ST. PATRICK’S COLLEGE, WELLINGTON

New Zealand Tablet, 22 December 1910, Page 2096

ST. PATRICK’S COLLEGE, WELLINGTON

SILVER JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS The silver jubilee of St. Patrick's College, Wellington, was celebrated on December 11, 12, and 13. The Evening Fust, writing on the day prior to the commencement of the celebrations, said: Something more than twenty-five years since the leading Catholic clergy and laity decided that it was necessary to establish a secondary school and carry on the system of education which the Church had already founded for the benefit of its people, and, owing to the liberality first of the Marist Fathers and second of the adherents of the Church, St. Patrick's College came into existence in 1885. The college has fully justified its existence since it first opened its doors to the Catholic youth of the Dominion, and at the present moment there are about 1200 men in various parts of the world who regard it as their Alma Mater. The first pupil to be enrolled on the school books was a boy named Mahony; he made a name in football before he left (most of the older followers of the game will remember him). He is now the Rev. Father Mahony, in charge of the Nelson parish. At the end of eighteen months after its opening the college contained 110 boarders and forty day scholars. At present the numbers are not quite so large, the total on the school register being about 120. The first Rector was the Very Rev. Dr. Watters (now Rector of the University School in Dublin), assisted by Father Devoy (now Archdeacon Devoy, in charge of the Newtown parish), and Father Carrigan, beloved of all, whose memory is kept green by a tablet erected in the college. In the scholastic world the college has attained a high place; 200 of its pupils have matriculated since it started, while of the ' old boys,' thirty are now in the priesthood and twenty-two are studying for the priesthood. Those in Holy Orders are divided between the Society of Mary, the Society of the Sacred Heart, the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), and the Franciscan Order. One of the ' old boys' is the Very. Rev. Father O'Shea, Vicar-General. Many of the prominent lawyers and business men in New Zealand have passed through its walls, while many others are known as doing well in Australia, South Africa, America, and Germany. In the world of sport the college has enjoyed a full measure of renown, and both in cricket and football has provided representatives who have achieved more than fleeting honors. Messrs. C. and S. Hickson, the well known cricketers, are a case in point. It is interesting to note that it is proposed to start a branch of the college at Christchurch. THE FIRST DAY'S CEREMONIES. The ceremonies in connection with the Silver Jubilee of the college began on Sunday morning, when his Lordship the Right Rev. Dr. Grimes, S.M., Bishop of Christchurch, celebrated Pontifical High Mass at St. Joseph's Church, Buckle street, in the presence of a crowded congregation, which included a large number of priests from- Wellington and other parts of the diocese. The Very Rev. Dean Regnault acted as assistant priest, the Rev. Father S. Mahony as deacon, the Rev. Father W. Tymons as subdeacon, and the Rev. Father Hurley as master of ceremonies. His Grace Archbishop Redwood occupied the throne, attended by the Rector of St. Patrick's College (Very Rev. Dr. Kennedy), and the Vicar-General (Very Rev. Father O'Shea). . The keynote of these celebrations, said his Grace Archbishop Redwood in the course of his sermon, was gratitude first of all gratitude to Almighty God, to Whom it was meet and just and right and salutary that they should always and at all times give thanks for His benefits. Next they owed a debt of gratitude to the Blessed Virgin, under whose patronage the Marist Fathers carried on their important work, and lastly they owed gratitude to the patron saint of the college, the great and glorious St. Patrick. He would never forget, he went on to say, the day he visited

