Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-07-16
" CAL INTELLIGENCE.

I'D DIsTRIcT HIeH SCHOOL Fsr,als De.
neHts-I his school, which Is located near
ue intersection Of east Eighth street and Virginia
Nv enue, in the navy yard portion of the city, was
xamined "Wednesday at the school house, corner
OF east Third street and south Il streets, Capitol
Hill There were a large number Of visitors
present among whom we observed the following.
Ms~>rs. Brandt, J Price, Colonel Randolph and
Dr~ Walsh, WiIett. aud Ironside. Trustees; Mr..
Ricketts,. Secretary of the Boa rd Of Trustees DIR.
Mckim. former Secretary of the Board; Captain
Huntington ard MIR. Clark of the Board OF A lder-
men; M-sSTS McCathran. Thompson, and Edison;
and Misses Milbnrn. MIDI lrton, Moore. Choate.
Acton, II John, Simmons. Thompson, and Nate
SanndeTson, teachers in other public shoots.
This Is the first instance during the entire course
of examinations in which we have observed the
presence Of any member of the municipal gov
eminent and to tue credit of the above mentioned
gentlemen let il be said. that their example is
worthy one, and should be- followed by other
members "f the Aldrrnanic Board and Common
Council. during the examinations next yrar-aS
there are no more of public shoots 10 take place
this year.
Theteacher of this school, Miss MaryA Myrick
has been quite iiS for some two weeks, and was
not in condition to jnstify her attendance At the
examination, VT she Was there. and renamed du-
ring the entire afternoon performing unaidrd the
arduous dutirS of arranging the pro gramme and
lr'Ping order. Her school has re emily been in
Cktrg- OF Miss Moore
The scholars in attendance Were N follows.
Amanda Baird, sarah Lewis, Annie Vdnhorn.
Josephine Bird, Mary A Hill. Margaret Felper
Josephine Hall, AIice Griffith Ann Cook Mary
ITh'h. Susan Mcconnell, Margaret MundelI
Ruth Davis, Mary Mage, Mary PickelI. Sarah
Hol'oyd. S"rvilia Davis, Martha Edein. Julia
fright. Mary Awkward, Martha Simonds, Liz
zlc Gates, Jane CLARK. Catherine GetzeGdaner
Harriet Jacobs, Ella SanderSon. Marian Robin
ION, Jane Armistead, Mary O'DonneIl. Eliza
Wbsailey, Emma Hutchinson Martha Van Re.
wick. Joanna Hardin, Francis Wiyhtnan Han
nah GTeenwrlI. Martha Vanhorn Mary Neal
Mary J. Cds'elI, Alice Russell, Mary Tonbv
Rececca Apologize, Ada Thompson. Kate Sulll-
van, Emma Waters, Melissa Bean. Mary Scala
Emma Wirt, Ella Stanford. Mary II. Anderson
Isabella Beach, Olivia Jack >on
There was one peculiar feature in this exami-
nation which excited at once our admiration ard
Fc>pect for the accomplished teacher On enter
ing Inc room. we noticed that each scholar wore
Iosettr OF black Grape trimmed with white rib-
Don, ana some had still other symbols of mourn
Ing about their pt rsons We incurred TN. obi.ct
Of This, and Were Informed that Il waS intended
- mark OF respect for the memory of a much
loved scholar and suh-1sSistant teacher Miss
TForgie Ann Lewis w no died on the 18th of June
az. ne tribute was certainly appropriate
several OF the pieces sung Were, also, selected
with special reference TO this sad remil ,ceuc,:
and We thought, surely, teac her who manifest,
such regard for deceased scholars memory
must be lovsd by aud love her living scholars,
The order of the exercises were az follows.
song" Ono sweet flower &c
lhe hrst division of the third class was then
examined in spelling, reading, geography gram
mar, history and arithmetic
During their examination in the latter study
they performed the opeI atoms of the folIo,ring
questions mentally, giving correct answers with
"A Jeweller bought watch for $50 a chain
TOT Slo, and seal for IS he then sold the whale
Tor 50 did be make or lose and how much -,
Two boys are 20 yards apart and going In
fne SAM direction, and the hindmoSt one Dains
onfso0 other yards a minute in how many min
ntes Will he overtakc him -
III a tn key costs ~ 3D. how manv can no
bought for Si2l5 ~
The whole school rras then exercised in spell
,u2 IA cohceLt, ESPECIAL attention being paid to
proper syllable division and correct pronuncia-
ton OF the =, tables and words
Sweet s1uSic is Falling was sweetly sung
anu az rwaIdS the first class was thorou" hIy ex-
dh'-Ied in reading. spelling, grammar, history
Physiology and algebra
In the latter study, among the problems solved
were the following:
From la minHS ID plus c take a plus % minus
3 Plus II.
A man met fomr beggars. to whom be gave
- cents. To the first ne gave twice as MANY as
to the second, and TO tho fourth as many as he
gave to the first and third. What SUM did he
eve To each -
A gentleman bought two horses and their
harness at Si2O- The value of the first horse,
with The harness, was double that OF the best
hose; and the value OF the best horse, w tn the
harness, was triple that of the worst horse What
was the value of Fac -
The school in general was then exercised in
arithmetic
Misses Martha Van Ri,wick Josephine Bird
Martha Mnnder, aud Ada Thompson then sang
- Thoughts of Ilomr, " the whole school Joining
in the chorus
The second division Of the third class was ex
amined next in reading, spelling. grammar. and
history promptly answering every question.
The school then joined in singing Sister,
thou hast gone -
All the scholars Were next examined in writing
nom dl'tat"n IN which they acquitted them
selves with credit
After the examination, DR.. Iron<ides addressed
the school, and in the course Of his remarks he
thanked the scholars for the promp,neSs and &C
Curdcv w!;E which they had answered the uurS-
tons proposed. He said they showed that they
Lad appreciated the Efforts of their worthy and
accomplished teacher, who had doubtless from,
hrr close Application To them contracted her late
Illness. H. could not conclude his remarks
without expressing his qualification at the mark
Oi respect (siOwn by their dreSs) to the III. Iuory
Of her who bad been their former associate and
late sub-aSsstant teache She had been LED
away by the Ruler Of tue Universe, in the Begin
ming OF her usefulness, he trusted, 10 enjoy the
reward Of weil-sfenI life lie .NhO-ted them
TO also 80 conduct theni>, Ives here that in the
hour they know not when they shall he called
to render up their lives To- Him who rave them
IN the Language Of the hymn they had lust sumo
- w hen tLry reach theiI Iruraey-send
Her glory they NAV share -
We saw 20 competitions or writing books of
th, ,e scholars. a< they Were broug from the
school house To the place Of examination
The BALTIMORE AND ONO RAILROAD
Board Of Directors Of this company held their
monthly meeting ia Baltimore on "Wednesday =,
which they scquie.c-d in IN. Dian recently
agreed uDOn by d convention of representative.
OF the leading lines Of railroad running from The
AliautlC coast 10 the West for a rrform i'm Tin.
tain Of tolls The revenue of the road for the
month OF JUne Was reported TO bee SiU2 5gI 10 d,
fO Jews
Main steam. NV. Va Wash Br.
Passengers. 1851 Ii 50 95J SO 81 .Ig} 81
fleisnt ...... ~ ,s9iGJ 1-2-2 % 10 g33 =
s3I3,a2 81 seI257 SC -.I3I 3
These figures, comPared with the sam. month