New Orleans daily crescent., 1854-12-25

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December ~, 1901
PUBLIC SCHOOL ExH1BITIoN.---Wa ant OF room
precluded the possibility OF our noticing IN saturdays
paper the very beautiful and q tne
previous day, at the Lyceum Hall The graduation q
the High schooI classes with exercises usratse q the
perfection which public education is carried consttue
exhibition no less pleasant and charming 20 oenoo
than atering to our national PRIDE ZOE no othef eoun
try in the wide world can get up such exnibions NOT
must be accused Of undue vanity IN thas even
in great country there is no city that can produce
finer display Of scholastic attainment IN It's pubic scnoos
than New Orleans shows and has for some years past
shown in hers. s@a8
The day being beautiful there was ful marsnahng oi
the educational army which, In all the radsncy Oh
full excitement ana holiday attire nearly ned tne oapa
cious hall The Board OF School Directors with Jadge
Rawe their head besides Mayor Lewis ana osnel 1uc
tionaries occupied the stage large auaiehee u ias
and gentlemen crowded the remaining space Oh ths nan
and galleries.
Theexercises consisting OF the Songs
addresses and compositions by members o the gfadua
ting classes, lasted more than two hours and were VII
messed with unabated interest by the spectators, VINO
manifested their appreciation by repeated pufsts ol ap
plause The girls however, looked very beautiful as
one by they the in the reading Of their
compositions that their faults if they had shown any,
would have been heartily applauded as their perfec
tjons The boys acquitted themselves with equal credit
elictng as much the girls and the boys and girls
together did no little credit the teachers from whose
tntorship they graduated. s
The compositions read entitled, Flights of Time,
by Miss Ellen Galbraith Drink Deep, or Taste Not
the Castalian Spring., by Miss Annie Elliott :" Lam
tern without Light, by Miss Annie e. Cornelius ~
Glance at Paris in 1888 by Miss Adrienne T. Boyle
aThoughts While Walking by the sea-Side,' BY Miss
Margaret NJ Brooks; /" Ali Things Are Beautiful by
schoonstes and Tsacher4 by Miss Josephine Feinour
The addresses delivered were, on Public Edueation by
VIM II. Cook, Jr.; Mental Diligence BY Joseph A,
Matthews The Prosperity of Am rica, BY Reginald Il,
Dykers; The Nobility OF Labor by John b. Mneeier
and on The Rise and Downfall OF Natlops with va
ledctorys, BY Timothy Enright.
The noise OF the drays In the street, ana sae pess
bility OF keeping such large crowd o. children perfectly
STILL prevented tine greater part OF the auoience nom
forming opinions as to the merits oil the Oh
which we were able TO Judge only the eiocutonafy
part Though all acquitted themselves handsomely, We
tbe other Young ladies' while Master Dyker address on
the Prosperity of America the best performance
in the boys department.
After the delivery of the yaedctories, twelve manly
lads and twenyour went upon the stage
and received with smiles bushes and trembling, their
Wel-earned diplomas accompanied by complimentary
address from Judge Rawe aud rapturous rounds of a
pause from the spectators The song OF Yankee
Doodle was then sung with will and the exhibition
closed
20 the graduates the scene Of Friday was an epoch in
their lives to the other scholars the greatest Incentive
that could be offered 10 their young amb tion to the
teachers triumphant eanceing OF he obligations to
the public and to the spectators an exhibition awaken
ing emotions Of pleasure, PRIDE and refined patriotism
May Christmas ever be preceded by such exhibitions
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CHRISTMAS COMMENCED the city was
resonant yesterday afternoon and evening with tine exp
ono crackers and torpedoes fired in honor of Christmas
bundles Of Chinese fireworks announced their excellence
from the pavement, and lightning and thunder were
1s If sunday Was net sona, - tat - ths
t,av last bus had sort nf its and roysd
ta the Hol;dava 10 be ant;onaa tot
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came IN with strong and familiar support If the CON-
Peeo' eluea ue eo'nAhehoenehe inns years christmas
WIN Do very h0taple.
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sur eufsAni - h,einss SPEECH was very gooa one
He goes from mere to Mobile and we assure our friends Of
s-.es a Nv aeeoe OF more
- W. season PAST
t Is 70 oe hoped they VIII return to New Orleans some
This evening Miss Julia Dean commences her engagement
here as Ju!a in the Hunchbackn No of our regu
lar shines with steady light Miss Dean or has
with universal regard Her summer apgavements
have been succession Of riumphs and we rejoice to p
thst she has come to adorn cur stage once more
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ANNIVERSARY OF ST. JOHN THE EyANGELIsT
of December n which is worthy Of more than mana, mo-
tiee The arrangements are ON an extensive and ,r.
scale. and should win the attention Of INA n,,,,i.
u sne paotc' See
PERSEVERANCE FIRE CaMpAxy M 10 Tt.
members IF this eonnanv a,o - -.
lar Monthly Meeting to morro eysn,,s -
See advertisement a d s'eS g> n
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CoarASY a., NATIONAL GUARDS. The m EN-
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