SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS

New Zealand Tablet, 16 December 1915, Page 39

SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS

ST. PATRICK'S DOMINICAN COLLEGE, TESCHEMAKERS. \~ \ ' . On Thursday, 9th inst., the scholastic year was brought to a close by the distribution of prizes and class honors. The following is the prize list: Kindergarten.

Preparatory —Word building, A. Brown counting and tables, J. Lawrence ; -mat weaving, A. Brown; recitation, T. McVeigh. Grade I.—Reading, A. Woods; hand .work, A. Woods; drawing, G. Lawrence. Grade ll. —Class prize, W. Morrissy ; arithmetic, M. Hailes; embroidery work, M. Greer writing, M. Hailes. °

Junior School.

Grade 3. Religious knowledge, S. O’Neill; class prize, S. O’Neill; neatness in -written work, E. Brown; needlework, S. Inglis; arithmetic j and brush work, S. O Neill; mental arithmetic, E. Brown; handwork and history, S. Inglis. Grade. 4. —Religious knowledge, D. O’Connell; class prize, R. Rothwell ; English history, D. O’Connell; arithmetic, M. Tansey. Grade s. —Religious knowledge, M. Goodger; class prize, E. Gallagher; reading and recitation, M. McVeigh; English history, M. McVeigh; arithmetic, M. Goodger ; writing, E. Breen. Grade 6. —Religious knowledge, M. Collins; class medal, M.^O’Meara ; arithmetic, B. O’Meeghan ; St. Matthew, T. Hutton; drawing in crayons, N. Spiers; elementary science, W. O’Connell; handwork, M. Collias.

Senior School.

Dux of school, L. McVeigh; St. Matthew, L. McVeigh; French, M. Petre, M. McVeigh. Form IV.; Class medal, R. Roughan; mathematics, M. Dwyer; French, R. Roughan. Form 111. ; Class medal, W. Boland; Acts of the Apostles, A. Petre; mathematics, W. Boland; writing, M. O’Meeghan; French, K. O’Brien; Latin, A. Petre.

Competition in Religious Knowledge for Shield. Christian doctrine and Acts of Apostles: Senior (gold medal)—L. McVeigh; junior (silver medal)—M. Collins.

General Prizes

Politeness and deportment, F. Gillies; painting, B. Campbell; sketching in pastels, M. Dwyer, M. O’Meeghan; needlework, B. Campbell; book-keeping and typewriting, R. Roughan; first aid, J. Crowley, R. Corcoran, and M. Crowley; elocution, B. Waldron; swimming, M. O’Meara; physical drill, R. Corcoran, M. .Crowley, and J. Crowley; darning, J. Crowley, M. Collins, M. O’Meara; games, B. Waldron, E. Breen; good conduct in junior’ school, M. Goodger ; nuns’ prize for good -conduct, M. Petre; wreath for amiability, awarded by votes of pupils, J. Crowley.

Navy League Essay Prizes.

Form V., L. McVeigh; Form IV., M. Dwyer; Form 111., A. Petre; Standard VI., B. O’Meeghan; Standard V., E. Gallagher.

Oxford Certificates.

Junior.—D. Sutton, L. McVeigh, M. Ward. PreliminaryM. Dwyer, S. Neil, R. Roughan, M. Collins, T. Hutton, B. Waldron, D. Collett, W. Boland* Standard Vl.—Proficiency certificates: M. Collins, T. Hutton, B. O'Meeghan, W. O'Connell, M. O'Meara, B. Waldron, N. Spiers. Honors in Music. ' ~ ; Medallists — .Local Division, D. Sutton; Senior Division, D. Sutton (singing); Intermediate Division, N. Spiers; Lower Division, T. Hutton; Junior Division, V. Gillies; Elementary Division, R. Corcoran. - - Prize-winnerslntermediate Division, M. Petre (singing) Junior Division, W. O'Connell (singing), M. Cassidy (piano).

: Harmony—Senior: Division, .©. Sfttton; Intermediate Division, M. Crowley ; ■ Junior Division, V. Gillies. • ‘ ■" .

The school has this year r been registered' under the Education Act as ‘efficient’ in both its primary and secondary departments. - ' K Grateful acknowledgments are tendered to donors of prizes and to the hon. secretary of the Navy. League, for useful aids to the study of British history in the form of. maps and pictures presented to the school during the year. __

Musical Examinations.

The following pupils were successful at the musical and theoretical examinations, held in connection with Trinity College, London: ‘ Higher Local—Doreen Sutton, 87 (honors). ' Senior Doreen Sutton (singing), 86 (honors). Harmony— Sutton, 95 (honors). Intermediate—Nancy Spiers, 91 (honors) ; Monica Petre (singing), 82 (honors). Harmony Mattie Crowley, 85 (honors); Nancy Spiers, 68. Junior—Vida Gillies, 89 (honors); Winifred O’Connell, 85 (honors) ; Elsie Gallagher, 84 (honors) ; May Cassidy (singing), 83 (honors); Molly Collins, 80 (honors); Julia Crowley (singing) ,_ .74 Reta Corcoran (singing), 73. Harmony Vida Gillies, .82 (honors). Associated Board of the R.C.M. and R.A.M., London: —

Intermediate Grade— McVeigh, 114. Lower DivisionTui Hutton, 130 (distinction). Elementary Division. Rita Corcoran, 135 (distinction) ; Madge Goodger, 122,