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ABERGELE COUNTY SCHOOL.

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ABERGELE COUNTY SCHOOL. PRIZE DISTRIBUTION BY MISS FRANCES HUGHES OF K!NMEL. PROFESSOR ANWYL AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. The annual Speech Day in ooimeotio-n with r the Abea-gele County School took plaoe on Ttairsday. There was a Large attenritamoe of parents and others. The chair was taken by Mr J. Herbert Ro- boewtf,, M.P., and the prizes and' oertitiaaAes :were distributed by Mias Frances Hughes, of Kinanel. The prooedings were opened by a boAO from Master Oliver Jones, of Conway, and this was followed by an exhibition of dumb-bell exer- cises by a number of girls- MUST SUPPORT THE CENTRAL WELSH BOARD. Mr Herbert Roberts, in his opening remarks, eatpreasod the pleasure it gave rum to see Pro- tEfBor Anwyl present ttaat day. Professor ATru-vi was acknowleiQlged to be one oi the mlost distinguished scholars amongst living .Welshmen- He was distiniguisbed in imny &.eLda of learning- He oouild occupy more than one of the chaare of the University of Walea, and was oabe who contributed in no small mea- tatre to tie making of tiie educational life of WaksH apiplause)- Professor Anwyl was the dhairmtm of the Central Welsh Board, a body •whitlii guided* and supervised the secondary eys- oi eduoataoai in the Principality. In view of ooxtain suggestions which were sometimes made he desired to express his own strong convic- tion that it was of tiie highest importance to the future of Welsh education that tie powers of the Central Welsh Board should be main- tained unimpaired (applause). The establish- ment of that Board was. as they ail knew, the first step on the road to Welsh educational autonomy, and it toi;e of tiae utmost importance bhat they should n tiiat body as a step- ping-stone to still WOtifiT powers of self-govemr møIt in the spixm o: education in Wales- rir goal as eduoatioiiiists was a oounicil for Wales fully respoiraihle for the conduct of ail grades of education in the country. But until that goal was reached it was for those wiho had the honour of representing the land in Par- liament and ail interested in education in walle6 to make it their concern to keep the powers of tie Welsh Central Board (applause.) H EADM ASTER'S REPORT. The Headmaster tiion read uis report, which was as follows The highest nuiribur on the rcl for the year was 122. This constitutes a record for the school- The percentage attendance jus been exo&Hent throughout the year During the bumnaeur term the percentage reaohd the figure of 95-3. I am glad' to be able to state that tihe number of certificates gained by our pupils in the various stages of trie Central VVelsn Board etxamiinatianB was higher than in any previous year. We presented iour candidates lor the homouriS stage, the highest number yet presented by QlUJr school. Eacti of the candi- dates took four aubjectisl, and occupied a very creditable position in tOO county list of euo- oess-'u^ hotaodira candidates- The tnxoe girls highest on the Denbighsihire liet were pupils cf Aberg-de County SornolL Nehe Thomas was next on the list for a County Exhibition, and was top girl in the oouiiuty. Sine was also the fourth girl in add Wades- Another of our giiris, Olwen Jones, took the higher stage in hoooure Weifsh, attcf was the onily Jionours candidate in Dein-bighahire successful in this subject. Three of the candidates, N. Thomas, D. Galey, and D. E. Lawrence presented French conversation at the honours stage, and obtained a high per- centage of marks for conveauational power. Two of our oandidatos. N. Thomas and D. Ooley, gamed destination iu Scripituiie kinowiedge in the honours &Mge--a knowledge of a portion of the Greek Testament being essential to success in this pubjeot. In view o." the fact tliait all four candidates had only worked for one year in the honouirs cdasa, the reeulite are highly satis- factory. I might perhaps mention here that for the past five years we have presented candidates for tiie honours certificates every year- During this time twenity-six distinctions have beon gaicnrxv, and not a single candidate has failed in any subject at the honours stage. The posi- tion gained by girls on the honours list sug- gests tihat it would be well if some arrange- ment could be made in the method of granting County Exhibitions so that girls, who are physi- cadlv less strong than boys to stand the strain off examinations, should have a better chance in the competition- In addition to the Central Welsh Board certificates gained in b,-e honours, seendor and junior stages, we have also to re- oord successes at the University of Wales. Edin- burgh University, London University, Bangor Umveradty -entraonce sdbolarship examination, MTd the Civid Servioe ex ami n atone. EXAMINATION SUCCESSES. Baimgar Unversdty Ooikege.