ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 51, 20 December 1900, Page 27

ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.

ST. MARY'S CONVENT, WELLINGTON. The Very Rev. Father Lewis, in the unavoidable absence of his Grace Archbishop Redwood, on Monday evening of last week, distributed the prizes won during the scholastic year just completed at St. Mary's Convent School, Wellington. Subjoined is a full list of the awards :—: — Good conduct — Boarders (silver medal, gift of Mr. White), Teresa O'Connor ; day pupils (silver medal, gift of Mrs. Kennedy), Gcraldine McAlister. Christian Doctrine — First class (gold medal, gift of Mrs. O'Connor), Cecilia Guise ; second class (gold medal, gift of Mrs. Gasooigne), Nora Harnett ; third class (gold medal, gift of Rev. Father Lewis), Annie Feeney. Dux— Gold medal, gift of Old Girls' Association, Ethel Crombie. Excellence in Essay-writing — Gold medal, gift of his Grace Archbishop Redwood, Muriel Waldegrave. Painting— Model and freehand drawing (gift of Mrs. Aloysius McDonald), Marion Goulter. Singing— Silver medal, gift of Hon. Dr. Grace, Lily White ; Becond prize, gift of Mr. Brookes, Constance Macloekey. Instrumental music — Silver medal (gift of Mrs. McCarthy), Queenie Bennett ; Royal Academy division (gift of Mr. Brookes), equal in merit : Madeline Mitchell and Daisy Reilly ; Trinity College division (gift of Mr. Brookes), equal in merit : Bessie Flynn and Winnie Richardson ; Intermediate division (gift of Mr. Brookes), Mary McKeowen ; Junior (first prize, gift of Mr. Brookes), Maud Parker (second prize, gift of Mr. Brookes), Kathleen Ward ; Primary (gift of Mr. Brookes), Doris Haywood. Improvement in music, Mollie Laing and Madge Nathan. Needlework— First class (gift of Mr. Whitaker), Agnes Bourke ; lace-work, Mabel Bourke ; Becond class (gift of Miss O'Connor), Lizzie Coles ; third class, Eveline Collins and Stella Putnam. Shorthand — First class (gift of Miss Williams), Cecilia Guise ; second class (gift of Mies Williams), Annie Rusnell. Class I.— English (gift of Mr. Corrigan), Ethel Crombie ; geography, Ethel Crombie ; Latin, Ethel Crombie ; mathematics (gold medal, gift of Mr. McArdle), Ethel Crombie ; French (gift of Bey. Father Lewis), Muriel Waldegrave ; writing, Constance Reilly ; mapping (gift of Rev. Father Holley), Matilda Evans. Class ll.— Arithmetic, Olive Blake ; Euclid, Olive Blake ; Algebra, Matilda Evans ; English, Hessie Whitaker ; composition, Heßsie Whitaker ; Latin, Wynn Pearce ; French, gift of Comteese de Courte, Ethel Crombie ; recitation, Edith Richardson ; mapping, Teresa O'Connor ; writing, Ethel Falconer ; geopraphy, Mabel Bourke ; diligence, Mabel Bourke. Class 111. — Reading and recitation, Annie Duignan ; Algebra and Euclid, gift of Mr. Corrigan, Annie Duignan ; composition,

Annie Duignan ; Latin, Annie Duignan ; arithmetic, Nellie Godfrey ; French, Eileen Truman ; grammar, Eileen Truman ; geography, Ellen Meagher ; mapping and writing, Ellen Meagher ; spelling and dictation, Geraldine McAliater ; history, Ida Moore ; diligence, Geraldine McAlister ; drawing, Ellen Meagher. Class IV. — English and penmanship (gift of Rev. J. Holley), Becca Curtain ; Latin, Becca Curtain ; history, Beooa Curtain ; arithmetic, Beooa Curtain ; geography, Marion Goulter ; oompositiou, Marion Goulter ; drawing, Kathleen Ward ; diligence, Charlie Gascoigne ; reading and recitation, Annie Feeney ; Frenoh, Nora Harnett. Class V. — Arithmetic, flrdt division — Ruth Putnam. Arithmetic, second division — Bernie Gascoigne ; composition, Jessie Broadbent ; history, Adile Ribleng ; mapping and writing, Adile Ritleng ; geography, Mary Fitzgerald ; French, Mary Fitzgerald ; recitation, Doris Haywood ; grammar, Agnes Whitaker ; reading, Agnes Whitaker ; diligence, Kate Grey ; drawing, Mary McDonald ; spelling, Constance McAlister. Preparatory School— Class 111. — Good conduct, Rita Martin ; Christian doctrine, Dorothy Grimstone ; French, Dorothy Grimstone ; arithmetic, Dorothy Grimstone ; recitation and writing, Hilda Nathan , geography, Hilda Nathan ; spelling, Ruby Poll ; history, L'Estrange Edwards ; composition and grammar, Mary Harnett ; drawing, Mollie Laing. Class ll.— Spelling, Eveline Guilford ; geography, Martha Duignan; reading and recitation, Martha Duignan; arithmetic, George Ritleng ; writing and drawing, George Ritleng ; composition, Gertie Blacklock. Class I. — Arithmetic, Kathleen McGrath ; spelling and reading, Kathleen McGrath ; drawing, Gordon Saunders ; writing, Bite Buchanan ; needlework, Doris Costall.