Distribution Of Prizes.

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES .

TII E annual distribution of prize ? , at the Boys School , Wood Green , took place last Saturday , in tho presence of a large number of visitors . With a very few exceptions the members of tho House Committee wero present in order to receive , in company with tho Eev . Dr . Morris , the head Master , tho chairman of the clay tho Eight Honorable tho Earl of Lathom , Deputy Grand Master of

England and Prov . G . Master of W . Lancashire , who was supported by a strong gathering of stowards , brethren , and ladies , the Grand Secretary Lt .-Col . Shadwell Clerke being also present . The Programme opened with two part songs by the choir , the first of which being entitled " God Bless the Princo" was sufficiently appropriate , seeing that His Boyal Highness tho Princo of Wales M . W . Grand

Master is the President of tho Institution . Tho distribution of prizes to tho first three classes then took place , and was followed by two moro part songs and Williams's Farce in one act , " Jack ' s Delight . " The prizes to tho jnnior classes as woll as those given as special prizes by tho House Committee , and by private donors , having been given to their several winners , there next came moro

part songs and another ono act Farce , Gilbert A'Beckett ' s " Turned Head . " Tho remaining prizes having been distributed , tho National Anthem was sung . Such in outline was the programme of the day ' s proceedings , but a few further particulars aro desirable . Tho arrangements gave the greatest satisfaction , and the noble Chairman expressed himself highly pleased with them . The choir and band

sang and played with taste and judgment , so proving they had profited by the excellent instruction they had received . Tho farces went extremoly well . The bDys entered fully into tho spirit of the parts assigned them , while several of them showed considerable elocutionary and dramatic power , E . H . Mnrrant , who carried off Bro . Capt . Wordsworth ' s prize for elocution being especially worthy

of commendation . As regards the prizes , tho Silver Medal for good conduct given by the Institution was awarded to Jas . Saunders Davies . The Canonbury Gold Medal , presented by Bro . Edward Cox , Vice Patron and P . M . No . 657 , to John Henry Woodbine , and the Silver Watch and Chain for general good conduct , presented by the Supreme Council 33 ° A . and A . Bite to a pnpil on leaving tho

school , to Charles Sage . The special prizes apportioned out of the sum of £ 23 , being the interest on a fnnd of Five Hnndrod Gnineas , established by Bro . W . Winn P . M . G 57 and Vice Patron , were awarded to the ten boys who successfully passed the Cambridge Local Examination , Juniors , in December , 1879 , namely , A . H . Stephenson , II . B . Brock , E . L . Price , who took First Class Honors ;

W . B . Evans , W . E . Cole , and A . E . Parker , who took Second Class Honors ; C . D . Barrett , E . S . Eobinson , and M . B . Ellis Third Class Honors ; and H . M . Fenemore , distinguished for German—Certificate Fourth Class . The prize winners , in the several classes , were as follows : First Class , C . Sage , fii-sb Scripture , second English ; A . H . Stephenson first Classics and French and German ; E . L .

Price , first Mathematics , second Scripture and French and German ; H . Brock , first English , second Classics , second Mathematics . Second Class : E . H . Mnrrant , Classics and French and Gorman ; W . B . Tyler , Mathematics ; S . G . Nash , English . Third Class : E . Taylor , Latin ; C . Jackson , Mathematics ; J . Tanare , French ; and G . Perrin , English . Fourth Class : R . Rees , Latin and Mathematics ;

E . Hall , French and English . Fifth Class : F . Godfrey , Latin and French ; A . Salter , Arithmetic ; H . Searle , English . Sixth Class W . Bayley , tho two prizes for English and Arithmetic respectively . The House Committee Prizes were awarded thus—Writing : 1 A . C . Featherstone , 2 G . Eobinson ; Dictation : 1 E . H . Mnrrant , 2 G . Sparkes ; History : 1 II . Brock , 2 W . E . Cole ; Geography : 1 C .

