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SchoolGovGenAwards12Oct1925NAVP0787

 

Calgary Herald

12 Oct 1925

NAVP0787

 

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BRIGHT SCHOLARS ARE GIVEN MEDALS

Twenty-seven Donated by Governor-General Distributed In Alberta


His Excellency Lord Byng, governor-general of Canada, has generously donated twenty-seven bronze medals for competition in connection with the recent public school leaving examinations. A medal is awarded to the candidate taking the highest aggregate in each inspectorate as the boundaries existed at the opening of the fall term,  and in the case of the larger centres, Edmonton and Calgary, medals are donated to the two candidates obtaining the highest aggregate.
On this basis the medals have been awarded as follows for 1925:
Bassano-- Allan Yule, age 15.
Calgary-- Central school, Joseph Cooper, age 12, 105 City Hall Corner, Calgary.
Calgary-- King Edward school, Mary B. Marshall, age 13, 1614 Twenty-seventh avenue west, Calgary.
Camrose-- Killam school, Evelyn Simon, age 14.
Coronation-- Glencoe school, Gladys M. Morris, age 14.
Edmonton-- Westmount Jr. school, Cecil Nesbitt, age 12: Westmount Jr. school, Earling Erickson, age 14.
Foremost-- Melfort Cons. school, Paul N. Higgins, age 14.
Hanna-- Summerhill school, Max Schultz, age 14.
High River-- Prospect Slope school, Ross McIntyre, age 14.
Lamont-- Jack Pine Grove school, Annie Sawchuk, age 14.
Lethbridge-- McLean school, Charles F. Holmes, age 14.
Macleod-- Spring Ridge school, Violet W. Smith, age 13.
Medicine Hat-- Connaught school, Hilda McEwen, age 14.
Olds-- Charlotte Upham, age 17.
Onoway-- Grasmere school, Viola Lacroix, age 15.
Oven-- Cleopatra Ereix, age 14.
Peace River-- Prairie River Cons. school, Charles Cornell, age 13.
Red Deer-- Sylvan Lake school, Hugh McCaskill, age 14.
Stettler-- Big Valley school, Pearl Wemit, age 14.
St. Paul-- Capitol school, Marcella Lampert, age 16.
Trochu-- Donaldson school, Edward Kober, age 14.
Vegreville-- Brinsley school, Helen D. Wilson, age 12.
Vermilion-- Kilscoty school, Lily Dale, age 13.
Wainwright-- Aspen school, Margaret Edwards, age 13.
Westlock-- McArthur school, May Johnstone, age 13.
Wetaskiwin--  Telfordville school, Mario Lenehan, age 14.

 

Extracted by J. Kynman 2009-04-25