Armagh and met the saintly Primate, and asked him, as the successor of St. Patrick, in St. Patrick's own See, to make a present of a statue to the first Catholic college erected to his name in this part of the world. The reverend Primate gave him carte blanche, and the result was the statue of St. Patrick which was erected on the front of the college at a cost of £SO. His Grace referred to the quarter of a century which had elapsed since the foundation of the college and its solemn opening by his Eminence Cardinal Moran, the years of hard, steady, persevering work, often uphill work, under anxious vicissitudes, which had been undergone, and said that his heart thrilled with emotion and thankfulness and gratitude in every direction. He had been keenly alive for years after he took upon his feeble shoulders the burden of the management of this great diocese to the necessity for such a secondary institution, in which our Catholic youth could live in a Catholic atmosphere, and there fit themselves for their manhood. And he said to himself: 'How is this thing to be achieved?' Where are the resources P Where is a teaching staff to be procured? Two sources for the funds were discernible — the zealous liberality of the Marist Fathers who had evangelised the Maoris, and afterwards, at the call of necessity, had taken the direction of the white Catholic race throughout New Zealand. He knew also that the Society of Mary was renowned for its educational establishments in Europe, particularly for the flourishing college of St. Mary at Dundalk, and he said to himself that Dundalk would furnish the teaching staff that college where he and the Bishop of Christchurch acted as professors for many years. Dr. Watters, once a pupil of his, came as the first Rector, and with him came Father Carolan (God rest his soul!) and Father Goggan. His Grace said he could not let that occasion pass by without paying his debt of gratitude to the Ven. Archdeacon Devoy and Father Le Menant des Chesnais (of happy and saintly memory), who undertook a canvass of the diocese to raise funds for the establishment of the college. From the first day of its opening the college had played a very prominent part in the education of New Zealand, and it went on from progress to progress until in the hearts of non-Catholics and Catholics it was recognised as one of the foremost educational institutions in the Dominion. The college had turned out about forty priests —good, zealous, able, efficient priests, perfectly fitted to the people, and beloved by —and they knew very well how the Old Boys of St. Patrick's College had distinguished themselves nobly in various careers and avocations, not only in New Zealand, but in far distant parts of the world. They had reason to be glad, they were jubilant, their hearts thrilled with joy and gratitude at all that had been wrought by the college, and the keynote of all their celebrations was gratitude—first of all to Almighty God and then to the worthy guides of the Church and the human instruments which had been selected by Almighty God to bring about these great things; thanks to the first staff that came to the college; thanks to the succeeding staffs that had held up nobly the blue and white flag of St. Patrick's; thanks to the noble donors who furnished the means to erect a college; thanks to those who had lately contributed generously in order that the college might become more and more up to date for teaching science and imparting a perfect all-round education. His Grace also thanked the Bishop of Christchurch for coming there at no little inconvenience to pontificate in their presence. He asked the congregation to join with the intentions of the Pontiff who celebrated the Mass —a solemn Mass of thanksgiving. Let them unite in thanking Almighty God for the benefits he had showered upon the institution and upon all those connected with it, and beg Almighty God to animate them with zeal towards an institution so that, perhaps, it might one day become a Catholic University. Catholics and Education. In the evening his Grace Archbishop Redwood celebrated Pontifical Vespers in St. Joseph's Church, assisted by the Vicar-General and the Rev. Fathers Moloney and P. O'Connor (all old boys), followed by Benediction, at which his Grace was assisted by the Rev. Fathers Graham and Gilbert. His Lordship Bishop Grimes preached an eloquent sermon on the subject of ' Education.' He recognised, he said, what the Dominion had done in equipping schools and colleges, but, at the same time, lip would say that in this matter the Catholic Church had been cruelly treated in New Zealand. One of the Acts of the Legislature in what they called education involved cruel and unfair treatment of the Catholics of New Zealand. Let those be blamed who deserved the blame. He would praise New Zealand for what it had done to spread knowledge and instruction even in remote and sparsely populated places, such as some that he knew personally on the West Coast. He knew that the schools and colleges conducted under the Government were necessarily unsectarian, and if they, were not so there would be fresh grievances. Yet Catholics were not satisfied, and could not be satisfied. They wanted their children to acquire knowledge of every kind, but especially to have a sound and solid Christian education. They wanted to give them a Catholic education, which, in the true and full sense of the word, was the ennobling and perfecting of the faculties of youth, so as to enable them to become worthy citi- . zens of time and eternity.

What his Lordship Bishops Grimes said at St. Joseph’s Church on Sunday evening about the Catholic grievance against the present educational system (says the Dominion) was echoed and amplified by Mr. Martin Kennedy in a speech at the college conversazione on Monday night. _ It was thirty-four years, he said, since Catholics were deprived of their share of the distribution of education funds. They were told that they were on the same footing as other denominations; but was that so? Was there any other denomination whose children were denied higher secondary education by reason of the religious convictions of their parents? There was not. Catholics alone realised that they could not accept any education that did not rest upon a religious basis. He was not blaming any particular Government, because no Government could give what they wanted so long as public opinion was what it was. Seveneighths of the people of the Dominion were professing Christians, and were prepared to take the Nelson system, or the Sydney system, or any system except the one that would give Catholic children an opportunity of having a religious education. The Catholics were one-seventh of the community, and were paying about £6 a head, or £150,000 a year, lo provide religious education. When the new college at Christchurch was established, there would be four places of Catholic higher education in New Zealand, and the cost to Catholics would be about £IO,OOO a year for higher education alone. He thought there were signs, in England, at any rate, that fairer views on this question might yet prevail.

