Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-07-17
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Male Dlstrlct High schools were assembled at
the City Hall, for the purpose OF an examination
TO test the comparative merits of the schools This
practice originated in the Offering of an award to
the best scholar In all the public schools In the
city, az shown by these ANIMAL congregate ex
amnations, Of a scholarship I'm Columbian Col
lege. Of late years the award has not been given
and the practice Is only kept up for the purpose
first state above. -....r -... l-r
The SCHOLARS participating Were az follows:
First District School, Mr.. = John Thomson
Teacher-I.evin SnthOron, Thos Hardness, John
Vernon, Owen Wiley, and Charles Birch
Second District School, Thomas VI. Wilson,
Feacher-Thomas l.. Wade, George shaw, Jos
Potts, James Boss, and A. b. ScIivener
Third District School, VIM. Nj. McCathran
Teacher-JOhn Entwistie, J. Abbott Moore OBJ
ert III Mitchell, John Callahan, and franklin
Blake. -'I
Fourth District School, John f.. Thomp,on
Teacber-NeIson ]. IsdelI, Peter w Pearson
Samuel A. Amery, w. X. Kidwell, and Jesse
Cook
The examination was to have been conducted
by the faculties Of Columbian and Georgetown
Colleges, but at four O'Clock, none of these
s.n'i-msn had made their appearance, the trus-
tees concluded to conduct the exercises them
selves. There were present Of the Board. Colonel
Randolph, Drs. Walsh, Willett and Ironside:
and Messrs W bite and Price, and Mr.. Ricketts,,
the Secretary of tn. Board. The four teachers
having charge of the schools represented and
Mr. Edison, Mrs. Randolph. and Misses Middle
ton, MiIburn, and Hall, and others, teachers in
The exercises commenced with reading and
after several lessons were read, decision as to
which school produced the best reader was rem
dersd nnmber Of words were then given out
and the boys were all requested to write them on
their sates together with their respective defpi-
lions; j. Abbott Moore, of the third, and N
l>dsI and =. w Pearson, of the fourth districts
were dec ded to excell in this exercise The
words given out, as written and defined by Moore,
were as follows:
Abs,inence-No, to partake Of
TemPerdnce-Not to partake to excess
Abridgc-To shorten
Abb-eviate-To make more compact
Cdlumny-The wrong cast upon
SlaBder-To talk untruthfully about
Teach-ro impdrt knowledge.
Lesrn-To receive knowledge
Isdeil and Pearson gave the following defni-
Abstinence keeping from, avoiding.
IemPerance-Ao staining from excessive indul-
Abridge-To condense
A6bTeviate-To use letters or syllables in writ
ing in place OF words
Calumny-Revilngs
SldndeT-Abuse without cause
Eedch-TO inpart know ledge
Learn-To receive instruction
ms sentence, "Our Father, who art in Heaven;
hallowed be thy name was then read of to be
written and parsed on the states twas decided
that none of the scholars had given a correct
analysis
fhe following arithmetical problem, were
then given to the scholars all Of whom solved
them readily: "How mary acres in triangular
and r.
Pendicular 20 chains9" 1.-TWO men are 81 miles
apart, the foremo>t travels two and the other
three miles an hour; in how many hours will the
hsDdmost overtake his fellow-traveler ~ sIf
o0o-Shlrds OF an ounse cost seven-eig hths Of a
sahhn;; what will fve-eigh ths Of pound avoir-
dpPois COST,
A great variety of questions in geography were
pIopounded and readily answered. The follow
inS are samples OF these "In what State, and
on what river Is Peoria ~ g. Cleveland!'. Gal
weston "a
The Schol.rS reou;red 70 ,an ~. ~
The State in which, and the rivers, &c, Of any,
on which these and many other similar places in
the United States, Europe, and South America,
were situated; and they complied with very lit
lie hesitation. They also gave the boundaries
large towns, rivers. and products of various
states, and other political divisions. To oblige
one gentleman, they located the capital of Cali
fornla, and IL Is To be hoped the Legislature of
that tickle minded member OF the Confederacy
Will never change her seat of government az aim
lnasmuch as these scholars have surely had i'm.
pressed indeliby on their minds its present loca-
uon They also decided at the earnest solicita-
uon OF tne same gentleman, that the government
OF Mexico is Of 4 republican form-a question
"nlch has somewhat a annoyed emin mt statesmen
we believe, and that, too without their comm TO
any CONCLUSION We suggested the adjustment
OF the Nicaragua affairs ia the me manner but
the gentlemen who put the questions thong ht
that mig BIT be used a pretext to support the
assertion that he sympathized with Walker, and
rearing some evil would result be al,sta ned ffom
any interference in the matter
ne examination was continued until a late
boui, ana The representatives of each school
r'Ihced such equality OF requirements that we
hardly can believe that any OF those present will
venture decision to which representation
comprised the best scholars.
The examination OF classes of five scholars
from each Of the District Female High Schools,
took place in the city II ali yesterday afternoon
The trustees present were Col Randolph, Drs
lronside, Walsh and Wiliett, and Messrs. Law
renson, w byte and Wilson. This examination
was likewise conducted by the trustee, IS the
faculty Of Columbia College, who II Was -xpect
I'd would conduct il, were not present Mrssrs
f. Thompson, WIN. NJ. McCathron and A
t<dson Mrs Rodier aud Airs. Myers, and Misses
teachers in other public schools together with
quite large number of visiters wers also present
me scholars comprised in the several repre-
sentaslons present, were follows:
First District school, Miss MaryP Middleton
Teach-r-sarah V. Triplett, Fanny A. Middle
ION, Lsnra Ann Hardness, Mary A. Tdplett and
Second District School, Mrs Susan Randolph.
Teachc.-Aiics McIn'osb, Susan Fl.naer, Alver,
ia wise, Reoecca Robinson and Ella Honyh
Third District School, Miss Mary MyTick
teacher Amanda Baird, Jose phine Bird Mary
Hill, Anna Van Horn and Sa ah Lewis
ihesr scholars were temporarily in charge of
,n irs Lucy z Moore, as their teacher, Miss My
lek, was TOO Ill TO be present. ard her bad health
mas prevented her attending the school for some
two or three weeks. They, therefore labored
under a disadvantage
Fourth District Scho u, Miss Margaret A. Mil
onrn: T'acber-Geneva Reed, Alice Hercu~ Sa-
ran Ecklob, Laura Thomas and Virginia Har-
baugh.
The exercises commenced by Misses Laura
Parsons and Laura Shedd-Miss Middleton,s
scnoiafs-slnging My Happy Home, ;" the other
scooiais Joinlng In the chorus. Several lessons
were then read, and we believe no decision was
maze as TO which school produced the best read
ers The scholars were then directed to write
from dietation on their states, az follows:
"A cessation OF hostilities, and a cession of
o'sPuted territory took place during the session
a lat gEawed a hole in the porte manteaur
nese were written correctly by every scholar
IN the class from the ourth District booi The
class from the Third District school had two mis-
idkes In the spelling. and the Second and First
D'tIIctS one each The writing was all good -
81 says the report Of the examiners
pounded ~
What Is the difference between the raIu,
and the tcOTth of article,n
what Is the difference between ONLY can do
that, and alone can do that -,
All the scholars answered these oueriex cor-