Convent of the Sacred Heart, Timaru.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 51, 19 December 1901, Page 20

Convent of the Sacred Heart, Timaru.

The annual entertainment and distribution of prizes to the pupils of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Timaru, took place on December 10 in the presence of his Lordship Bishop Grimes, and a number of friends and visitors. Prior to the distribution an excellent entertainment, consisting of choruses, tableaux, instrumental electionp, a Frenoh recitation, etc., was given by the pupils.

The following: i« the price list : — Decorations. — The second medallion and ribbon of merit were given by the votes of the pupils, ratified by the religious, to Clare Smith, Mechtildes Kennedy ; the fourth ribbon, Dorothea Lough* nan ; the fifth ribbon, Cecily Kennedy ; next in merit, Esther Brnce, Olive Larnaoh. The first green ribbon was given Bridget Sullivan, Louie Johnstone ; the second green ribbon, Mary Clarke ; the third green ribbon, Monica Yenning, Stella Murray, Mechtildes Campbell ; next in merit, Gertrude Clark. The pink ribbon was (riven Betty Meares, Nancy Loughnan, Ethel Ward ell, Cora Braoe, Alison Bristol, Kita Yenning, Mary O'Dowd, Geraldine Vertue, Eleanor Archer, Dorothy Eiby, Margaret Rogers. General Good Conduot. — Clare Smith ; next in merit, Meoh> tildes Kennedy. Christian Doctrine. — First division — Dorothea Loughnan ; next in merit, Meohtildes Kennedy, Esther Brnoe. Second division— Bridget Sullivan ; next in merit, Gertrude Clark. Third divisionMargaret Mary Connor ; next in merit, Nanoy Loughnan, Eileen O'Donohue. Fourth division— Ethel Wardell. Elementary division —Mary O'Dowd. Diligence. — Superior class — Dorothea Loughnan. First clansClare Smith. Second olass — Esther Bruce ; next in merit, Monica Wareing. Fourth olass — Louie Johnstone, Mary Clark; next in merit, Monica Yenning, Dorothy Bone. Fifth olass— Next in merit to the prize, Margaret Burns. Sixth olass — Margaret Mahoney. Eighth class — Alison Bristol. Elementary division — Geraldine Vertue. First Class.— Elements of Christian philosophy and Latin grammar — Meohtildes Kennedy. History— Clare Smith. Literature and composition — Cecily Kennedy. Second Class. — Elements of Logic and Latin— Eileen Twomey. History — Esther Bruce. Literature and composition — Eileen Twomey. Geography and repetition — Esther Bruce. MathematicsMonica Wareing. Fourth Class.— Grammar — Louie Johnstone ; next in merit, Bridget Sullivan, Margaret Mary Connor. — Dorothy Bone ; next in merit, Magaret Mary Conner, Mary Clark, Gertrude Clark. History — Dorothy Bone ; next in merit, Louie Johnstone, Margaret Mary Connor. Geography — Louie Johnstone ; next in merit, Dorothy Bone, Margaret M. Connor. Repetition — Edith Knight ; next in merit, Bridget Sullivan, Louie Johnstone, Gertrude Clark. Arithmetic — Mary Ulark ; next in merit, Monica Yenning, Kate Campbell. Fifth Clasß. — Grammar — Kathleen Connor ; next in merit, Mina Ward. History — Margaret Burns. Geography — Madge Pascal. Reading — Kathleen Connor ; next in merit, Ena O'Donohue. Sixth Class. — Sacred history and reading — Nancy Loughnan. Geography — Nancy Loughnan. Arithmatic — Margaret Mahoney ; next in merit, Mary Venuing. Seventh Class —Geography — Ethel Wardell. Eighth Class. — Spelling and reading — Zita Yenning. Repetition — Mary O'Dowd. Elementary Division. — Rending — Margaret Rogers ; prise for encouragement, Dorothy E.by, Eleanor Archer. Orthography.— First divinion — Cecily Kennedy ; next in merit, Eileen Twomey. Second division— Monica Yenning, 1 ; Bridget Millivan, 2 ; next in merit, Dorothy Hay, Margaret M. Connor. Prize for five accessits, Margaret M. Connor. Needlework — First division — Clare Smith; next in merit, Monica Wareing. Second division — Louie Johnetone ; next in merit, Stella Murray. Third division — Mina Ward ; next in merit, Mary Yenning. Elementary division — Alison Bristol. Order. — First division — Monica Wareing ; next in merit, Esther Bruce. Second division — Edith Koight ; uext in merit, Mary Clark. Writing. — First division — Ethel Devine ; next in merit, Esther Bruce. Second division — Mary Geaney ; next in merit Edith Knight, Gertrude Clark. Third division — Ethel Wardell ; next in merit, Befy Mearee. French — First division — Dorothea Loughnan. Third division — Mechtildes Kennedy ; next in merit, Eileen Twomey. Fourth division — Monica Wareing ; next in merit, Louie Johnstone. Diligence— Olive Larnach. Fifth division — Dorothy Hay ; next in merit, Margaret Burns. Diligence — Prize, Stella Murray ; next in merit, Gertrude Clark ; priz6 for five aocessits, Gertrude Clark. Supplementary division — Eileen O'Donohue ; next in merit, Kate Campbell. Elementary division — Zita Veuning ; next in merit, Mary O'Dowd. After the prizes had been distributed the Right Rev. Dr. Grimes addressed the pupils. When .congratulating the performers on the manner in which they had carried out the programme his Lordship said : — You have done everything in the way we expect to find things done here — perfectly. This is what is aimed at in your physical, mental, and moral training, that you should do things perfectly. Yon are here not to receive merely a certain amount of instruction, but what is very different — to be educated. This means the drawing out and dtvelopirg of all the faculties of the soul. Tour teachers do not look on education as a profession, though it is a very high and noble one, but they consider it as something sacred— a vocation. They look upon you as ohildren of God, and consider in your soul the impress of the Adorable Trinity. This it the secret of their devotedneßS. His Lordship reminded the children who were leaving school that they should only consider their education aa begun, not finished, and that if they had learned how to study it was a great deal, and they were never to forget that real labour was necessary in order to become proficient in art of ao j kind.