CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART, TIMARU.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 51, 22 December 1904, Page 4

CONVENT OF THE SACRED HEART, TIMARU.

(From our own correspondent.) Tthe ajmnjual distribution of prizes took pl&ce at the Sacred Heart Convent, Timaru, on Tuesday, December J3. His Dords-hip Bishop Grimes presided. Prior to tJhe Idi^tiribiution of prizes the following programme was

gone tfr.no/ugh by the pupils :— Entree, ' Tannhajuser ' ; German recitation ; Fairies' moonlight dance ; action sotng ; Frefncfh recitation ; quartette, ' Spanish damce ' ; three tyjpes of womanly virtue— Night, dialogue, Antigone and Ismeme ; tableau, ' Antigone disoofvered b'uryijn.g Bier brother ' ; chorus., ' Wanderer's night song ; dawn, dialog/ue, Jtotfitih ap'd the ancients ; tableau, ' J,udith at the camp of Holfernes ; choflus, ' J'utdith's invocation ' ; flay, dialog/tie, The poe>ts on Our Lady ; tableau, ' The Immaculate Conception ' ; chorus, ' Immaculate ' ; piano solo, ' Cacshjuoa.' His Lords/hilp, after referring to the beautiPul tableaux had been sihown, and saying how apprapn. ate it was at tihe -pre«rtnt time thlat Hhe pupils shauld be contributing their qu,ot)a of praise in lnon,or of the InrmjaiQfulate Conception, congratulated the pßipils on the great progress they h,ad made during the year, and tfhanlked t»iem on behalf o£ himself and the priests present flor t<he entierfaitnmetnt given t^hem. I colilld not help fchinkiing djuring tihe course of it (concliuded his- Lor'dsliip) what an immense adv,antage jpiu halve aver numbers of other children in being wilder tJhe aare of those to whom yopr fond mioWhers ha-ye connMed yofu, knowitng What ability and maternal devotedness they would display m yo,ur regard from morning till night, an/d make of teacbing not only a profession— and teaching in itself is a noble profession— bpt a divijne fvocation, and who see m you representatives of the eternal Trinity, and v/ho realise not only their duty towards your parents, but alsio trheir d.uty tlowar^s God in their efforts frjom morniinsg till nKgjbrt; to m^ke you what you ought to be as the iutiure women of New Zealand. For this tihey are abligeld Vo im(P(art ordinary knowledge, but this is not all. Ttfie faculty of the will has to be developed not only witih regard to exterior but especially to siupernatural tihiugis I mosit sincerely wish you a happy vacation, and a MJerry Chrisitm-as amd a Happy New Year. The following is the prize lisit :— DecpTations— The first medallion and ribbon of merit were given by the votes of the pupils,, ratified by Hhe religious, to Essie Bn*ce ; tihe second medallion and ribbon 'of merit tio Kate Campbell : the 3rd riWbcn to SteHa Murray, Gertrude Clark, Mary Cameron, Clara Slheatjh ; the 4th ribbon to Dorothy Bone ; the 6th ribibiom tio Beatrice Dowli-ng, Nancy Johnston, Ena O'Donohue ; the 6Wi ribbon to Mary Geaney, Edie Scott ; the Ist greesn ribbon to Mary Callan, Frances Clark ; Hhe 2nld green ribbon to Noelle Pascal, Rita Twomey ; t(he pink ribbon to Mary Farrell, Etiith Chamberlain, DorotJhy No'tti'ngtham, Beatrice CliHjord, Mary Cliffxxra, Sigrid Lindstrom, Ulrika Linjdstrom. Gelneral Good Co!n)3uct — Essie Bruce ; next in merit, Kate Oamftybell. Christiiain Doctrine— First division, Essie Bruce ; next in merit, Dorothy Bane. Second division, Kathleen Twomey ; next in merit, Mina Wartl. Third division, first, Maryj Callla-n, second, Morta Lawless. Betty Meares ; next in merit, E!dith Hill, Kathleen Devine. Fourth ttrvision, Etiith Chamberlain ; next in merit, Dor'otlhy Eiby. Diligence— Doiiotlhy Bone. Second class, Stella Murray ; next itn merit, Mina Ward. Third class, Mary Oamerioin ; next in merit, Nancy Johnston, Christiana Henrys. Foßirth class, Mary Callan ; next in merit, Grace McArdle. Fiftih. class, Rita Twomey ; next in merit, Noelle Pascal. Eighth class, Dorothy Nottingham. Hist/ory— Dbrofchy Bone. Mathematics— Dorothy Bane. Secbmid Class— Elements of logic, Mina Ward. Latin grammar, Mina Ward. Composition, Eileen Ward. Geography, M'aidge Pascal ; next in merit, Eileen Ward. Repetition, Stella Murray. ThiPd Class— Grammar, next in merit to the prize, Kiathleen Twomey. Composition, Nancy Johinston ; next Ln merit, Mary Geaney. History, Nancy Johnston ; next in merit, Kathleen Twomey. Geography, Christina Hesnrvs ; next fti meriti Miary Cameron ; Re/petition, K\at!hleen Twomey ; next in merit, Mary Cameron. Arithmetic, Christina Henrys ; next in merit, Edith Hill. Fdurtih Claas— Grammar, Ethel Wardell ; next in merit, Mary Callan. Composition, Mary Callan : next in merit, Ethel Wardell, Mabel Aspinall. Hisitlory, Grace McArdle ; next in merit, Mary Callam. Geography —Grace McArdle ; next in merit, Nina Verity. Repetition, Grate McArdle ; next in merit, Ethel Wardell. Arithmetic, Nina "Verity ; next in merit, Grace McArdle. Fiftih Class— Grammar, next in merit prize, Noelle Pascal. History, Mary Mackenzie ; next in merit, Noelle Pasfcal. Gooigraphy, Noelle Passcal ; next in merit, Rita Tw/Onrey. Reafdiner, Mina Laverty ; next iji merit, Mary Mackenzie. Repetition, Kathleeta Devine ; next in merit, Noelle Pascal, Monica Hill. Arithmetic, next in merit to the prize, Dorothy Hall. Sixth Class— Grammar, next in merit to the prifce, Dorothy Eiby. Sacred history, Cleo Fennajidos. Readi-

