MARIST BROTHERS' SCHOOL, TASMAN ST., WELLINGTON

New Zealand Tablet, 26 December 1912, Page 24

MARIST BROTHERS' SCHOOL, TASMAN ST., WELLINGTON

(From our own correspondent.) - v The annual entertainment and distribution of prizes in connection with the Marist : Brothers' School, Tasman street, took place at the: large Town Hall'"on Wednesday evening, December 18. The large hall was well filled/ and a splendid programme of vocal, instrumental, elocutionary, and physical culture items was placed before the large and appreciative audience. The choruses ' The old school' and Come where my love lies dreaming,'were rendered in a splendid manner by the boys, which showed the painstaking care taken by their -instructors, ; Brothers?, Ferdinand and Irenaus, in their preparation. Masters B. O'Brien, O. Kovaleskie, J. Riddler, and Maurice . Telma (violin), G. Davis (cornet), and Lionel Andrews and Joseph Lyons (piano) gave instrumental items; which were exceedingly well played and greatly appreciated.- A vocal duet, Erin, beautiful Erin,' by Masters B. O'Brien and W. Brady, was nicely sung. Master O'Brien, who is the gold medallist of j the school for 1912, has a very sweet voice, and as principal soloist did justice" to the song, which was much appreciated by the audience. Master Allan Johnson 1 sang ' A perfect day ' and was encored. Master Lionel Andrews ;recited ?v Shiel's defence of the Irish,' which showed that he is an elocutionist of.; no mean ability. He- was also . recalled. Perhaps the most popular items rendered;were those of Master Fergus Reeves, who recited a humorous piece, .' The kid.' He had to reappear, his encore item being C' How father carved the , duck.' ' This did not satisfy the- audience, and he had ~to respond twice more to repeated calls! The club drill by the senior pupils and the wand drill by : the junior pupils were well done, the precision of the movements drawing forth: well-merited'.: applause from the audience, From ■ a spectacular point of view

these exhibitions would-take a lot of, beating. The boys were dressed in white, and the effect of their movements was much enhanced by the use of limelight. Another clever item was that by Master '."W! Brady, who gave a skipping exhibition. The programme concluded with an operetta, ' The bogus school inspector,' which gave an opportunity to the boys to display ) : their talents in; acting and singing. ■ The characters were sustained by Masters 0. Quinnell, J. Gamble, B. O'Brien; D. Haggerty, F. Mooney. Miss Doherty acted as accompanist. Owing to the lateness of the hour at which the entertainment concluded, the distribution of prizes was postponed .until the Friday morning, when the Rev. 1 Father Hurley, SIM?;-presented? them at the school. ■'':'■■ - : ; - Brother Justin, the Superior, presented J his . annual report, in which it was stated that : during the ; year the number of boys enrolled was'227. The attendance had shown improvement on that of previous years, especially : during the winter months, owing, ho: doubt, to the more comfortable and warmer classrooms: than they had in the old ; school in Boulcott street. The behaviour and tone of the boys on the whole "had been good. .■;,-. The Education Board inspectors in their report of their visit to the school in June stated that they were favorably impressed - ; with; the order and discipline of all the classes. Last month Standard VI. was examined, when 15 pupils out of the 19 presented were successful in passing. ' Three boys entered for *scholarships and were fortunate enough to gain the : T. G. McCarthy scholarships of the annual value of £lO each and f tenable for two years at St. Patrick's College. In this examination one of the boys, William Beveridge, had the distinction of being the only candidate out of the fourteen who competed who gained full marks for arithmetic. ; On the football field the ; boys had a very successful season. To comply with the requirements of the compulsory military training a cadet corps of 100 strong had been undergoing regular training. ; While thus attending to the mental and physical training of the pupils, the much more important matter; of religious training had not been overlooked. Special religious instruction had been imparted by the Brothers every day, while in addition to this the Rev. Father Hurley had given a course : of ; Scripture lessons ;to the boys of the upper" standards, and the Rev. Father Peoples had paid a] weekly visit to the school for the special spiritual benefit of the Newtown boys. It would thus be seen that there was at least one school in Wellington in which Bible lessons were given and into which ministers of religion may enter during . schoool hours. While so much was being done- in the school for the children, parents should not take it for granted that there was nothing left for them to do. Many of them could assist the Brothers much more by seeing that their boys were more regular in approaching the Sacraments. -. ■■•■.-■■•■■- Prize List. Special Prizes.—T, G. McCarthy scholarships of the annual value of £lO and tenable for two years at St. Patrick's College were gained by W. Beveridge, M. Burke, N. ' Weybourne. ; Brother Mark memorial gold medal for good conductW. Brady 1, M. Mahoney 2. _ Vocal solo (two medals presented by Mr. F. 'J. Oakes)—B. O'Brien 1, L. Dwan 2. Regular- attendance (medal presented by Mrs .-Coleman) J. Guinan. ■- Standard Vll.General proficiency and dux of the school (gold medal presented by his Grace the Archbishop), W. Brady. English and arithmetic, W. Brady. ; : Bookkeeping and writing, E. Schraeder. V ■■"■■■ • Standard Vl.—General proficiency (gold medal presented by Mr. S. G. Ross)—W.\ Beveridge 1, G. Gregory 2. Christian doctrine (gold medal presented by Wellington Catholic Club)— Burke 1, J. Lyons 2. Scripture history (special prize presented by Rev. Father Hurley)—W. Beveridge 1, W. ? Brady. 2. Home work (T. G. McCarthy gold medal, presented by Mrs. McCarthy)—G. Gregory 1, J. Lodge 2. Reading—L. Andrews 1, W. Kelly 2. Writing— McParland 1, D. Ryan 2. Composition—M—Burke 1, G. Gregory 2. .Spelling—G. Lundon 1, L. Ryan 2. Arithmetic— W. Beveridge 1, G. Davis 2. Geography—E. O'Shea 1, J. McGlinchey 2. Drawing—W. Kraus 1, F. Brad-

