Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-12-31
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SATURDAY. INC EmBER 81. 1853.
Examination OF the High school.

Examination OF the 1lSn SCHOOLS
On Friday, Dec. s0lh. tho pupils attending the
High School, on Walnut Street, were examined BE-
fore the members Of the School Committee, and
numerous assemblage Of ladies and gentlemen who
seemed to bs highly interested in the proceedings,
The day was extremely cold. and the snow lay
deep outside; but the appearance Of the rooms In
side the Schoolhouse was beautiful and summerys--
The warn and rich sinau Of the eiEls dresses, aad
the sunny aspect Of their fair aess, gave the large
ealoon the appearance of a conservatory full Of
booming An~ers- Il is di6cuit % imagine scene
more interesting than that presented in the Exnmi-
nation 81 the High School Il personally inter.
esiiogs as il made each reverend seniore present,
sslsye.o'eF again tha happy hours when he, TOO,
used 10 show how much he knew at school, u was
interesting as an exhibition Of the results that spring
from one Of our mobiles. institutions; and il was in.
leresing, also, memento Of the progress Of hu.
man lls. Young men and young woulem repeated
their last school lessons that occasion. The world
that lies before them is ia which they will be
henceforth called upon 10 act Their invaIuableearly
days will soon be nothing more 10 them than DREAM
But il will be dream that viii often TO them
The efficiency Of the scholars ia the several branch
es of the s.liberal education" given a. the High
School, very striking: and reflected much cred.
it on themselves and on their teachers.
Classes were examined, by Mr. Capron, in Latin
and Greek; by Miss Harwood, in French; by MIR
Whiting, in Greek; and BY Mr. Starr, in Mahemat-
les and Natural Philosophy. NJ, Caprons classes
were examined in virgiI's EclOgues and the Enesd;
and showed that they were thoroughly acquainted
with the structure and capacities Of the Latin tongue.
Miss Harwood's French class read Madame de
stael's Corune, with great fuency and correctness
Of pronunciation.
MIR Stars reputation as a FIRST rate teacher Of
Mathematics suffered elimination by the exhibit
tion Of Friday. His scholars showed that they
were thoroughly grounded in their knowledge of
Geometry and Plane Tligenometry.
The afternoon was devoted 10 music aud declsma-
ton. Miss Ellen Stone, a young lady Of excellent
musical powers, played several arias the piano,
and sang several pieces very beautifully.
The opening address. which was in the Latin lam
guage, wei delivered by Samuel 5. Green.
Thomas ]. Spur reciIed an extract from aPafrey's
Letters on the Slave Power" The beautiful Ian
guage and noble sentiments Of the writer we're ad.
mirably rendered by the young orator. The subject
Of Luther H. Bigeiow's ably spoken Grafton was
" Caser's passage Of the Rubicon.'' Jane NJ Breck
recited sweet poem Flowers and acquitted
herself very gracefully. Mary l.. Bacon succeeded
Miss Breck, with a recitation from the French. Her
action and ntonatioi natural aud easy, and her
pronunciation agreeable and correct.
A poem entitled /" The Blessed was spoken with
4. ID
The first part Of a juvenile newspaper, called
"Excesior," was read by the editor, Emory WASH
burn, Jr.. The reading Of the journal referred TO,
reflected much credit on the editors taste, and on
the wit and fancy Of his contributors. The second
pari was read by its editor, Susan Z. White. Miss
White is an excellent reader and reciter. Her de.
livery of the poem the death Of the patriot
Hale was excellent. The more elaborate pieces,
read by Miss White, from her newspaper, were
The Wanderer in Foreign Land,' BY Mary E.
R3thweH; "The Crowds Of biain ST., BY Rosa
mond r. Leavens; ''Confict, the condition OF Life p
by Lizzie B. Miller; and "Flowers'' by Mary
Brown.
Dsniel A. Miles acclaimed in Greek, and was fol-
lowed BY Francis A. Barton, who recited the adj
dress Of Spargacus TO the Roman Enjoys. Bolh,de.
sersealy, received the concentrations Of the audi.
ence.
The "Chd' Grave at Fiorence'' vas rendered
very tonchiugly by Asenath Francis. Msfy Thomas
repeated, in the language Of Burns, and in tones
that 'swi music charmed the airs" poem called the
ssSilver PEN" We thought she had esilver
tongns'' al the sweet Doric words flowed from her
lips.
The speech Of Regulus to the Roman Senate was
spoken very fOrcibly by Addison L. Clarke. Geo.
8. Hasksns followed with speech in favor Of Uni
versa Peace, from the writings OF Charles Sumner.
Master Haskins seem to appreciate the noble senli-
ments and splendid rhetoric Of the piece he had cho.
sen. aad which be spoke SO we'll.
The "Politica Pause" from the speeches Of
Charles James Fox, was recited with much ease
and excellent effect by Thomas w. Thompson. Eli.
"a A. Brgham's rendering Of Mothers thoughts
ON her dumb girl, was very touching.
Vocal music by seyeia Young ladies' very sweetly
wound up the exercises and babe ssGood nightp 10
the School for the year 1858.
Rev Seth Sweeiser made few remarks com.
mandatory Of the School; after which Rev. Geo.
Bashaell prayed. At the conclusion Of the PRAYER
the school was dismissed
The storna.
The Snow Storm Of Thursday was one Of the most