St. Mary's High School, Christchurch

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 1, 7 January 1904, Page 27

St. Mary's High School, Christchurch

(From our Christchurch correspondent.) His Lordship Bishop Grimes presided at the annual entertainment a*nd distribution of prices in connection! with St. Mary's High School, Colombo street, conducted b|y the Sisters of Mercy, which took place on Thursday last, December 22. The Bishop was accompanied toy • the Very Rev. Vicar-General, Very Revs. Dean Foley and Father Marnabe, and Rev. Fathers C coney and McDonnell. After the prize distribution the Bishop congratulated the pupils and their teachers on the excellent work done during the year. He spoke in eulogistic terms- of the vocal, instrumental, and elocutionary items which they had heard rendered. This was proof enough (said his Lordship) of the high moral and intellectual training the pupils were receiving, and also stated that in addition to the passes in the various standards, one pupil passed the first section of the Senior Civil Service, one passed the medical preliminary examination, and another the Junior Civil Service, In the music examinations (practical and theoretical) 32 candidates were successful, 15 gaining honors in musical knowledge. The following programme was performed : Glee, singing class ; opening ' address. Miss M. Simpson ;' pianoforte duet (three pianos), Misses G. Cassin, M. Lassin, M. McKeefrey, M. Buchaanan, A. McKinnon, M. Thompson ; chorus, infant boys ; pianoforte duet (three pianos), Misses M. Molloy, A. Nelson, E. Cooper, K. Zachanah, M. Philpott, J. Scully ; fairy dance, juniors; \nolin solo, Masters C. and A. White, H. Hunt ; chorus, singijng class ; pianoforte duet (3 pianos), Misses K. Molloy, A. Mahon, N. Bofwers, D. Mansfield, V. Shaw, M. Schumacher ; recitation, Miss J. Scully ; duet and chorus, Misses L. Simpson, A. Mahon, N. Turner, V. de la Co'ur ; pianoforte solo (three pianos), Misses G. Schmidt, M. Thomas, V. de la Cour ; violin solo, Miss M. Z/aoharian. Then followed a one-act drama, ' Unjust Suspicion,' in which the parts were ably taken by Misses M. Molloy, K. Molloy, M. Callaghan, K. Zachariah, M Blank, and E. Lawrence. The concluding musical items were the following :— Duet (three pianos and three violins), Misses M. Simpson, M. Wood, C. Roche, Masters V. White, A. Roche, and W. Gdode (pianos), and Masters C. and A. White, and H. Hutnt (violins) ; \ocal solo, Miss A. Mahon ; pianoforte duet, Misses N. Turner, E. Wood, F. McLemon, V. de la Cour, D. Heney, E. Blank ; chorus, ' Vacation is near,' pupils. The following is the Prize List. Christian doctrine : Alice Nelson 1, May Wood 2. Good Conduct : Maud Hine. Arithmetic : Civil Service class, Eva Mayn)ard, Nellie Turner ; standard VII., Elsie Cooper ; standard VI., Jane Donnelly ; stahdard V., Bertie Wood ; standard IV , Bernard Murray ; standard 11., Cissie Roche ; standard 1., Alfred White, John Molloy, Frank Ward, Ortom Burke, Mona Cassin. Grammar and composition : Civil Service class, Nattie Osborne ; standard VII., Kathleen Molloy ; standard VI., Daisy Shaw, Mary McKeefry ; standard V., J.ulia Scully ; standard IV., Eva Lawrence.

Geography and history : Matriculation class, Gertrud Schmidt ; Civil Service class, Minnie Callaghan ; standard VI., Gertrude Cassin ; standard V., Kitty Zachariah ; standard IV., Winifred Ward, Willie Goode ;■ standard 111., Horace Hunt ; standard 11., Agnes Olson,' Polly Perkins. Reading and recit&tion : Standard VII., Myrtle Blank ; standard VI., Mary UVlolloy ; standard V., Muriel Simpson, Cyril W 7 hite ; standard 11., yMolhe Flynn, Lennie Moss , standard 1., Ella JMaher ; infant, Olive Jones. Writing : standard VII., Aileen Mahon , standard VI., Grace Plummer ; standard 11., Leah Selig ; standard 1., Moya Hay ward ; infants, Francis Darby, James Mahet, Cecil Green, Michael Maher, David Daly, Michael Daily, Oswald Hunt. Spedliing and dictation : Standard VI., Maud Cassin ;■ standard V., Victor White ; standard IV., Kathleen Wiard ; standard 111., Annie McKinnon ; stan«defrd 11., Irene Lane ; standard 11., Bertie Mahon ; standard 1., Leo Hay ward, Francis Corrigan ; infants, Irene Sheehan, Hugh Sutherland, Dulce Metz, Maggie Daily, Vernon Roche. Dra,wing (landscape), Vera de la Cour. Needlework (fancy), Lily Moore, Constance ,Stone. Music (practical), first division : Gertrud Schmidt, Vera de la Cour ; second division, Kathleen Molloy ; violin, Miriam Zaohariah, Cyril White ; music (vocal), Aileen Mahon ; theoretical, Nellie Turner.