Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-06-28
rUMic SCHOOL ExAnIHAfIoNs.-Thefo following
examinations Of the public schools took place yes.

tcaic SCHOOL ExAnIHAfIoNs.--Thefol following
examinations Of the public schools took place yes,
t1day: y.tiI '.I.!-a rt.s#-| -
second District, Male Primary School; Mi.
Lasa keed, acting teacher, in the place OF Mrs.
sS guen, IN bad health-This school Is kept In the
miro story OF the Northern Ii berries
which 10 probably the best &C hoos room i'm the civ
being In good repair, well furnished and we'll
arranged Tor ventilation on every side There are
Iorty-nine scholars on the roll. of which number
Iorty-seven Were present Yesterday. The exami-
nation was conducted by Messts willett. AfI,oe
ana W byte, all of the Board Of Trustees The
In which they have been instructed; thew particn
Iafy ekceiied In spelling, arithmetic, and geogra-
Phy A small class in grammar also acquitted
themselves with credit in that branch There
were present a larger number of visitors than
usual Among them we noticed from other schools
Mrs Myers, Miss Lowe, Miss Emma Reed and
MISS Mills Mrs. Ogden was also present, gliding
about and che-ring her boys in the ordeal through
which they were passing. At the conc fusion of
the exercises, Mr.. Atlee and Mr.. HYDE of George
remarks.
Third District, Male Primary, Miss Jane +
Moss, teacher, consists of sixty pupils of whom
thlrty-seven were present at the examination yes
teraay, three being absent by special permission
Oh tne trustees OF the district This school, taught
In neat frame house built by private subscription
Tor this purpose, on T., near Sixth street east is
DIVIDED into four classes, and was examined by
the snb-board of the second district all the men-
n. IL. u. III. IN.
formerly teacher of large experience We also
noticed present DIR. Walsh, trustee of the third
district, the teachers of the third district school
male and female departments and others though
fewer parents and guardians of the scholars than
we have been in the habit of finding during the
previous week. The school was examined IN or
biography, reading, writing from dictation and
IN copy-book. arithmetic, geography, English
grammar, and history of the United States in all
which they exhibited proficiency which reflected
much credit on their teacher and themselves. 9Sey
subsequently received some timely and wholesome
advice from Mr.. Beech relative to their conduct
during the holidays, as well all future life and
were dismissed with words of commentator and
encouragement.
The examination yesterday of the LIST depart
ment of male primary school of 4th district under
the charge OF Mrs. Edison, was conducted by Col
andoiph and DIR. Ironside Of the LIST district
This school, which numbers ffty-one pupils all
OF whom Were present, hes greatly increased since
less has contributed much to encourage the pupls
4 TO exert themselves The four classes Of this
\ SCHOOL were very thoroughly examined in read.
I ing, writing, spelling, arithmetic, (mental and
written geography, in all Of which they acauit-
ted themselves very much to the satisfaction OF the
examiners. The first class deserves commepda-
/ ton for the marked Improvements its members
have made since the last exami nation We OBJ
/ served among the visiters, Mrs Martin Misses
| MlIburn, Ecklof. Reed, and Mr.. J. l.. Thomp-
man Charles Wilson ~
Ihe "a ana I'd departments of this school will
| be examined on Thursday afternoon which will
| close the examinations Of The primary schools.
| ssIhe examination OF the District Schools will
commence on the 9th of July with the Male de-
/ Partment of the LIST district school The Female
| department Will be examined on the afternoon OF
| the 'th. These examinations will take place in
| MI: Corcorans Library building, the use OF
which has been kindly granted for that purpose.