Waimate District High School.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 141, 14 December 1901, Page 3

Waimate District High School.

ANNUAL PRIZE GIVING.

The annual prize giving ceremony in connection with the Waimafce District High School took place in the Oddfellows' Hall on Thursday afternoon. Mr W. M. Hamilton, chairman of the school oommittee, presided, and there was a gcol attendance of parents and children. Mr Hamilton first apologised for the absence of the Rev. G. Barclay, who was at a meeting of the Education Board, and of Mrs Studholme, who had been asked to present the prizes. Mr Hamilton said that several members of the 1 High School Board had been a3kad to be present, but none of them could come, and the Board would not be represented. He congratulated the school on the excellent results of the annual examination. Nothing particular had occurred during the year. It was worth noting that thires '-of the 'boys belonging to the school had last year obtained situations in the Civil Service, which was sufficient proof of the good work being done at the school. The speaker enlarged,. on the benefits'to be received from attending school. He referred briefly to the penalties now to be. imposed for absence from school, and to the early closing of the school on account of strawberry picking. Mr Hamilton thanked Mrs Adams and Mrs Studholme for special prizes, and the Oddfellows for the use of the Hail at a nominal rate. He called upon Mrs Hamilton to present the-following prizes:— Bewin&. Standard VI.: May Gibson'(Mrs Studholme'a prize), Sarah Yesberg. Standard V.: Emma Williams, Ettie Baker. Standard IV.: Amy Harris, •' Lucy Douthwaite. Standard 111. : Effie Beaton, Ivy Manchester. Standard ll.'-: Annie Wilds, Lena Berry. Siandard I.: Ruth Jonas, Linda Crawshaw. Darning. Ellen Bucharmn, Teannie Symon. Sampler. E. Williams. Standard III.: Mrs Adams' special prize for sewing, Veda Slee. Standard Vl.—Mbrit Prizes. Girls: Sarah Yesberg, 1; Nathalie' Hart, 2; Violet Wil*on, 3. Boys'. Robert Harris, 1; John Sutherland, 2; John Cameron, 8. Attendance: Gwennte Taylor, Special (neat exercise book): Rosa Hardy and Harold Nicol. Dux prize (special): Satah Yesberg. Attendance: Hottie Julian, Ida Mann, Charles Foweraker, (Henry Wilson. High School Standard V. Boy*: Jam* -I l i.d, i>; -Bwid

WilsoD, 8; James Symon, 3; W. Duckett, 4. Girls : Harriet Baker, ; Hilda Clayton, 2; Emma Williams, 3 Elizabeth Miles, 4. Attendance: W. Ducketb, Errol Taylor, Caroline Miles, Elizabeth Miles, Maud Maberley, Harriet Baker, Florerice Wheeler. Special: Mental arithmetic, Hilda Clayton; writing, Georgina Nicolls. . High School Standard IV. Boys: James Kir by, 1; Garnet, Wi'lce, 2; D. Taylor, 3; Newman Wilson, 4. Girls: Lucy Douthwaite, 1; Ada Baker, 2 ; Annie Haw"ke,'3 ; Olive Crawshaw,"4. Extra, 'Margaret Turnbull. Attendance: Boys, Dallas Taylor and Newman Wilson; girls, L. Douthwaite, M. Wilson, A. Baker, L. McKenzie. Standard lll.—Boys : William,, Blight, 1; Robert Baxter, 2; William Fagan, 3; Heathcote Mann,'4. Girls :, Mabel Hart, 1 ; Nellie Cavanagh, 2 ; ; : -Dorothy Barclay, 3; Jean Hamilton. 4. Attendance: William Blight, Robert Baxter, Neil Adams, Eric Cameron, William Fagan, Harry Fagan, Nellie Cavanagh. Sewing : Effie Beaton, Tvy Manchester. Special prizes : Neal Goodson (intelligence); Lizzie Wilson (composition). Standard ll.—Boys : Leonard, Russell, 1 ; John Bird, 2 ; Fred Woods, 3 ; Albert Eathorne, 4. Girls : Ursie Blight. 1; Alma Hosking, 2 ; Queenie AivreU; 3; Lucy McPhorson, 4. : Attendance: Boys, Albert Eathorne, George Johnson, John Bird, Robert Inkster. Girls : Urate Blight, Ettie Wilson, Minnie Maberley. Alma Hosking. Sewing : Annie Wilds, 1; Lena Berry, 2. Special prizes for merit : Granville Christie and Ruth Mitchell.

