SACRED HEART HIGH SCHOOL, CHRISTCHURCH

New Zealand Tablet, 31 December 1908, Page 3 (Supplement)

SACRED HEART HIGH SCHOOL, CHRISTCHURCH

(From Our Own Correspondent.) The annual entertainment and distribution. 'of prizes to the pupils of tlie Sacred Hear tConveiit High School conducted by the Sisters of Our Lady, of Missions,, took place on the afternoon of .December 16. -YHis Lordshin x he B/shop presided,. Others of: the clergy p4eht we •« w«? w^ ICe ^ d ™''' /^ cV - ,^ a *lier,.o'Hare--- (Cathedral),^ Rev. hather Cooney (Lyttelton); ; Rev. F-ather Richards (Hawarden), and.Rev. Father Lee,-. M.S.H, (Lincoln) rphe following programme was given; in excellent style and- giVe - evidence, of the careful and ; varied . nature of their train- ' Misses Slie Coakley and Ivy Doherty, Eily: Pof£ and Eily Murphy^uy Dwyer and Vera. Barker,, Al ee.Rainbow and K. o'cmmo? chorus, We are J airies/of • the. sea,' senior pupils (accSnl panist, Miss A. Rainbow) ; instrumental E cn ff feu' (violins, Misses. Win. Brick, Cissy^oakleyYSv Poff, Ivan Lord; -harps, -Misses :K. O ! Connor S'SraAnS^ organ Miss . Nellie Coakley ; piano, MiS ce^RahiK ' French recitation, ' L'Ahge W L'er^ant? M^s^A^s dSu! W* Brick Co^i?^ o^' B^die McColnSck, hLT~v ™*> £ °° nme VVildey (accompanist, -Miss Alice-Rain-bow); pianoforte, duet, 'March of the mountain SomS • Misses Alice Rainbow and Amy Payne, Ivy Doherty Si Ruby Buchanan, Vera Barker and Cissy fkiddly 'Euv Muiphy_ and Ella Mahe^ pianoforte solo, > Snpromp?? Misses Alice RaJn^w, Flossie Storey, Vera Barker, Eily Poff ; chorus < 'Tis. our .father,' junior pupils.- scene frc2 Kmg D John, act iy., Hubert and Prince Arthur, Misses Amy Payne and Alice Rainbow-; pianoforte duet, 'Spark-' hng cascades/ Misses Kathy Haydon and Cissy Mcllrov C assy and- Monica Turner Gertie Baker and Marjorie Smith,. Hazel Woodward and Monica WaU ; -cndrus, ' Kmrise, senior pupils; pianoforte duet,- < Galop brill an*'*' Misses Nell c Coakley and Ivy Doherty Eily Poff an^S If Sonnor 7 ..-"*/ <**** BarkC^ Al^ After distributing the prizes his Lordship the B&san congratulated the Sisters and pupils on the success £? tnS year's operations as disclosed in the various Ixamiiations, summarised as follow : —Teacher's D Certificate eJ- ?/ nin f t;on : J° x ur passed, two obtained full eertificate3, and two obtained partial certificates. -Matiicu-' ■fe'T-Q Th . eiilT ™ candidates who >vere presented passS Civil Service : Three candidates passed,, and one obtained honors. . Annual school examination, held in December-Twenty-two in Standard VI obtained- certificates ; YmSicalrxaminaWs: Theoretical, .Trinity College (June)— lnRnwf $ m ° r j l^^/ 5 Preparatory, 4. Assorted Bosrd of.R.A.M. and. R.C.M.: Intermediate harmony,- Irudiments of music 2; primary, 5. In the practica examinations 30 pupils were presented, and all were successrul. One candidate succeeded m securing A.T.-O.L. in the

higher examination. Air worked well, and deserved the prizes ;allotted, continued his Lordship, and congratulated all" concerned on the musical treat afforded and the happy choice of selections, which were performed with great crispness. He wished them a joyful time during the holidays, and wished all leaving school every success in the future, in whom the good principles instilled at the convent school would stand to them in after life. All should he grateful to the Sisters, who had been so devoted to them, and in" this regard the parents, top, owed a deep debt of gratitude to the Sisters,, whose devotion to the children and careful training must exercise a marked influence on their home lifeY He wished all a right merry Christmas and a bright, happy, and holy New Year. The large gathering of - parents; a"nd fr-iends visited an exhibition demonstrating the artistic abilities of the boarding and day divisions 'of the High School pupils. The display was most effective and comprehensive, including nature studies in oils and water -colors, woodwork, ribbon work, art needle and. lace work, and. quite a creditable collection representative of the industry of the kindergarten school. This department certainly reflected most credit-, ably on teachers and pupils