PRIZE DISTRIBUTIONS.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2126, 16 December 1880, Page 3

PRIZE DISTRIBUTIONS.

NORMAL SCHOOL. The annual distribution of prizes to the children attending the above school took place on Wednesday in the Gymnasium, at 11 o’clock. Mr John Inglis, chairman of the Board of Education, presided. Previous to the ceremony of presenting the prizes, a carefully selected programme, consisting of songs, recitations, and dramatic scenes were given. The distribution of prizes then took place, as follows: PEIZE LIST. BOYS. Standard 11., Lower—l, Charles Adams ;2, Arthur Adams; 3, William Simpson; commended, Leo Percy and John Carl. standard 11., Upper—l, Thomas Hunter ;2, Alfred Price ; 3, Elias Willis ; commended, John Turner and Alfred Johnston. Standard 111., Lower —1, Ernest Thom ; 2, Courtenay Suckling ; 3, Bohert Johnson ; commended, Robert Donaldson, James Hill, and Herbert Dearsley. Standard 111., Upper—l, David Leo ; 2, Edward Chainey; 3, Sydney Slocombe; commended, Alfred Ashbolt and Joseph Childs. Standard IV. —1, Henry Beard; 2, Hillier Green; 3, William Lockwood; commended, Wm. Wilkinson and Arch. Hyndman. Standard V. —1, Joseph Garrard; 2, Benjamin Bull and W. Charles Garrard, equal; commended, Fred Willis and Prank Wilkinson. Standard VI. —1, James Moir. Above Standard Vl.—l, Fred. Mills (Dux) ;2, Joseph H, Turner. For good conduct —Syd. Slocombe. Three extra prizes, given_by Mr Grant—Syd. Slocombe, Jos. Childs, David Lee. GIRLS. Class I—lst, Violet Walker; 2nd, Janet Hislop ; 3rd, Lucy Boberts. Class ll—lst, Kate M‘Haffee; 2nd, Julia Shelton; 3rd, Mabel Reid; neat homo work, Mabel Radcliffe ; recitation, Kate M'Haffee ; 4th, Emma Jacobsen; fifth, Alice Wheatley. Lower ll—lst, Minnie Bing; neat home work, Hettie Smith. Class Hl—lst, Maria Fisher; 2nd, Eleanor Hioms; 3rd, Gertrude Reid; fourth, Maud Wagstaff; sth. Susie Mills. Commended—lst neat home work, Ch. Hunter, A. Hiorns, Maud Percy; 2nd, neat homo work, Jessie Ward; needlework, Emily Sadler, Isabella Qreig, Gertrude Lark, E. Samuels, Clara Childs. Class IV—lst, Maggie Thompson ; 2nd, Gertrude Greenway; 3rd, Rebecca Grossman. Commended—Drawing. Ella Wood, Carrie Stephens, Elsie Bond, Bella Bennington. Com-mended-Highest marks in Upper D, S, Sandford, B. Sandford, F. Dowden, W. Banks. Fannie Hiatt; highest marks in Lower D, Nellie Smith; sowing, Edith Crowe. Commended—Sewing, Gertrude Greenway, Mary Buck. Commended—Mapping, Gertruda Greenaway, Amy Bndden, Mary Buck, Fanny Hiatt. Class V. —Ist, Helen Callender ; 2nd, Minnie Thwaitos ; 3rd, Lily Banka ; 4th, Lizzie Byndman ; sth, Eleanor Allen ; 6th, Isabella Campboll. Commended—Neeedlework, Lily Banks, Nellie Callender, B. Buckley, N. Allan; cutting out, No’He Callender, J. Campbell, L. Hyndman, L. Banks ; drawing, Lily Banks, A. Murray, B. Brown, Maud Ick, Lizzie Hyndham, H. Gilchrist; homework, E. Callender, Lily Banks, E.Brown, A. Cridland. Class VI. —2nd, Martha Douds ; drawing, Sosa Budden; diligence, Mary Banka, Jane Ashwin. Commended—Needlework, P. Kennedy, M. Douds, H. Prosser, B. Kilgour ; paper pattern, Mary Ick, Rosa Budden. French—lst, Ada Clarkson; Helen Callender. WEST CHRISTCHURCH. The prizes for tho West Christchurch School were distributed on Wednesday as follows : Dux —James Tait. General Scholarship Smith; 2nd, Ernest Dewsbury. Second division : Ist prize, William Tait; 2nd, Richard Scott. Third division: Ist prize, Charles Menzies; 2nd, William Elmslie and Thos. Weir (equal). Mapping—Ernest Clark, . „ Enolid—Division 11., John Fox ; division 1., Prank Dunnage,