Standardl—Boys : Clifford Barclay, 1; Ernest Baker, 2 ; John White, 3 ; Alexander Munro, 4. Girls : Linda Orawshaw, 1; Edith Roskilly, 2 ; Eva Best, 3; Nellie Dellow, 4. Attendance : Ernest Baker and Mary BakerSewing : Ruth Jones, 1; Linda Crawshaw, 2. Special prizes ; for merit: Harry Bryson and Norris Gardiner. INFANT DEPARTMBNT. Class V. : Albert. Smith, Alex. Campbell, James Campbell, Ruby Munro, Maggie Creba, Alice Hawkins. Class IV.: Arthur Attwell, Edgar Mann, John Shefford, Sam Douthwaite, Tottie Douthwaite, Euth Butcher, Daisy Ogg.'Esme Humphries. Class III;: Charles Nelson, Ernest Williams, Carlisle Douthwaite, Marg.\ret Prue, Grace Hubbard, -Euth Crawshaw.

Class 11. : Clifford Inkster, Lyle Wills, Arthur Bishop, Emily Lindsay, Annie Eathorne, Jessie Jackson. Class I. : John Dash, George Blake, Robbie Kilworth, Florence Hunt, Alice Turner, Nelly Hall ■Regular attendance : Ruby Munro, Hazel Camefon, Myrtle Buckingham,' Isabel Taylor, Violet Hoare, Alton Stewart. John Emerson, Donald Munro, George Fagan, Willie Inkster, Arthur Kilworth, Clarence Hall, David Pinnell, Edwin Saunders, Alfred Smith, George Anßell, Mac Smith, Bertie Walker.

General Improvement: Mary Kennard. Charlotte Bean, Zoe Vernazoni, John Sutherland, Herbert Hamilton. John Ottley, Donald Konnard, George Ottley. Musical Drill: Daisy Dailey. Nelly Joyce, Irene Tregoning, Carry Haynes, Mabel Colville. Eileen Wheeler, Annie McKenzie, Elizabeth Berry, Nelly Wilson. George Black. John Rogers, James Gardyne, Willie Campbell, John Bust.

SCRIPTURE PRIZES

Tho Rev A. S. Morrison officiated over the presentation of prizes for scripture knowledge. He gave the children some good advice about what they should learn while they were young. Referring to the teaching of the scripture in the school, the speaker declared that the Ministers and tho people of the district were indebted to the teachers for their labour of love. He asked the pareuts to co-operate in this teaching, especially in the buying of text books. He urged the children to read the bible as. they did their other story books ' The speaker condoled with those children who had worked hard, but, who had not been successful in getting a priza. Their reward was the knowledge of having done, their best. He proceeded to give out the prizes as follow: — High School: Ida Mann, 1; Ethel Adams and Hetty Julian, 2. Standard V 1.;.: Gwennie Taylor, t; Jeannie Fagan, 2. Standard V.: Lizzie Boyd, 1; Errol Taylor, 2. Standaid IV.: James Dallas Taylor, 2; Newman Wilson, 3., Standard III.: Willie Blight, 1; Neal Goodson, 2 ; Robert 13 ixter, 3. Standard 11.-: Tom Nicol, 1; Leonard Russell, 2 ; G. Christie, 3. Standard I : Alex. Munro, 1; Linda Crawshawr2; Eva'Best, 8. In conclusion Mr Hamilton announced that the school would re open on Jannary 27th, and he hoped the children would haVe '" a. aood time" in the holidays. Mr C.-J. Goldsfcone called for cheers for the Committee, for Mrp Hamilton, and for the donors of; special prizes, and these were given with a will.

Cheers teachers brought, the proceedings to a ciose.

At an interval the infants, who were grouped on the stage, sang two pretty action songs under the able direction of Miss Crawford. An exhibition of very good club swinging by ten girls of the upper standards was loudly applauded. Mis 3 A. Miller officiated: at the piano.