The same subject was referred to at the distribution of prizes on Tuesday evening. ' The wonder to me is that the wonderful and remarkable record of self-sacrifice made by Catholics on behalf of the cause of education has not appealed more to the British sense of fair play and justice when the question has arisen of distributing public money in the cause of education.' This remark (says the Times) was made by the Very Rev. Dr. Kennedy, Rector of St. Patrick's College, when speaking at the annual distribution of prizes. He went on to say that, while deeply grateful for the small measure of justice given by recent legislation in throwing open Education Board scholarships to the children of Catholic schools, he could not help expressing, most respectfully, as rector of the college, his deep regret and bitter disappointment that provision was not made at the same time to enable Catholic children who might succeed in gaining the scholarships to hold them in the Catholic secondary schools that prepared them to win them. It was quite evident that, without such provision, the offer now madehowever generous, kind, and well-intentioned it might —-must lead many of the best and brightest of the Catholic children away from the Catholic schools. They were not, however, without a .gleam of hope. The Education Act provided that boards could allow the scholarships to be held in any secondary school or its approved equivalent. 'Let us hope, then,' he said, 'that if we succeed in preparing students to pass the examinations and gain the scholarships the boards will look upon us as at least equivalent to a secondary school, and accordingly, in a spirit of fair play and justice, grant the necessary approval to the holding of these scholarships in our schools. It is our intention at St. Patrick's College to prepare a number of our students and to send them up for these board examinations, and if we succeed, as I hope and am confident that we will succeed, then we will be able to put the Act to the test. I am also confident that we will succeed in arousing public interest in our efforts, and am sure that if a small measure of justice is not granted there will be much indignation in the minds of a great number of the general public' PICNIC AND CONVERSAZIONE. Blue and white, the colors of St. Patrick's College, fluttered from the mast-head of the Duchess when she left the Perry Wharf at 10 o'clock on Monday morning to carry a large friendly party to Day's Bay (says the Dominion). Blue and white was sported also on hatbands and fluttered in ribbons from coat lapels, and the finer vantage-ground' of summer dresses. Four hundred people, old and young, were taking a harbor excursion as the guests of Mr. Martin Kennedy. It was an incident in the celebrations of the 25-year jubilee of the honored house of learning that stands upon the lower slopes of Mount Cook. The company included Archbishop Redwood, Bishop Grimes of Christchurch, a large number of Catholic clergy (including the Very Rev. Dr. Kennedy, rector of the college, and his staff), many prominent laymen, ladies, college boys, and ' old boys.' They were out to enjoy themselves like a big family party. Nature herself evidently knew all about the enterprise and approved of it, for her busy winds put little bars of white upon the blue of the harbor waters, and the sky wore its own most soft and delicate variations of the same beloved hues. Over at the bay the excursionists strolled about the bush and the beaches, visited the side-shows, exploited the swings, studied the monkeys, and played sundry games. At luncheon in the pavilion, Mr. Martin Kennedy proposed the toast of the visitors. His Lordship Bishop Grimes, in responding, expressed the thanks of the guests to Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy for their hospitality. He remarked that they were still affectionately remembered at Greymouth, and it was one of the severest Sangs that he, as a Bishop, had to bear when they left his iocese.

I A most acceptable Christinas Box is a Box of Honda* Lanka l>a. It gives genuine pleasure and delight.

' A guid New Year! An' may ye hae plenty o' Hondai Lanka Tea tae slocken yer thirst,'

