ST. MARY'S CONVENT, WELLINGTON

New Zealand Tablet, 24 December 1908, Page 4 (Supplement)

ST. MARY'S CONVENT, WELLINGTON

The concert given, at prize-distribution time by the . pupils of St. Mary's Convent (says the Dominion) is always go far above the standard of such concerts that it is looked forward to by many music-lovers, and the performance given last night (December 10) quite equalled its predecessors. It was an uncommonly fine concert, and the audience was enthusiastic. There was a pianoforte duet, creditably played by the Misses Williams and Gibbs, Miss Nita Green played a Valse Brilliant, by Moszkowski, and Miss Haywood pleased her audience by her rendering of an Etude, by Chopin, while Miss Teresa McEnroe, who sang ' Hush, little one ' very sweetly, afterwards played Schumann's Novelette, in E; Miss Veronica Flanagan gave a recitation with much spirit and expression. The vocal items were particularly good, for tho convent pupils are well trained, and there are some very fine voices Miss Agnes Segrief, A.T.C.L., sang Rossini's 'Elena' very well indeed, though ono realised that her voice was at itsbest, and she joined with Miss McEnroe and Miss Storey in a trio in which the three voices blended charmingly. Miss May Storey gave the recitative and aria from Handel, ' So shall the lute.' She has a beautiful voice, sweet, and powerful, and full of promise, and this was one of the items the audience Avould have liked to encore had encores been allowed. Miss Rita Rabone, A.T.C.L , L.A.8., sang in a brilliant manner a scena of Bellini's and a delightful item was the Venetian Boat Song, which- -she- sang .as a duet with Miss Segrief. But perhaps the feature of the evening was Miss Ruby Macdbnald's violin solo, a Concerto Romantiqtie, by Goddard. This- was a magnificent piece of work, full of feeling and expression, and brilliantly carried out. When the concert had concluded, the pupilsgave an exhibition of fancy club-drill, after which tho prizes were distributed by Archbishop Redwood. The fol- . lowing is the prize-list : — - •'■"■. ■'•-•-■ ". Good conduct, senior pupils, boarders, gold medal, * Margaret. O'Rourke .Memorial '—Alice Draper.: Good condtict, day pupils, gold medal — Leila Flanagan. Good conduct, junior pupils, boarders— Kathleen ■' O'Donnell. Good conduct, junior day pupils — Mary Mahony." Christian doctrine, gold medal — -Muriel Bevan. Christian doctrine, gold medal — Norma. McGrath. ••. Composition; gold medal, gift of his Grace Archbishop Redwood — Olive Young. Dux, gold medal — Leila Flanagan. Diligence, gold medal — Eva Goulter. Singing, gold medal — May Storey. Special prize for singing, gold medal— Teresa McEnroe

Singirg, honors, highest marks, senior Royal Academy division— May Storey. . . : Singing, honors, highest marks, intermediate divisionTeresa McEnroo. Music, advanced grade Royal Academy, gold medalTeresa McEnroe. Music, playing from memory— Nita Greene. Music, intermediate division— Girlie Gibbs. ' ■ •. \" : Music* intermediate Trinity division— Myra Hodgins. ■ . Music, higher school division (equal)— Elsie Draper and ' Peter Bunny. ' Music, lower school division— Kathleen O'Donnell. Music, junior Trinity division— Bessie Gard. Music, elementary division — Muriel Bevan. Music, primary division— Eileen Black. .. Theory of Music. , Higher school division— Nita Greene. •Lower school division — Olive Young. Rudiments division — Iniwa Bunny. Primary division— Dollie Hunter 'and Doris Clapham.-. Mathematics, gold medal — Leila Flanagan. Painting, gold medal, gift of Lady Ward— Eva Goulter. - Elocution, gold" medal— Veronica Flanagan. Physical drill, senior pupils — Olive Arthur. Physical drill, junioi pupils — Hilda Martin. Needlework, first prize-r-Alice Draper. Needlework, second prize (equal)— Alice Hodgins and ' Olive Arthur. Needlework, third prize— Teresa Mahony. Book-keeping, first prize— Eva Goulter. Book-keeping, second prize— Muriel Bevan. Book-keeping, third prize — Olive Arthur. •'. ' Typewriting—^Gladys Collins. " , Shorthand, gift of Miss Williams, first prize— Veronica Flanagan. Shorthand, second prize — Muriel Bevan. 7 "7 Shorthand, third prize— Eva Goulter. Class Prizes. Class I.— First division : English and Latin— Leila Flanagan. French— Nita Greene. Literature and historyOlive Young. Geography and "mapping, model and freehand drawing— Eva Goulter. Second division: "Diligence, literature and history, geography and mapping— Muriel Bevan. English and composition— lniwa Bunny. FrenchOlive Young. Latin (equal)— Olive Young and Norma McGrath. Model drawing and geometry— Olive Young. Freehand drawing— lris Ross. Arithmetic— Madge Bolton. Class ll.— Christian doctrine— Girlie Gibbs! Arithmetic and diligence— Katie Franklin. English and . literature, composition and geography— Norma McGrath. Algebraand writing and mapping— Alice Draper. Reading and recitation and Latin— Geraldine McGrath. Freehand drawing — Elsie Draper. Model drawing— Dot Flewellyn. French — Iniwa Bunny. .Class 111. — Christian doctrine _and drawing— Arrna Dorizac. Arithmetic, history, geography, French, and writing and mapping— Lily Dealy. Composition— Kathleen O Donnell. Diligence and English— Alix Anstis. AlgebraKathleen Franklin. Reading and recitation— Lucy Wynne.' Class IV. — Diligence— Barbara Hunter. ArithmeticTeresa Mahony. Drawing— Doris Anstis. Writing and mapping, English, and reading and recitation— Muriel Collins. History arid geography— Mary Mahony. Composition — Rita Leydon. French— Muriel. Bevan. Class V. — Arithmetic and geography — Lizzie Ross. Composition arid history — Gladys Clapham. "Writing and mapping— Florrie Meadows. English, reading and recitation, aud diligence— Bessie Gard. Drawing— Monica Greenwood. ' ;, ■ ' ' Preparatory School. Class I. — Good conduct (girls)— Milly Matier. Good conduct (boys)— Cecil Dealy. Christian doctrine and history—Milly Matier. Composition, geography, writing, and French — Eileen Black. Arithmetic — Doris Guise and Dorothy Matier (equal). English — Winnie Ryan. DiligenceKathleen Twohill. ' Drawing— Gwen. Inge. Needlework — Emily Geange. Reading and recitation — Evelyn McGrath. Lower division: Arithmetic— -Kennedy Gasquoine. Writing —Fiances Gasquoine.. English— Tope Haywood. Class II. — Christian doctrine and composition — Cyril Dealy. Arithmetic and writing— Eileen Gleeson. Reading — Nana Day. Drawing— Gretchen Brice.