ST. PATRICK'S SCHOOL, LAWRENCE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 52, 30 December 1909, Page 2064

ST. PATRICK'S SCHOOL, LAWRENCE

jQJg & very sensible innovation XsliysTEe Tuapelca "ifimes) livening. — The-chAMge-proved-a-w-ise-one,-for-it-admitted-of-gjyjlie attendance of the parents and~lTiends 65 the school~fif jhsarge numbers. A very entertaining ip£dgs|nkaißOOfi!aa\lSi-< Ptt 1 i^ Sj action son g s > dialogues, et/^gasgpjf^d&dgpy'' |«§he children, who are to be complimentedon the very credit-,. Hfiple manner in which they each and" alT'acqumeff^femfjufelves. The douite-vpraarofOTte (toetsr wtikh cwerey gwen* 1 |jz|howed the exceJSejatJmL&rcal CainCagsJheJgMs/Sre^el^inK=.|ng at the hands of the Dominican nuns of Lawrence. The faction sog^j anK(^^gi®rSyjahH>oifffi.^iWJt'fie pEiß&enl gfere. all WHfe*h^gj|^^tf3*) freeing percFormeri jOTiilh^ith^aitmpKt /REecisiott anß^int^trict toiusical t^eP^ife^WclUailg^il'e^f *fen tne a iffbgMnmf%ai ffM 1 tt^ e P* Gce entitled ' Beauty and the Beast, 3 in which the ([Senior + girls took par^ E^Hk?WsW.S2 m^f4 VJ&fp&M) but theryapf)«s- len^ 1 en^r i actejrsT^ t er.eTaarai i Eahl-s su^t. ;|mained, and consideiWe fiisfrßni&slclll Mymay^W^Vef sil . |§^f the performers. (fgfef the many points of the play, and was unstinted 1 ! IH ffifel ||js|pplause. ' \ _ T • < -* ( '^ | lW ssttf At the conclusion of the program me°"th i e v prize's were flis^ Hributed hy Mo^m&lSSmSi *m®<iB&GJ&% iIQ 98OIQ raßtandar^m.;' I ms*galri£tmfiV; d Jl^%amel Sandys; St'alidSra r^.;^lo i se^lTorfoM^tantirf !«ll|ialba; Standard VII., Dorothy Hart. Religi*dU^il^knO\v-( Ijijiedge, senior division (prizes presented by Monsignor as? jO'Leary), P. Higgins and D. Naughto3i~,(.equiij) l ; r .juniga- rf die. sj^isiou, C. Hart, i\L. Napier, F. Kennedy; good conduct SsjiCstlver medal), S. Franjtlin j^compositioi\t.(prjze 3 presented by Itljg^ather Morkano), K.^Leslie|; French,^ i 6. ilf?T,(prize presented by^Jffiss^Evsi Har^), "2tr Kbugh"an4 dux of .s^ißchool (silver medaiv presented by Mr. Jenery), D. Hart; Is K,rjze._ G. Laffcy ;, needlework, T. I^ap^ierj class |/?singlifg| fa} l^iggins.? f ? \* p ™J J. "t £J f' i '"% ] |iili Tne Very- Rev/'-Morfsigrior O'Lesfry v expressfe"d'-"hfe-'pleaV a^-'sure at seeing so many parents and friends present, and tnß^rogmnrmei-had^eeft^ii'-^xcelllen^olieifrloiiiJ'every^ -, ..^ftf- viQw'-., -Jt.,w,as..a j?uzzle, tp^Jiim .Jiow.the good Sisters^ could devise a new programme year after year. The cliiT™ dren had excelled themselves j"thfjCj^'e^eniiig.; ;ajitl" "ebuld not but realise the great labor andpain's""Hi& v ~~gdod"Sis£ers' had bestowed upon the children in training them for such an entertainment as they had given ,lihat .night.i , v Thg parents were privileged in having such high-class teachers as the Dominican n^nsf $hsPWere ladies of high\culturo, to instruct thei| c^b[iWr§n,ga Ihd!ipi1 hd!ipi? s beha.i^'of .the* jjarien^s-.of^the parish and belialf he d^^flj^to^t^a^k^-w^e^Bj for the zeal H ancl aev*ot t ion tifey had Stbfrwii " in the' education^ of the children under their care. As proof of the excellence of the instruction imparted by the nuns, he referred to the 1 report of the examination of the school by Dr. D.on, in. whi 4v^^ w a^'P s i cr * ss^, d i a c& goo s''. - v^ ■ excgllehtJt' RThe treason v^ih'ey kept their-, ojvft /schodlsy was that^Sej^eTsrr^d'PtorsSgive' tlieir.r.ehildfei^W- *g6oH .Oii'rYs'ti-a^j education^^'and he pointed out that in the refusal of the State to contribute to^ their support the , Catholics were suffering a grievous' f wroVigV ! ; r '"They : -'orily !:; asked'- for- J 'a "'fair' share of the money ,th'ey))cdntribtt.lted inotaxation forJschool purposes, and he hop r ed r th_etimej>yq;uld soo'n^com^MienTthTeyy would receive fairplay in this matter. 3Te concluded by thanking all those who had contributed prizes, by expressing the hppe^^Jiat^the^ children v smd woukl^ enjoy their holiadjrsjp an"p jfc^^it they $>|ack' ; ihv£g^raEed for the^. new 'Sear's|wb^k. <^-'- e w v ""* \l \"; f ' /%' '<■ ;'