Waimate District High School. ANNUAL PRIZE GIVING.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 85, 15 December 1900, Page 1

Waimate District High School. ANNUAL PRIZE GIVING.

On Thursday afternoon the annual bveaking up ceremony and prize giving in connection with the above school took- place in the Oddfellows' Hall. A large number of parents and others were present and with the children made up a full hall. Mr Hamilton, Chairman of School Committee, presided. Hit, opening remarks referred to the success the school had achieved during the past year and for this they were largely indebted to Mr Pitcaithly and his staff who had worked in the past yeai, as they had always done, for the good of the school. He thought this was a very notable year in tho history of the school as in this year old boys of the school had gone out to South Africa to uphold the honour of the Empire there. He was sure that they all sympathised with one of Waimate's representatives who had been wounded. They hoped that soon he would be recovered and be amongst them all again. Thero was one matter to which he would like to refer and thai; was that aimost all the pupils who got merit, prizes got also attendance prizes. He hoped that the parents would take note of thaD, though he must say, in the past they did not have much to complain on that score. It had been desired that nil speeches be ?hort and he would only convey the best thanks of the School Committee to all thope who had assisted in any way with the prize giving. Aftor some sweet singing and very creditably performed niusicai exercises by the Infant School, the little ones received their prizes as follows :—: — Infant Eoom. Merit Prizes. Class V. — Boys : Geo. Dailey and Gordon Taylor 1, Cyril Morgan 2, Ernest Baker 3. Girls : Linda, Craw shaw 1, Eva B^st 2, Edith lio&akilly 3, Nellie D allow 4. Class IV. — Boys : Alan Mathias 1, Arthur Berry 2, Willi.iui Hawkins 3, Bert. Wilkios 4. Gals : Gert. Hos kins 1, Jessie Eathorno 2, Winnie Black 3, May Baker 4. Class 111. — Boj-s: Alex. Campbell 1, Albert Bmith 2, John Swau 3, Joh.i Befot 4. Girls : Maggie Creba 1, ltub\ Munroe 2, Kath. Buchanan o, Dai=^ Dailey 4. Class II. — Boys: Edgar Mann 3, Herbert Hamilton 2, lioger MePhfe" bon 8." 1 Girls: Annie McKenzie 1, Mabel Colville 2, Isabel Taylor 3. Glass I.— Bojs : Geo. Black 1, Wm. Hay 2, Wm. Campbell 3. Girls : Winnie Black 1, Carrie Haynes 2, Mary Cochrane 3. Gentral Improvement : Geo. Bird, M iry Kennard and Allan Stewart. -Attendance : Kuperl Cameron and Ernest Baker. The stage being now cleared a number of Indian club exercises were excellently gone through by Misses H. Julian, M. Butcher, L. Taylor, A. Jones, R. Williams, C. Miles, A. Lindsay, A. Cochrane, and Y. Corry, to the music of Miss Akhurst. This was followed by very pretty wand drill by Misaes E. Miles, Nicolls (2), M. Adams, Y. Humphries, C. Stewart, B. Tregoning, L. Lindsay, I. Nicol, M. Eeeve, Y. Wilson, and E. Buchanan. The Rev. G. Barclay as chairman of the High School Board of Governors, addressed the children." In a few of the witty remarks for which he is noted, he referred to himself as being on - v^hat occasion certainly not ornamental, and Mr Hamilton having said all there was to say, there was no chance of hia being useful. He must express the pleasure he felt at seeing the | well-cared for, well-fed children there that day. They were certainly a credit to their parents. In one other rospect. that of education, they would compare most favourably with the children of other countries. The Waimate District High School as an educational institution stood in the front rank of such institutions in the colopy, and it was good in every branch. The physical exercises they saw that day were bound to make robust, healthy children, who would be a credit to the colony ot their birth. The education at present is good, bub under the terms of the a new act passed last session they were going a big step in the right direction. Under that act, manual and technical schools would be provided iyhich would take up 'tlie .education of the pupils who left thfe day' ecjbopisxiana^by means of Vmifet^ckooig^eaeiiv Wm -. j#»|

