BLENHEIM CONVENT SCHOOLS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2, 9 January 1908, Page 19

BLENHEIM CONVENT SCHOOLS

(From our own correspondent.) The breaking' up of the Blenheim Convent Schools took place during the Christmas week, in, St. Patrick's Hall and wasi largely attended. The children, under—the able and painstaking tuition of the Sisters o! St. Mary's Convent, rendered the cantata ' Irish May Day' in a manner which reflected great credit both on the children and their teachers, the- part singing and dialogues respectively behilg of ,a' high order. The principal parts in the cantata were taken' by the ■ following '—Misses Harris, M. Hale, S. McCus-Ver and Kelleher- and L. O'Donoghue, and Masters H. Horton, L. Lane and Burgess. The piece was produced with good effect, the staging being exceptionally well done. Several other items of a highly commendable character were given during the- evening, which included,- ' The Fan Drill,' by the girls; 'Tall Top H'at'' "(a funny sketch) by- ten boys ; recitations by Miss B. Leake (' Le- ■ gend of Aye Maria ') and Master Whelan '('-The Newsboy -• Debt.')' A trio, 'The three maids •of Lee,'- was well given by Misses Scannel, -Cur,ry and Lea>ke^ 'The baldheaded man ' (a sketch by Miss Perano and Masters Onion and Whelan) was most, amusing. The ' entertainment was concluded by the children giving a - .capital rendering of ' God defend New Zealand.' The prizes were distributed by the KeY. Father Hoi-" .ley, the list being as follows :— ST. JOSEPH'S GIRLS' SCHOOL. Good conduct (medal), Margaret Dundon. Senior Christian Doctrine (medal). Junior Cluistian Doctrine Christina Smith. Highest Attendance, Theresa Curry. Singing, Margaret Harris. - - . ■ Standard Vll.— Arithmetic, Spelling/r .Margaret Dundon ; Composition, Reading and Shorthand and Bookkeeping, Lucy O'Donogh'ue ; Writing, Drawing" and Brushr ~~ work, and Sewing, Margaret Harris. s '''$& Standard" Vl.— iKathleen Kelleher ; Composition, Ka- *-, thlecn O'Leary ; Spelling, Margaret Terry ; Writing,; Mary Scannell ; Drawing and Drill, Kathleen Kelleher. - ~- Standard V.— Theresa O'Connor ; Composition, Stella McCusker ; Spelling, Madge Murphy ; Reading - and "-- Recitation, Annie Perano; Writing, Doris ■ O'Sulli^a'n ; General Improvement, Ella Curry; Diligence," Eileen Leake. Standard IV.— Arithmetic, Drawing, and Sewing, Ma- r xy Casey ; Composition and Reading and Recitation, ' hristina O'Donogihue ; Spelling, and Writing, Monica Hale ; History and Geoeraphy, Vivia Murphy ; General Improvement, Eileen Hcnnessy. Standard lll.— Arithmetic, Julia O'Brien-; Composition and Spelling, Amy McCusker.; Reading, Mary-Cur-ry ; Writing, Cora Burgess ; Spellinc, Veronica Leake ; Diligence, Fanny Shea-; General Improvement,' Doris Burgess ; Sewing, Fanny Shea. , Standard ll.— Arithmetic, Christina Smith ; Spelling, Alice Hogan ; Reading, Gertrude Healy ; -Writing and Drawing, Annie Kilmartin. '" -- ' ST." MARY'S SCHOOL. Good conduct (modal) Ist division: David "Onion ; 2nd division (book),. Charles Burns. Christian Doctrine, Ist Division (medal), Fred Costello ; 2nd division (book), .Clifford O'Connor. , Most regular Altar Boy, "Bernard Me- - Ousker. Highest attendance, John Terry. Singing, Horace Lane Ist ; Hector Horton 2nd. Drill, James Costcllo. '.WiQo'dworki,v William Burgess. .Best Flower G-arcl-den, George Wensley. Best Gardener, James Maher.- . Standard Vl.— Arithmetic, - Spelling- and English Com-, position, Fred Costello ; "Reading and Recitation, Drawing, and Writing, William Burgess ; Highest marks at examination, ? John Walshe ; General improvement, Wm. Walshe, Charles Browne, Albert Homes.* - .. ." " Standard V. — Arithmetic, Spelling and' Geography, David Onion ; English Composition %nd Drawing, Hector Hortqn ;' Reading, ,John Onion.; Writing,. Wi; liana Scan--nel. ' ~ - t*}tjv| 1 ,1 Standard IV.— Arithmetic; • Spelling, -Reading- and Recitation, Horace Lane ; .English Composition" Von. Browne ; Writing, Fred O'Suliivan ; General rnrnrove.ment,, Fred O'SulliV-atn, Gerald O'Neal, Mervyn Miltes ; Drawing; Gus Smith. : " . Standard lll.— Arithmetic, Writing,' Charles Burns ; ■Reading and Spelling, William Cameron ;. English Composition, Charles Burns ; 'Drawing,. -Fred" Avery'.- » Standard* IT.— Arithmetic," Andrew O'Brien ; Spelling, John Terry ;. Writing, James • Healy- ; Drawing, ArthurSmith ; Reading and Re'citation, -James Whelan; Gpneral improvement, Leo O'Brien ; Geography, Thomas Murphy. • ■ •