Mr. E. J. Fitzgibbon, in a happy little speech, responded for the laity. St. Patrick’s College, he said, was not the property of the Marist Order only, or of the clergy only, but of all Catholics, and with its future was bound up the future of Catholicity in New Zealand. Though not himself a pupil of St. Patrick’s, he had worked with a number of them at Victoria College, and he found that they could hold their own with the students of any college in the Dominion. „ . • , The Very Rev. Dr, Kennedy, Rector of the college, proposed * The Old Boys.’ The college had sent forth from her doors more than a thousand students, many of whom occupied high positions in Church and State, and doing honor to their Alma Mater. St. Patrick’s followed her old boys with material interest, and nothing pleased the staff more than to have t their past students gathered around them. The Very Rev. Father O’Shea, Vicar-General, as one of the clergy educated at the college, said the feeling uppermost in their minds that day was one of gratitude to the founders and professors of St. Patrick’s, who had enabled them to obtain the education necessary to fit them for the priesthood. Mr. Melville Crombie responded for the lay old boys. His Grace Archbishop Redwood, in proposing the toast of ‘ Our Worthy Host,’ characterised Mr. Kennedy as one of the greatest benefactors to Catholic education and to St. Patrick’s College in particular. The toast having been drunk with musical honors and cheers, Mr. Kennedy briefly replied. He observed that none of his investments had pleased him so well as what he had given for Catholic education and the Catholic Church. The afternoon passed as pleasantly as the morning. Tea was served before the party returned to town. A conversazione in the Town Hall concluded Monday’s portion of the celebrations of St. Patrick’s College Jubilee. The large attendance included his Grace Archbishop Redwood, his Lordship Bishop Grimes (Christchurch), Monsignor Fowler (Sioux City), the Very Rev. Father O’Shea (Vicar-General), Very Rev. Dean Regnault, Yen. Archdeacon Devoy, Very' Rev. Dean Carew, Very Rev. Dean McKenna, Very Rev. Dean Binsfield (Meeanee), Very Rev. Dr. Kennedy (Rector of the College), Very Rev. Father Keogh (ex-Rector), and other clergy, the Hon. D. Buddo (Acting Minister for Education), Mr. T. M. Wilford, M.P. (Mayor of Wellington), and many prominent laymen. The Rector, welcoming those present, announced a large number of congratulatory telegrams from others who were prevented from attending. One of these was from Sir Joseph Ward, who congratulated the college on the attainment of its jubilee, expressed the hope that it would long continue in its career of usefulness, and wished the staff and students every success and prosperity. ‘ Old Boys ’ in Auckland also sent a typical telegram of good wishes. The Mayor spoke appropriately of the good work done by the college. ‘ln almost every branch of the arts,’ he said, ‘ in civic life, in the professions, in trade and finance, your college has marked its impress on the public life of this country. You are doing good work, the city recognises it, business firms know it, public opinion has admitted it, and there is no doubt whatever that the tone of the civic life of this community is raised and not lowered by the presence in its midst of an institution like your own.’ The Hon. D. Buddo said that 25 years ago it was thought in Wellington that it would be almost impossible for a college like St. Patrick’s to carry on, but the promoters took their courage in both hands, and the college was practically a success from the start. Some people said that the purpose of education was to fit the pupils to earn their living, and others held that its purpose was to inculcate high ideals, but he believed that the first duty of all educational institutions was to turn out good citizens, and he ventured to say St. Patrick’s College was doing that. In addition to religious instruction and training in tact and courtesy, there was a wide field for the teaching of tolerance, and especially tolerance of the points of view of other nations with whom we had to do business.

