New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-02-18

8, 1859.
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Public School Examinations, First District.
GIRLS HIen scHooL.-Closing Ererei,e-Tbe
examination exercises of this institution were con-
cluded yesterday, when the graduating class were
critically examined to their attainments In intel
lectual philosophy, geometry, astronomy, and Eng.
lish literature and proved that they had not vanly
been participants Of the thorough system Of instruc
tion pursued at the school, administered as 1t is by
corps Of entirely qualified and accomplished teachers.
A crowd of visitors which filled the hall attended,
most Of them sitting through the whole days busi-
ness, the hours being shortened by the agreeable
entertainment which the exercises supplied. A mum.
ber OF directors were present, and Mr.. Rogers the
indefatigabe Superintendent for the District, gave
as Dluch time to this school as could be spared from
his multifarious duties at others.
The third course gave very gratifying account Of
itself under the close examination which its members
were subjected, the effects Of the unusually long
cation consequent upon the opening Of the schools
being postponed because Of the epidemic OF last
son. telling less among these advanced pupils than
the minor departments Of the primary schools, which
felt it severely. Hundreds Of little pupils who had
entered the various schools not long previous to the
vacation, had forgot oil they had learned, during the
long months before they came together again, and
the progress Of other grades proportionally re-
tarded The pupils Of the First District have scarcely
had time to brush their rusty learning up
In the branches of intellectual philosophy, geome
try, astronomy and English literature, the class
showed that they had acquired vast fund Of inform
alton. That the study of intellectual philosophy had
exercised their reasoning powers, and given them
confidence in their own intelects, which will teach
them to practice in after life the independence Of
calling upon themselves for conclusions and opinions,
and not rely on others for them, was apparent The
study however in which the best entertainment was
afforded the auditory, and in which the pupils were
very much at home. was English literature. Put
this branch upon its merits Of practical usefulness
is not Inferior but consider it as an accomplishment
of ornamental education it ranks beyond with the
highest II the pupil has any mind at all worth
speaking of, with this study is iaculcated literary
predecton, tempered by the literary taste and judg-
ment at the same time acquired and SO will she, or
he be inclined to those pursuits of pleasure pro-
fession which will enlarge and ennoble the mental
standard.
being read and all cleverly written one Of which, as
better suited to newspaper purposes than the others
we received for publication in the Crescent This il
entitled "New Orleans Hundred Years Hence" and
will shortly appear. Itpaints in the vivid colors O
the humorous writer's imagination the school CIR
: millennium of the year 1859. The others bore the
tites-"Women of the Revolution y "The Art Of
Pleasing" and "Female Writer'S After these came
the reading OF the closing edition Of "The Wave,
school paper edited by this course the only copy Of
which we also secured intending to select from its
columns for the benefit of ours at our earliest con
venence.
v When this reading was concluded Mr.. Superintend
ent Rogers stated that the examination proper wa
inished-that the closing exercises, in which tn
graduating class was concerned would occur at LJ
ceum Hall on the 22d, where everybody present wa
D invited to attend. He also announced that the col
cuding exercises of the Boys High School examin,
z tion would take place to-day, and in behalf of th
graduating class Of that institution, who pre-
J. ent as VISITORS he extended invitation to the con
pany before him to be in attendance.
BOYS HIGH ScHooL.-The second course WEI
yesterday examined in chemistry and Latin, and el
ercised in defamation and compositions read. Th
e third course were examined in astronomy, in whc
they displayed very fine attainments generally, som
Of the young gentlemen showing that they had prye
e closely into the science-explaned mysteries and PHI
lie nomena of the upper deep. The second course ii
: cludes several boys of fine capacities, who will doub
less prove brilliant graduates, and we repeat tha
it will make great show at the next examination
as indeed it does no little honor to the teachers
this We anticipate that the progress of the pupi
will be greatly accelerated when Mr.. McGregor tt
talented Principal, shall have been long enough anon
them to perfect his acquaintance with their respec
i've dispositions incnations and capabilities, an
thus be enabled to deal with and direct them indvit
ual!y with the wise discrimination which every prop
teacher exercises Mr.. McGregor has but little viii
occupied his position but from his record els
where we are inclined to anticipate great resul
from his continuance in it, the highest in the ranl
a, a; of the Public School teachers of the city.
We were not enabled to be present at the exercs
in defamation and the reading of compositions, bu
judging from what we have seen of the second cour
during the examination, we doubt not that it acqui
ted itself with credit. The examination will co
clude to-day, the whole Of which will lie devoted
the third course, which will be exercised in surve
q. ing, natural philosophy and Latn-glorous old vi
gil being the classic in which the graduates will d
play their "graces of Latinity" Destinations al
F. the reading of compositions will be the windup
the days business.
JEFFERSON (BoYs) scHooL.-The Jefferson al
Webster school are the two fine buildings which sta
in such familiar neighborhood on Dryades street. ne
Erato and notwithstanding their spacious accomm
dations are insufficient for the prolific vicinity Th
he are overcroWded in almost every denartment the
being the names Of eleven hundred pupils reg
vi tered upon their rolls, and the average atendan
a about one thousand.
: Mr.. VIM. F. Mead is the Principal of the Jeffers
school Mr.. Barnett, first assistant; Mrs Curt
second assistant Mrs.. Campbell. third assstan
Miss Canter, fourth assistant; Miss Rains fl
assistant Mrs. Fowler, sixth assistant N
Fisher, seventh assistant. The average after
nm ance of pupils is four hundred and sixty
entering the Principals department we were pleas
to find two Of the directors actively engag
in examination proceedings not mere look
on, as for the most part they have figured