MARANUI SCHOOL

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2335, 17 December 1914, Page 9

MARANUI SCHOOL

'—t) _ BREAKING-UP CEREMONY. A "break-up" ceremony was held at the Marnnui School yesterday,/ after- ] noou, and was largely attended by par- j outs.. The children sang patriotic | songs and Christmas carols. At the ] request of the School Committee the | prizes and certificates were presented | by Mrs. A. C. Blake. Short addresses ] were delivered by the headmaster and , by Mr. Horaco Baker, secretary of the i school committee. Mr. H. A. Chap- , man. of the School Committee, goner- , ously provided prizes for all classes in the school, and Mr. H. Crengel, stationer, Newtown, gave a gold medal for the dux. Hearty cheers were even for these donors, and the children , sang ''For He's a Jolly Good Fellow." After the prize distribution refreshments were served out. The prize list is as followB:— ' , Standard VI (Dux): Fred C. Gentry. Special prize for work practically equal to dux: Phyllis Bcggß. Standard V: ' It Mary Reid; 2, Eileen Carson; 8, Ernest Gregson. Staudard IV: I,' , Harry Gentry; 2, Auniq Lithgow'; 3, William Adams. Standard III: 1, Hinemoa Bollons; 2, Ellen Robertson; 3, Herbert Fryer. Standard II: 1 Desmond Bollons; 2, Stanley Gridley; 3, Edith Marlow. Standard I: 1, Roy Hart; 2, John Tait; 3, William Hollis. Infant Classes.—Primer IV: 1, Geoffrey Shrimpton; 2, Violet Thompson. Primer III: 1, Fred. Rankine; 2, Norah Ardrey. Primer II: 1, Betty Cavill; 2, John M'lnness. Primer I:/ 1, Nancy Alexander; 2, Clarence Kite.' Other special prizes were given by he teachers for various subjects. For ah essay on "Temperance" the Women's Christian Temperance Union gave three prizes: 1 , . Victor M'Donald; 2, Fred. Gentry; 3, Annie Macdonald. Certificates for Full Attendance.— Standard VI: Fred. Gentry, Atny Gentry, Victor M'Donald, Amelia M'Millan. Standard V: David Edginton. Standard IV: Leslie Simmons, David Millar, Harry Gentry, William Elton, Robert Hollis, Ettio Carrick, Jessie Lang, Maggie Thomson, Rose Hughes, Annie LithKow, Grace M'Millan, Doris Pavitt. Standard III: Curtis Suteliffe, Enid Sutcliffe, George Edginton, Neville Brewer, Annie Lang, Allen Forsyth, James Hughes,'Eileen Warcup, Brenda Meade. Standard II: George M'lnness, Roy Purdey, Stewart Hardy, Florence Gilmer, Helen East, Rena Simmons. Standard I: Francis Eagles, Evelyn Hardy. Grace Jennings, Phyllis Pavitt, P. Eric Pope-Harris. Total. 37. Second-class Certificates (not more than live half-days' absence). —Standard VI: Eric Lyle, Owen Bobinson, Annie Macdonald,. Gwendoline ..Beggs. Standard V: Gordon Lewis, Hughes, Connie Lister, Henry Dittmer. , Standard IV: Frank Pope-Harris, Violet Bowden. Winnie Matthews, Florence M'Greggqr, Benjamin Edginton, Benjamin Williamson. Standard III: Jack Thompson, Colin Milne, Alfred Lucas, George Alexander, Hinernoa Bollons, Richard Just, Brenda Warcup, Samuel Bowdon, James Edginton. Standard II: - Thomas Riley, William Griove, Robert Craig, Desmond Bollons, George Smith, Arohie Criohton, William Gobch, Edith Marlow, Grace Carrick, ' Ada Thompson, Florence Baker. Standard I: William Hollia, - Charlee Jennings, James Thomson, John Riley, Hubert Oldfield, Percy Alexander. Total, 40. ' Standard VI (Profioionoy Certificates);;— Arthur Adams, Fred. Gentry, Victor M'Donald, Stanley Oldfield, Owen Robinson, Edwin Warcup, Albert Watts, John Whisker, Doreen Baker, Phyllis Beggs, Gwendoline Beggs, Una Brewer, Nellie Cook, Amy Gentry, Marjorie Goodsell, Mary Grieve, Mavis Lee, Annio Macclonaid, Amelia M'Millan. Competency Certificates—Gordon j Blackburn, Edward Matthews, Jessie Gooch, Maisio Martin, Agnes Robertson. The headmaster remarked, when these certificates were being given out, that there had been only one failure in Standard VI during the last four years.' He also stated that no fewer than eight ex-Maranui pupils wero prize-winners this year at the secondary schools, and that the average ago of this year's Sixth Standard was thirteen years three months, and that the average age for the whole Dominion last year.was fourteen years. Swimming Certificates from Amateur Swimming Association (distances in yards).—Jessie Aiken (26307, Claud Walker, Herbert Riggs (2200), Mar-' jory Graham (1765), Doreen Baker (1100), Robert Millar (750), Amy Gen'try (630), Gerald Dalley (600), David Edginton, Una Brewer, Amelia M'Millan (5501. George Edginton, John Whisker, William Adams, Max , Hewison, Edward Hushes, Fred. Gentry, Stanley Oklfield (500), Sidney Milne, Victor M'Donald, Eola Brewer, Grace M'Millan (450\ Ernest Grecson, Cecil Graham (4.00), Horace Ward, Mami Cramond, Jessie Gooch, Owen Robinson (300), Jessie Lang, Lilian Beer, Robert Meade, Edwin Warcup (200), Fred, i Sngo (15m, Phyllis Beggs (135), Alex, i Gilmer, Robert Matthews (125), Wil- • liam Sendall, David Millar (100).