MARIST BROTHERS' SCHOOL, WANGANUI

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XLIV, Issue 1, 4 January 1917, Page 49

MARIST BROTHERS' SCHOOL, WANGANUI

The Very Rev. Bean Holley presided at the distribution of prizes at the Marist Brothers' School. The Rev. Father Mahouey was also in attendance. The Director, Brother Basil, in welcoming the Dean, said that the conduct of. the boys during the year was very satisfactory. They took a keen interest in their religious studies, and were regular and punctual in the performance of their religious duties. Their secular studies produced good results. The two scholarships of St. Patrick's College, Wellington, were secured by the pupils. 11. McDonald won the Sacred Heart College (Auckland) Scholarship, and added to his other successes a Junior National Scholarship. He and L. Corney passed the Junior Civil Service, and were allotted Senior Free Places. In football, the boys were again successful, retaining for another year, the senior school shield and the Trimen Challenge Cup. The Rev. Dean, in congratulating the boys on their successes, mental, moral, and physical, said among other things that the school had the distinction of producing a scholar 1 who caused much correspondence, agitation, and comment, right through the Dominion. A Bill was passed through Parliament which was understood to allow Catholic children, who won National Scholarships, to attend Catholic Secondary Schools, to avail

themselves of them. On H. McDonald's applying to /have his made available at the Sacred Heart College, ;■' Auckland, the Minister of Education refused to grant , the ' boarding 1 allowance,' which 3 Parliament enacted should be allowed. V being interviewed by the secretary of the 5 Catholic Federation • he based his refusal on the word 'obliged 'in the Act, saying, the boy was not obliged to go away from home, since there was a Secondary School in Wahgahui. But ' as\ Catholic boys, for conscientious reasons, refuse to go to nonCatholic secondary schools. ■McDonald ■ was obliged to go to Auckland for his' secondary education;; the Minister persisting in his refusal to grant the boarding allowance, which Act. provides for winners of National Scholarships. The Dean expressed the hope that when the Catholic Federation had made the public aware of the grievances and injustice under which the Catholics were laboring in this and other matters, a sense of justice would be eventually awakened, which would prepare the way for legislation that, would wipe away the hardships which, in the mailer of education, are tho lot of Catholics at the, present time. He then distributed the prizes. Following is the list: "'■ Special Prizes, Civil Service Class. English and history, W. Slattcr : mathematics, . J. Stonnaway'; science, F. Purcell. - ; Standard Vl.Good conduct—L. Luxford and F. Purcell. Aggregate merit.—Shakespeare's plays (gift of the Mayoress)—L. Luxford 1, J. O'Meara 2, C. Palmer 3, W. Phillips 4. Reading—P. Hartshorn 1, L. Luxford 2. English compositionJ. O'Meara 1, S. Tuffin 2. English grammar—A.' Koorey 1, J. Cullinane 2. Orthography—P. Hartshorn 1, V. Ahearn 2. Writing—L. McCarthy 1, S. Tuffin 2. Arithmetic— L. Luxford 1, J. O'Meara 2. Geography—W. Shannessy 1, W. Phillips 2. ' History and civics—F. Sampson 1, J. O'Meara 2. Drawing Cullinane 1, L. Luxford 2. V Standard V.—Good conduct—W. Greener. Christian doctrine— Joblin 1, T. Quirk 2. Aggregate merit—C. Benefield 1, S. Barry 2, P. Luxford 3. Reading—J. McGonagle 1, L. Williams 2. English composition—P. Carvell 1, J. Louisson 2. English grammarT. Quirk 1, C. Benefield 2. Writing---C. Benefield 1, L. Roache 2. Orthography—S. Barry 1, P. Luxford 2. Arithmetic—S. Barry 1, F. Durran 2. Geography—E. Leahey 1, S. Barry 2. History—E. Leahey 1, S. Barry 2. Drawing—J. Smithies 1, J. Louisson 2. Sinking—M. Ruscoe 1, L. Roache 2. Elocution—Sussmilche 1. Standard IV.— conduct—S. Luxford. Christian doctrine—A. Benefield 1, W. Cooper 2. Aggregate merit—A. Benefield 1, R. Carlyle 2, G. Herd 3. Reading—J. Pawson 1, A. Conchie 2. English composition - -S. Luxford 1, Murphy 2. English grammarJ. Carvell 1, S. Luxford 2. Writing—J. Carvell 1, P. Wicky ,2. Orthography—D. Barry 1, A. Conehie 2. Arithmetic—D. Barry R. Carlyle 2. Geography—R. Carlyle 1. P. Wicky 2. History—J. Carlyle 1, P. Mcßeth 2. Drawing—A. Benefield 1, C. Murphy 2. Sinein" —Pawson 1, A. Conchie 2. Standard lll.—Good conductE. Brown. Christian doctrine— Coxon 1, D. Tuffin 2. Aggregate merit-A. Cutelli 1, D. Tuffin 2, E. Brown 3. Reading—A. Cutelli 1, 11. Carlyle 2. Writing—J. Kennedy. I, C. James 2. OrthographyJ. Kennedy 1, 11. Carlyle 2. English composition—F. Huwiler I,' E. Brown 2. Arithmetic— Brown 1, A. Cutelli 2. Geography—D. Tuffin 1, D. Gilbertson 2. History— A. Cutelli 1, D. Gilbertson 2. Drawing—D.. Gilbertson 1, R. Coxon 2.