MASTERTON SCHOOL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2140, 7 November 1885, Page 2

MASTERTON SCHOOL.

The annual examination of the Masterton.School, which commenced on' Monday last, was concluded yesterday, the Inspector, Mr Lee, having been busjly occupied during the whole of the intervening time. We are pleased to be in a position to announce that the result is once more of such a nature tluit Mr Grundy anfl his teaching staff, the local Committee, the Education Board, and the Inspector, all have good reason to be proud of it. The nuraberofpassesin the Standards was equal 90 per cent,, which is almost phenomenal in such a large school. In Standard V., which is about the most trying of all, the results were the most brilliant, 54 out of • the EG qualified candidates passing ! through. Out of this number, no less than 16 cleared their papers in arithmetic, The total.number presented, was 351, of which 328 wero qualified, and 295 passed; About half the passes in the two higher Standards were entered-as being strong. ■Yesterday afternoon the boys and girls in the fifth and sixth Standards were assembled in one of the large rooms and addressed by Mr Lee, who, having read over the result, expressed the pleasure it gave him to see such good work. The work would compare favorably with any lie had seen in the District,' and would not be behind any iii the colony. It would give him great pleasure to report on the f school as a very strong. one', They. Had 1 done their work well,.but he would warn them not to be carried away by which was a danger they would be -very apt to fall into. •, He had already seen some Blight traces' of 'it, . and the teachers had told- him that one or two pupils were of opinion that they were bound to pass because their Standard-was strong. Those who now went, into the sixth Standard, should' take especial cais to avoid making that mistake. If they thought they could go up and pass a standard without working hard for year, they would find that they had made a very great mistake, and only end in disaster. It would be too late to say these things when the mischief had arisen, He was glad to see the good work that had been "shown him]jthat day. The pajfers in themselves gave the evidence of having been well written, and of intelligent aud orderly work, which was evidence of good teaching and discipline in the school. He was also glad to see that out of the total number put up for passes onjy f}yo \m tfwnt, and lie knew that in some cases at least this was due to illness. He nyight say in all schools there were passes and passes, for sometimes a pass'was not of so much value as at others. But at fcho present examination, the work brought up in all the different sections was of a very good character. There was some necessity to look, a little to the spelling, but there was no palpable weakness, and he made jjo complaint about it, They were making the standards a little-mora difficult year , by -yoav, vfofeji ww, perhaps. in the nature of things, The one thing that struck him ; as the strongest in the school was the 1 arithmetic uf the sth standard, Ho did ' not select a paper that could bo done by ; anybody, and any'of them who coiildi clear it was not only well taught, : but aiso gaye 3! bejng possessed :of good natural ability, Out" gf ji}i§ BO 1 that were left in thettandard, 54 passed, and out of that number thero woro only three vlio did not do three out of the five sums giyoi) them right, while two of these made'?!-. §Jxtjjpnaotual]y papers, How goqir'tfelt Vork pg would' be understood"when'h? told them , that he could generally 'count tliob' who cleared their papers on his' fingers. He ; could not remember having such good i results In any oth : er school. To the sixth : class ho would say that'their work WW ; very goo I 011 the whole.' ' He was of opinion that children' generally 'left school ! too youijg, A year's schooling'at' their i present age "was" worth two 'insny previous part of tlfeii' livk He hoped to see a large number led into the sixth standard. Turning again to the sixth standard he were good readers and good writers, wjjilo tlieli l geography was strong. Among jthoso wlio were most prominent 'were' Annie Hoar, Alice Gallpvyay, aiid'Annie Walton, who 'was perhaps"the>st,'and Elleij'f rigjey, who also had a very strong'pass.'' Mr Lee infprnjed _ tlje' childieii' that provisions I/erg being ijjftde fyr fcjieif better physical educatiqi), am} alsrj, thai; the Education Board had recently appointed an experienced drawing master, He also alluded to the high position taken ty the school in the recent drawing examinatioij. ' .

