Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-11-20
Lancaster Institute Closing Exercises of Fall
Term.

aid interesting, no pl.ce of resort affords
so much to please and enjoy as the schoo
room. Other haunts afford scattering
pleasures, but they come singly ; the schoo
room yields them in showers. Not mo
nent in the day, but something is said o
thought or done worth particle CT gold
and sometimes we can gather the particles
III our mental stew pan and lay them b.
for n,ouliing into coin. We coull nov
fill colhmH from our treasury, gathere'
from the Examination of Lancaster III
stttute during the current week. But thH
HERALD is already filed with other curl
Gus and useful gems, and we have o,si,
space for few shings.
We attended With many Others the ex
animation of classes part of MoAday AM
Tuesday evenings. The Principal invit
ed a general attendance at the exanina
ton of parents and all interested, am
quite number were present. This work
is conducted by Mr.. PAGE, differently from
what we have been accustomed to see
instead of having the student answer in
terrogations, be was required to begin and
tell all he knew of the branch of learning
IN which The class was being examined; 4
falter or failure was TIE signal for a riva
to take the lace of the first, anu upon
any failure of the second TO 60 it through
third took his place and went ahead
So ii went, round and round, Mr.. Page
scarcely more than Interfering to see fan
play among the rivals. In this way, re-
viewing from first to last, then beginning
n the middle and going through all again
then closing with interroga,ions, all Was
learned that is expected of class and
much more than parents even calculated
their children could learn. We noticed a
Juvenile grammar class, composed of boys
and girls from 10 to ii yeats old. These,
BY oft reviewing, had their book in me,.-
orv almost from beginning to end, and the
youngest ones appeared to lead in readi-
hess. The application Of grammar rules
TO correcting language is taught by con-
versational exercises. We never were
more surprised at the progress of gram
mar class, one of the dryest of all prelim-
mary departments; and TOO, considering
shat grammar is usually considered unfit
FIR such young children,
Since witnessing the Examination, We
are satisfied it don't pay to study geography
as laugh; in sclto's Ii, Icssossirg Oh line
maps. These maps with the geC sraphies
and globes to correspond, are the only aids
that studo nts can afford to spend time with
in geography. They can acquire more
in day with such maps than in ten days
after The usua! method.
In Arithmetic, several classes in Mr..
Pages school excelled in thorough and
practical knowledge any we ever saw. In
other branches, as Algebra, &C., his clas-
ses have but commenced. We desi gned a
more extended notice of the examination
but we have not the time and space.
The exhibition, we do not hesitate to say
surpassed anything ever offered to the pull.
lie in Lancaster. Nothing low, frivolou:
or mean was presented; every part wa;
calculated to battle criticism, and no part
was offered for mere show or applause
Perfection and plainess, rather than or
nan,ent and design to captivate, were WIS.,
lille in every place and part. The orations
essays, lectures, colloquies, gossips, music
and valsdictory-:n were well spoken
plain, and orderly. We think the student:
merit equal praise with the Principal ii
s. the Exhibition parts; the fact is, there is
a large proportion of superior talent
among the students, we think very large
Three -fourths of them are the leading
scholars of Lancaster and neighborino
schools-the very choice of juvenile intel
ligeacs in this part of the country.
The Winter Session will commence the
lss Of December, and continue Ia weeks
Prospects are excellent for a large school,
For tuition charge, board, &C. See
advertisement of Lancaster Institute.
EF Lead is worth abou, 1881 in New
York.
EE Washburs's majority over Dunn
cannot be less than 5000.
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