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- SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS.
YORK BOYS' SCHOOL.
The annual examination previous to the
Christmas holidays took place at the above
school on Friday, the 21st Dec in the presence
of three of the members of the District Board,
Messrs. Burges (Chairman), William Edwards,
and the Rev. G. E. Howard, assisted by W.
Cowan, Esq., Resident Magistrate.
The answers given by the scholars were about the
average of what might be expected from boys
in a country school where the attendance is
necessarily some what irregular.
The prizes were distributed as follow :—
5th Standard—
1st prize, S.Hustler, Writing Desk ;
2nd prize,John Mackie, valuable Book ;
3rd prize, Edward. Inkpen, Writing Case.
4th standard—
1st prize, Alfred Hayden, Book;
2nd do., Andrew Nelson, Puzzle ;
3rd do., Barton Scotcher, a Book.
3rd standard—
1 st prize, George White, a Book;
2nd do., Ernest Edgar, a Knife ;
3rd do., Charles Ashworth, a Book.
2nd standard
1st prize, W. Marwick, a Book ;
2nd do., G. Hayden, a Compass ;
3rd do., Edward Newport, box of Dominoes.
The Rev. G. R. Howard, assisted by the two other members in attendance, gave out the prizes, all making some appropriate remarks to the scholars by way of encouragement in their future school life, when the boys broke up for a fortnight's holiday, in anticipation of large slices of roast beef and plum pudding during the festive season. [3]
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