WETHISTONES SCHOOL FEAST.

Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 51, 30 January 1869, Page 3

WETH ISTONES SCHOOL FEAST.

27^i2Sy3fe O^°f WednMd »7. the , With faces ffflK"^ F ethei "f^- L they aU hurriJt*? expectation, t where they ce*A ** T b T> c appointment. tn\ m 1 Wlth f no /. 18 - i inent may justly b*JK t^" a feast, fo/all thp dfe^ a 1 o childhood were thSt dear «*. to c LolHes of all sorts Ifcj *f b tart* and most tempting 8 ' fall< * fi before them, and done5 es were B , et fi necessary to say— the molL SC i a • kice . to. Were this " lA^ X iced the whole feast, we sIJ! , m " \ }] felt it our duty to award \ h& ™ | praise to the School Cotnmit* ma^ I more especially to the commly ll^ \M ladies who got up the entertai A ? H but the good folks of Wethcrs^^M^ wlien they do a thing, seem resolnß to do it in the best manner possible They hot only invite all the children W their own township, but gave pormP^ sion to each little maii or womanjpbring hi* or her youthful friends. *t° result waa an asemblage of serM^ G eight happy young faces, vfhoaemtycent merriment seemed infcctioi*lloevery one — young and old jßfor happy and cheerful. Tlio Jpkedi allowing the children to in^HJa of, friends added greatly to ihej^RjtheiF and also to the humour of V^Bfw&wrj more than one little Wejß^ 8^ 0116 "/ might be seen escortingj^Bp^oniWi gallantry, some miniatui^Hnth ininyc from the Junction, whc^^T%ag Wf made an impression oS^p-£ji*ms heart. The glorious old jw^y°utluQl of blind man's bufF, sv«[uglidh gsifcie other amusements, wbiletf-u-giftSi b n & time till four o'clock, wlieil away the adjourned to the Sportwjfnfc ti c wjiole where something like i Iji's Ahns, spread. All in the way/f 'H^ 3< |'^l|fj the childish heart co uldiiad^B^^l^l be seen there, and tlio tions must hav^ m;i<L(^i;u;)&^^^^^M

writing, Drawiug Sfce ; 2nd p/ze arithmetic and readmJ Stories qEnglish Life ; prize for answing, Homtfleroines. sth Class : HeiAtta Cam Ist prize arithmetic nnd geJaphy, '? fid Jack ; " 2nd prize grammaind dicta/on, EarthI quakes ; for good lowering Atlas. Rebecca Hart : Ist prize «mting and dictation, Casket bf Gems/ 2nd prize highest number * marks/ Seeing the VV orld ; prize goolanswerug* Atlas. Sarah Mooney :]lst priz/grammar and reading, LongfeUi/sre Po&ttj 2nd prize arithmetic and diltatio nj Esop's Fables; prize good ausim|iig, Atiß. Elizabeth Lon^ : prizTreadingj Cowper s Poems ; prize good fliswering, Atlas aud Dictionary. / . 4th Class : George Bird, Highest prize m class, MyFu^tTojte. Catherine Scott : Ending, &c., Cowper's Poems. / George Scott: Ariflnetic, &c, Book of Characters, and Atto. David Herd : Arittfoetic, &c, Benjamin Franklin, and Man. Alfcud Hart: Jelling, Ac., The World of Sea. T Alfred Carr .' General answering} Park's Travels 1 t 3rd Class : Ejjthei- M'Clusky, highest prize in class, TKe World's Way, and Atlas. William Wright: prize, Monarcha of 3cean. Jfary Aim Gee vest prize, Vicar of Wakefield. Jlary Ann Colligan t prize, Robinson 3rnsoe\ t l'homas Whaian: prize, English Dicionary ; John Malone, do., do. 2nd and Ist Classes i Books given to Jl according to merii, the best of whom care James Lyons, H. M. Covill, Arthur Jarr, Henry Mooney, and Joßeph Scott. The committee very judiciously aranged that every child attending the chool got a prize, thereby preventing ny jealousy or ill-feeiing. It was aost amusing to watch the delight of he youthful studertts» Quite a buzz f excitement arose> and suppressed lquiries of ""What djd^fim get?" n^> "J^'howpratty. At seven 'cldtfin the evening, the delighted ■rllr 11 Trcre sen * k° me > ani readings s SmL Messrs M'Lelland and Morris, '« jthe Blue Spur, and Mr Donovan, w/Lawrence, lent their aid, and the mno passed off pleasantly. Mr Covermfir ith gallantry deserving the highest pLe, provided a large , quantity of femonado, for the fefreshment of the adies, and the remains of the child■en's feast provided abundance of re"reshments. After th| readings, wbich justained the high character already jarned by "Wetherstone^s, dancing iommeneedj and waa barried on with s^eat spirit, 'into the_ small hours the twal.' we believe the baadsorne sum of £14' was collected foi tbe purpose of providing this entertainment and feast, aud Me believe the surplus of £3 16 is to b\ devoted to the excellent and beneficia purpose of providing a school librair of books suitable for the young^ \