Sage , 211 . Brock ; Mental Arrthmetic : IE . L . Price , 2 H . Brock ; General Attention to Studies : 1 E . L . Price , 2 0 . Sage ; Efficiency as Monitor : 1 J . E . Prentice , 2 J . E . Buttrey ; Proficiency in Drill 1 J . E . Prentice , 2 T . E . Conlthurst . Captain Wordsworth ' s IPrize for Elocution was , as we havo stated already , awarded to E . H . Mnrrant . Dr . Morris ' s Prizes were carried off by W . E . Cole (

attention to studies ) , Proficiency in Drawing ( M . B . Ellis ) , Elocution ( E . II . Mnrrant and G . Sparkes ) , aud Perseverance ( G . Eobinson and G . Sparkes ) , A . C . Featherstone secured Bro . E . Bowyer ' s Prize for Book-keeping , and H . Pulrnan Bro . Meggy ' s for tho same subject . Mr . Sylvester's Prizes for Drawing were awarded to A . H .

Stephenson ( Freehand ) , W . Jackson ( Painting ) , H . B . Brock and W . E . Cole ( Shading ) , A . E . Parker ( Architecture ) , and G . Eobinson ( Pen and Ink Drawing ) . The prizes given by Mr . Holmes , the musical instructor , were carried off by J . Swallow , F . Dunnaway , and II . Carter .

Lord Lathom having fulfilled his task of presenting the honors so worthily earned , addressed those present briefly . He expressed himself satisfied with ( he arrangements for tho day ' s proceedings , and congratulated the head master and tho school authorities generall y on the success -which had so manifestly resulted from their efforts on behalf of the pupils . Ho offered some very sensible advice to the

boys themselves , and laid special stress ou the fact that out of eleven of them who presented themselves for examination at the Cambridge Load Examination , Juniors , in December of Inst year , no loss than ten passed . Three of these took first class honors , and three second class , so that ho was fully justified in saying the school enjoyed a high reputation among other schools in the Metropolis .

His lordship also mentioned incidentally that Lord Henniker had offered a prize of £ 5 for the boy who most distinguished himself at tho Cambridge Local Examination . It only remains to bo added that the examiners—J . H . Taylor , Kstp , M . A . Oxon and Camb ? , and B . Sc . L ' ndou ; the Eev . E . Carlos , Head Mathematical Master of Christ's Hospital , and the Kev . J . Tweiityman , Vice-Master of King's

College Sober ;' , reporicd most favourably of the cdneational progress of the boys , the firs 1 -mentioned saying that if was one of the besi schools he had ever been privileged to examine . All interested in the success of this Institution cannot but regard such testimony as in the highest degree complimentary , not only to the ability ami general intelligence of tho vuiAlu , but likewise to the admirable

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system of tuition and government pursued by tho authorities , hot scholastic and managerial . A cold collation brought a most successful programme to an end , tho authorities thus proving thoy wore as keenly alivo to the dutie 3 and responsibilities of host as thoy wero to the not less serious duties of a school executive .

Grand Bazaar And Fancy Pair In Aid Of The R.M. Pupils' Assistance Fund.

GRAND BAZAAR AND FANCY PAIR IN AID OF THE R . M . PUPILS' ASSISTANCE FUND .

rpUE patrons and supporters of the Supplementary Fund recently - * - started for the purpose of assisting deserving pupils on leaving onr schools havo every reason to be satisfied with what has been done thus far on its behalf . Not only has there been a fair aggregate of contributions as well as of promised anunal subscriptions , but the Bazaar which has been held this week at the Freemasons '

