-9-, blVIHG. A Ijrge n«l»r ot puente aM frienS,. atWdsd tlfe aL.1 distribution of prizes on Tuesday afternoon, Tlth December, Mr. A.S.L. Hulett, the Chairman of the Council, presided. The Headmaster presented the 13th Annual Report. There had he said, been a small drop in attendance, the average for the year being about 77 as compared with 80 or 81 for last year. During the year there had been only one change in the staff, Mr. C. S. Campbell joining in a temporary capadity at the beginning of the ye^ enabling Ihe school to offer a widseyrllabus in one SGction of the School* "Our ex^ihation results last year could hardly have been selected list of those we expected to pass. Qf eight boys in .the mntnculation class three obtained first, arl three second class passes. In the Junior Certificate classes, there wore three firsts,three second and tv;o thirds out of IQ, and the ton boy obtained the onlmyajor bursary open to "aided schools". We have thus won this particular bursary for the two years since its-inception, and it is a matter for keen regret that the top •Doys in the J. C. this year are not eligible for more than a minor^bursai7. All 12 candidates entered for the Standard 6 certificate passed, and the top boy also obtained a major bur sary. • 'Besides these general examinations we passod nine boys, through the taer Taalbond, one obtaining a fvrs't-class. In the various National Commercial Certificate Exai^inations there have been 19 passes in bookkeeping (including nine distinctions) and SIX passes in other subjects (two distinctions). These are the result of the increased facilities we have beeonffering.to enable boys who, for some reason or other, could not cope with the re|ilar J. C. or Matriculation syllabus, to do work which pafctakbS to some extent of vocational trai.nijig. ) .* I-t is a matter for regret tliat we can find out so little aboiuntdustries that should be -absorbing a growing dumber of
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