SOLWAY COLLEGE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 December 1938, Page 9

SOLWAY COLLEGE

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Special Prizes.

Choir Competitions, VI Form 1937 Trophy, Form VA. English Speech (Rona Benbow Trophy), Betty Bishop; hon mention. M. Prebble. Music (Hobson Trophy), Betty Bishop.

' Music Prizes (presented by Mr A. R. Hislop), Miss Campbell’s pupils, Susette Millar, Lorna Lassen, Janet Allen; hon mention, Z. Mexted. Miss Runciman’s pupils, Patricia Blamires, Mary Syme; hon mention, Nancy Reid. Miss Rowland’s pupils, Joyce Eyre, Pearl HillMotion; hon mention, Margaret Park, Beth Dunstan.

Studio Prizes (presented by Mrs Malcolm McGregor), Drawing and Painting, Mary Spiers; hon mention, Nancy Reid. Crafts, Senior, Joyce Eyre; Junior, Elvira Wix; hon mention, Edna Manuel, Isobel Hopkins. Dressmaking, Zelma Mexted; hon mention, Isobel Hopkins, Joan Stoddart.

Needlework, Bessie Peed; hon meh' tion, Beth Dunstan, Edna Manuel; Jum ior, Mary Walker; hon mention, Pear' Hill-Motion.

House Prizes, Senior, Pamela Thornton; hon mention, Phyllis McGregor; Intermediate, Elfie Bannister; hon mention, Julia McLachlan; Junior, Patricia Peed; hon mention, Nancy Peed.

Commercial, Phyllis McGregor, Betty Franklin.

Scripture, presented by Mr Malcolm McGregor, Form VI, Millicent Ince, P. McGregor; Form V, Mary Spiers, Patricia Blamires; Form VMod, Eileen McKenzie, Isobel Hopkins; Form IV, Evelyn Bodkin, Frances Brown, Merran McCulloch; Form 111, Edna Manuel, Odette Marsack; Form 11, Nancy Matthews.

Essay Competition (Winsome Macintosh Trophy), Senior, Margaret Allen; hon mention, Millicent Ince, Jean Thornton; Junior (Central Hawke’s Bay branch S.O.G.A. Cup with Miniature), Jeannie McLeod; hon mention, Rosie Allen.

Character Cup (Lawrence Thompson Memorial Trophy presented with miniature by Napier-Hastings branch of 5.0.G.A.), Etta Littlejohn; hon mention, B. Bishop; J. Hislop. Class Prizes. Form 11, Nancy Peed, Ist English, Ist Drawing and Painting, 2nd Junior House; Nancy Matthews, Ist Arithmetic, Ist Science, Ist Scripture; Mary McMaster, Arithmetic S. 5

Form 111, Jocelyn Pringle, Ist French, Ist English; Beth Dunstan, Ist Mathematics; Eileen Franklin, Ist Science; Glenys Rowlands, Ist Latin. Form IV, Nancy Reid, Ist French, Ist Latin, Ist Science, Ist English; Merran McCulloch, Ist Mathematics. Form VMod, Isobel Hopkins, Ist History; Beryl Crystall, Ist English. Form V (presented by Dannevirke branch of 5.0.G.A.), Valerie Gordon, Ist English; June Booth, Ist Geography; Flora Loffler, Ist Science; Jean Thornton, Ist History, Ist French. Dux of Form (Alice Frances Free Trophy) Ist aggregate marks, Ist Mathematics, Ist Latin, Vivienne Heighway. Form VI (presented by 5.0.G.A.), June Hislop, Ist English; Marie Prebble, Ist Science, Ist History; Marjorie Dykes, Ist History of Art, Ist Mathematics.

Dux of School (presented by 5.0.G.A.), Ist aggregate marks, Ist French, Ist Latin, Gale Fletcher.

Higher Leaving Certificates, Margaret Allen, Betty Bishop, Pauline Carter, Marjorie Dykes, Gale Fletcher, June Hislop, Millicent Ince, Etta Littlejohn, Phyllis McGregor, Dorothy Nowell, Marie Prebble, Shirley Scott. Std VI Certificates, Pearl Hill-Motion, Nancy Matthews, Nancy Peed. Music Certificates, Grade IV, M. Thomson, N. Reid; Grade V, M. Allen, F. Brown, N. Dockery, M. McCulloch; Grade VI, Z. Mexted; Grade VII, P. Blamires (credit), M. Syme, S. Millar; Grade VIII, J. Eyre; Theory, M. Allen, I. Hopkins, S. Millar, S. Scott, Z. Mexted, I. Coppock. THE PRINCIPAL’S REPORT. Presenting the twenty-third annual report, the Principal (Mrs M. B. Thorppson, M.A.) said: —“This year has registered our' record roll-number, and with that an excellent health record, the latter a tribute to the vigilance, organisation and loving care of our Matron, Miss Young, to whom we are all grateful.” Having acknowledged in warm terms the good work done by the members of the staff and prefects, Mrs Thompson continued:—“The Old Girls continue to be a force and again leave us with a debt of gratitude. The association, guided by Mrs Avann, successfully carried through happy reunion functions. It made a further gift of £5 to the library which we owe to its activity and which, this year, has

been an inspiration and a retreat for the present girls. Gifts of seven chairs, embossed with the school monogram and engraved with the donor’s name, have been made to Ihe dining-room. The Napier-Hastings branch of the association has donated a picture, and two Old Girls a sports trophy in memory of Marie Hennah, an Old Girl whose loss we mourn. Two new branches have been formed at Dannevirke and Wanganui respectively. There are now seven branches in 'he North Island. The Wairarapa brand', under Ihe leadership of Mrs Eric Shaw helped greatly towards the success of the bazaar. We congratulate two Old Girls on outstanding University successes. Marjorie Pettit graduated M.A. with First Class Honours in Latin at Auckland University College, and Billie Armstrong, B.Sc. (N.Z.) has gained the Diploma of Entomology at London University, with commendation for her thesis and design. The tone of the school is safe in the keeping of most of the girls who have passed through it. “Prize-donors have again expressed in this tangible way their interest in our work, and we are indebted to several judges for their help in awarding trophies: Mr G. W. Morice, M.A., M.Sc. (essay), Mr R. C. Drummond (speech), Mr C. W. Kerry (music), Mrs K. McLeod (riding). We also thank Miss Donald for judging the lifesaving awards.” In reviewing in some detail the many-sided work of the school, Mrs Thompson spoke of the value of the new science laboratory and mentioned excellent progress in commercial instruction and in music. Last year the school entered well-prepared examination candidates, the majority of whom had four years in the secondary school and its results were excellent: —Higher leaving certificates, 12; University entrance and Medical preliminary, 7; University entrance, 5; school certificate (full or partial), 16; preliminary to Diploma of Fine Arts, 2; Associated Boards’ Practical Music Examinations, 1.1. Rudiments 6.