Tavern , and was opened under most auspicious circumstances by the Deputy Grand Master of England , seems from all that we can gather to havo been a great success . Bro . A . Best , the proprietor of the Freemasons' Tavern , deserves tho warmest thanks of tho Masonic community for having placed tho whole of his premises at tho disposal of the Bazaar Committee . Tho Great Hall was most tastefully decorated , tho stalls were well furnished with a largo and varied

assortment of goods , the ladies who had kindly charged themselves with tho task of presiding at theso stalls were most enthusiastic in their efforts to put money in the Committee ' s parse , and the visitors wero nothing loth to render what assistance was in their power . In short , all seem 3 to have gone as merrily as a marriage bell , and accordingly the result , in spite of the indifference which the plan appoars to have experienced among the moro narrow-minded or jealous members of the fraternity , would seem to havo boon a great

success . As the objects of tho new fund have been again and again misrepresented , it is as well , perhaps , to say a few words as to its origin and intention . It will be within the recollection of our readers that when Lord Eosslyn presided at the Festival of the Boys' School last

year , it struck him that , -while the school itself and its belong , ings appeared to be most admirably conducted , there was still one thing wanting in order to mako the good work that was being done complete . This ono thing was a fund from which pupils who had conducted themselves well dnrinsr their career at the school and who

were proved to bo without friends or means to help them might obtain the wherewith to aid them at their start in life . As his lordship very reasonably pointed out , the most critical period in a person ' s existence was when he left school for the purpose of launching forth into the world . He had received a sound education , but tho important question that presented itself was how could that sound

education bo turned to account . With a posse of friends to back him up , of course such a point would easily bo satisfied , but all aro not so fortnnately circumstanced , and it was in behalf of those who are willing enough to do their best but are unablo to see their way to turning that best to account that this Supplementary Pupils ' Assistance Fund was started . The seed thus cast at hazard fell on good

soil , and no long time elapsed ere it bore fruit . Bro . Dick Radclyffe who , on many previous ocaasions has furnished various proofs of his interest not only in Masonry , but likewise in tho Institutions which are associated with it , took steps to give effect to Lord Eosslyn ' s suggestion , and set on foot a plan for organizing a Pupils' Supplementary Fund of the character indicated . The scheme was most favourably

received by the Craft , and , as to tho Masonic Press , it was found impossible to speak of it in too favourable terms ; but suggestions poured in without number , aud these gave a certain warranty to tho idea that it was in contemplation to establish a fourth Masonic Charity . As a matter of course these suggestions , when sifted , were reduced to very minute proportions , and tho proposed Fnnd took the form which

at tho very outset was intended . And in order to promote the success of Lord Eosslyn's suggestion , it was resolved on holding a Bazaar and Fancy Fair—an institution which , whenever the name of Charity is invoked , invariably finds favour with the public . A sound working Committee , with a braco of energetic secretaries in the persons of Bros . Dick Itadelyffe and VV . W . Morgan inn ., were

entrusted with the arrangements , and if there is a fault to find with the work thoy did , it is , undoubtedly , that the programme of the gathering was too formidable . To say nothing of tho Bazaar , with its handsomely furnished stalls and their fair attendants , there were promised entertainments enough for well nigh a whole year—all , of necessity , crowded into the space of four or five days . Consequently ,

tho difficulty on the part of visitors has been not to find the particular amusement suited to their tasto , but to determine which among tho items in the programme could be overlooked without loss of pleasure . It will bo gathered from these remarks that tho arrangements for the Bazaar during the current week left little , if anything , to be desired . Well-directed energy works wonders , and no ono who ha 3 had a

hand in organizing the energy which has been displayed need havo any fear as to tho amount of praise which is properly his due . We do not venture to say the scheme has met with no opposition . Even the weight of such names as the Prince of Wales , the Duko of Connaught , Princo Leopold , thu Pro and Deputy Grand Masters of England , aud tho Grand Masters of Ireland and Scotland wero

p . ' jwoi'lesa to prevent this . What is still more amusing is , that many who at first hailed Lord Eosslyn's suggestion with delight have since found out a way of proving their satisfaction by doing all they possibly could to resist tho establishment , of this Fund . Others there are who fight shy for the present , and until they know whether success is probable as well as possible ; and among theso we include

not only the ignoramus and tho obstructive , but also the would-be aristocratic section of the Craft , the men who [ think moro of tho paraphernalia and high degrees than they do of the legitimate teachings of our beloved Society . Woll , we aro grateful rather than otherwise for this opposition , it has alread y , in its somewhat circumscribed spheres , proved a valuable aid in setting the Pupils' Asaiat-