Science—James Tail and Crosswalk Efficiency and neatness—Thomas Todd. Drawing—Leversedge. Class lI.—A division: Ist prize, William M’lnman; 2nd, Hy. Aitkin and Chaa. Wright (equal); 3rd, John Anderson; 4th, Albert Butcher and Robert Ewing (equal). B division : Ist prize, Edward Higgs and Wm. Stephens (equal); 2nd, John Pollock ; 3rd, Benjamin Levoi and Thomas J. Freeman (equal); 4th, John Watson; sth, Boland Sinclair, general improvement. Upper Division. Standard 111. T. L. P. Pole—l, William Grinsted; 2, Thomas Wood ; 3, Robert Goodcbild ; 4, James C. Mo William. Map—l, William Grinsted ; 2, Alfred Cook. Arithmetic—l, James C. McWillium; 2, William Grinsted. Lower Division, Standard 111. A. J. Mayne 1, William Tees ; 2, Charles Pugh. Fourth Class, Upper Division—l, Herbert Lawrence; 2, William Colo; _3, Thomas Watson. Lower Division—l, William Pirie; 2, A. B. White. Special prize for Home Work Herbert Lawrence. Special prize for Geography—W. H. Hains. Special prize for Drawing—Jas. Stratton. Special prize for Mapping—F. Bailey. General Proficiency—l, Thos. Tripe ; 2, Cbas. Smith ; 3, E. Butcher, H. Shand. Science—O. Bowie. Neatness—E. Gay, E. Evans. Mapping—W. Scott. Special prize by Mr Kitchingman—J. Jackman. gibus’ school. Class VI —Ist, Agnes Tindel; 2nd, Mary Serimgoonr; 3rd and extra subjects, Emily MTnman; sewing prize, Julia Hunt; regular attendance, Nellie Ewing. Class V—lst, Harriet Starkiss ; 2nd, Rose Moreland : 3rd, Edith Stanton; sewing, Lizzie Beck ; sth, Caroline Hurst; general improvement, Clara Widdowson ; regular attendance, Isabella Camming. Class IT (Upper)—lst, Hilda Johnston ; 2nd, Janet Prosser; regular attendance, Ellen Innes, Glass IY.—lst, Jane Menzies; 2nd, Eleanor Patrick; 3rd, Hannah Patrick; 4th, Louisa Dunnage; sth, Susanna Mannings; sewing prizes, Ada McGregor, MaryHenwood, ; good conduct, Helen Martin, Mary Seager. Class 111. (Upper) —lst, Agnes James ; 2nd, Nellie Allen; 3rd, Lizzie McGregor; 4th, Fanny Griffiths ; sewing prize, Fanny Evans ; neat exercise, Mina Munro ; general improvement. Nellie Starkiss, Jane Ewing. Class 111. (Middle)—lst, Edith Hartland; 2nd, Edith Savage; 3rd, Ada Hopper; 4th, Alice Macbin; sewing prize, Mary Anne Thompson ; geod conduct and general improvement, Alice Alfroy; neat exercise, Jessie Alexander. C’asslll flower) —Ist, Jeannia Green; 2nd, Lo&isa Holla ey; general improvement. Emma Clarke Class 11. T? j r fer) —1 st, Mary Lockhart; 2nd, Alice Hartland 3rd, Judith de Montalk; 4th, Rachael Smitn; th, Bessie Wilson; 6th, Alice Lusk; sewing prize, Nellie Walford; general improvement, Fanny Widdowson, Leah Hean. Class 11. (Lower) —Ist, Florence Franklin ; 2nd. Emily Duggan; 3rd, Ada Taylor; 4th, Louisa Haberfield; sth, Ann Simpson; sewing prize, Mary Ann Davison; general improvement, Gertrude Symonds, Annie Pascoe; neat exercises, Alice Chapman, Annie Treloar. A medal was presented to Miss Francis Taylor for being the Dux in the girls’ school for the year 1879.