ST. MARY’S CONVENT, WELLINGTON

New Zealand Tablet, 19 December 1912, Page 51

ST. MARY’S CONVENT, WELLINGTON

The concert and distribution of prizes in connection with the ‘breaking-up' of St. Mary's Convent were responsible for the Guildford Terrace Schoolroom being crowded to overflowing last Tuesday evening. Those present included the Rev. Father Hickson, Adm., Very Rev. Dean Regnault, Rev. Father Bartley, S.M., 8.A., and other members of the clergy. Prior to the presentation of prizes a very enjoyable concert was given, the whole being quite an artistic performance. The programme was composed as follows: —Piano duo, Tarantelle (Raff), Cecilia Dwyer and Muriel Blake; part song, ‘ Fly, singing bird, fly (Elgar); bird song, ‘ The wood pigeon' (Liza Lehman), Miss Rose Segrief; vocal trio, ‘ Ave Maria ’ (Amarchetti), Teresa McEnroe, Edith Martin, Frances Morrison; piano duo, ‘Variations on a Beethoven theme (C. Saint-Saens), Annie Dolan and Edith Chamberlain; vocal solo, ’ Quand tu chantes’ (Gounod), Miss Agnes Segrief; Shakesperean trio, Take, oh take those lips away (Stokes), Teresa McEnroe, Rosie and Agnes Segrief; dialogue, ‘ Hubert and Prince Arthur ’ (Shakespeare), Pauline Brown and Zita Chapman; bird song, ‘The wren’ (Liza Lehman), Miss Teresa McEnroe; piano solo, ‘ Rhapsodie No. 12’ (Liszt), Miss Girlie Gibbs; vocal solo, ‘Ave Maria’ ' (Luzzi), Miss Frances Morrison; part song, ‘I waited for the Lord’" (Mendelssohn). The prize list is as follows: Special Prizes. Good conduct — (gold medal, ‘ The O’Rourke Memorial,’ gift of Mrs. O’Rourke), Edna jT' Clark; junior boarders, Mary Mexted; senior day - pupils (gold medal, gift of Mrs. White), Jean Mathie- ; son; junior day pupils, Dulcie Du Crou; preparatory school, Eileen Staff and Vivian Williams. Christian doctrine (gold medals, gifts of Very Rev. Dean O’Shea, V.G., and Very Rev. Dean Regnault), equal in merit, Lucy O’Donoghue and Mildred Trolove, Ivy Parker 2, Mollie Chapman 3; preparatory school, Eileen Staff. Dux of school (gold medal, gift of Rev. Father Hickson, Adm.), Catherine Lynch. Mathematics (gold

