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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 41, 8 October 1903, Page 20

The ' Advocate,' writing with reference to the passes obtained at the local examination in theoretical music in connection with the Melbourne University, says : Out of the 111 candidates who passed, 48 were pupils from Catholic convents. In the junior grade, in the elements of music, 4 9 passed, and 16 of these were convent pupils ; in the senior grade of elementary music, 60 passed, of winch the pupils from the convent number 31 ; included in tins were nine passes from Tasmania, and six of these weie from St Mary's College, Hobart. Four candidates obtained students' certificates in the junior grade for harmony, and two of these pupils were from the convents The only candidate who obtained honors was a pupil of the Catholic Ladies' College, East Melbourne. The other young lady who passed was. a pupil of the Brigidine Convent, Ararat. The results of this examination must be most gratifying to Catholics. It shows that the sacrifice in connection with Catholic education which they have made has not been made in vain, that the pupils from their educational institutions can bear the test of these examinations, with honor to themselves and credit to the con\ents, and that comparisons can be invited between them and pupils of the more favored institutions ol other religious denominations.