Mr T, 0. Boddingtgi), chairnjai) of the School Committee, tljen the children, awj. said have been very nwcli pleased to lje*t the' kind remarks of Mr Loe, and their parents would also 1)9 well pleased. He hoped they would take the warning given themby the Inspector.' The school had' been sUQpegsfu} ffjMjo many years, that they TOW DO iipfrto thinifhst ikey'ooulclf'go througii quite easily] tli'6y ishould'.'frowevgr, wiiiember that they could not go through oi) t|ie done before then), and - that \y]jat was learnt in t])e onfe Btamlard i?a§ pnly a preparation for the next one. It was the more satisfactory to see that they had kept up the reputation of the school, as they had a great many louses. There had been no less than five changes m th* d wiiig the ypar, Their continual succeslea showed fcljafc Jlray LkJ a gunermtcndent Mr Boddiijgton called foe tjpe qheers for the Inspector, which was heartily responded to by the boys. Cheers were also given for the master, Mr Grundy, ? n 4 f P r the Committee, and the proceedings then terminate^, The following are' tl)e passes in the vanoqs atandar^s

Standard I,—Frederick Butcher, John Betty, Arthur Doughty, Ernest Freeth, Lewis Freeth, John Fulton, James Fiulayson, Henry Groves, Herbert Gardener, William Harcombe, Walter Ingram, Joseph lorns, Frederick Jago, Gilbert Jones, £dward,Junes, Gjirnet King, Malcolm Mcintosh, William McDonald, Archibald McColl, Ernest MpEiyenVßiclia rd fendei), Edward Paytmi, John Parker, John Rooks, Arthur gqttan, William Truacott, Leonard Trasa, Robert Torray, H. Waite, H. Westgate, Percy Wilton, H. Walker, William Warner, James Wickens, Henry Wallis. William Yule, Ethel Bagge, Elizabeth Braggins, Ethel Bentley, Rose' Billington, Florence Emily Brown, Emily Carman, Beatrice Clayson, Fanny Oatey, Emily Emma Chandler, Anne Gulleq,' Aiinie Donald, Myra Dixon, Elizabeth Daniells,' Emily Farquahar, Jane Holmes, Harriet Harvey, Margaret Joliristone, Anne Komstedt, Mabel King, "Margaret Langdon, Mary M'Kenzie, Agnes Pyke, QwendolenePowell, Georgina Parker; Adaßobins, Maud Richards,'Alice'Stope Rose' den, Toohill, 'fe'Trollljein,, Emily Smith. * Standard 11.-Alfred Ahtoy, Herbert Arnold, Arthur Bennett, Btotrain Bowser, John Butcher,' Alfred Burton, Henry Cole, Geo.' ,Cade, Pdtpr Qoojc, Percy Corbett, Joseph 1 Dawpon, Alex: Donald,' Tlios. FArcyj Heniy'Dufiey. Ernest' Evernden, Charles Fielding, 1 F. Groves, Murrafy Grant, John Holdawayj John Hfjniijhr'qyp, Eotjprf Jacfron, T, Jenkins, Frederick fijng. JflhuKmigerson, Henry Langley, Alfred' McEwe'iV, Geo. McKay, Charles Morris, Arthur Nicol, Joseph Owen, Philip Payno, S. Pinkerton, William Sutton, Hugh Smith, Alfred Tinsley, Joseph Torry, Herbert Trass, Charles Vile, Arthur Welch, F.

Woodliam r Margaret Allen, Flora Broom,, Ethel Brown/Elizabeth Barnes, Emil;p Bentley, Esther Compton, Ellen Carman*}. : Minnie Carswell, Beatrice Dixon, Minnie Hansen, 'Elizabeth " Hockley, Maud Henry, Mary Jones,' Dora King, Augusta Kopka, Marion Mcintosh, Fanny Marsh, Mary Neary, Clara Oatliam, Maiy Poulson, Bessie Pay tori,. Cecilia Prangnell, ... Alice Rooks, Jane Spackman, Maud Sparksman, Maria Toohill, Lily Whitt, R. Wilton, K. Walton, Ada Wallis. K. Bohee.

