Greymouth

New Zealand Tablet, 4 June 1914, Page 19

Greymouth

(From our own correspondent.) The following letter, which was received last week by the Very Rev. Dean Carew from the secretary of the Grey Education Board, speaks for itself. It will be remembered that the success of Miss Moore at last year’s public examinations was something in the nature of a record, and it certainly served to bring the muchvexed question of recognition of Catholic schools into much prominence. It is to be hoped that the Catholic Federation will now take this matter up in other places, and carry it to the same successful issue as it •has been brought to in Gmouth ‘ I have the honor to inform you that, under date April 29 ult., the Education Department state that the St. Mary’s Convent School, Greymouth, is now approved by the Minister as the equivalent of a “secondary school” for the purposes of Miss Moore’s scholarship in terms of section 72 (g) of the Education Act. I have further to inform you that, under date May 12 inst,, the Department recognises the Board’s award of junior Board scholarships to Miss Lucy •Conaghan and Miss Gwendoline McCarthy, pupils of the Greymouth Convent School. The tenures of the above scholarships date from January 1, 1914, and payments of grants to the scholars for March quarter 'will be made when the money is received from the Department, probably, at the. end of the month.’ The St. Columba C*lub weekly meetings are more popular than ever this season. The increased. attend-

ances and enthusiastic .manner in which the members are devoting themselves to the session’s work must be very pleasing to the club’s officers. The tri-weekly euchre socials commenced last week, and this branch of the club’s activities should be even more popular amongst the Catholic congregation than ever. Last week the evening was devoted to impromptu debates and speeches, over twenty members taking part in the programme. The subjects were chosen by Rev. Brother Arthur, and the manner in- which the various speakers handled the subjects augurs well (for the club’s prospects this season. On Tuesday, June 16, the St. Vincent de Paul Society are to hold a concert in the Opera House, and it is to be hoped that there will be a crowded house on the occasion.