✨ Education Scholarship Results
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The names of thirty-three qualified Candidates were received, viz. :
Six from the Wesleyan School, Christchurch.
Four from the Kaiapoi Church School.
Two from the Kaiapoi Wesleyan School.
Two from the Upper Heathcote School.
Two from the Avonside School.
One from the Christ’s College Grammar School.
One from St. Luke’s School.
One from the High School, Christchurch.
One from St. Albans School.
One from the Papanui Church School.
One from the Broadfield School.
One from the Templeton School.
One from the Leeston School.
One from the Halswell School.
One from the Rangiora Boys’ School.
One from the Governor’s Bay North School.
One from Mr. Gridley’s School.
One from the Rev. J. D. Fergusson’s School.
One from Mrs. Alabaster’s School.
Three taught at home.
All these Candidates underwent a preliminary examination, and the fourteen boys who passed most satisfactorily competed in the final one. With regard to two other Candidates, it was decided that, although their attainments in other subjects were such as would have entitled them to a place among the Candidates in the preliminary, yet their total want of knowledge on the subject of Arithmetic rendered them ineligible to compete in the final examination.
The Scholarships were ultimately awarded as follows :
- William Charles Bean, Kaiapoi Church School.
- Arthur E. Bird, High School, Christchurch.
- William H. Herbert, Templeton School.
- Henry J. Knowles, Rev. J. D. Fergusson’s School.
It is worthy of remark that the same three boys, viz.—Bean, Bird, and Herbert, occupy the first three places in the same order in both the preliminary and final examinations; and although six weeks elapsed between the two, and boys who worked hard and were efficiently taught in the interval, on the second occasion considerably improved their original position, yet the two lists exhibit very similar results.
A Prize of books was awarded to George Wedge, of the Wesleyan School, Christchurch, the number of whose marks only fell short by seven of those obtained by Knowles.
With regard to the boys already in possession of Government Scholarships, it appeared to the Board that Walter S. Bean, A. J. Parson, and A. J. Merton, the only scholars remaining, in December, 1869, at Ordinary Schools, might advantageously be removed to the Superior ones. At the desire of their respective parents, therefore, all the three boys entered the Christ’s College Grammar School.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1870, No 21A
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Annual Report of the Board of Education
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🎓 Education, Culture & Science2 May 1870
Education, Scholarships, Examination results, Canterbury
8 names identified
- William Charles Bean, Awarded scholarship, Kaiapoi Church School
- Arthur E. Bird, Awarded scholarship, High School, Christchurch
- William H. Herbert, Awarded scholarship, Templeton School
- Henry J. Knowles, Awarded scholarship, Rev. J. D. Fergusson’s School
- George Wedge, Awarded prize of books, Wesleyan School, Christchurch
- Walter S. Bean, Moved to Christ’s College Grammar School
- A. J. Parson, Moved to Christ’s College Grammar School
- A. J. Merton, Moved to Christ’s College Grammar School