, Ellen Crowley, Amy Hyde, and Kate Oldham, junior pass. Under the same College (Trinity) the following were passed im practical — Senior grade, Miss Ellie Moroney ; intermediate, Missis Gibbons, Hyde, and Hilda Flynn ; junior grade, Misses A. Dalsiell, T. Wilkie, K. Quillinane, Lily Dalziell, and E. O'Reilly j preparatory grade, Misses W. Hatrick, L. Barns, M. Richardson, Annie Sullivan, J. Flynn, T. Wilkie, and M. Flynn. Under the Royal Academy and College of Music Board — Theory : Senior grade, A. Dougherty ; higher school, M. Barrie ; intermediate J. Flynn. Practical Examination — Adelia Dougherty, senior local centre pass ; M. Barrie, higher school pass ; J. Flynn, pass in preparatory grade (violin) ; and Kate Quillinane passed with distinction ia elementary grade.

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