SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS.

Globe, Volume VII, Issue 777, 16 December 1876, Page 3

SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS.

Melville House School (Mr Cook’s). The prizes for the work of the session were given away on Thursday last. They were decided by the class marks and by written examinations extending over a week. The following is the prize list:— upper school. Class I. Classics—Upper—l, Rogers I and Green I, equal. Lower—l, Rogers II ;2, Piercy I. English—Upper—l, Rogers I and Green I, equal. Lower—l, Rogers II and Whitelaw, equal. French—Upper—l, Rogers I.; 2, Green I, Lower—l, Atack ; 2, Rogers 11. Euclid, Trigonometry and Algebra—Upper —l, Hill; 2, Green I, Lower—l, Piercy I, ; 2, Atack, Arithmetic Upper—l, Hill; 2, Green I. Lower—l, Brown 11. and Rogers 11, equal, History—Upper—l, Rogers I; 2, Green I, Lower—l, Rogers 11. Geography Upper— 1, Rogers I.; 2, Green I. Lower—l, Whitelaw ; 2, Rogers 11, and Atack equal. Phonographic Shorthand—No award, Sword Drill—Loe. Best collection of notes taken in class— Upper—l, Rogers I. Lower—l, Loe, Drawing—Piercy, I. Commended—Ballantyne Class 11. Classics—l, Whitelaw; 2, Bishop, I. English—l, Green II.; 2, Page French—l, Atack; 2, Rogers IT, Euclid—l, Piercy 11., and Brown 111., equal Arithmetic—Upper, 1, Bassett; 2, Piercy, II.; Lower, 1, Lawrence History—l, Page; 2, Paxton and Bassett, equal Geography—l, Brown 11. and Bassett, equal; 2, Green 11, and Paxton, equal Phonographic Shorthand—No award Best Collection of Written Notes, taken in class—Page Drawing—Sharpe Commended—Blake, Duncan I, Moorhouse, Buchanan, Thornton, and Langdown LOWER SCHOOL. Class I. Classics—Upper 1, Joynt 11. and Goss 1., equal. Lower 1, Reece I. English—l, Crowley; 2, Reece I. and Brown Y., equal. English Grammar and Composition—l, Trew; 2, Park, Arithmetic —1, Joynt 11. ; 2, Bishop 11. History—l, Cuff; 2, Reece 1,, King and Crowley, equal. Geography—l, Trew, 2, Turner I, and Cuff, equal. Writing—l, Harris. Map Drawing—l, Park. Commended—Joynt I. Class 11. English—l, Thomas ; 2, Green 111. English Grammar, &c—l, Thomas and Turner 11., equal. History—l, Turner II.; 2, Thomas. Arithmetic—l, Green 111. Writing—l, Turner 11. Commended—Brown IV. and Peacock. The successful competitors for the two extra prizes, books to the value of £.5 each, annually given away, will be announced when the decision is ascertained. Dalcroy House School, Lyttelton. This school closed its session on Friday the 15th. The prizes were awarded according to marks from the class registers and written examinations. The following is the list;—

Latin (middle) —0. W. Wood,) Ist; H, R. Peel, 2nd. (Junior) —E, Webb, let; A. Webb, 2nd. Mathematics—Peel, Ist; Wood, 2nd. Arithmetic (senior) Peel, Ist; John Shackleton and 0. Wood, 2nd. (Junior) — B. Webb and J. Ri D’Oyley, equal ; M. Lean, 2nd. History, British, Roman, and SacredPeel, Ist; Wood, 2nd ; E. Webb, 3rd. English Reading (senior) Peel, Ist ; Shackleton and Wood, equal. (Middle) — B. Webb, Ist; D’Oyley, 2nd, (Junior)—A. Garland, English Grammar (senior)—Wood, Ist; Shackleton, 2nd, (Junior)— D’Oyly, Ist; A. Garland, 2nd. Composition—Shackleton, Ist; A. Garland, 2nd, Geography (senior) Shackleton, Ist; Wood, 2nd. (Junior) —B. Webb, Ist; A, Webb and A. Garland. Drawing (Mr Burchell’s classes) —Watercolors :0, Wood, Ist. Freehand ; Shackleton and W. Peter. Junior Freehand: B. Webb. Writing and Book-keeping—Wood, Ist; A. Webb, 2nd ; A. Garland, 3rd. Extra Prizes—Masters George Hart, E, Garland, C. Hart, and R. H. H. Cotton, Mrs Ross’s School. This school broke up on Thursday, the 14th instant, after the usual examination. The following is the prize list: — English—Class 2a, W. Helmore, 1; 2b, A. Million, 2 ; 3a, F. Milton, 3 ; 3b, R. Smith ; 4, D, Wood 3, Scripture—Class 2a, W. Burke; 2b, W, Garland ; 3a, A. Mellish ; 3b, R. Smith; 4, A, Tosswill and D. Wood 111. Arithmetic (term’s marks)—2a, W. Helmore I; 2b, C. Fletcher ; 3a, F. Willis 11. ; Bb, R. Blakiston ; 4, D. Wood 111. Arithmetic (examination) —2a, R. Millton I, ; 2b, W. Wood 11, ; 3a, F. Willis 11. ; 3b, J, Mann ; 4, P. Wood IV, Latin—Division a—W, Burke ; b, F. Simms ;c, ,C. Fletcher ;d, R. Bing 11. and A. Pavitt. Writing—Class 2a, J. Weld ; 2b, no award; 3a, W. Helmore II; 3b, J. Mann ; 4, A. Tosswill. Music—W. Herbert, M. Boas. House Prize—W. Herbert, H, Mackay, 0. Willis I.