medal, ‘The McArdle ‘ Memorial,’ gift of : Mrs. McArdle), Marjorie Espie. Diligence, equal; in ‘ merit (gift of Father Bowden), Catherine Lynch and Veronica Flanagan. Composition (gold medal, gift of his Grace Archbishop Redwood), .Kathleen Bowe. Painting (gold medal, . gift of Lady Ward), Marjorie Espie. Elocution (gold medal; ‘ The Mechtilde Memorial,’ gift of Mrs. Rose), Eileen Flanagan. Sight reading (gold medal, gift of Mr. Chapman), Laura Hyde. 1, Zita Chapman 2.French recitation, Zita Chapman.. Singing (gold medal, ‘ The Grace Memorial,’ . gift of Mrs. Grace), Madge Higgins. Special prize for'singing, highest marks yet gained in New Zealand, 184 out of a possible 200 (gold medal, gift of Mr.- Maurice O’Connor), Teresa McEnroe. ; Singing (gold medal, gift of Mr, Martin Kennedy), Arlette Scott. SingingSenior division (gold chain, gift of Dr. Mackin), Gladys Goulter; intermediate division (gold medal, gift' of Mr. Mahony), Edith Chamberlain; intermediate division, Pauline Brown, Sacred singing, Edith Chamberlain. School singing, Arlette Scott; junior division, Dorothy McVinish. Music. L.A.B. Diploma (gold medal, gift of Mrs. Chamberlain), Girlie Gibbs; A.T.C.L. Diploma (gold medal, gift of Rev. Father Peoples), Cecilia Dwyer. Playing from memory,. Nellie Bennett I, Arlette Scott -2. Music Senior division, Florence Gardiner; higher division, Kathleen Lenihan; lower division, Linda Riddell; junior division, Gwen Espie; elementary division, Myra Bevan; primary division, Eileen Staff. Violin playing, Mary Parsons. Theory of Music—lntermediate" ..division,, Annie Dolan; higher division, Lily Dealy; lower division, equal in merit, Arlette Scott and Florence Gardiner; rudiments division, - Frances Gasquoine; primary division, Maisie Reeves; - - V’- . . V"" Shorthand— division, Kathleen Bowe; second division, Vera Little. Typewriting, Vera Little. Book-keeping—First division (silver medal, gift of Miss Williams), Kathleen Lenihan; second division (silver medal, gift of Miss Williams), Sheila Lynch; third division, Edna. Clark. . Needlework First division (gift of Mrs. Segrief), Arlette Scott;.second division (gift of Mr. Gasquoine), Kathleen Hurley; third division, Edna Clark. Physical —boarders (gold medal, gift of Mrs. Gasquoine), Kathleen Hurley; day pupils (gold medal, gift of Mr. Dealy), Teresa Mahoney. Singing (gold medal, presented by local secretary Trinity College), Edith Chamberlain, Class Prizes. Form Vl.—French (gift of Mr. Reeves), Catherine Lynch. Latin (gift of Mr. Reeves), Veronica Flanagan. Euclid and trigonometry ? (gift of Mr. Williams), Catherine Lynch. Arithmetic and algebra (gift of Mr. Williams), Veronica Flanagan; Heat, equal in merit, Catherine Lynch and Veronica Flanagan. Botany, Lucy O’Donoghue. Geography and history, Dorothy Trolove. Physiology, Dorothy Trolove. Form V.English and composition, Dorothy Trolove. Latin, Jean Mathieson. French, Dorothy Trolove. Physiology, Marie Doherty. Freehand drawing, Marie Doherty. Penmanship, Marjorie Espie. Brushwork and blackboard drawing (gift of Mr. Riddell), Mildred Trolove. Literature, Lily Dealy. Model drawing, Kathleen Lenihan. German, Gladys Goulter. Form IV. —Arithmetic, Teresa Mahoney. English and composition, Gladys Goulter. Mathematics, Ita Gould. Geography, Mildred Trolove. History, Mildred Trolove. Botany, Ita Gould. Latin, Marie Doherty. Freehand drawing, Pauline Brown. French, Gladys Goulter 1, Margarita Bunny 2. Diligence, Katie O’Leary. Form lll.—English and literature, Pauline Brown. Arithmetic, equal in merit, Pauline Brown and Doris Guise. Penmanship, Kathleen Hurley. Diligence, Kathleen Hurley. History, Eva McAlister. Geography, Mary Gamble. —First division, Ita Gould; second division, Olive Cox. Mathematics division, Margarita Bunny; second division, Bessie Martin. French—First division, Lily Dealy; second division,

Hilda Martin. Botany, Hilda Martin. Composition, Kathleen Levett. Highest marks, Mary O’Neil. ’ : Standard Vl. Diligence, Edna Clark. Arithmetic, Laura Hyde. English, Laura Hyde. Highest marks, Ivy Parker. Composition, Ivy Parker. Reading and recitation, Eileen Redwood. Geography, Eileen Redwood. Literature, Eileen Flanagan. Writing, Mona Mears. Drawing, Zoe Grimstone. History,' Zoe Grimstone. French, Maisie Reeves. Standard V. —Diligence, Isobel Redwood. Arthmetic, Sheila Hoben. ; English,: Winifred Mather. Highest marks, Edna Mcßae. Composition, Mary Ready. Reading and recitation, Isobel Redwood. Literature, Sheila Hoben. Geography, Nana ; Day. Writing, Genevieve Whitaker . Spelling, Ida Brookes. Drawing, Frances Gasquoine. French, Linda Riddell. Botany, equal in merit, Isobel Redwood and Mary Hennessy. Standard IV.Reading and recitation, Zita Chapman. Composition, Mollie Chapman. English, Peggy Reeves. Writing and spelling, Lenore Flanagan. Geography, Lenore Flanagan. Drawing, Rita Rankin. Diligence, Myra Bevan. Highest marks, Rena Fabian. Arithmetic, Rena Fabian. Preparatory School. Class I. —Spelling, Eileen Staff. Writing, Margery Scott. Composition, Kathleen Blomfield. Arithmetic, Vivian Williams. Reading and recitation, Valmai Williams. Geography, Vivian Williams. English, Valmai Williams. French, Tessie Mewhinney. Class ll.—English, Maurice Reeves. Arithmetic, Gladys Wareham, Composition, Tessie Mewhinney. Geography, Helga Swan. Spelling, Florence Nidd. Reading, Marie Duflou. Writing, Kathleen Ferris. French, Willie Ducrou. _ Class lll.—Arithmetic, Lorna Chapman. Composition, Doreen O’Shaughnessy. French, Thurza Rogers. Spelling, Glen Riddell. Geography, Glen Riddell. Reading and recitation, Lulu Cohen. Writing, Monica Mather. _ The children of the Kindergarten School received their prizes on Monday. The Sisters of Mercy desire to thank the donors of prizes. -