New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-06-16


| The Girls High School of the Third District has
passed its annual examination. The examination be-
gan Monday and concluded yesterday with all the
honcrs heretofore accorded to the principal, Miss
Emily Maetier, and her assistants, Madame Matthey
and Miss Ryan. The school now numbers ninety
seven pupils Miss Macer teaching the first English
class, Miss Ryan the second class, and lime Matthey
all the French.
Though we found much TO admire in the school,
we took decided exceptions to the school-house.
1t is common two-story frame residence, at the
corner OF Craps and Elysian Fields streets-cose,
uncomfortable, and crowded exposed to the din Of
the railroad trains and the full glare of the summer
sun-anything but the proper place for any kind of
a school, much less young ladies high school. In
behalf of the young ladies' who are forced to occupy
it, and in behalf OF the Third District for which we
have strong affection, we protest against such
building being used as schoolhouse, and entertain
lively hope of never being again compelled to visit it
or any other such building a temple of public
learning.
The exercises of the young ladies during the two
days were in reading, parsing physical geography,
arithmetic, rhetoric, geometry and astronomy with
interspersons Of recitation and singing. As many
spectators could squeeze themselves into the build
ing, were present each day bat numbers had to go
away, in despair Of seeing hearing anything The
verdict Of the fortunate visitors however, has been
unanmous-what it is, we need not say. Whilst
l Misses Mactier and Ryan won honor through their
| pupils in English, lime Matthey won all the honor
and very high honor too, in French Much attention
is paid to French in this school and whilst the
French teacher wins the affection and esteem of all
parents whose children are so fortunate as to be
placed under her, the children themselves when they
come to leave her, feel if they were parting from
second mother.
| The chief feature of the education Of the Third
District Girls High School, is the extra attention
paid to those studies which are most likely to be of
practical benefit 10 after life. Thus though geom-
etry and astronomy aud such like studies are in the
| fixed programme, and must be carried out and are,
as they should be, to certain extent those studies
which incueate correctness Of speech purity of COM
position and the graces Of intellect which smooth the
journey through life, are those which receive the
largest share Of attention in Miss Macers school.
| Blar's Rhetoric is book in which all the girls of
the upper classes are thoroughly exercised and the
correctness and finish Of their compositions prove
that they are exercised to some purpose Whilst the
exercises on the present occasion have shown the
young ladies to he properly up to the mark in the
more difficult and least beneficial branches Of educa-
ton, the exercises in rhetoric and composition
have been such as to reflect the highest honor upon
the school and afford the largest qualification to the
parents and friends of the young lady pupils.
Among the compositions read during the examina.
ton, were the following-all Of them excellent :
"All that's bright must fade,n by Miss Slawson ;
Home, Sweet Home,' by Miss Annette Equin I;
upward and Onward by Miss Louisa Gavin a
salutatory Address, by Miss Winnie wheelwright /;
and French composition by Miss Emma Matthey,
entitled Imagination" The singing in the inter.
walls was charmingly given. All who attended this
examination express the highest satisfaction and
pleasure.
The Boys High School, under Mr.. Haoran, Is to
be examined to day, at the Fillmore schoolhonse, on
Bagatee street. There will be found plenty OF room
and plenty of fresh air for those who wish to attend
ALI friends of public education being respectfully
invited