Public schools should foster a knowledge of the rights, the sentiments, and even the prejudices of other nations, so that those whom they trained, while remembering the greatness of the nation and the Empire to which they belonged, would not thrust it too much before other nations. In that respect he thought the public schools were doing much good. Ideals of Character.

His Grace Archbishop Redwood said the aim of St. Patrick’s College was to form the youth of New Zealand to be men of character. His view of a man of character was one whose intellect was enlightened and filled with true and sound Christian principles, as a foundation on which could be raised a structure of sound knowledge in any line they chose to follow. He could not conceive it possible for any man to be truly great unless his mind was fortified through and through with Christian principles. The will must be disciplined and fitted for constant and even heroic obedience. To make the character perfect, there must be not only intellect and will, but also noble sentiments, and a true, loving, generous, and unselfish heart. When all those elements were conjoined, they had a man of character, one who would make, his mark in any calling. To form such characters was the ideal that had been put before all the Rectors of St. Patrick’s from the

very beginning, and they had largely succeeded in attaining it. In this way they were helping to build up a noble nation that would be looked up to by far distant peoples and.would be successful and happy. His Lordship Bishop Grimes spoke pleasantly of the many links uniting his diocese of Uhristchurch with Wellington and St. Patrick's, and he especially claimed the present Rector as a Christchurch boy. The Jubilee Fund. Mr. Martin Kennedy, chairman of the Jubilee Committee, announced that the Jubilee Fund had now reached £2BOO, and it was expected to reach £3OOO before the lists were closed. The needed science laboratory would be provided, and the balance would be applied to the reduction of the debt. Other speakers were the Very Rev. Father O'Shea, S.M., V.G., the Ven. Archdeacon Devoy, S.M., and Mr. S. Moran. The musical portion of the programme was of a high order of merit, and included vocal solos by Miss Teresa McEnroe and Miss Agnes Segrief; 'cello solo by Mr. F. Johnstone; Shakespearean part song, ' Take, oh take those lips away,' Misses May Storey, Teresa McEnroe, Rosie, Emily, and Agnes Segrief, and Carrie Denhard; choruses by Mr. Watkins's Liedertafel; selections by the college orchestra; and the college song by students. Requiem Mass. A Solemn Requiem Mass for the repose of the souls of deceased masters, ex-pupils, and benefactors of St. Patrick's College was celebrated at St. Joseph's Church on Tuesday morning. The celebrant was the Ven. Archdeacon Devoy, S.M., the deacon and subdeacon being Rev. Father Tubman, S.M. (Timaru), and Rev. Father Fay, S.M. (Temuka). There were present in the sanctuary his Grace the Archbishop, his Lordship Bishop Grimes, Father O'Shea, S.M., V.G., Dean Regnault, S.M. (Provincial), Father Keogh, S.M. (Hastings), and Dean Carew, S.M. (Greymouth). A number of, local and visiting clergy also attended, and there was a large congregation. The preacher was Rev. Father Ainsworth, S.M., an ' old boy' of the college. The college boys, with some of the clergy, formed the choir, and the Rev. Father Schaefer, S.M., presided at the organ. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES BY LORD ISLINGTON. As a fitting finale to the festivities in connection with the silver jubilee of the college (says the New Zealand Times), there was an overflowing attendance of parents and friends of the students on Tuesday evening to witness the annual distribution of prizes, a duty which was carried out by his Excellency the Governor, Lord Islington. Among the dignitaries of the Church who were present were his Lordship Bishop Grimes ? his Grace Archbishop Redwood, Monsignor Fowler (of Sioux City, U.S.A.), and the Very Rev. Father Keogh, ex-Rector of the college. An Address of Welcome. In opening the proceedings the Rector, the Very Rev. Dr. Kennedy, said he was sure that all felt highly honored at the presence with them of his Excellency the Governor, forming as it did a fitting conclusion to the school's jubilee celebrations. On behalf of the school he had pleasure in reading the following address to his Excellency: ' May it please your Excellency,—We, the Rector, masters, and boys of St. Patrick's College, beg to express our deep and lively sense of high honor conferred on us by this, the first official visit of your Excellency. It has been our privilege from our infant days to receive at the hands of his Majesty's representatives in the Dominion the encouraging patronage of a personal visit. We feel especially proud that, in this our jubilee year, we should be favored by one who was so signally honored by his late Majestv King Edward VII. Representing, as we do, a system of education which weds knowledge unto religion, and seeking at some sacrifice to give practical effect to our time-honored convictions, we take solace and comfort in our labors and responsibilities from the fact that the representatives of the Crown should at times display such a kindly interest in our school as this visit of your Excellency evinces. We therefore beg to express through your Excellency our loyalty to his Majesty the King, and to wish your Excellency in person a hearty welcome, and to venture to express the hope that we may soon again and often enjoy the privilege of welcoming you to our college. Signed on behalf of masters and boys by D. Kennedy, S.M., Rector, C. O'Reilly, S.M., J. Casey, B. Malone, Wm. B. Buckley.' His Excellency's Reply. Lord Islington, who was warmly applauded on rising to reply, said: 'I have much pleasure in acknowledging the cordial welcome that you have extended to me as the representative of his Majesty King George V., and note with satisfaction your expressions of loyalty to the throne and person of his Majesty the King. My visit to-day is of more than passing interest, as it affords me an opportunity of coming among you whilst celebrating the silver jubilee of your college. The energy, zeal, and personal selfsacrifice that have marked the efforts of the supporters of this institution during the last twenty-five years are characteristic of its founders, and the remarkable progress of the college since its inception speaks well for its future

