School Prize giving (1913)

Post date: Mar 11, 2012 12:4:51 PM

Extract from Parish magazine of September 1913:

GIRLS' SCHOOL PRIZE-GIVING.—On Wednesday, Aug. 27th, Mrs. Leney presided at the prize-giving organised bv Miss Hinton. There were also present: Mrs. G. M. Livett and the Vicar, Miss Goodwin, Miss D. Gator, Miss Lambert, Miss Maitland and Sir George Wolseley, Mr. Brocklebank and a few other friends, with the mistresses and Miss Ada Horton.

Before opening the envelope which contained the name of the winner of the Queen Victoria Memorial Essay Prize, the subject of which was " Nature Study: methods and educational value," the Vicar said the award had been made to the girl who seemed to have grasped the idea of the subject most thoroughly. The winning essay gives a good definition of nature study, with illustrations confined to the methods actually practised by the girls,and had shown a clear appreciation of its value in drawing out their powers of observation. The winner had also written gramatically, with a remarkably correct system of punctuation. Others had written essays of some merit, but less dependant upon personal observation. Daisy Acott, the holder of a K.C.C. Scholarship, was found to be the winner.

The Vicar, having paid a well-deserved complimient to Miss Hinton and her assistants and congratulated the girls, called for a vote of thanks to the visitors, and made special reference to the alterations carried out in the girls' and infants' schools last year (eliciting cheers for Mr. Brocklebank), and to the project which the Managers hoped to carry out immediately of enlarging the playground by the addition of a bit of ground given by Mr. Leney (more cheers). Mr. Brocklebank, in response, said he thought there ought to be prizes for Miss Hinton and the teachers, and added that the Vicar, if he could organise it, might make application to him.