Intercolonial

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 52, 30 December 1909, Page 2075

Intercolonial

tilff^c Press) jjj |tna^'ii-frduuaimk ildaßtSrieti-s gatlierleci!&Ln ffbieelM&lwltSfflißtlihe stonei :§f ■ J |lleVcom|lli'^PSlie (T~c^i^lKis^MsTiGrr^Qe.4i£6 sirchbißhop ;6f s#n)pp3g2.po $ |s 1 ) ■ f|r i k %yie& fkljilL^ndofe^lfe i iSiu^^HLs i eiArfedMso ."Chat consi^^^ply 'more &ia«»th'e;.sosfc of^he v bm^ The Tolltftving cable message (says ift^CccflWnir^PT&ws) wasTiecerVed- By^MsTEmin^hce'tlJarHinal : T3Toriair : sßFew-^weefcß "the American Fleet : — 'Your Eminence's welcome to jgjhe -Ele^cwasaeeognised^afeja^cpma^mentary banduet ?So Dr^DMlg^Bish^pgf Ro*ckli^mp^n?,^ren in New York, on the 9th of November.. , .The Archb'ishop, and cleYg-y xy 9f ' York, the judges, aii l d Acting ; Ma'yor r 'of 'the ciiy desirlfito. v .thanfc yoitr Eminence on behalf. oTmilliqus^of, the gArilerMan „ , His Grace,. Archbishop ..-Kelly'" visited'jrtli"eE Christian Brothers'; Cpllegej-rWaverleyj^mi', Sunday/ Ddcembeij?l2, . ,the, ceremony <lf< unveiling a statiieiof theißlekfeed Virgin, erected by the past and present students' a|j a . testimony, t of their appreciation,, of the ;Rev. -»BEpther^P. A. Conloh, who was Superior of the college -fromj.-190^Sto 1909. Brother .Conlon. (says -the s Sydney^2freema.n',s Jpurifrfll) was transferred to.'Melbourne' m . Septemboi- "I^st, "wher^he assitmed charge of the* premier college tof ■ the Chris^an Brothers in Australia, at Victoria parade. There w^si a large gathering of the clergy and laity present at" |o|he 'gvjfunctjpn. 'fe^fi.- WMs M % SVi,.. .•,■■,s, ■'%-* \- W^V. fft^i Jr'h *i^^o^f&?iW fi j% Tie^bliif jt)ie; Tpi^e^ity^^minaijifins '■'(says^ifHe' 'Sydney" 'Fn~ee7iiUn's^Xournal)"\\is' won'^by J»™A. Fitzherbert^ of St. Ignatius'^ College, Riveryiew., whoj^as" Sawa«^iffi#JoTi\#WtsF|TOfdai"aSa^e' r^ "for" general" pi;oficiehcy, medals "for Greek, "alge^rsiT, plane trigo,npmetr^,' physics, anli ' proxr. l^ ace.l in", Englfshy! French, Latin,' geometry, and mechanics. „ The ini;mber , of -candidates 'ivho; presented themselves" was 166^.-' and tlfe^ 'number 'who 'passed was 145. , Young Fitzher.ljert, is a .native of 1 Launce's'to'n, Tasmania, and' is now seventeen y pars 'old. He received his primary 'education^ at .the. ' Prefe'entatiQii, jDpnvent, Launc'estbn. "^- Thence in ! 1905 i ne'SVon trh*e- BfuViTne «.§ehoki»r^hip^(£63>'fpr) »Icnaikia'g (^allege, sSßaMefefe^^nterUngfßiveTßiewi.-ini Jui^ lgflS^llieaiS-gfiS^bfen years. -^In June, 1907, he sat v for the J.unijc^r, rpublic examination, and secured the' prize for general proficiency, as /- well" as;ther,medals forLfirsti place in Latin, .Greek, > Algebra, -and . arithmetic . > ' For, dthisii Senior examinktionjff therefore, he took the usuafc^twbl and^a half.iye'ars' ipreparationvftJ"lAt -Riverview he won- the- gold medal for class champion-in 1906 and 1907, and the Kelly Memorial Prize for English in 1908. A THe paren-Q ofSchildren? attending th'J- Ca^holl© sc|k|ols of the archdiocese of Melbourne., (says the Advocate), irad the subscribers to the pr^im'ary * schools who have not children in attendance, will read with-pleasure the annual report on the Catholic-jprim r ary,sphopls for Ahejyejar), ending September 30 last, made by the inspector, Mr. Nicholas J. Cooke. At the outset it must be carefully. borne in jnind by,the^jasual "deader 'that th'e'-figures' supplied* refer o'nly 'to tTie^arcnaiocese -of Melbourne, i and 'do riot at all touch the : diocese's of^'Sa'nrl-o.hurst,-Ballarat;..and Sale.-..,. .iWhen'thisids/rememj^eredjfsome .notion, may be. .formed, of,^the, great sum n of , -money, ...sßgpt t amiu'al^ly, by the jCatliqlics of Victoria t- on primary .e.^uea''tion. 11 ' Cookers r'epb'ft^ 'now^in the archdiocese of Melbourne 'l06"-primaT^ " schools'/ 22,283 pupils andu429/jteachers,-.>266 i .of whom -are' fmembers of>. [ jr.eljgipus; , ; Orders.jp -T;he , total ; outlay rM on last year Ml -w.as. £28,4^3.; inspector, .renorts^^hat the schools have" attained' ' a very" high stariaardj of "effi^ciency ' under a ' thoroughly qualified' bb'dy^df teachers." ' le The list of schools, AA'ith the results, of the_ examinations, is -interesting reading. St. Brigid's, North Fitzroy, heads the list witKr99^s^per cent, of marks; St. Mary's, Lancefield, closes itf^tth^SO^per cent. But, besides the primary schools, _ pC .the Fl lar"ch'di'6cese of Melbourne has 80 colleges, or superior "' schools, fqr^bpTs; with „1007 pupils,. an6U26lfor girls, with Hs43d^»^p^-^,At v tlie" -liap. of " Se|rtemWr, ( 2^726 childijen were' v atitefl'aiiig i f^la'tholic^s v chools: in^^^o,rohdioceifekof Mcli c^boUMie^-^This-^s§ttulyy^ magri^»^^^c,esult,yand\speaks - Vlmi3]£p; 'of v the \eiTn.estnLesß % *pf the^p^g^ib^ people inj^thfeir * i E|.ve^ a^combiried I £28,433 I --^sia-firfe^f6r''refuY4r"^^ school cfirri5 I -sj \ * eatholicWaxria^es.y\^rEe x book^of the/hour. /cdpifs, Is poswad; 12 cppiej^and/oYery Ba^seach, purchaser t / to^|ay ctfrriage^* A]gply Manager, Dutaeclin.