career. I understand that your college differs from others in the Dominion in that it is the only one of its kind connected with the system of secondary education, and the scholars being assembled from all parts of the country its influence is disseminated throughout New Zealand. The scholars whom I see before me this evening will, in a few years' time, be taking their places as useful citizens in various portions of the Dominion, and will, I am sure, throughout their life recollect with pride and satisfaction the opportunities afforded them at their college to develop their character and education. The record of your college shows how successful its administrators have been in the past, and I trust that the future may hold an even greater prospect of useful learning to Catholics in this Dominion. I appreciate highly the kindly sentiments that you have expressed towards me, and so long as I have the honor of being Governor of New Zealand I shall watch with interest the development of St. Patrick's College. May I add that I hope to have the pleasure of coming in contact with you from time to time.' A Satisfactory Year's Work. Before calling upon his Excellency to present . the prizes, the Rector expressed the great pleasure he and the college felt at the presence on such an occasion of so large and distinguished an assembly. He was particularly gratified to see among them his Lordship Bishop Grimes, his Grace Archbishop Redwood (the founder of the college;, and the Very Rev. Father Keogh (the ex-Rector). Dr. Kennedy said he also wished to thank most sincerely all those kind friends who contributed so generously to the handsome jubilee offer of £2BOO. It was not surprising to find that the great bulk of the amount was contributed by the poor Catholics, who had thus added one more golden page to the long record of wonderful self-sacrifice in the great cause of education. The wonder to him was that this remarkable recard did not appeal more to the British sense of fair play and justice when the question arose of distributing public money in the cause of education. He added that the work of the boys at the college during the year had been most satisfactory. The spirit which animated them was excellent, and was no doubt due in great measure to the traditions handed down by former students and to the work of his revered predecessor, Father Keogh. While thanking the boys for their application to study and devotion to their masters, he must not forget also to thank • the staff, all of whom were most loyal and devoted to their work. The spirit of friendly rivalry between the boys had been so remarkably strong that at the end of the year the marks for general excellence of work in some cages' did not differ by more than a decimal point. The prizes were then presented by his Excellency, the list being as follows: Good Conduct. Senior division, gold medal presented by his Grace Archbishop Redwood, S.M.—Brian Malone; next in merit Wm. Buckley, Paul Kane, Moran Mahoney, John Beaton and Arnold Roche; hon. mention, John Casey. Junior division, gold medal presented by the Very Rev. Father O'Shea, S.M., V.G.—Joseph Kunieroa; next in merit, Edward Cullinan, Howard Buckley, Thomas Higgins, and Patrick O'Connor. ' Extern division, gold medal presented by the Ven. Archdeacon Devoy, S.M.Fergus Yourelle; next in merit, Cyril Andrews, Leonard Daniel, Cyril Dealy, John Walker. Diligence. Gold medal presented by the Very Rev. Dean Regnault, S.M. (Provincial)—John Casey; next in merit, Paul Kane, Moran Mahoney, John Beaton, Joseph Kumeroa, Edward Cullinan, Thomas Higgins; hon. mention, Wm. Buckley. First Class. General excellence in class work.—Gold medal presented by the Old Boys' Association —William Buckley (dux) ; next in merit, John Casey and Brian Malone. Christian doctrine. —Gold medal presented by the Right Rev. Dr. Grimes, S.M., Bishop of Christchurch— Buckley; next in merit' Brian Malone and John Casey. Essay.—Prize presented by the "Very Rev. Father Keogh, S.M., B.A.— Malone; next in merit, Wm. Buckley and John Casey. English.— Wm. Buckley; next in merit, Brian Malone and John Casey. Latin.— Wm. Buckley; next in merit, Brian Malone and John Casey. French. —Prize presented by the Very Rev. Father Moran, S.M., B.A.— Wm. Bucklev; next in merit Brian Malone and John Casey. Arithmetic and algebra.— Wm. Buckley; next in merit, John Casey. Geometry and trigonometry.— Buckley; next in merit, John Casey. Second Class. General excellence in class work. — Courtenay O'Rourke , 1, Wm. Hennessy and Paul Kane 2; next in merit, Jame 3 ) McGinley, Albert Berwick, Daniel Bradley, and Moran Mahoney. Christian doctrine.— Gold medal presented by the Very Rev. Dean Carew, S.M.—Albert Beswick; next in merit, Wm. Hennessy, Fergus Yourelle, Courtenay O Rourke, and Paul Kane. Essay.—Paul Kane; next "n merit, Wm. Hennessy, Arnold Roche, Moran Mahoney, and Redmond Prindable. English.—Paul Kane; next in merit, Albert Beswick, James McGinley, Wm. Hennessy, and Daniel Bradley. Latin.— Kane, Courtenay O'Rourke ex aequo ; next in merit, William Hennessy! James McGinley, Thomas Stack, 1 John Engel

