TEMUKA PRESBYTERIAN SABBATH SCHOOL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 801, 15 December 1881, Page 2

TEMUKA PRESBYTERIAN SABBATH SCHOOL.

The half-yearly meeting of the teachers, nf the above school was held on Thursday, the Ist inst., there lieing a large attendance of teachers. The President (the Rev Mr Gordon) occupied the chair, and opened the meeting with devotional exercise The Superintendent (Mr H, ■ Bin ok) detailed "the nature of the work engaged in dining the past six mo.rhs, and stated that it was satisfactory to know the attendance of the scholars had been gradually increasing until the numbers now reaches'one hundred and fifty. The classes, in consequence, had to he rearranged, and additional teachers obtained. It is gratifying to know that suitable teachers had most willingly come forward to labor in this department of the M ster's work. The music anil singing has been conducted by M as Blyth anil Mr Frew, and under them the children continue to make great improvement. To them the thanks of the parents, the children, and the members of the Church are due, :\,r their untiring la nor in this direction. The election cf office-borers wis then preceded with, which r-Mil'ed as foil .wa : —? l -e 3 id.-nt, Rjv Mr Uord mi ; Superintendent, Mr B ack ; Secretary and Trdiisur<.r, Mr .MiFadz-an. The usual presentation of prizes for the ! half year took place <-n S inday, the llt.ii imt, by the Presid nt, who delivered an address suitable to the t-ccasio 1, impr ssing upon parents, teacheis, and sch dais the necessity of attention an I dilige..&.-! in this important work. He also pointed out the beueht to be derived from the organisation of a Baad of Hope in connection with the Sabbath Sohool. M;ss Biythe had charge of the iiarino autn, a'*d Mr Edmonds—the n«wly-appointed choir conductor—led the singing. The President intimated that the next session \vou:d commence 00 Sunday nex.t, from which date the marks for attendance would be reckoned.- Subjoined is a list of the successful competitors, with the relative number of marks, gained by each : .

Boys. First Class — Teacher. Mr B' ack. Name. - ... 1 At arks. Thomas Sir ,, " n '" '" : r1 , , .a irauvel L/hurle- ,, T ,. , ,. , .rt McKinla 2 Sly. y - a. 296. Second Class: —Teacher, Mr McCann, William Storey 1 343 W. Cooper 2 339 Forbes Gray 3 309 1 Donn 4 200 1 A, r^{iba!d, Russell ... 5 ... 262 iWt'd Class— • Teacher, Miss Blyfch, rtz i~i-v- .Russell 1 335., James Marshall 2 33c , Wdliaai Mackay 3 310 James Washington ... 4 i'98 0. McCailum 5 297 Samuel Douglas 6 2«5. Fourth Class--Teacher, Mr Russeii.. i Willlam Morton ... 1 . 34^ Percy F.aivel 2 .. 324 \ Andrew Mackay 3 297 William Gray 4 239 , James Donn 5 232 William Phillips 6 232 Fifth Class—Te acher, Miss McCailum Francis Storey 1 348 Arnold Cooper 2 3i6 William Ackroyd 3 318 Ant'y. Washington ... 4 315 Sixth Class—Teacher, Miss Russell. William Donn 1 3.03 William Marshall 2 239 Harry Rump 3 245 Arthur Metsoa 4 219. Seventh Class - -Teach' r, Mr Maek'ty. David Gordon ... Speci d. .. .S} eeiai. John Morton 1 258. 3lr.rles Talbot 2 219 P-nr Ion 3 202 Frederick Sr.or y 4 186 Piullips 5 J79 3eergs Talbot 6 172 Sichaid Ward 7 172 fohn Douglas 8 162 iQhert Charters 9 141. Girls. First Class —' Tc-acher, Mr Fr* 3VV. Name. Pr ze. Marks. Elizabeth Morton 1 345 larg.iret Russell 2 344 sabella Morton 3 . 34;: sabella Marshall „' \)i Douglas 4 337 5 329 Second Class— -Teacher, Mr Snvth. >nnie Roddick 1 350 lelen Morton 2 342 Elizabeth Lyon * 3 ... 332 usan Donn, 4; 332 dice Dyson 5 328 Third Class—Teacher, Mis Goi •den. lobina Morton 1 3*3 ■arah Roddick 2 349 lelen Storey 3 320 [a tie Lyon 4i 310 [ary Watt 5 282 Fourth Class—' Teacher, Miss Donn. lily Urton 1 34$ ane Wilson 2 31 i [elen Irvine 3 31? L nnie McCaskill 4 / U Fifth Class- Teacher, Miss Marshall. [elen Cooper 1 256 „ / 'lorenco Storey 2 25£ da Erwood 3 ■ww-'$ ane Dyson 4 19S !mma Rump 5 185 lorence Allan 6 181 Sixth Class—Teacher, Mr McFadaean. tecky Smith 1 22£ tinnio Smith 2 2!2 iaura Fauvel 3 133 i [ehm Lawi» 4 IT?