CONVENT OF MERCY, WELLINGTON SOUTH.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1, 5 January 1905, Page 4

CONVENT OF MERCY, WELLINGTON SOUTH.

The Victoria Hall* was well filled on the two evenings when the pupils of the Sisters of Mercy, Wellington South, gialve their annual entertaiinment. The prizes were pres^nteti by Rev. Father O'Shea. Previous to the presentation the parish priest, Father Ainsworth, referred tio the splendid results attained at the annual examination— results that proved conclusively that the srtiairfdard of our sohjools was at leapt equal to that of ilhe State-supported scTiools. He would taike this public opiportjunitiy of again entering his protest against the injustice under which our schools laWoTed. There seemed at prefcent hut little hope of getting justice in this res|)ect, Hut ijn tthe meantime Catholics were determined to, m&ke siacxifices in order that their children might secure a Christian education. The prize list is as follows :— Gtood cbnHkict (medal)— lvy McLaughlin. Christian doctrine (medal)— Moya O'Sullivan. Scfrtool singing (medal)— Katie Jamieson. Mtusic— Fioist division : Mabel Bourke 1, Mabel Fow«ies 2 ; sqciond division : Annie Flan'again, Elizabeth Mar©qyal in merit ; third division : Anynie Mickey 1, Eileeh Urittge 2. CJavier— First division : Teresa Flanagan 1 ; second division * BeriJnice and Bessie Eggers, equel in merit. Needlework— First division, Annie Davis ; second division, Anhie Fl'anag,an. Wood-carving (girls)— First division : Mary Carrigan, Eileen Carrigan, equal in merit ; second division, Maggie O'Loary ; wobd-oarving (boys), Arthur RMler. Improvement in wood-oarving, Qharles Rowise. The mtost popular girl (medal)— Evelyn Parmell. Cilvil Service Class.— Dux, Ivy McLauphlin ; reading and smelling, Ivy McLaughlin ; comiposition and gramroar, Frajnces McCarthy ; improvement in penmanship (writitafc desk), Mova O'Sullivan ; Latin tr^n^l'ation and algelwra, Frfamce? McCarthy ; Euclid, Moya O'Sullivan ; Frelncji a;rtd arithmetic, Moya O'Sullivan ; Latin grammar, Ivy McLau^hlin ; Frendh, second division (dressing <sase). Kartflileen Taylor : diligence, Kathleen Taylor. Class I.— Christian doctrine, Annie Flaainagan ; com(Ttosdfbion, Grace Nelson : Latin, Nellie McCarthy ; Frante&i, Gfrace Ridler ; arithmetic, Grace Ridler ; improvement in penmansihin. Mamv Campbell ; algel>ra, Pfaaices Ctolley ; drawing, Eileen Carrigan ; general improvement, Katie Jamieson, Cicily Reaxtibn, Nellie Bea^gley. Class ll.— Criristtan doctbrine, Mary Dntvis ; reading aMtf spellih? Mvr'tle McLauigfclin ; corrfposition and crammlaJr, MyitJe McLatighlin ; Latin a'njd French, Myrtle McLalughlin ; algebra, Mary Davis ; arithmetic, Ivy

Daniel ; penmanship, Mary Davis ; Latin (second prize), Evelyjp Parnell ; general improvement, Mary S/ullivan, Phyllis Hanify, Kathleen Sullivan ; drawing, Nellie Adair. Class lll.— Christian doctrine, Josephine Keogh ; reading anfd .spelling, Josephine Keogh ; arithmetic, Josephine Keogh ; composition, Eileen Lavery ; French* Eileen Lavery ; arithmetic apd penmwwship, Bessie Jamieson ; drawing, Jack Fitzgerald ; diligence, Kathleen Davis. Class IV.— Christian doctrine, Eileem Corby ; reading, Louis Becker ; arithmetic, Louis Becker ; drawing, Lkmis Rear Won ; penmansaup, Eileen Corby ; tables^ Kathleen darby ; spelfing, Victor Becker ; diligence,-Ger-ald Davis. ST ANN'S SCHOOL Dux, AirtMur Ridler ; Christian doctewie, Violet Bevendge ; good aanduct, Mary Delaney ; regular attendance, Louis McDonald, Teresa Flanagan, ejqual m merit.