Standard lll.—Joseph Bennington, Walter .Carey, Ernest Crosbie,'Walter Delwood, Caleb Ewington, ArthurFannin, George Green, Fred Green, James Henry, Arthur Jones, Isaac Mawhinay, Richard' Maxted, Hugh McLean, Henry. McKen-, . r zie, Thomas McGuire, Hector ArthurPoulson, rthur Pinkerton; Albert '' Pickering,:James Spargo, William Shute, Frank Shute, Alexander Smith, William Spackman, John Sinclair, John Smith, Edward Toohill, George Torry,. Robert.' Vile, Thomas Wellington, Foster Welling- • ton, Henry Wrigley, Emma Adams, Eliza Barkwith, Mabel Baker, Mary Bentley,. Ellen . Cade, Rose Chandler, Eveline Dixon, :Amy Donald, Lily Day, . Ada Ewington,. Eliza-Field, Margard^jßlispie, A.nnie Hales, Cecilia J- Jessie Ingram', Maiy Johnson, Fanny Jago, Amy Jago, Elizabeth Kingdon, Ina McColl, Kate McColl, Maud McKay, A.nnie Maxted, Bessie Perry, Bertha Robinfl, Kate Reese, Mabel Walton, "Lucy Williit'ms, Fanny Woods, Annie Warner,--Ellen Woodham, William Wolch, Alfred : Welch; Standard IV.—Alex. Buickj John Barns, Robert Dixon, Roderick Finltiyson, Thos. Hill, John King,iArthur King, Samuel Mawhinay, Henry jerry,; Geo,.' Ridgeway, Robt. Sage, William Scadden, William Wilton, Jpsoph Wilton, Annie j Barkwith, Robina! Colway, Constance. Corb'ett, Catherine Donald, Sarah Green r Helon Hill, Matilda Hewitt, Ellen' Henry, T. Kulling, Annie' Payne,; Eliza Pres ton,' Polly Tooby, Emma OiiUen, - Standard V.—Robert Allen, Herbert Bagge, Walter Baillie, John Burton, ~ William Byford, Edward Carman, John \ Cole, Lawrence Donald, Percy Galloway, w Alex Grant, Albert Green, William Ha'.'ding, Arthur Hathaway, Alai} Holm, wood, John Johnson, David'Kihg,, Fred. King, Peter Knugerson, Edward . Langton, Andrew McEwen, Charles MoKenzie, Ogle Moore, Alexander Morrison; Herbert Muir, Ernest Rawson, Samuel Shepherd," Herbert ;Vile, Charles Wrigley, Edward Yates, Agnes Allen, Mary Boddiiigfcon, Arabella 35rowi), Jane Donald, E<JithFeist, Ellen Felling: ham, .Eliza -Fielding,' Mary Gillespit Bessie Greathead, Jessie AM . Harford, Lettie Jago, Saralj Jonlfinji, Jane King, Ellen "McKenzie, Christina ■ '■■■' Munro, Alice Owen, Minnie Perry, Ejlen Preston, Matilda Reynolds, EmmelinQ -/ Sage, Mary Tinsley, J Rose Wilton, Standard Vl,-Ed\vard.B.ennett, Joseph Bodrlington, Frederick Carman, Perry, Alice Galloway, Ann Hoar, Editli Sage, Aim Walton, Ellen Wrigley,,. ■ Bre|ehted Qualified ■ 'Passed, Standard! ... W '•"s 1 ' II U 73 U 11 in, ra 79 fa „ IV. .39 37- 2? „ V. 58 ) 50 64 „ VI, 15 13 9 -*—«• §BI m. BSS ' Percentage pn , per cent, : ' "