FOXTON SCHOOL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 33, 16 December 1879, Page 2

FOXTON SCHOOL.

Waster, Mr Chas. Hulke; Assistant Mistress, Miss M'Phee ; I'upil Teacher, Misß Nash. Number on roll— Boys, 78; Girls 64; total, 142. Present at examination— Boys, 68 ; girls, 57 ; total, 125. Out of the 125, 52 were too young to be brought up, the remaining 73 were presented for classification, of whom 65 passed in their respective standards. NAMES OF THOSE WHO* HAVE PASSED. Stavdakd I— Boys— Ed. Westwood, A. Johnbon, J. Sheunnn, Jus. Cameron, F. Coley, S. Howaii, Jno. Puwell, Ch. Evans, Win. I'urcell, O^t. Robinson, C. Sullivan, H. Savell, T. Proctor, E. Wahle. Girls— E. Barnett, K. Adams, A. Adams, E. Symons, E* Symons, E. Liddell, Edith Robinson, Hettie Rockstrow, Amy Smith, T. Bourne, Rosa Rockstrow, li. Sullivan, A. Whyte, Kdith Easton, Beatrice Moss, Ruth Perraiu, S. Collins. John Shennau. in reading and recitation, excelled. . Standard II — Boys — L. Burgess, Wra. Stewart, A. Burr, E. Smith. A. Cook, J. U'Lenuan, T. Nye. Girls— X. Gray, Ada Johnson, M. Trask, E. Trask, L. Cole, A. Cole, J. Liddell, M. Evans. Alice Cole, especially commended for recitation, also ■Jessie Liddell for reading. Standard 111. Boys— J. Stewart, Th. Cameron, W. Howe, Jno. Robinson, Ch. Robinson, H. Barnett, Andrew Whyte, Jno. Whyte, Fred Rockstrow. Girls—Ellen Stewart, A. Burr. Wm. Howe, John Robinson, and Andrew Whyte, are especially commended for proficiency in arithmetic, each having " cleared ' ' his paper. For general excellence and recitation, John Stewart, Tnos. Cameron are especially commended. Standard IV.— Boys— Fred Flower, Thos. Purceli, Geoffrey Hmith. GirlsClam Evans, L. Gray, C. Coley, E. Howan, Emma Ciframerfield. F. Flower is specially commended for gensral excellence, i'hos. Purceli, Geoffrey Ninth und Ellen Howan are also commended for recitation. Clara Evans and Charlotte Coley are commended for grammar. Geoffrey Smith, F. Flower, J. Flower, A. Cook, E Uoombo, are commended for their free hand drawing. In the above list, the names are not given according to merit. It may also be mentioned, tnat in the cases where scholars failed to pass in the Standard, by which they were scheduled, Mr Foulis has dropped them into tho next lowest standard, by which they will be enabled to enter next year for two Standards higher ; for instance a child failing to pass this year the third standard will be -firopped into the second, so that next year ne or she. will be able to enter for both third and fourth ; whereas had a failure oeen recorded in the third standard the pupil could next year have entered only for tie third.