Convent School, Feilding

New Zealand Tablet, 4 January 1912, Page 43

Convent School, Feilding

(From an occasional correspondent.) - •:■;■ The annual concert of the pupils of the Sacred Heart Convent School, conducted: by the Sisters of St. Joseph, was given on Tuesday evening, December 19, in the Drill Hall, which was filled with an appreciative audience. The varied and excellently arranged programme was rendered most creditably, the musical- portion in particular eliciting very favorable comment 1 Great praise was given the Sisters for this additional evidence of their talent and ability as teachers, whilst the thanks of the people of Feilding are due to them for the annual treat given. At the conclusion of the entertainment his Worship the Mayor spoke in terms of congratulation and commendation of pupils and teachers, and distributed the medals won during the year, the remainder of the prizes being given out'at the school oil the following afternoon. - - _ " . ■■■'/; Mr. D. H. Guthrie, M.P., in a brief speech heartily congratulated the performers and Sisters on the highly successful programme submitted: . The Sisters he said, deserved every credit for the evident pains taken in the'children's training, and wished them every success in- the future. The following was the programme : —Chorus, 'Welcome,' senior pupils; : pianoforte duet, 'Sans souci,' Misses Wells, Andrews, Hos-

king, Wilson, Pryce, Walsh; song. Tardy scholar,’ senior pupils; , Irish jig, junior pupils; piano trio, ‘Canary birds/ Misses . Wells, Ennis, Walsh, Fowler, Burnett, Andrews, Dunford (2), and Redpath; play' ‘ Toy shop,’ infant pupils; chorus, ‘ Hush, ’tis the twilight/ senior pupils; pianoforte duet, : ‘ Gaiety of heart/ Misses Andrews, Fisher, Fowles, Oakley, Burnett, and Smith.; song, ‘ Carissima,’ Miss Prior; drill, ‘ Spanish,’ senior pupils; pianoforte trio, ‘Gloria/ Misses Fisher, Wells, Burnett, Hosking, Whitley, Oakley, Walsh, Ennis, and Smith; song, ‘ Irish : lullaby,’ Miss Townsend. In the drama, ‘ Miss Jemima’s Pets,’ the following was the ■ cast of characters;—Miss Jemima Walton, Miss M. Meehan ; Miss Walton, Miss F. McLeod ; Mary Walton, Miss M. Plante; Agnes Walton, Miss G. Christie; Mrs. Thorn, Miss M. Burnett; , Mrs. Tinker, Master J. Kitchen; Peggy, Master H. McManaway; Martha Griffin, Miss S. Wilson.

The prize-list was as followsSenior division.—Christian doctrine (medal presented by Rev. -Father O’Dwyer), Sadie Wilson 1, M.

Planto 2, F. Macleod 3; junior division, - Grace Christie 1, M. Galvin 2; infant division, D. Christie; Civil; Seryvice Class, L. Charles; dux of; the school, W. Christie; proficiency, W. Christie, T. Regan, P. Christie, F. Macleod. - - • : v . - - Standard V.—H.: McManaway 1, Herbert Bowler 2. ~--, ;. ' ':"■■ - .' '■ v Standard IV.—T. Peddar,.G. Christie. - : .'' --; Standard lII.—J. Beattie, M. : Read. : Standard 11. Meehan, C." McManaway. Standard I.—P. Bell,- M. Murphy; attendance," J. Beattie, E. Charles; sewing, M. Peterkin, L. Hoppy • singing, M. Burnett; infants, M. Turner.V Music (Royal Academy, local centre), gold 9 medal presented by Mrs. Johnston, G. Wells, practical, 106 j" theory, 85. Lower school, Kathleen Walsh, f Stella Hosking, Stella Fetch, Thelma Fowlds. Elementary singing— Townsend, M. Ennis, M. Pryce. Primary —S. Jackson (honors), S. Dunford, Z. Dunford, N. ; : Calder. ......■"...