—Entrance Exhibi- tion, £10. Neilis Hhomae; King's SohoclamlÜp 925: Olwen Jones. University of W &Les. -Mutrioulation Dorothy Ooley- London University.—Matriculation: Leigh Matthews. Edinburgh U *Versity.-ModicQ prolunuiary: Raymond Book. Civil Service. —Post Oiiioe Examination: May Stempleton Davies (third in the kingdom). Central Welsh Board Certificate^.—Honours Stage: Nellie T'homaa (first gir in Denbigh- E/hire and fourth in Wales), 01 wan Jones (second girl in IXsnbiglishire), Dorothy Codey (third girl m Denbighshire), David Edward Lawrenoo- Senior Stage: May TempVion Davics ionnie Parry Jones T. Stanley D. Whalley- Junior 6tagie: C. May Evans, Jeannie Evans, May E. Jones, Elizabeth Jones, Lizzie Jones, Wilfred Edwards, Evie Evans, Edward Scow Fisher, Brans by Jones. Barak Examination (North and South Wads): Glynne Jones. GOOD LOWER FORM WOKR. In oanaaeotian with our examination successes, as lowing the sound work done in the loweir forms, I may mention the fact that two of tihe successful oandWatee for the junior certificate were only promoted from Foirm II. into Form IV in-Roptember, 1906. This meang that they gained their certificates within two years atfter fiaaviiig tihe elementary schools, the usual length rtf time taken for preparation for the junior Stage being at leastt hree years. INTERNAL SCHOLARSHIPS. You have awarded the following internal Scholarship Full aholar&hips to JLiransby Jones Elizabeth Williams, Lottie Hemphill' Bertie Hemphill- Scholarships of: jB5 10s to liobart J. Evans, Ivor Evans, W. Arthur Whitley Trevor Griffiths, Mamie Davies, Lily Jones Jothn qwon JoneA, Thomas 0. Davies. liarodd Wil- htUJUD hirty-two candida-tes presented themselves at the enttanoe solboiarairil.) examination. Of these ane-hadf obtained a sufficient number off Inarke to qualify them for soiiolareiiips. But as only cane were available, seven candidates who had attained the required standard failed to secure scholarships- But, as only nine were available seven candidates who had attained the required' standard failed to secure scholarships. This yeaT two of our pupils have entered Bangor Uni versity College; another has entered Aberyst- wyth University College. Our school « now well represented' by lormcr pupils ut Oxford Cain bridge, amd Eddnburgh Universities, and Leis, a nd and also at the University Colleges of Wales- As we are so mudh in need od financial aid, It is to be greatly negiretted t-hat acording to the Bew^iMoM of the Board of Education pupils ui VVekh County Scflwols are placed at a groat dasadvaintage as regards their grant-earning capacity Proimnenoe has, as usual been given during the year to the beaching of language fctorature, the history of Wales Over t'lLi301' (*-Znr PuPiIs Welsh as a M>jeot. St. Davids Day was celebrated this ^eax 1»am 'n thoroughly Welsh fashion, aaid l1™ Ratifying to note with what ontWasm toepupils entered' into the spiri of the day's prcweediiLgs- Several of the moncgkvt Engdsh <&ddren made very good attempts at rocLtie- mkI anging jn Welsh. A thcix>ugMy^S afanosphere has been maintained in the sohool wrth beneficial r<»iits. In closing my report tor the year I shouSd mention that the governors »re indebted to Mr J. Herbert Roberts, M.P. Aitken, and otthers for financial assistance ■pren to pupils to remain longer in the school, or to prooad to the Univcrsitaes, when soholar- Hnap provTBioms were inadequate. Mrs Meldor o* oontinu^iiS to support the UirJe doakoy CLub 111 a generous rn-anmer. In oomolusaon, I have to thank you as governors for your support in maintaining the efficiency and reputation of the school. I DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. Mias Frances Hughes then preeented the prizes and certificates, the following being the Met of prize-winners and pupils hijrhlv-ocwninend«H •_ l'orm VI.-Fonn prize. Nellie Thomas; Sorip- wire, Nellie Thomas, Dorothy Coley, and O. Jones; Weieh, Olwen Jones; Latin Nellie v5^aVa,ad D- Coley; French, Nellie Thomas Md D. Coley; History, Nellie Thomas, and David Ed. Lawrence. Form V.-Form prize, Leigh Matthews; Scrip- ture, Jennio Parry and T. S. Walley; WeJøh, Uwen Parry-Jones and R. Davies; Essay Leigh Matthews and May Davies; English Language Leigh MatthewB and Alan Bedford: Latin, May I. l^aviOB and O. Parry-Jones; French, May T. Davies and A. Bedford; History, Owen Parry- Jonce and L. Matthews; Geography, Leigth Muthew; Arithmetic, May T. Davies, Ed. S. S^Btoer, and J. Parry; Mathematics, Ed. S. Fisher S. Fisher ,-d Form IV.—Form prize, Bransbv Jones: Scrio. te^e. Gwyneth Roberts, May Evans, and N JW0nVE £ L: VT^ah, Hannah Davieg and Ethei Jonc*. Essay, Fiorne Netdierwood, M. Jones, F g f^ua«e' May E. Jones, F. Netherwood, arid E-lhcl Jones; Latin, W. A. ■WliitJey, Greek Braneby Jones; French, Nellie •wwwwood. May Jones, B. Joae^ Erie i

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