ST. DOMINIC'S COLLEGE, DUNEDIN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 50, 15 December 1904, Page 19

ST. DOMINIC'S COLLEGE, DUNEDIN.

The 'annual distribution of prizes to the pupils of St. Dominic's College took place on Tuesday afternoon his Lfordship the Bishop presiding, there be(ne also present the Cathedral clergy.

Pariior to tihe distribution the pupils of the Kindergarten gave a very enjoyable entertainment, consisting arf am opehrng address by Master V. siiitel ; am opei^ etta, dumb-bells and Swedish exercises, and a chor;us by tjhe pirpils, aji,d! a cl-osing adtlTeas by Miss iMleem Morit/.-?-<oin. The characters \n tihe operetta were taken by Misses E. Oollins, E. Morifcaon, S. Collins, M. Thruston Alice Morris, a^nd Myrtle Cridhton. '

At tihe presentation of prtees to tjhe older pupilg the ftollowjng report was reald :—

Tihe year now closing has been most satisfactory. Diurmg the seco/nd half there was a steaidy influx ,of both extern, and resi,deint pupils, arid the promise of lue future is h,qpeful, ,as only a very small percentage of the girls will ba leaving this Qhristm'as. A mew classification ftias fc»een adopted tin is ye,ar, i>n of tihe Oxford Local examinations, which will be held in Jjune of the coming year, and will supplement the matriciuLation and civil service examiinatkms, w|hich are in the same working orderj as in past years. The value of the Oxford examunatijons is being proved by tthe ardor witih winch the s/uhjects are bemug studied by tihe pirnp ils of the various gjraldes. TJie yujnool has obtained Uhe uyual uxusical successes, whicji this year have, if anything, been emphasised by an increase in the number of hon,ors cortifiqatos—ll lor practical music and 4 tor theoretical. A oairtdidate in the advanced gfade has secured the silver modal, and one t^he diploma of L.A.B. in the teachers' examination. T^ie total number of siuiccessful ca»di'dates in the priactical esami-nations is 47. Goc'd work fti\as beeoi done by the art students. Muoh attesntion has been giiven to fjhysical development, and tihe class (uftder tihe direction of iViiss iVLowat) has miade very satisfactory iprogress. The large number of children admitted into t(he sodalities during the year is proof suifßcient that tlie general tone and cdndnct of ttfie pupils is 'decidedly g,ood.

TJheory of Music, Trinity (\>llege.— lntermediate Grade Dri/e — Minnie Colli.ns ajid Essie t it'/geralid ; Junior Grade prize — Frances Byrne, Mary Flkhneiry.

Tihe following candidates wo"c siuccesisf.ul in tine pr.actroal music exammatvoins of the Associated Board of the l^oyal Academy and Royal Collage of Musiic :— Tejacher's certitioate for tihe diploma of L.A.B.— Miss Miary M. Pation. Local Centre : Advanced Grade— Myra Mo^ita- - g)ue (silver medallist ; honors) 144, Uannsth Sweejney

(honors) 133, Mildred Oarey^ (honors) 132 Raohel Dcv tous) 122, ins Held 119, j^ nnie MiHer llfl M,fril J. Wood, 114 Inlarmedi-ate Grade-K. Collins (.pass) 121 Maud Sandilands (violin) 115, Winifred Martin 10t' Afinos Knott 103, , K^.^os^^^ fl tota>^«s^7 ) K.««i t lark 1 21. "4^^ >,$f ■ i>| ■% .School Kxainiin^tl6ife.4|^^w^^Dffi^^r^ra^ sio'n (.honors) 81 Etrfel" 't?ora§tnTßh ''7S; Ivy *Bailey 11 Mo,na Waddcll 75; Jane "RoUie.*. „72 r _;Wliiriie-Px)wer 7l' Lowcn Grade— Maggie O'Leary ('pass) 76, Ma-y O'Learv VI. Elementary Grade— Heryl Gillies (honors) 99 (maximum av\aid«d), M ( aigaijet Bur,ke Violin , honors)

Tiic following candidates were sbccesisful i n Uie piactical Duubic examiii,ati,ojis of 'I^faftjf-U'oUeKe, -^onlddn,.--Certificated .pfianists— E. ' Fit>/jgefaTic(, k "' M. 'Pa toft,' M." O'Urady ; Senior Grade— V. Fraser (sieging ; honors) 92, M, Collins (jpass) 77, W. M'Tigue 75, J. Miller. 68, L. Leslie 67, M. O'Sulli'van (singing) 66 ; Inteimediate Grade— A'lagaret Uawne (hohoirs) 84, A >Je!:ery (pass) 12, N. An&us 7'l, (J. T a W o r 70, E. Smith 68; Junior Gra^le— M. Walls (ho,nors) <Ji, L. Makney (honors) 82, B. Ua^ey (paiss) 70, E. Smyth Cp,as&);s'4, M. Ftanne-ry (pass) (JJ,M. Wacbdell (srngfng) 63 ; Bnipatfatory (h?ade— M. Hopkins 79, M. Leslie 73, D. Hart 67.