ST. MARY'S CONVENT, WELLINGTON.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 51, 19 December 1901, Page 19

ST. MARY'S CONVENT, WELLINGTON.

Thk schoolroom, Guildford Terrace (writes our Wellington correspondent) was well filled on Wednesday evening when the annual Distribution of prizes ti the pupils of St. Mary's Convent took place. His Grace the Archbishop presented the prizes. Among the audience were Rev. rather* O'rihea and HoMey, Mrs. and the Mis-e-s Seddon, and maiy other prominent citiz -ns. A varied programme of vocal and mstumenUl mu«io arid dances made up the first p-irt of the entertainment. The choruses ' Welcome.' ' Halt for the bugle sound,' ' Angelus,' and 'Vacation is near,' weie features «<f the evening's performance and received well merited applause. Mis* C. McClopkey receive! an encore for her song ' Love Lulldoy' (Goring Thomas), uud resp nded by repeating the refrain. Miss Aggie Fife, for hor graceful dancing of a bailor's hornpipe, was also encored. Miss Nettie Falconer's piano solo ' Rhapsodic Hongroise,' was an artistic performance and to a well merited recall she bowed he/ acknowledgment. Miss Eileen Ward also contributed a piano solo, ' Automiue,' and later on iv the evening sang a Creole craile song. Both items were well rendered. Thia young lady possesses a deep voioe of considerable power and the song chosen tun ted her wet). Mies Daisy lteilly's song, ' Strange voices,' a difficult nuinbe-, v^a-* exceedingly well sung. The sanh drill by junior pupils was mont graceful and gre > dp appreciated. A duet lor two pianos given by Min«es lleiily and Richardt-on was brilliantly played. Hi-* grace tan Archbishop in presenting the prizes Haid it g.iv« him much pleasure to bi among them again. The pleasant duty of listening t-> their ex>s llent performance and presenting the awardc of tht lr year's work ha«i not, ful'e-i to h's lot for some time. IL* noticed a riecitie-'i improvement in every branch of education imparted at the convent. In mu->ic th< y had enrne<i a wide world n putaiion and he t. It sure tin's wa-< nuffi :ient for tnems^lve* an 1 fritTidn to hear. In concluding lie wis'ied them very pl( Hwmt holiday, an I a- k.ii them io remain i-\ec true to their Aiuia Mat -r and the Lea biritr-* r (.cueil. Ati«r the UHtri'tution < f pry. -s the !ar/e and ence itdjournei to the schoolroom where an i xintntiu'i of ihe pupil*' wo/k wittt open for infection, f-oiue brfuuulul point lace wurK and paintings were a'lionir the mosl notifiable. Tlie following if the prize list : — Good Conduct — Boarder* (-ilver me 'al, gift of Very Rev. Father Lewi-) H^cca Curtain. Day pupils (silver medal, gitt of Mr. White), Lita Truman ; next in merit, lilly Evans. Junior pupils, Ruth l'utnam. Christian Doctrine — Cla a 8 I. (gold medal, gift of Mrs. Robert O'Connor), Olive Blake ; next in merit, Lita Truman. Class 11, Nora Harnett. Cl-»ss 111 , Annie Feeney. Claas IV., Dorothy Grimwton. Dux— Gold medal, gift of 'Old Girls" Association, Constance Reilly ; next in merit, Tilly Evans. Diligence— Gold medal, gilt of Mr. Palmer, Tilly Evans ; next in merit, Constance Reilly. Excellence in Essay Writing — Gold medal, gift of his Grace Archbishop Redwood, Eileen Ward ; next iv merit, Mary L&verty. Mathematics— Gold medal, gift of Mr. McArdle, Constance Reilly. Singing — Gold medal, gift of Dr Grace, Daisy Rally ; second prize, Eileou Ward. Improvement in singing in junior division, Kathleen Moloney. Inntrumeiital Music — Firpt prize, Daisy Reilly. Prize for highest number of markH in Royal Academy examination, nenior division (silver medal, gift of Mrs. T. G. Macarthy), Eileen Ward ; Fenior local centre division, (qua! in merit, Gn-ce Kiley and Winnie Richardson. Junior local centre division, Kate Palmer. Higher school division, diligence in music, first, Connie MoCloskey ; second, Nora Harnett. Lower division, May Gudgeon ; diligence in mneic, Dorm Huywood. Elementary division, first, Mary liarnett ; second, Maggie Ness. Harp, Mary Harnett. Painting — First, Ethel Toll ; improvement in paintinf, Ttresa O'Connor. Drawing — Mo lei, Wynn Pearce. Freehand, Cliss 1., Irene Reardon ; Class 11., Christine Henrys ; Clasf lif ., Agnes Fife. Needlework — Class 1., < qual in merit, Mabel i<ourke and Lita Truman ; Claws 11., equal iv merit, Maggie Laverty and Annie Laing : Class 111., Katie McGuire. Shorthand — First division, Eveline Murphy ; second division, Lita Truman ; third division, Eileen Truman. Bookkeeping — Equal in u»ent, Mabel B^uike and Charlie Gasquoiue.

CLASS PRIZES.

Class I — English grammar and compooition (gift of Rev. Fathtr Hnlley), Constance Reilly ; Latin translation, Constance Reilly ; Latin grammar, Constance Reilly ; writing. Constance Reilly ; geography and mapping, Tilly Evans ; French, Eileen Ward. Class II. — English grammar and composition, Mary Laverty : refine and recitation, Eveline Collins: writing, Eveline Collins ; hifUirv. Ida Moore ; geoeraphy and mapping, Ida Moore ; diligence, Ida Moore ; Latin. Geraldine MnAlinter ; French, Geraldine Me A lifter ; fiaclid. Stella Putnam ; Algebra, May Gudgeon ; arichmet o May Gudgeon. ClaM 111. — Grammar, Becca Curtain ; geography and mapping, Beroa Curtain ; Latin, Beoca Curtain ; history, Charlie Gasquione ; mathematics, Charlie Gasquione ; literature, Nora Harnett ; French, Nora Harnett ; composition, Greta King ; reading and recitation, Eileen McGrath ; writing, Eileen McGrath. Class IV. — Arithmetic, Annie Laing ; diligence, Annie Laing ; reading and recitation. Agnes Whitakcr ; literature, equal in merit, Agnes Whitaker and Maggie Laverty ; composition, Mary M'Donald ; spelling., Alice Ross; grammar, Ellie Lavery ; history, Odile Bitlet ur ; Latin, Odile Ritleng ; geography and mapping, Mary Fitzger ild ; writing, Katie Gray ; French, May Moloney. Class V. — Arithmetic, Bosie Roberts ; history, Agnes Fife ; gr <nmar and composition, Mina Laverty ; mapping, Bernard Gasq>i,.ine ; geography, Mollie Laing; spelling, Amy McGuire ; reading and recitation, Amy McGuire ; French, Dorothy Gritusion ; writing, Maggie Ness.