Wm. Hennessy, Jas. McGinley, Thomas Stack, John Engel, and Raymond Kitchen. French.— Stack; next ; n merit, Jas. McGinley, Wm. Hennessy, Paul Kane, John Engel, C. O'Rourke. Arithmetic—C. O'Rourke; next in merit, James McGinley, Wm. Hennessy, Moran Mahoney, < and Albert Beswick. Algebra and geometry. —James McGinley 1, Wm. Hennessy 2; next in merit, Courtenay O'Rourke, John Sullivan, Moran- Mahoney, Philip Blake, and Albert Beswick. Chemistry.— Daniel Bradley. Drawing.— Kilgour; next in merit, Louis Weight and Paul Kane. ' Third Class. General excellence in class work.—Howard Buckley; next in merit, James Hennessy, John Barry, Wm. Poppelwell, Owen Craighead, Leonard Daniel, and Timothy Smith. Christian doctrine.— Hennessy; next in merit, Howard Buckley, Cecil Parsons, Owen Craighead, Timothy Smith, and John Barry. Essay.— Charles Laird; next in merit, Howard Buckley, John Barry, James Hennessy, Cecil Parsons, and Bernard Chapman. English, Charles Laird ; next in merit, James Hennessy, Howard Buckley, William Poppelwell, and Owen Craighead. History and geography, Chas. Laird; next in merit, Jas. Hennessy, Timothy Smith, H. Buckley, Wm. Poppelwell, and Owen Craighead. Latin, Howard Buckley; next in merit, Wm. Poppelwell, James Hennessy, and Leonard Daniel. French, James Hennessy; next in merit, John Barry, Howard Buckley, Wm. Poppelwell, Daniel Connor, and Owen Craighead. 'German, James Hennessy; next in merit, Charles Laird, Leonard Daniel, D. Connor. Arithmetic, O.Craighead; next in merit, Wm. Poppelwell, Howard Buckley, James Hennessy, Leonard Daniel, and Timothy Smith. Algebra and geometry, H. Buckley; next in merit, Owen Crajghead, Leonard Daniel, James Hennessy, Wm. Poppelwell, and Timothy Smith. Chemistry, Howard Buckley; next in merit, Brian Dignan, Chas. Ruscoe, and Francis Kelly. Mechanics, Howard Buckley; next in merit, Leonard Daniel, Wm. Poppelwell, Arthur Brennan, and Cecil Parsons. Drawing, Leonard Daniel; next in merit, John Barry, John O'Shea, Howard Buckley, Arthur Brennan, and Bernard Chapman. Fourth Class.A. General excellence in class work, Desmond o'Sullivan 1, Wm. Craighead 2; next in merit, Mervyn Miles, F. McKenna, John Dore, Patrick O'Connor, and Edward Cullinan. Christian doctrine, Wm. Craighead; next in merit, Mervyn Miles, John Dore, Desmond O'Sullivan, Patrick O'Connor, and Frederick McKenna. Essay, Von Browne; next in merit, Mervyn Miles, Wm. Craighead, Desmond O'Sullivan, Frederick McKenna, and Frederick King. English, Wm. Craighead; next in merit, Desmond O'Sullivan, Mervyn Miles, Thomas Sullivan, John Dore, and Frederick McKenna. History and geography, Desmond O'Sullivan; next in merit, Frederick King, Win. Craighead, Frederick McKenna, Mervyn Miles, Patrick O'Connor, John Dore and Von Browne. Latin, Timothy Smith; next in merit! John Barry, Andrew Cummins, Patrick McCarthy and Desmond O'Sullivan. French, Mervyn Miles; next in merit, Desmond O'Sullivan, Wm. Craighead, F. McKenna, and Thomas Fitzgerald. Arithmetic, Desmond O'Sullivan; next in merit, Mervyn Miles, Thomas Sullivan, L. Flood, Wm. Craighead, and Joseph Connell. Algebra and geometry, Desmond O'Sullivan; next in merit, Wm. Craighead Mervyn Miles, John Dore, Oscar Lynch, Walter Jennings and Thomas Sullivan. Chemistry, Wm. Craighead; next in merit, Win. Blake, Desmond O'Sullivan, John Dore, Thomas Sullivan, and Frederick King. Physics, Desmond Sullivan; next in merit, Wm. Craighead, Thomas Sullivan, Edward Cullman, Frederick King, Leslie Flood, and Wm. Blake. Drawing, Oscar Lynch ; next in merit, John Beaton, Jeremiah Coughlan, Thomas Fitzgerald, Frederick King and Archibald Balmer. Fourth Class.—B. General excellence in class work, Thos. Higgins- next in merit, Philip Flood, Edward Clarke, and Henry Beirne Christian doctrine, Thos. Higgins; next in merit, Henry Beirne, Philip Flood, Michael Nottingham, and Edward Clarke. Essay, Edward Clarke; next in merit, Thomas Higgins, P. Flood, and Henry Beirne. English, Thos Higgins; next in merit, Philip Flood, Edward Clarke, and Henry Beirne. History and geographv, Thos. Higginsnext in merit Henry Beirne, Philip Flood, and Michael Nottingham Latin Thos. Higgins; next in merit, Patrick O Connor Thomas Fitzgerald, Edward Clarke, and Philip Food. French, Joseph Spillane; next in merit, Patrick O Connor, llios. Higgins, Von Browne, and Tuff Noon Arithmetic, Paul Stratford; next in merit, Philip Flood' Thos. Higgins, and Edward Clarke. Science, Thomas Higgins; next in merit, Philip Flood, Henry Beirne, and Paul Stratford Drawing, Edward Clarke; next in merit, Philip Flood Thos. Higgins, and Paul Stratford. Writing Edward Clarke; next in merit, Thos. Higgins, Philfn Flood, and Henry Beirne. ' v Fifth Class. General excellence in class work, George Fitzsimmons 1, Orton Burke 2; next in merit, Athelstane Bunny, Wm Redmond, and Cyril Dealy. Christian doctrine, George Fitzsimmons; next in merit, Orton Burke, Leo Hayward, Cyril Dealy, Athelstane Bunny, and William Redmond Essay, Orton Burke; next in merit, George Fitzsimmons

