ST. PATRICK’S COLLEGE

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 63, 8 December 1926, Page 6

ST. PATRICK’S COLLEGE

BREAKING UP CEREMONY

PRIZE DISTRIBUTION The prizes won by- the students of bt. Patrick’s College were distributed to them last night, when the annual break-ing-up function took place. There was a verv large attendance of relatives and friends or the'boys. Prior to the distribution of prizes a dramatic recital of the Malyolio Scene from Shakespeare’s ‘‘Twellth Night was given in excellent style the characters being taken by the follow-ing students:—V. AlcSherry, Gilbert, Uniacke, Hindmarsh, O’Rourke, J. Hurley, Hughes, and Bown.’ r,-ii The rector, the Rev.. Father Gilbert, mentioned that the college was now in its forty-second year, and there were 183 bov- on the roll, 100 being day bovs. The past year had been a veiy successful one and the senior boys who vvere leaving this year were fatter to take their places with any boys m the Id “ b The prizes were, handed to the win nets by Archbishop Redwood, who comolained that injustice was still inflict on the Roman Catholic o,nm H. n Vl, ir ” regard to the present system nt ed'ica lion. An important personage had lately written to him from England emphaI’kin.' that it was an undoubted shame that “the Catholic people should be cd in the present. manner by any D minion under the I Bl ,’ ltlsh , l fl ? B p n „ l Jl.i Grace went on to declare that W 3 ™ herself supported denominational schools, while here in New Zea and they were, pretending to be better than other parts of the world, but the only. Jesuit would he to ruin the Dominion it the present Godless system of. education were kept going. He maintained that it was impossible, to build, up a moral State if religion wore divorced trom the schools. “Apparently, said, the Archbishop, “the little petty politicians we have in this country to-day, think they know more than Washington, the Blunder of the great American republic, and as an Englishman I - am ashamed or them, downright ashamed! I hope there will be some sense bestowed on them some day. We have set them a noble example, and in addition. , 0 ?, above all, we train our students to hold their own in this world, and we also fit them for the higher world, for which tliey are destined, ilt is a poor scholastic system that teaches the young to deny God and Christ.” The list of prize winners is as follow : SCHOLARSHIPS. The St. Patrick’s College Scholarship: Augustine Hill. Oamaru. The “Kennedy” Scholarship: William Spencer. Morven. Canterbury. Free Places: George Reid. Cuyler do Vere. Francis . Smith', Lloyd McCarthy. PRIZES. Good Conduct (Senior Division), (gold medal presented by Archbishop Redwood)—Uniacke. * External division—(gold medal presented by Archbishop O’Shea) —Afalfroy. Diligence (gold medal presented by the Rev. Father O’Reilly)—Goodson; Dux (gold medal presented by the Rev. Dr. Kenne<l.v)-V. McSherry. Gallagher Cup for Oratory—Gilbert. Form Vl.—General excellence: V. McSherrv. Christian doctrine: Reardon. English esay: Gilbert. English literature, Hitching. Latin: Jeffries. French: Kitching. Afathematics: Standish. Science: Leech. Form V.—General excellence: t J. H Smith. Christian doctrine: Mulcahy. English: Mcßride. English essay: Hickson. History and geography-. Sullivan. Latin: Mulcahy. French:‘Ryan. P. Mathematics: Lander. Science: Mulcahy. Form IV A and B—General excellence: Hogan, J. J.t McCarthy, J. Christian doctrine: Keane, Scanlon. English esHiv: Gill, Bourke S English: Gi . Warren. History and geography: \\ all, Rafter. T.atin: Fitzgerald, Warren. French • Fitzgerald. Romanos. Alattiematies: O'Brien, BAstin. Science: .Fitzgerald, Bourke S. . Form 111, A.8.C.-General excellence: Doyle, Donnelly, Fowler. Christian doctrine: Holst, Collins, Alward. English: J Whitelord. Hanra.tty, Gardiner. Latin: Holst, Grace. French: Whiteford, J., Hanratty. History and geography: Kiley, Benton. Harris. Alatlieinatics: Fouhy, Burke, V. Sc.ience: Holst. Collins. Major, Peters, Butler. Form Hie.—Arithmetic: Butler, Debates.—Senior: Reardon. Intermediate-. AleShcrry, J. Junior: O’Rourke and Hurley, J . . Commercial. —Senior: Astin, Junior: Dwyer.

Physiology.—Scanlon. Economies.—McGrath. Higher Leaving Certificates.—Costello, Gilbert, Jeffries. Kitching, McGrath, McSheriv. V.. Uniacke.