DIOCESAN HIGH SCHOOL

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 329, 14 April 1928, Page 13

DIOCESAN HIGH SCHOOL

ANNUAL PRIZE-GIVING PRIMATE ON EDUCATION I That the education of girls was as important as the education of boys was the reminder given by Archbishop Averill yesterday afternoon to girls of the Diocesan High School at the annual prize-giving ceremony. The Primate addressed the pupils on some of the ideals of education in a. church ' school. j In addition to the girls of the school j there was a large attendance of parI cuts and friends. Mr. C. J. Tunks, j chairman of the board of governors, (presided. On the platform were Arch; bishop Averill and Mrs. Averill, Canon H. K. Archdall, headmaster of King's j College, and members of the board of i go\ ©mors. j In her report the headmistress, Miss j E. Sandford, said that five of the ten \ girls in the sixth form last year gained i higher leaving certificates. However, j she was afraid this was not a creditI able performance for a school of the size, and she urged upon parents the importance of keeping girls for at least one year in the sixth form, and if possible, two years. Ten of the 17 girls who sat for matriculation were successful, but again they were not sending forward sufficient candidates for a school of the size. The value oC dancing lessons was stressed by Miss Sandford. Dancing had for some years been a definite feature of work in the physical train‘ing of colleges in England. From her own experience she knew that dancing taught in this way could be very scund. “WORLD NEEDS LEADERS’’ •‘The great need of this country, the Empire, the world to-day, is leaders among men and women,” said the Primate, after presenting the prizes. "I want you girls to look forward to the time when you will be leaders. I want you to realise a life in which opportunities are wasted is no good. You must be able to lead by your character rather than by your authority. This should be a training school lor leadership,” added the archbishop. After congratulating those who had gained prizes and those who had tried and not gained a tangible reward, Archbishop Averill said the best prize was the consciousness that they had done their best. The ideal of education should be the preparation for life’s work. They must instil into the boys and the girls of today the desire to learn, and the thirst for knowledge. The education of girls was as important as the education of boys. If the intellectual side was developed and not the moral side, education would be disastrous. The school prizes , were presented bv Archbishop Averill and the sports prizes by Mrs. Averill. The prize list is as follows; UPPER SCHOOL Form frizes. —VI., Alison Hall; Va: Betty Buddie, Peggy Ford, Noel Gresham, Ruth Hawkins, Dorothy Johnson, Lois Mahon, Shirley Medhurst, Lovelace Milne, Ethel Strange, Rosemary Waller, Jessie Webster; Vb: Bessie McCormick. Scripture.—Vl.: Audrey Hutchinson; Va: Lois Mahon; Vb.: Rilda Gorrie; IVa.: Joan Barnard; IV. P.: Marjorie llare; IVb.: Glittia ToVey; IVb.P.: Helen Somerville; IVb. R.: Alice Makgill. French.—Vl.: Audrey Hutchinson, Alison Hall, Eleanor Brownlee; Vb.: Kathleen Bates; IVa.: Eleanor Good; IVb.: Molly Sheplieard, Fiona Mackenzie, Joan Gilfillan; IVb. R.: Bessie Robertson, Frances Gibson, Stella Zahara. Latin.—Va.: Betty Buddie; Vb.: Pat Buddie, Joan Gilfillan; IVb R.: Bessie Robertson, Frances Gibson. Science. —Vb.: Bessie McCormick; IVa.: Nancy Northcroft; IVb.: Cushla Hammond, Babette Medhurst, Marjorie Orr. Mathematics. —VI.: Irene Hawkins; Vb.: Bessie McCormick; IVb.: Ivy Thomas. English.—Vb.: Rilda. Gorrie. History.—l Va.: Cieily Tattley. Drawing.—Ursula Cox, Joyce Trayes. Joan Hungerford. SPECIAL PRIZES Horton Essay Prizes.—Audrey Hutchinson, 1; Alison Hall, 2. Mrs. Simpson’s History Prize.—Eleanor Upton. Associate’s Diploma and Badge.— Eleanor Brownlee, Gwen Gilbert, Alison Hall, Irene Hawkins, Audrey Hutchinson, Dene Plummer, Eleanor Upton. LOWER SCHOOL Form Prizes.-—llia.: Ernestine Dive, Lois Chilwe.il, Dulcie Boucher; Ila.: Joan Duthie; lib.: Dorothy Bell. Scripture Prizes.—llia.: Cecil Upton; JTIh.: R. Mackenzie; Ilia. P.: Joyce Howie; Ha.: Flora Chilwell; lib.: Joan Mountain. French.—llia.: Cecil Upton, Dulcie Boucher, Mary Harvie, Colleen Mitchell, Nesta East, Peggy Cawkwell, Nancy Storrocks, Moyra Gresham; Illb.: Dulcie Mahon, Dorothy Harvey, June Beale, Jocelyn Archey, Mavis Brown, Betty Fenton, Jean Milne. Mathematics.—llia.: Colleen Mitchell, Mary Savage, Peggy Cawkwell; Ilia. P.: Cherie Pierce; Illb.: Dulcie Mahon; Ila.: Flora Chilwell; Hb.: Margaret McCulloch, Joan Gibson. . Geography and Science.-—llia.: Lois Chilwell. Geography.—llia. P.: Marjorie Totman. Geography and Native Study.—lla.: Marjorie Chatfield; ITb.: Ann Lethbridge, Dorothy Bell, Noeline Patterson, Jean MoGechie, Rona Chatfield. English.—llia. P.: Joyce Howie Writing.—Moira Lawry, Mary Marshall. Improvement.—TTTa. P.: Mary Baily; lib.: Frances Gresham. SPORTS PRIZES Form Cups.—Tennis and basketball; Va.: cricket, Vb. House cups; tennis, Neligan House; cricket, Mitchelson House; basketball. Schol House.