SACRED HEART CONVENT, TIMARU.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 1, 4 January 1900, Page 28

SACRED HEART CONVENT, TIMARU.

(From a correspondent).

The annual distribution of prizes to the pupils of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Timaru, took place on December 18. Among those present were his Lordship the Right Rev. Dr. Grimes and several of the clergy. Prior to the distribution an entertainment was given by the pupils, the following being the programme :— Entree, Spanish dance ; the Devotion to the Sacred Heart — Tableau, 1 St. Augustine and his Disciples ' ; chorus, ' The Lord is my Shepherd ' • tableau, ' St. Francis of Assisi receiving the Stigmata' ; chorus, ' Laudate Pueri ' ; tableau, ' The Sacred Heart revealed to St. Gertrude ' ; chorus, ' Ecce Cor ' ; quartette, Symphony ; French recitation, 'Un trait de l'Enfance de Bernardin de St, Pierre ; chorus, ' Sleigh bells.' The tableaux, which were given with the aid of limelight, were very effective.

After the distribution his Lordship Bishop Grimes expressed his pleasure at being again in the midst of the children of the Sacred Heart, a pleasure enhanced by the fact that for two years he had been separated from them. Then taking up the final words of the dialogue, which portrayed a true child of the Sacred Heart, he exhorted the child re a to try during- the holidays to realise in themselves that portrait. As a child loved what her father loved and hated what he hated, so they should love what the Sacred Heart loved and hate what It hated — sin. His Lordship remarked that children of the Sacred Heart are known everywhere, and that he had much to do with thtna and hw\ rm-t them in every part of the world and always found them the same. He hoped the New Zealand children of the Sacred Heart would not be outdone by their sisters elsewhere. After congratulating the prize winners his Lordship gave his bites ing. The following is the prize list :— Decorations : First medallion and ribbon of merit, given by the votes of the pupils, Pearl Grace ; second medallion and ribbon of merit, Maude Blandford ; sixth ribbon, Clare Smith, Margaret Yenning ; accessit to the ribbon of merit, Mechtildes Kennedy ; second green ribbon, Mary McShane ; third ribbon, Mary Twomey ; fourth ribbon, Elizabeth Brosnahan, Bridget Sullivan ; next in merit — Gertrude McLean, Patricia Geaney ; pink ribbon, Mary (Jeaney, Marjorie Townend, Nancy Loughnan. General Good Conduct. — Pearl Grace ; next in merit — Maude Blandford. Christian Doctrine. — First Division — Pearl Grace ; next in merit, Dorothea Loughnan. Second Division — Cecily Kennedy ; next in merit, Esther Bruce. Third Division — Mary Twomey ; next in merit, Eileen Twomey. Diligence. — First Class — Pearl Grace. Second Class — Mechtildes Kennedy ; next in merit, May Johnstone. Fourth Class — Esther Bruce, 1 ; Patricia Geaney, 2 ; next in merit, Mary McShane, Mary Twomey. Fifth Class — Beatrice Knight ; next in merit, Bridget Sullivan. Seventh Clas3 — Marjorie Townend ; next in merit, Mary Geaney. First Class. — Elements of Christian Philosophy — Pearl Grace. Mathematics — Pearl Grace. Elements of Natural Science — Dorothea Loughnan. Repetition — Dorothea Loughnan. Second Class. — Elements of Logic and Latin Grammar — Mechtildes Kennedy. Composition— Cecily Kennedy. History — Cecily Kennedy. Repetition — Mechtildes Kennedy. Fourth Class. — Grammar — Patricia Geaney ; next in merit, Monica Wareing. Composition — Mary Twomey ; next in merit, Gertrude McLean, Margaret Meehan. History — Patricia Geaney ; next in merit, Eileen Twomey, Margaret Meehan. Geography — Esther Bruce, 1 ; Mary McShane, 2 ; next in merit, Ellen Wall, Gertrude McLean. Arithmetic — Mary McShane ; next in merit, Eileen Twomey, Monica Wareiug. Repetition — Mary McShane ; next in merit, Patricia Geaney, Eileen Twomey. Fifth Class. — Grammar — Louie Johnstone. History — Gladys Kennaway ; next in merit, Beatrice Knight. Geography — Louie Johnstone ; next in merit, Gladys Kennaway. Arithmetic — Gladys Kennaway. Reading — Bridget Sullivan ; next in merit, Edith Knight. Repetition — Beatrice Knight ; next in merit, Gladys Kennaway. Seventh Class. — Spelling and Reading — Mary Geaney. Sacred History — Marjorie Townend ; next in merit, Madge Pascal. Geography — Madge Pascal ; next in merit, Marjorie Townend. Arithmetic — Marjorie Towneud. Eighth Class. — Spelling and Reading— Nancy Loughnan. Sacred History — Nancy Loughnan. Elementary Class. — Encouragement — Alison Bristol. Orthography. — First Division — Pearl Grace ; next in merit, Dorothea Loughnan. Second Division — Bridget Sullivan ; next in merit, Patricia Geaney, Monica Wareing. Needlework. — Second Division — May Johnstone, 1 ; Gertrude McLean, 2 ; next in merit, Beatrice Knight, Cecily Kennedy, Mary Twomey. Third Division — Eileen Twomey ; next in merit, Louie Johnstone. Elementary Division — Mary Geaney.

Order. — Esther Bruoe ; next in merit, Beatrice Knight. Writing. — Second Division — Esther Bruoe, 1 ; Gertrude McLean, 2 ; next in merit, Beatrice Knight. Third DivisionMary Geaney, M. Townend French.— Second Division — Diligence, Pearl Grace. Third Division — Diligence, Dorothea Loughnan. Fourth Division— Mechtildes Kennedy ; next in merit, Esther Bruoe. Diligenoe — May Johnstone ; next in merit, Cecily Kennedy. Fifth Division — Patricia Geaney ; next in merit, Mary Tworaey. Diligenoe— Eileen Twotney ; next in merit, Mary McShane. Supplementary Division — Diligence, Margaret Meehan. Elementary Division — Nancy Loughnan.