nitial principles of the chief trades practised here. There was just now a great deal of talk about the Canterbury Jubilee. Fifty years ago on Sunday* next the first fonr ships bringing" white people 10 Canterbury arrived.' in Lytfceltoa Harbour. The intervening years were years j6i prosperity. Now Canterbury 'is peopled by" 150,000 persons, some of the hm s' prosperous in the colony, it has 270 schools attended by 30,000 children, it produces annually millions of bushels of grain and millions of pounds of the best meat in the world. Such a record was one to be proud of. The Americans say they can " lick creation " but some day New Zealand would lick \nierica. (Applause). The children were getting prizes that day, but he would remind them that there were better prizes to be won in later life. Before Mrs Hamilton was called upon to distribute the prizes, the Geisha's song was well sung by Misses M. Butcher, A. Nicolls, H. Julian and Y. Hamphreys. Mrs Hamilton regretted the absence of Mrs Studholme on this occasion, and thanked the* 1 . School Committee for their kindness in asking her to officiate. When a school girl, she used to look forward to the annual prize gfving, but,' like most school children, she had no£ been eager to take advantage of all tb.B opportunities she had. Children here have many advantages. Education is free, the teachers are gQod, and l,he children have every opportunity of getting a good education. One advantage this school possessed was that the Bible was taught in it. She hoped the time would come when the Bible would be taught in all schools. The children were no doubt looking forward to their holidays as one long play time, -but all should try to do something each clay. At the end of the holidays they should all come back, fresh and blight, ready to help to maintain the honour and fame of the Waimate District High School. In 3ouclusion, she wished all a merry Ohrisliutis and a Happy New Year.«<The piizes were very gracefully presented to the children as they 3-J.me up in turn. The following is b e prize list : — Waimate District High School. Merit Prizes, Dux, A.r.uij Cochrane. Standard VI. — -Boys : C. Stewart 1, H. Yv'ilbon 2, R. Clear 3. Girls : Annie Oochiane 1, Mabel Wheeler 2, ithoda Williams 3, Standard V.— Boys : T. Berry 1, 0. Orebn, 2. "iMJjflh 1 3. Girls : Nathalie Hart 1, TMiWhWii 2, Ruth Hardy 3. Standaml IV. — Boys; Jas. Bird 1, Win. Ducfc&tt 2, Win, White. Girls : G. Stewarts 1, Maggie Adams 2, Mary Williams. Standard 111. — Boys : Jas, Kirby 1, Win, Ilarfc. 2, Ed. Allfrey 3. Girls: Oli»e Crawskaw 1, Ada Baker 2, Mary Hamilfcou 3. Siandard II.— Boys : Ed. Williams 1, Wm. Fagan 2, Robfc. Baxter. Girls : Mabel Hart 1, Lily Turner 2, Jessie Murgau 3. Standard X — Boys : John Bird 1, Fred Woods 2, Dick Bean. Girls : Kata Bean 2, Ruth Mitchell 2, Lena Berry* Special Prizes. The following presented special prizes : Mesdarnes Studholme, Mathias, J. Adams, Hamilton and Pitcaithly, and Mr Hamilton. Dux, Annie Cochrane (Mr Harnil. ton's prize.) Singing : Alice Nicolls (Mrs Hamilton's prize.) Standard I : Victor Colville (merit). Standard II : Robfc. Emerson and Geo, Boyd (attendance), H, Maun (arithmetic). - ■», Standard III : Da-vid Ooohrane and Nellie Hay. Standard IV : Emma Williams. Standard V ; Lees Sinclair (map pi"g)Standard VI : Hetty Julian and Stanley Mathias (general intelligence), Chas. Stewart (mapping). Attendance Prizes. ' Standard VII ; Chas. Foweraker and Richard White. Standard VI: C. Stewart, Hetty Julian, Annie Lindsay, and Rhoda Williams. Slairo'ai.-d V : Bella McKenzie, Ida Mann, Elizabeth Miles, and Caroline Miles. Standard IV : Maud Mabsrly, Maggie Adams, W. Ducljett, W. White, E. Taylor. - ■> Standard III: Wm. Adams, John Bitchener, Lily MeKenzieji Yiolefc Meyers. - r Standard II : N. Adams, R, Baxter, H. Brokenshire, Erie Capieron, Wm. Fagan, H.- Bincfair, E. Williams, A, Eathorne, Edith Bateman,Glar& j?ox, Mabel Hart, Ivy Manchester, Lily Turner. Standard I: John Bird and Efctie Wilson. - -'•' - "' . - . Sewing Prices. . i Stamford; la • Emily HawMniß I,_ Annie Wilfls 2. . . v *',~ ?- V r , ,- . StandMrdvlf^Tji^zie^ilsoa X; iifiiia 'Beat9%a;^i ■fzz 'i4-«^ -I 'r_~/ -r. -\ '•'