ley 2. HistoryN. Weybourne 1, V. Daniel 2. Singing—W. Beveridge 1, W. Brady 2. Regular attendance—E. O'Shea and W. Beveridge. Proficiency certi-" ficates—W. Beveridge, M. Burke, V. Daniel, G. Davis, G. Gregory, W. '; Kraus, G 4 Lundon, E. Shea; J. McGlinchey, L. Ryan, N. Weybourne. Competency certificatesF. Bradley, W. Kelly, J. Lodge, A. McParland.

Standard V.— Aggregate merit—Andrew Griffin !, Benjamin O’Brien 2, Percy Tredgold 3. Christian doctrine Andrew Griffin'l, James Delaney 2. Good conduct—Andrew Griffin 1, Oriel Kovaleskie 2. ArithMichael O’Sullivan 1, Martin Tarrabochia 2. English—Francis Halley 1, Benjamin O’Brien 2. Geography—Benjamin O’Brien 1, 7 John: Gamble 2. History John Barber 1, Reginald Newton 2. Essay—Reginald Newton 1, John Gamble 2. Reading — McFarland 1, Edward Murray 2. —Norman Schraeder 1, Daniel Haggerty 2. Drawing— Kraus 1, Francis Mooney 2. Recitation Quinnell 1, Walter Ashbridge 2. Neatest work—Ronald Boyd 1, Andrew Griffin 2. Spelling—John Gamble 1, Benjamin O’Brien 2. Best attendanceA. Griffin, P. Tredgold (exaequo). Diligence, Roy Parrant. Standard IV.—General proficiency—B. Hyland 1, V. Doull 2, W. Gamble 3. Good conductß. Parsonage 1, C. Davies 2. Christian doctrine— O’Sullivan 1, S. Hoskins 2. Reading—F. J. Gamble 1, J. .Pope 2. Writing— Doull 1, A. Kelly 2. . Composition— T. Fouhy 1, H. Vaney 2. Spelling— Gamble 1, C. Parrant 2. Arithmetic—. Hyland 1, J. Moran 2. Geography Harvey 1, G. Davis 2, Drawing— B. O’Brien 1, V. Doull 2, Home work— J. Gamble and W. Gamble. History—-W-. Gavin 1, T. Fouhy 2j Mental arithmetic Kennedy. 1, T. Clements 2;,; SingingF. Griffin 1, F. B. Gamble 2. Improvement —S. ' Watson, F. Haydon, J. Feely, W. Coleman. Regular attendance Guinan, J. Pope, B. Parsonage, C. Parrant, F. J. Gamble. ' . Standard lll:Aggregate merit—J Riddler 1, V. Schraeder 2, E. Doull 3. Christian doctrine—G. Nash 1. ArithmeticA. Bailey 1, J. C. McKeowen 2. ReadingL. Cookson 1, F. Gormley 2. Writing Boyd 1, D. Foley 2. Spelling ;Davies 1, J. McAteer 2. Composition—K. Harrison 1, C. N. Campbell 2. Geography— Lundon 1, L. O’Shea 2." History—G. Ashbridge 1, W. McGlinchey 2. Drawing— J. Sandbrook 1, R. Dwyer 2. Recitation Beckman I, R. Brockie 2. Mental arithmteic—H. Lander. Homework—W. ■ Fitzsimmons 1. SingingJ. Beveridge. Improvement— Griffin 1, C. McCosker 2. Regular attendanceA. Bailey, R. Dwyer, V. Schraeder. Good conduct— McAteer 1, C. McCosker 2. . Standard 11. conduct, R. Harrison. Catechism, V. Ward, J. Dennis. General proficiency, F. McFarland. Reading, B. Quinnell, J. Burke. Writing, P. Coleman, J. Ryan, R. Smith. Spelling, L. Dwan, A; Jenkins. Poetry, R. Beveridge, J. Fitzgerald. - Composition, V. Peters, T. O’Brien. Arithmetic, J. Reid, S. Butler. Mental arithmetic, J. Ward, J. Doull, 0. Johnson. Geography, J. Corby, W. Corby. Attendance, R. Grant, C. Galvin. 7 y; Standard I. Good conduct, F. Parsonage.'- General proficiency, L. O’Brien, L. Gamble. Catechism, T. Rush, John O’Brien, G. Alward, P. Blewman. Reading, C. Ashbridge, E. Quill. Writing, P. Creedon, J. Lodge. Poetry, B. Knudson. Spelling, F. Ruscoe, W. Peters, E. Goodwin. Arithmetic, . W. Bailey, A. Dillon, J. Cannon, M. Coleman. Neatness —H. Pobar. Attendance, B. GleesOn, E. Warren. Improvement, L. Hoskins. >