GERALDINE PUBLIC SCHOOL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1189, 22 December 1883, Page 2

GERALDINE PUBLIC SCHOOL.

On Thursday evening last an entertainment was given in the Hall, Geraldine, by the children attends ing the public sch<iol, assisted by several' friends, but Uio happy, smiling faces of tiie youngsters betokened that there wassomething even beyond this, and this was* the annual distribution of prizes to those’ of them who hadi|uring the past year merited a reward |or their painstaking 1 , cither in their regular attendance, good conduct, attention to the : r studies, or for theiy general proficiency. On a table placed in Lorit of the platform were several bonk prizes, which had been very carefully selected, and will no doubt be highly appreciated by the fortunate youthful recipients. The., evening being fine, a largo audience of the children’s parents assembled, who, ' no doubt, during the proceedings which followed were forcibly reminded of their own chilahood’Bpays, when they were similarly assented with their schoolmates to either freeive prizes or a few words of encouragement to try in the future and win ojie. The meeting »as presided over by Mr A. Sherratt, CliW rmall °f the Geraldine.. School Commit® 6 * The Rev. Barclay, Chairw° of {lie South C«a(tr»

bury Board of Education; ftoasaiso ; present. J;v\. ’ The Chairman, in opening the, proceedings, asked the audience for f their quiet attention whilst the children went through their differer pieces.? The entertainment had been got up very abort notice, and he hoped that they would kindly overlook any error that the little ones mighUraake. He would not take up any more of their time, but proceed at once with the business of the evening, The, following programme was then very successfully gone through; Pianoforte solo, Mr Ham aim ; song, “God .Defend New Zealand,” the children ; song, " The Blacksmith’s Sod,” Mr Manning ; . song, “ The Brook,” Miss Dunlop; recitation, “ Rienzie’s Address to the Homans,” by Master; H. Morrison ; recitation, “ Castles in the Air'” Miss Hcroggie ; action song, “ Pretty Bees,” by the infants ; song, “ The Tar’s Farewell,” Mr Willoughby; song, Miss Young; action song, “ The Cooper,” infants ; and a reading, “ Talking Latin ” (from the “ Clockmaker”), by Mr Manning. After an interval of five minutes, the Missess Fish played a pianoforte duet, followed by an action song by the infants, " The Fox. , and Grapes” ; song, Miss Young ; recitation, Master Willoughby (a very youthful scholar)'; song, Mr Willoughby ; holiday song, the infants ; aong, “ There is Beauty,” the infants, song, “ Cherry Ripe,” Miss Boswell; recitations by the children, and the song ■“My Native Land” by .the scholars terminated the mijsical portion of the programme, TW Misses Fish accompanied the singer! on the piano. Miss "J’oung received a! well deserved encore in her first JpUfr) The youngsters one and »U acquitted jthemselves remarkably well, and great credit is due to their teachers for the pains they must have taken in training [them for the purpose. The Chairman then called on the Rev. G. Barclay to present the prizes, who on coming; forward gave a very lengthy addressj to the children, and •Iso to their parents. Subjoined is a list of the awards : Standard VI Erakine ; 2nd; Mary McLean ; 3rd, !Noah Sherratt, Standard V Colbert; 2nd, James McLean ; 3rd, "William Sherratt; 4th, Alexander McLean. y Standard IV IHeatley ; 2nd, Maggie McLeod ; 3rd, Arthur Jones ; 4th, William Annan ; sth Eichard Stonehouse. Standard 111 Fyfe; 2nd, Charles Waller; 3rd, Harry Taylor; 4tb, Harry sth, John Morrison; 6tb, Charles (Jhesterman. Standard It—lst prize, Jessie Morrison ; 2nd, John Burke ; 3rd, Esther jpizzie; 4th, Ellen Burke; sth, William Lawson ; 6tb, Prank Dunford ; 7th, Eliza Jones ; Bth, Maggie Dunlop. Standard I—lst prize, William Gore; 2nd, David Reardon; 3rd, Thomas Lodge; 4th, M. Stonehouse; sth, .Alice Jones; 6tb, Annie McKay ; 7th, iSarah Waters; Bth, Seymour Willoughby ; 9th, Mary Maloney; 10th, .Jane Read; 11th, Mary Morrison; 12th. Harry Freeman; 13th, Kate

Shiers. ' ~ , . Primer— Harry Gore, Wilhelrama iDanlop, Thomas Grindle, Amy Maslin, Frederick Crafer, George Bloomfield, Florence Sherratt, Kate Warren, lErnest Cook, Arthur McKenzie, Annie JBougHon, Hannah Burke, Daisy Colbert, William Morrison, Bessie Grindle, Priscilla Coltman and Thomas Ward. Alphabet Class—Alice Hughes, John Maxell, Naomi Stringer, Alfred Wokorfl William Williams, James Dean, Lawrence Wilcox, William Prouling, Frank Shiers, Edward Ken ; ne Hv, James Dean, Louisa Burrilge, Edith Bowen, Annie Williams, William ißerrr, Frederick Gaby, Lucy Williams, IMaud Wills, Cecilia Annan, William iMorrisor, George Trengrove, Frederick (Cook, Frank Dean and Sarah Bowket. \Ve have been informed that the mrincipal prizes in the Standards were awarded on the certificate of the Acting "Tnsiiectur of Schools during his recent lamination. The classification of the -.,. eS was made by the teaching staff of fhe.school, in the presence of the Chair•nafnand members of the school Comjnittce-