SOLWAY COLLEGE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 December 1943, Page 3

SOLWAY COLLEGE

EiND=OF=YEAR CEREMONY PRESENTATION OF PRIZES PROGRAMME BY THE GIRLS There was a large attendance of parents and friends from far and near at the Solway College break-up ceremony last night. The Rev W. J. Couling presided. A splendid programme was presented by the girls. There was mass singing of Elgar's “The King.” hymns and scripture recitation, piano solos by Judith Loughlin, a bracket of solos bj r Naomi Harris, a bracket of part songs by “The Aeolians,” and solos by Mary Burch and Maureen Franklin. The Principal, Miss Mcßae, presented her annual report in which she gave parents a detailed account of the accrediting system and the change in organisation which would follow. The Rev F. H. Robertson, Director of the Campaign for Christian Order, gave an address in which he. indicated how his audience'as individuals could play their '.part in the new order. Mr Robertson, interspersed his remarks with humour and when he later presented the prizes he carried out the task in a happy vein and had words of encouragement for the recipients. Those present were entertained at supper. The prize list is as follows: — Sports Trophies Physical culture and gymnastics (Jeanie Baird trophy), Dorothy Gideon. Sports championships: Senior (Murphy. trophy), Mooreen Franklin. Junior (Wadham trophy): Jocelyn Bennett. Swimming ' championships: Senior (Hart-Lewis trophy), Joan Simmons. Junior (Euphie Tate iropliy). Barbara Corbett. Diving trophy (Patricia Nowell trophy), Joan Simmons, Nancy Fordyce (equal). Carnival Cup: Form VA.

Tennis trophy (Norwood trophy), Janet Wilks.

Tennis championships: Senior (McDonald trophy): Barbara Swainson. Junior (Baird trophy), Betty Lindsey. Special Prizes.' . Choir competition (Form VI, 1937 trophy): Form VA. Dressmaking and needlework: Form 111, Vera Paget. Form IV, Betty Chamberlain. Form VC, Joan Sage. Form VI, Margaret Gideon, Naomi Harris. Studio prizes: Drawing and painting, Mavis Rood, Betty Barratt. Modelling, Nita Bennett, Betty Smart. Crafts, Mooreen Franklin, Barbara Corbett. Music prizes: Miss Macdonald's pupils, Mollie Shannon; Miss Adamson's pupils, June Struthers; Miss Stubbings’s pupils, Judy Loughlin. English speech cup (Rona Benbow trophy), Margaret Gideon. Essay competition: Senior (Winsome Mclntosh trophy), Ellen McDougall. Junior (Central Hawke’s Bay Old Girls’ Trophy), Shirley Steele. Commercial prize, Loma Finch.

House prizes: Junior, Geneieve Stewart, Anne Hull. Intermediate: Marie Franklin. Senior: Margaret Watt. Scripture prizes (presented by Mr and Mrs Malcolm McGregor): Junior, Frances Ayling; Form 111, Jocelyn Colquhoun; Form IV, Grace Preece; Form VC, Mooreen Franklin, Joan Sage (equal); Form VA, Margaret Watt; Form VI, Joan Lees.

Character Cup (Lawrence Thompson Memorial Trophy, presented by NapierHastings branch, S.OG.A.), Gay Nimmo.

Sportsmanship Cup: Margaret Gideon (Marie Hennah Memorial, presented by Esther Blair and Joan Murphy): Music Cup (Dulce Hobson Trophy); Joy Craine. Scripture Cup (Patricia Blamiros trophy), Grace Preece. , Class Prizes Junior School: Juniors, Janet Arthur, Ist Progress. Form I: Anne Merriman, Ist merit; Antoinette Ratcliffe, 2nd merit. Form II: Erica Chambers, Ist merit (dux), Desmae Benfell 2nd merit. Senior School: Form 111, Barbara Hunt,' Ist merit, Ist history, French, mathematics, Latin; Patricia Caldwell, . 2nd merit, Ist science; Barbara Corbett, Ist geography, hygiene, life sci- . ence. Form IV: Alison Francis, Ist merit, Ist English, French, Ist equal • Latin, history; Grace Preece. 2nd merit, , Ist science, geography, Ist equal history; Patricia Clifford, 3rd equal merit, i Ist equal history; Betty Chamberlain, . 3rd equal merit, Ist equal Latin. Form ■ VC: Moorcen Franklin, Ist equal merit, . Ist hygiene, Ist equal scripture; Rosemary Chamberlain, Ist equal merit, Ist . history. Form VB: Judith Halford, Ist ■ merit, Ist English, history. Form VA: (Alice Frances Free trophy and prize ■'given by H. E. Pither): Marie Lind- . jsey, Ist equal merit (dux equal), Ist ■ Latin, mathematics; Joan Simmons, Ist yequal merit (dux equal), Ist history, science; Joy McCaskey, 3rd merit, Ist

English. Form VI: Yletty Short (Dux of School), Ist merit, Ist science, mathematics, physiology (prizes presented by 5.0.G.A.); Joy Craine,. 2nd merit, Ist English, history. Certificates: Music: Grade 111 harmony, Joy Craine (distinction). Higher leaving certificates: Joy Craine, Margaret Gideon, Naomi Harris, Betty Love, Gay Nimmo, Mavis Rood, Betty Short.

Music examinations: Preliminary, W. Merriman, pass. Grade 2, D. Cocker, credit; M. Cattell, credit. Grade 3: C. Hayman, credit; A. Merriman, credit. Grade 4, F. Ayling, pass; L. King, pass; M. Shannon, credit; J. Struthers, pass. Grade 5, J. Loughlin, distinction. Grade 6, S. McCaw, pass; E. Shannon, pass.