ST. BRIDE'S CONVENT, MASTERTON

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 52, 26 December 1907, Page 30

ST. BRIDE'S CONVENT, MASTERTON

There was a very large attendance in St. Patrick's Schoolroom, Master ton, on - the occasion of the annual breaking-up concert by the pupils of St. Bride's Convent. The. Very Rev. Dean McKenna congratulated the -pupils and their teachers on the excellent result's of the year's ■ work. In the many classes of importance conducted at the Convent, not a single failure had ' been recorded, and such a result, said the chairman, showed not only how good had been the tuition, but .how apt had been the pupils. In the music, shorthand, painting, and book-keeping sections of the curriculum excellent

work had been accomplished, .and the success of the pupils was creditable to them in the highest degree. The following very interesting, and enjoy&nle programme was rendered during the evening. The instrumental selections, are worthy of special .mention, as the very young pupils played without music several most difficult selections, and after only a .very short aequain- ' tance with the pieces rendered. ~ ' Overture, ' Zampa,' Misses Hanify and' McKeniia ; chorus; ' As it fell upon a day,'. Misses Kelliher, Welch Hanify, McKenna^ Sniythson, Fuller, Bourke, O'Conuell, Hoar, Pinhey, Taylor, Boustead, McKenzie, Dobson, Te Whaiti, Kavanagh ; duet (violin and piano), « Romance,' Misses O'Neill and Cameron ; recitation, ' The ballad of the drove,' Miss Colina McKenzie ; chorus, ' The reading class I ,' Misses Cress (2), Cameron, O'Neill, Pedersen, Dixon, Bowdin, Aronsten, Matthews ; recitation,. ' Cceur de Lion at the bier of his father,' Miss K. Hollo way ; chorus, ' The happy hunter,' .Misses Holloway, Elkins, Bennington, Mitchell, Hester, Richards, Welch, land Kelliher ; the Highland, fling, Misses Smythspn and Hanify ; instrumental trio, 'Marches des' tambours, ' Misses McKenzie,. Fuller and Boustead ; comic duet,, ? Money matters,; Misses. Elkins and Holloway ; "instrumental 5010,,- ' Rondo,' opv'7, No. 4 Beethoven-, Miss Richards; chorus, ' Adeste >fideles,' all the puuils ; distribution of -prizes . by the Very Rev. Dean McKenna ; glee, - Good-night,' members of St; Bride's Glee Class. Accompanist, Miss .Richards. -." ' - - , . - The" list of prize winners "is as follows :—: — May Boustead, crowned for general good conduct (prize, silver-mounted cut glass scent bottle) ; Murkl Welch, amiability ; Margery McKen.na, -Ist for Christian Doctrine •, (gjold. cross-) ;, Mary O'Neill, 2nd" for Ghristi&n Doctrine (gold cross) ; Phyllis Aronsten and Mary Bou'rke "card for merit. Sixth.— Coralie ~ Smythson, best examination ; Edith Johnsony shorthand-; Alma Fuller, arithmetic; Coralie Smythson, algebra ; May Boustead, shorthand ;. Coralie Smythson, geography ; Mary Bourke, cards of merit -for Latin, book-keeping and needlework ; Coralie Smythson, English and geometry ; May Boustead, highest marks for boan} of honor ; Alma Fuller, French. Fifth.— Margery McKenna, best examination ; Phyllis Hanify, arithmetic ; Kere Te Whaiti, general improvement ; Elsie O'Connell, geography ; Rita Hoar, reading and grammar ; Edie Pinhey, history ; Mary Kavanagh, writing ; Nellie Collertotn, card- of merit for history ; Irene Taylor, card of merit for arithmetic-; Katherine McKenzie, English composition and neatness.- ~ - Fourth.— Madge Kelliher, reading ; Doris Dobson, " spelling. - "" Third.— Mary O'Neill, history ,and geography ; Mary Cress, history ; Molly Pedersen, arithmetic ; Mary Parsons, writing and spelling ; Doris Cameron, reading j Erne Cress, second for Arithmetic <: Ella Pinhey, general I improvement.- 7 ~ * Infants' Class.— Esme_ Dixon, arithmetic ; Doris Matthews", - order. • * , - Musical Examinations." ~ "■ Trinity College of London Preparatory" Grade.—Mollie Pedersen and Nella Hyde, max. Junior, Colina Me-- - Kenzie, Kere Te Whaiti, Walter < Hunt, t Rita Hoar, fend Eifie Cress,, honors. Pass in instrumental and vocal music, Terena Piripi. Intermediate, May Boustead, Margery McKenna, Mary O'Neill, honors. Doris Cameron, pass. Associated Board (elementary)-.— Effie Wall, Dorothy Varnham; Cecilia Minogue, Mary O'Neill and Lenora .Cress, violin. Lower school, TVlary O'Neill, Doris Camer- " on, ■ Alma Fuller, May -Cress. Higher school, Cfblina McKenzie, Jessie Milne, Margery Hunt' (violin). Intermediate, Phyllis Hanify (hons.). Advanced grade singing, Fanny Elkins, Katie Hollo way* ~ ~ Theory of ' Music (Trinity - College)— lntermediate.— Margaret Collins, Margery McKenna. Junior, Rita Hoar, Mary O'Neill, Madeline .Kelliher. Preparatory, .MoHie pedersen. ' - ' Associated Board (Local Centre'Rudiments).—Margaret Collins, Kate Holloway, Phyllis Hanify, May Boustead. School rudiments, Madeline Uelliher ; Elsie Rich- ' aids, Certificated Pianist", T.C.L. ; Vernon Welch, painting ; Edith" Johnson, fancy needlework ; Katherine McKenzie, needlework; "Esmee Dixon, special ; Ella Pinhey, ' needlework/ '-

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