SACRED HEART CONVENT, TIMARU

New Zealand Tablet, 29 December 1910, Page 2146

SACRED HEART CONVENT, TIMARU

(From our own correspondent.) The annual distribution of prizes to the pupils of the Sacred Heart Convent School was held in the large hall on Friday evening, December 16. His Lordship Bishop Grimes presided, and there were also present Very Rev. Dean Ginaty, V.G., Rev. Fathers Tubman, Aubry, Woods, etc. A high-class and excellently rendered musical programme was given. The pupils also put on a very fine drama, entitled, ‘ St. Catherine of Alexandria.’ The scene was laid in the town of the same name, A.D. 307, and the dramatic personae were ; Maximum Galerius, Cassar, Tryphon, a Greek Sage, Porphyry, captain of the Pretorian Guards, a Magistrate, St. Catherine of Alexandria, Salunella, Mother of St. Catherine and Fiberonia, her attendant. The scenes were splendidly arranged, especially the tableau showing the burial of. St. Catherine by angels. The French and German recitations deserve special mention,

the fluency displayed showing thorough acquaintance with the soul as well as the grammar of these languages. His Lordship, before distributing the well-earned rewards, congratulated the school on the excellent results of the year’s training; he wished the scholars most pleasant holidays, and urged them to be in their respective homes bearers of joy radiating all round them the cheerfulness and unselfishness they had acquired! by example and precept in their Alma Mater. At the close all proceeded to the convent chapel, and his Lordship officiated at Solemn Benediction. This ceremony brought to a close the scholastic year.. The following is the prize list : . Decorations.—Second Medallion and ribbon of merit, Edith Chitty; fourth ribbon, Marion Taylor; first green ribbon, Francis Hailes; third, Annie Sheehan; fifth, Muriel .Brown; pink ribbon, Nellie Nottingham, Kathleen Jefferson, Joan Jefferson, Jessie McKenzie. General good conduct, Edith Chitty; next in merit. Marion Taylor, Frances Hailes. Christian Doctrine. Second division, Marion Taylor; next in merit, Francis Hailes; third, Annie Sheehan 1, Eileen Timpany 2; next in merit, Victoria Arnold, Ruth Hiskens, Alison Corry. Diligence. Matriculation Class, Marion Taylor; third class, Edith Chitty ; next in merit, Victoria Arnold ; fourth class, Annie Sheehan next in merit, Doris Tate fifth class, Muriel Brown next in merit, Nora Potter. < Matriculation Class. English and composition, Violet Verity; next in merit, Marion Taylor. History, Violet Verity; repetition, Marion Taylor; next in merit, Violet Verity. Third Class.—English and logic, Elfie Taylor; next in merit, Edith Chitty. Composition, Victoria Arnold; next in merit, Elfie Taylor, Ruth Hiskens. History, Edith Chitty; next in merit, Victoria Arnold, Dorothy Eiby. Geography, Elfie Taylor; next in merit, Ruth Hiskens, Victoria Arnold. Repetition, Dorothy Eiby; next in merit, Eileen Timpany, Victoria Arnold; prize for five accessits, Victoria Arnold. Fourth Class. —Grammar, Doris Tate ; next in merit, Mildred Mannering. Composition, Doris Tate ; next in merit, Eleanor Preston. History, Annie Sheehan; next in merit, Doris Tate. Repetition, Annie Sheehan; next in merit, Doris Tate. Fifth Class. Grammar, Alison Corry; 'next in merit, Nora Porter. History, Alison Corry, Nora Porter. Geography, Muriel Brown; next in merit, Alison Corry. Reading, Mary Taylor; next in merit, Alison Corry. Repetition, Muriel Brown ; next in merit, Alison Corry. Ninth Class. Encouragement, Kathleen Gawne. Arithmetic. —Third division, Eileen Timpany; next in merit, Victoria Arnold. Fourth division, Annie Sheehan next in merit, Philomena Ward. Needlework.—First division, Elfie Taylor; next in merit, Edith Chitty. Second division, Victoria Arnold; next in merit, Kitty Byrne, Muriel Brown. Third division, Margaret McKendry, Elsie Matheson, Fourth division, Maureen Gawne. Order.—First division, ■ Edith Chitty; next in merit, Florence de Lisle. Second division, Muriel Brown. Writing. —First division, Philomena Ward; next in merit, Gwendolen Jones. Second division, Florence de Lisle and Dorothy Nottingham. Third division, Margaret McKendry; next in merit, Muriel Brown. French. Third division : Diligence, Ruth Hiskens; next in merit, Marian Taylor. Fourth division; Diligence, K. Byrne; next in merit, Dorothy Eiby. Fifth division, Eileen Timpany, Elfie Taylor, Doris Tate ; diligence, -Clare Henrys ; next in merit, Anne Sheehan, Victoria Arnold. Sixth division: Diligence, Alison Corry; next in merit, Mary Taylor. Elementary division, Kathleen Gawne. German. —Diligence, Mildred Mannering; next in merit, Doris Tate. Prize for five accessits, Doris Tate. The school will re-assemble on Thursday, February 16.