OUR SCHOOLS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 51, 22 December 1904, Page 3

OUR SCHOOLS.

ST BENEDICT'S SCHOOL, AUCKLAND. (From our own correspondent.) At St. Benedict's Hall on Wednesday evening the pupils of St. Benedict's School, under the charge of tine Sisters of St. Joseph, hefd their annual entertainment, awd 'distribution of prizes. The hall was crowded, Aintt Vhe peiforuia'iice went off very well. Roy. Fathers CiiHaAv, McMillan, a,nd Duffy were present. The programme was as follows .-Quartette (piano), Misses Dete, tfomhy, Wheefler, a/nd 'Gre'vatt ; chorus, infantsmayfoole, junior girls ; song, ' As your hair turns grey, ; Miss S. Fernandez ; dialogue, ' Message from Ireland » Misses M. Cqupland arid Elsie T/orritxt ; tamlboluri.ne drill senior girls ; quartette, Misises Joseph, Denz Wheeler' and Gr/avjatt ; tfhorus, 'Sea flowers,' senitor girls: drilL t n lZ T gl T rls , ; *K orus ' ' Ni S^ ers .' b°ys; dmama; jdtig, M,as(ter Jafllc Q'uihlan ; tableau. Miss Frances Denx actdd as aedonipataist. D.uring the i-nterval Re;v Father Gill^n <pr|es^nte'd tfce 'prizes to tihe following tet'iidents -fMiss Frances Denz— Music— Junior division (hoWbts). ffieiary, 98 j untermeidiate, practical, 67, gold mettal -Ritia (Jraivjatt— J\unior (honors), 98, gold medal ; Etiitb F.oremiain—J|uinibr (|h\ouors), 97, silver meyd,al ; junior diMteioa C'hjonws), Maggie McEvoy, 85 ; Hilda Heighten '85 • firimlary diVisi.cm (honors), Ldhiiea Gaspard 86 • Frances Field, 7,4 ; Dd,na Amos, 78 ; also pas/sod jluhior gtode Evelyn S,he)ath, 69. The me^d'als were the glfte of Rev leather Gill,a(n. ST. MARY'S CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL, PONSONBY. T>he airtrfual distribhition of prizes in Qohnectiofa with St. Maxy's Uanvent High School, Ponsonby, took place on Sat(ur^ay evening, Decembet 10, at St. Mary's Coinvemt. Varilaius exhibits of painting, fancy work, aarvmg, dip., were much admireti. A capital concert programme was gone through during the eveinitog, the fib - lowing bewig do'ntribiutors :— Mis'ses G. Qatsey Install Ihsite/d 02), M. RalpH, C. Gallagher, McGinley,' A. Sa^ah K. Mahojney, CVilleta, Brown (2), Kelly, Hmtwhilnsion Amadgo, M. Gibbons, B. K night, M. Mofriiajrty, Cullen McDeain, iK. Ralph, M. Oro-nin, Moody, A. (RaKph. A number of ohoruses and dances were give/n by, tjhe dhiidron, \v\ho -divplayed a high standard of tnainifmg in every thine; tlhey did. t/he Very Rev. Dr. Ega'n, 0.5.8., presented the prices, at t*he co'nclusron of whfch the Rig,ht Re.v. Mgr, O'Reilly delrvereW a happy sipeech, being heartily applauded. The Bistap (Dr. Lonihan) was alsjo presjeht. The followilng is the prize lis*t :— Matriculation an!d Civil Service Class— Ellen Brtown, maHh-emiatLcs ; Eileen OronJin, Fremah arid English ' Jenny IftutKihisbln, Hlngli&'h and French ;Alda Ralph, sineing artd elocution. Class Vll.— Kate Ma'honey, French anji sicience ; Monjca GiOjboins, Fre^noh and writi/ng ; Bertha Knight,' ge|ograiphy >atid Fre/nch ; E'Psie Maguire, geography ; Alice Davis|o,n, gjeneffal 'proficielncy. Clasis VI. — Janie Amodeo, French a,tid writing ; Lucy Mooidy, w;oba-carving and elodution ; Mary Croniin, genoral prfofibioncy ; Alma McCraig, English ; Kjathleen Mathias, general pnoficienoy ; Norah Quin'n, drawing ; Wfnnie EdUowes, general proficiency ; Dorothy Insoll* ariahmetic. ' Class V.— Celia Gibbons, geography ; Ida Histefd, arithmetic ; Flo Histed, reading ; May O'Brien, general proficiency ; Eva Eddowes, dictation and spelling ; D. McG'arry, writilng. Class IV.— Alec. Snedtton, arithmetic and geography; Alntihony Gibbons, arithmetic ; Hazel Dalbey, conduct and wrkfng ; Hdith B/uck, reading ; D. Blalkey, general proficiency. Class lll.— Rosie Rafph, application ; Margaret Ralj^h, wrf.tjng ; Elsie Eddowes, composition ; EWith Dalbey, aritlhmetic ; Elsie Thomson, reading ; Gusisije Wakefield, general proficiency. Class ll.— Stella Fraser, conduct and reading ; Irene McGarry, writing and spelling. Class T.— Doris Murpihy, colriduct and spelling ; Dbrothy Sneddcun, conduct and reading ; Rena Ralph, read. ing ; Joe Darby, spelling afid rea,di/ig ; Patricia Darby, general proficiency ; Eileen Moriarty, aritlhmetic ; MaUvis Notion, general proficiency ; Irene Becjcett, reading ; Hone Dalbey, writing ; Pauline O'Connor, geheral prt> ficiency ; Dave Malavey, application. Preiparat'ory Class— Gertrude Darby^* reading and spelling ; Llauis 1 Oullen, spelling ; Riosett'a Beckett, general proficiency. Gold medals were awarded to May Maguire, for success in matriculation examinations ; Alda Raljpfti and Eileem iCromin, for ab-bai'ning semior honors ifo piractical rryusic ; Olilve Ing'oll and Kajtie Ralph, for gaining highest martos in arithmetic.

