Patea

New Zealand Tablet, 24 December 1908, Page 17

Patea

(From our travelling cot respondent.) At the last district schools examination the Sisters of St. Joseph were singularly successful with the pupils sent forward by them. Of the six presented in the Sixth Standard four gained proficiency and two competency certificates. In the musical examinations they were ho less successful, as the following list of passes will show : — Primary _(practical) — Madge Bremer, ~115. Elementary (practical) — Maud Mitchell, 130 (distinction)-; Flossie Hunger, 126; Clare Hogan, 125; Bessie Johnston, 121; Lizzie McComisky, 11.8. In the preparatory division, Trinity College examination, two were presented, Thomas Keane aud Maude Fitzwater, and both passed. In the R.A.M. theoretical examination, passes were obtained by Kathleen McKenna, Beatrice Dickson, Lizzie McComisky, Clara Hogan, and Flossie Hunger. The annual concert given by the pupils of -the Sisters of St. Joseph took place in the Patea Hall on Wednesday, December 16, and despite the unseasonable weather large numbers Avere present at what proved to be a very interesting aud succcessful entertainment. The choruses, action songs, instrumental items, etc., all came in for their measure «>f applauss, which must have been- as gratifying to the good Sisters as it surely was to the performers. Thd following was the programme : —Piano duet, Misses K. McKenna, _E. Williams, F. Hunger, M. Fitzwater; chorus, senior pupils ; action songs, infants; flag drill, senior girls ; piano solo, Miss Maud Mitchell ; song, juniors, piano duet, Misses C. Hogan, L. McComisky, F. Hunger, B. Dickson; song, senior pupils; Spanish drills, Senior girls; piano duet, Misses E. Beamish, M. Bremer, Masters T. and F. Keane; chorus, senior pupils; song,- boys; piano duet, Misses Dickson, J? alihor,: Carey, -and E. Dickson ; clubswiiiging, boys. ;In ' x'iliola,' a drama in four, acts, the characters were sustained by Misses S.. Power, K. McKenna," E./Kennedy, F. Power, M. Mitchell,- B. Dickson, M. Gilligan, M. 'Mangos, M. McKenna, E. Williams, F. Hunger. ..•_-•■ ".. ."