WAREPA SCHOOL.

Clutha Leader, Volume IV, Issue 190, 1 March 1878, Page 7

WAREPA SCHOOL.

|A a TKe^'public examination of this school 'X took place on Thursday last, in presence |A of ?a=large number of the parents bf pupils X andfother friends. X The Rev. Messrs Knowles, Bannerman, yy andf Waters were = the examiners, and X: among those present were Mr R. Ayson, A Mrs /Hugh Ayson, and Miss D. Ayson, y i MrjMrs,;and Miss Christie, Mrs and Miss | Dabinett,- Miss Haywood, Mrs Fahey, y Mrs? Hog!?, Mr E. Coustan, Mr and Mrs f- : Mfi^A?,"' Mr John arid the Misses Mosley, M_e*^err, Mrs Riddell. Mrs Stewart, Mrs A Ypririgspn^ Mrs Porteous, Mrs Cooper, arid Mrs Knowles. About ,riiid-day luncheon was supplied to the children and visitors by several of 1 the jladies present, whose contributions of flowers served also to enliven the appearA ance of the schoolroom. The day's pro- ; ceedings were judiciously varied by several songs and glees, which the children, under thei-leadership of Mr Robert Ayson, sang with great power and expression. A most

interesting feature was the poetical selec-

|? tions, which wore well recited, even by H the ivery- youngest. So keenly was the ||V prize for recitation contested that the Ws judges were under the necessity of dell daring John Waters and Agnes Christie % equal.. This prize was given by Mr H Christie, and the Rev. "Mr Knowles J kindly offered to provide a prize for the |; girl. who. had acquitted herself so well. jf Mr'^Milligan, Chairman of Committee, | : offered two prizes— one foi* the best boy, g and the? other for the best girl in the jf school — to be awarded by the votes of the |A scholars. After a ballot had been taken |f it was , found that Donald Munro and f Anne Crawford had the greatest number % df,* supporters. Towards the close the j§ Rev.. Mr Waters (who occupied the chair) p called upon the Rev. Mr Knowles to ad- |: dress the meeting. I "Mr* Knowles said that from Mr Wad- | dell' 3 ability and scholarship he had come I toyWarepa prepared to hear an examinaf tion of no ordinary kind, and -he was glad g to be able to state that the result had far I surpassed his expectations. He then | urged upon the pupils the necessity for f diligence and care in the education of fA their tastes, and reminded them that k whatever was worth doing was worth A doing well. x Mr Banerman concurred, and stated !j that he had been at three examinations V that week, and he could safely say that A Warepa school was at least not one whit ? behind any .of tlie rest. Ho then addressed a few words to those who might

be'leaving school, and enforced upon them the necessity for continuing their education after they had entered on the world; •

Mr "Waddeli briefly replied, and thanked the rev. gentlemen for the part they had taken in the examination, and for the flattering report they had given of the result. He also thanked the ladies present for the good things they had supplied to the children, and in a special manner he "begged to thank Mr Robert Ayson for his great kindness in visiting the school to teach the children music. He hoped that iri "the course of the next session he would have the . assistance of a pupil teacher, as Mr Taylor had promised to support their application, and then he would be able to exercise a more thorough superintendence over the various classes. He was also happy to be able to state that without a single exception the conduct of the pupils had been such as to merit the highest commendation. *

The prizes were then distributed, which, in addition to those already mentioned, were as follows: —

Class I. — Gilbert Stewart, 1; William Biddell, 2 ; Daniel Waters, 3. Class ll.— Mary M'Neil, 1 ; Henry Hogg, 2 : Thomas'Fahey, 3. Class 111. — Alex. Youngson, 1; Bessie Waters, 2 ; John Christie, 3.

Class TV. — Thos. Crawford, 1 ; Agnes Christie and Jane Hogg, 2 ; Thomas Riddell, 3.

Class V. — J. Grant and J. Waters equal.

Senr. Latin. — Thomas Telford. Junr. Latin. —Donald Munro. Mathematics. — Janies Hay.