EXTRA PRIZES. Matriculation and Junior Civil Service Class— Mda Ralph, Christii/an doctrine ; Ellen Brown, English and J ranch ; Winnie McGinley, music and painting ; Jennie Huk-feihson, niiusic and tJheory ; Mary Kelly, m^isic and Bmgdpig'; Alma Saraili, miusic and Fremch , Mary Kelly fwioiokl-dariviftig , Alma Sarah, woqd carving. Certificates to E. Cnaniln and O. Insoll, for painting ; W. McGinley M. Kelly and 0. Pnsioll, *or theory ; W. McGinlev and o' J? ss ° 11 T 11 V f ! or mHJSIC ' °- IttlSol1 ' for Frenc^ , E. Crotnin, and W. McGwiley, lvi v oud cai\iii ft , Jonny IlutJhnioon, RjC b'ooddvcopiDg ; Jeftiny H'utahinson, E. Cronon and M Kelly, flor .shorthand. ' Cliass Vll.— K'ate Mahoney, Christian doctrine- Linda JVicfhols'on, hi>i.sic ; Katie Malhoney, rxijusic ; Monica GibDotns, music ; Bertha Knight, music. Certificates to Katie Majhomey ior sjiortihamd and typewriting. Class 1 Vl.— Sadie McGinley, conduct and Christian Hoctone ; M. Mori'aity, Conduct ; Janie Amodcp, mn&ic VKileqn Cullen, music ; Flora McLean, miusic , Gwen Caisey, nnis-ic ; Alma McCaig, music. Certificates to M Crontn, L. Moody, K. Ralph, Sadie McGinley, and D Insoll, i)or nvusic , Flora McLean, for French ; Eileen Cullen, for bookkeeping. Claps V.— Cecilia Gibbons, Qhristiaji doctripe • Ida Ilisted, nnrsic and French ; Flo. Iltetoad, maisic. Certificates to C. Gibbons, Eva Eddowes, and Flo. Histed for French ;C. CJib'bons and D. McGarry, for mtisic. ' Clus,-, IV.— Alec. Sndd'don, Christian doctrine. Ccriificalcs to 11. Dalbey and D Blakey, for mmsic. Class Hl.— Rosie Ralph, Christian doctrine • MarBarct Raljp'h, music , Rosil Ral/ph, imusic. Certificates to Aloe. Snetl'don, Margaret Ralph and Ro^ie RalpDi, for French. Class ll.— Stella Fraser, Christian doctrine. Certificates to Stella Fraser and T. McGarry, for mueic. Class 1 —Dorothy Sneddon, Christian doctrine. Certificates to Joe Darby, Patricia Darby and Eileen Moriarty, for music. Certificates for passing Standard VI. to Janie Amlodeo ampl Katie Ralph. Thejoary Cerliftoates for Trinity College Music Examinations—Senior division— Hilda Nixon. Intermediate Nellie Dloinoivan and E. Kenealy. Junior— Janie Amodeo, M Moriarty, afrd Monica Gibbdns. Prevpiariatory.— M. Cronin, Elsie Mag'uire, Gwen. Casey, A. McCaig, Katie Raliph, and Emily Thomas.