AKAROA SCHOOL EXAMINATION.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 252, 17 December 1878, Page 2

AKAROA SCHOOL EXAMINATION.

The Akaroa Public School annual examination and distribution of prizes took place in the school on Friday last, 13th mat. Upwards of 140 children were present. Mr W. Meefch (the Chairman) and Mr H. Billens were present on behalf of the School Committee. The Reva. Messrs Anderson and , Douglas, arid , Messrs S. Watkins and : <A. I. M'Gregor, acted as. examiners,' and 'expressed -themselves pleased with the general tone of the school, and the quiet and orderly behavior of the children present. Mr Edge, one of the Government Inspectors, having recently examined the school, the examiners availed themselves o± his report to some extent, and the opinions of the several teachers, as to the general conduct of the pupils, in awarding the prizes. Mesdames Thomas and Kissel acted as judges of the girls' needle and fancy work. The Committee were able to present every child in the school with a book as a souvenir of the day. The following is the prize list:— Class 6—Standard VI.— J. W. M'Gregor, 1; Ben. Penlington, 2 ; Ernest Watkins, 3 ; Wm. Yewen, 4. Class s—Standard V.—Geo. Checkley, 1; Caroline Davis, 2 ; Jane Bruce, 3 ; Gilbert Dalglishr4i. , I Class 4—Standard IV.—Geo. Johnson, !1; Fred. Sims, 2 ; Charlotte Bruce, 3 ; Elizabeth Fyfe, 4 ; Walter Yewen, 5. Class 3—Standard lll.—Richard Mullins, 1; Arthur E. M'Gregor, 2 ; Gertrude Parsons, 3 ; Arthur Watkins, 4 ; Arthur Sims, 5. ■ . ■ j Class 2—Standard ll—Clara M'Donald, 1; Agnes Alger, 2 ; Henry Oborn, 3 ; H. Edtnondson, 4 ; Jas. Dalglish, 5. General Proficiency—Esther Wright, Frank Penlington, Louis Vangioni, Thomas Penlington, Abigail Porter, Mary Monroe, George Hokianga,. Regular Attendance—Louisa Nicholls. Special prize arithmetic—Sarah Henerici. : Class I—Standard I.—Arthur Noonan, Nigel Watkins, 2; Alfred Missen, 3; Frank Perm, 4 ; Bessy Vangioni, 5. General Proficiency—Leah Parsons, Charles Alger, Alice Davis. Virginie Leliavre. Below Standard.— Florinda O'Reilly, Mary Higginson. Fred. Davis, E. Billens, Wm. Mitchell, W. Wells, Alfred Nicholls. Sewing,—Margaret Bruce, 1 ; Helen Houghton, 2 ; Mary Lelievre, 3 ; Emily Vangioni, 4. Diligence and Work Done— Louisa Edgson, Maria Brough, Flora Ramsay, Helen Bruce, Edith Davis. Regular Attendance. — Boys, Fred. Sims; Girls, Elizabeth Fyfe. Good Conduct.—John W. M'Gregor. Mr Meech, the Chairman, on behalf of the Committee, intimated to the children that they had arranged to give three weeks 1 holidays, and he hoped that at the end of that time they would return altogether fit and willing for fresh studies. He had also to thank Mr Nicholls and his assistants, Misses Thomas and Bruce, for the great care and attention they had given to their several classes, especially complimenting them on the orderly conduct of their pupils. Mr Nicholls begged to thank the Committee and the children,on behalf of himself and his colleagues for the kindly expressions of feeling. The only complaint he had to make was the old one against parents not sending their children regularly to school. As long as this was the case, they could not possibly get on themselves, and they retarded the progress of others. He must remind the scholars that they had no right to prizes; they were only marks of progress given by Mr Montgomery and some other kind friends to indicate the interest -taken in their advancement. The great prizes at school were the attainment of knowledge and the getting of good and orderly habits. He would like the children to give three cheers for Mr and Mrs Montgomery and the other donors of prizes. Three cheers were most enthusiastically given, and after order had been restored, the Chairman thanked the examiners for their attendance. The Rev. Mr Anderson expressed the pleasure it had been to him and the other examiners at being present, and the school then broke up for the holidays.