Marist Brothers' School, Timaru

New Zealand Tablet, 4 January 1912, Page 51

Marist Brothers' School, Timaru

The Catholic Boys’ School, Timaru, broke up recently. A most enjoyable concert was held in the Assembly Rooms on Wednesday evening, December 20, and on the following evening he prizes were distributed in the school hall. In his annual report Brother Egbert (director) said: —During the past year the conduct of the : boys had been uniformly good. Several boys had gained Excellent or ‘Very good,’ and nearly all the remainder ‘Good’ or ‘Satisfactory.’ Thanks to Messrs. Schaab, Cotter, and Hyland, the cadet corps established this year had done very good work in drill and shooting. The Government supplied the uniforms, which were accepted with pleasure, but it seemed rather inconsistent that the same boys should be refused the eight shillings’ worth of books which were to be supplied next year to the sth and 6th Standards of all Government-inspected schools except Catholic schools. Of the eight presented last year for the sixth standard, six passed and gained proficiency certificates. A school garden and cricket pitch had been laid down, and several old boys had presented valuable pictures to the school, A very handsome honors board lately presented to the school was then unveiled. The board-is the work of Mr. Lister and Mr. R. Griffiths, and is certainly a work of art. In the field of sport Brother Egbert continued, the boys had also been successful, and were now holders of the premiership trophies in swimming and football. Altogether the school work was progressing favorably. Very Rev. Dean Tubman congratulated the Brothers and boys on the good work done during the year, and mentioned that it was only the sacrificing labors of the Brothers and the Sacred Heart Nuns that had made

possible the carrying on : of their Catholic schools. . He referred to the injustice mentioned in the report, but expressed the belief that if they (the Catholics) were a little .more ; energetic, and if all the people of the Dominion were as broad-minded as their non-Catholic friends of Timaru, their many grievances would be removed, and the money contributed by Catholics through taxation would be spent on Catholic schools. -"' The prize-list was as follows: ' . Good conduct (old boys' gold cross), 11. Geaney; S ° f S ,t°?} (Mr - O'Leary's prize), P. Lynch; best athlete (M.B.S. challenge cup), E. Brosnahan; most enthusiastic cricketer (Mr. Mullin's gold medal) - J Connor; football (Mr. Pearson's prizes), W Hayshooting (Mr. Schaab's prizes), J. O'Kane (87) and W Power (86) . ■ " - "' x -,/:.. * ' • ' Standard Vl.—Good conduct; H. Geaney; Christian doctrine, L. Brosnahan; scholarship, H. Geaney 1, G. O Bnen and L. Brosnahan 2, Kelly 3. Standard V-Good conduct, J." Kane; Christian doctrine, G. O'Meeghan; scholarship, G. O'Meeghan 1, J Kane 2, J. Fahey and T. Sullivan 3. - ... Standard IV.— Good conduct, W. Power: Chris-" tian doctrine, B. Kane; scholarship, P. Darev 1 P Flett 2, G. Mellor and P. Courtney 3. J ' . Standard lll.— Good conduct, 'I. McKenzie; Christian doctrine, J. Cunningham; scholarship, E. Kirk 1 J. Reilly 2, J. Brierley 3. . : . . t ;v . ... .' - Standard ll.— Good conduct, C. Harding and S. T en s. e Christian doctrine, G. Flett; scholarship, Jo Harding X G. Flett 2 ' J.,Pahey 3 ; application, J. Standard 1.-Good conduct, P. Kirk Christian doctrine P Cronin ; scholarship, F. O'Meeghan 1, M. Dunne 2, P. Cronin 3. ' \