Cyril Dealy, and George Reynolds. English, Orton Burke; next in merit, George Fitzsimmons, Athelstane Bunny, Cyril Dealy, and Win. Redmond. History and geography, George Fitzsimmons; next in merit, Orton Burke, Wm. Redmond, Athelstane Bunny, and Alfred Sievers. Arithmetic, George Fitzsimmons; next in merit, Orton Burke, Athelstane Bunny, Wm. Redmond, and Cyril Dealy. Science, George Fitzsimmons; next in merit, Orton Burke, Athelstane Bunny, Wm. Redmond, and Cyril Dealy. Writing, Orton Burke; next in merit, George Fitzsimmons, Wm. Redmond, Vernon Hickey, and Athelstane Bunny. Drawing, Vernon Hickey; next in merit, Alfred Sievers, Orton Burke, and John Walker. Agriculture, P. Blake next in merit, John Dore, Edward Peters, Sydney Hickey, Joseph Connell, and Ernest Burns. Commercial course, Albert Beswick ; next in merit, Louis Wright, Tiki Eraser, Cecil Parsons, John O'Shea, and Walter Jennings. Oratory and Debate. Senior Debating Society. Debating, Charles Laird; next in merit, Paul Kane, Win. Neylon, Daniel Connor, Arthur Brennan, and Raymond Kitchen; hon. mention, Brian Malone. Oratory, Paul Kane; next in merit, C. Laird, John Sullivan, Daniel Connor, and Wm. Neylon. Junior Debating Society. — Gold medal, presented by Mrs. T. G. McCarthy, awarded to John Barry; prize, Owen Craighead; next in merit, Timothy Smith, Joseph Kumeroa, Thomas Fitzgerald, James Hennessy, and Tiki Fraser. Music. ___ Pianoforte. First division, Francis Kelly; next in merit, Raymond Kitchen and Brian Malone. Second division, Vernon Hickey; next in merit, Cecil Parsons, Edward Clarke, and Charles Laird. Violin.—First division, A. Brennan ; next in merit, W. Neylon, E. Burne, and R. Kitchen; second division, E. Peters; next in merit, H. Buckley and J. Hennessy. Singing.—Senior division, gold medal presented by Mr. P. Hanley, awarded to Brian Malone. Junior dicision, gold medal presented by Mrs. I). Kennedy, awarded to Patrick O'Connor. Board of Honor Prize. John Beaton, Howard Buckley, John Casey, Owen Craighead, Edward Cullinan, Thos. Higgins, Joseph Kumeroa, Brian Malone, Patrick -O'Connor, Joseph Spillane, Daniel Bradley, Leonard Daniel, Louis Weight, Arthur Brennan, Wm. Buckley, Joseph Connolly, Wm. Craighead, Philip Flood, Paul Kane, Moran Mahoney, Manuhiri Mariu, Arnold Roche, Cyril Andrews, Bernard Chapman, Tuft Noon, Fergus Yourelle. Prizes for Four Mentions. Raymond Kitchen, Daniel Connor, Thomas Fitzgerald, Frederick McKenna, Henry Beirne, Cyril Dealy, John Dore, Frederick King, Thomas Sullivan, Athelstane Bunny, Wm. Redmond. Special Prizes. Awarded to boys who are first in class subjects, yet have not been long enough in the college to compete for prizes. —Joseph Connolly, Leo Cranby, Thomas McCourt, Edward Whittle. School Scholarships. Dr. Kennedy announced amid applause the result of the competition for the two college entrance scholarships of £2O a year each for four years, offered through the generosity of Mr. Martin Kennedy. The scholarships had been won by Patrick Hanrahan, of Ashburton, and John Hally, of the Marist School, Wellington. It was also announced by the Rector that through the generosity of another Wellington Catholic gentleman who did not wish his name to be mentioned, the college was now in a position to offer a number of new scholarships, not as entrance scholarships, but to be gained by students of the college itself. The sum of £4O or £SO would be available annually, and it was intended to divide it into four or five scholarships of £lO each. The college also intended to add one more similar scholarship next year and make the number six in all. One would go to the boy gaining highest marks in English language and literature, another in Latin and some modern foreign language, and another in mathematics and science. This would be done in the second and third classes. No boy would be able to hold two of the scholarships at the same time, but could hold one in conjunction with some other scholarship. He was sure all would join with him in thanking the donor for his generosity in making the scholarships a perpetual foundation for the college.. Responding to the invitation of the Rector, his Excellency again addressed the boys, expressing his great and genuine pleasure at being able to be present and take part in such a festivity. He was glad to know that the college had made such progress during its twenty-five years' working. The boys were to be congratulated most heartily upon having the opportunity of enjoying at the college a public school career in its fullest and widest sense. He was convinced that the college offered to its students a thoroughly practical education; a class of education that would prove of the first service and use to them when the time came for them to commence their careers in life. Time was when public schools all worked in the old narrow classical groove, with classics from morning to night, but now he was glad to see that this had greatly changed. He was sure that the time had to come when all public schools

would be forced to adopt the modern standard that the great universities had already attained. St. Patrick’s College stood very high in this respect, and he was particularly glad to know that scientific agriculture took a very prominent part in the curriculum. This subject was of the greatest importance in a country like New Zealand, and while he was Governor he would never cease emphasising the necessity and wisdom ,of giving boys every possible opportunity of becoming thoroughly conversant with the highest branches of agricultural science. His Excellency concluded by wishing the boys of the college a pleasant holiday and all the compliments of the season. His Grace Archbishop Redwood, in the name of the college, proposed a very hearty vote of thanks to his Excellency for his presence, for distributing the prizes, and for what he had said. The remarks upon the subject of scientific agriculture were particularly commended to the boys’ attention as being of the very highest importance. The vote was carried with applause, and the gathering concluded with hearty cheers for his Excellency. During the evening an enjoyable musical programme was rendered by the college orchestra and choir, and Mr. F. Johnstone contributed a ’cello solo.