ng M,ary Ward. Spelling, Alison Bristol. Arithmetic, next i|n merit to the prize, Yvonne Waley. Sefventh Class-Reading- and spelling, Edith ChamberLaiin. Elementary class, prize £or encouragement Sigrid Luidstrom, Ulrika Lindstrom.

Needlework— First division, Stella Murray ; next in merit, Essie Bruce. Second 'division, Mabel Aspinall ■ next >n merit, Mary Cameron, Beatrice Dowlihg. Third division, Frances Clark 1, Clara Sheath 2 • next in merit, Edilh Hill, Madge Green. Fomrtlh division Yvonne Waley ; next in merit, Alison Bristol. Writwig— First division, Gertrude Clark ; next in merit), Mary Geaney. Second division, Una O'Dohtohuo 1, Mjona LJawlesK 2 ; next in merit, Mabel As|)inall, Mary Cameriam. TJikd division, Mary Ward. French— Third division : Diligence, Mina Ward • next wi merit, Madge Pascal. Fourth division : Diligence Mary Qall'an ; next in merit, Kathleen Twomey Chrisl tma Hemxys. Fiftli division : Diligence, Mary Cameron 1, Noelle Pascal 2 ; next i,n merit, Mabel Aslpyiall Mary Mackenzie. Elementary division, Ed i tin Chamberlain German— Fourth division, Nancy Jqfrns-tom. Elemem tary division, Yvonne Waley. Order— First division, Stella Murray ; next in merit. Gertrude CLatfk, Mary Geamey. Second division Ena O'Donohue ; next in merit, Rita Twomey. Third diivisi'on, Frances Clark. Domestic Economy— Mary Cameron.