New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-06-13
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Examination of the BIenviIIe Street Girls
School.

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This examination, on Monday, elected no ordi-
mary amount of interest," as was manifested by the
srowd Of fair ladies and the numbers Of youth, and
young, and solid and staid gentlemenin attendance.
Every one seemed happy and highly pleased The
examination for the most part was highly credit
aple alike to teachers and pupils, evineing the
sedulous care, and anxious solcitade, and patient
Toll Of the former, and the dIigent attention to
their studies, and earnest desire OF Improvement on
the part of the latter. 1t would be superluous to
say that the girls were all neatly and tastefuIy
dressed, and that in manners and department they |
exhibited all the graceful ease and genuine polite
ness and delfcacy which invest character win |
sneh indescribable charm.
The classes of smallest girls, in Eaglish under
the charge Of Miss suzie v. G. Dubois, and in
French, under Miss H. McCarty, though in general
very young and eorrespondingy, in some respects.
on that account, interesting and still more inter
esting from the fine commencement and budding
intellectual development which they exhibited.
The Third English Department, Mrs. u. NJ.
Spooner teacher, was rigidly examined in reading,
spelling. dctation, primary geography and arith-
metic, doing very well in all these branches, espe
cally in dictation which, bythebye, is one Of the
best tests of progress and Of the care Of an instruct
ress. MFR. Canonge, the Superintendent, suggested
novel method of examination in geography, which
worked like charm as soon as the little pupils
caught his idea. One would point out the answers
to the questions on the map to the examining COM
mittee without being seen by the other, who would
repeat them orally. Mfr. Canonge has a thoroughly
sitting and analytical method Of sounding the
depths or sfalowness Of attainment in those under
his scrutiny.
The Third French Department, Mrs. Farnet,
teacher, acquitted itself very creditably in read
ing, spelling, and dictation.
In the Second English Department, Miss r.
Lewis, teacher, the pupils were examined in dicta
ton. grammar and parsipg. geography and arith-
metic; and those in the Second French, Depart
ment, Miss ]. Julian, teacher, were examined in
dictation, grammar, and Green's Introductory
Lessons in French. y
These classes we did not hear except for few
minutes the latter, but doubt not that they proved
equal to their rank or grade in this excellent
school,
of the highest English Department. under the
charge of the Principal, Madame NJ. G. Dubois, it
would be difficult to say too much in praise. Not
that perfection is human attribute, but it is sell
dom that nearer approach is made to it than in
the young ladies' under her instruction. to the ex-
tent to which they have progressed; and that is,
too, a very respectable extent-not suffering by
comparison with most Of similar rank in the city.
They especially excelled in that most useful but
intricate study analysis and parsng. Their studies
are dictation, grammar, analyzing and parsing,
arithmetic, geography, phrases and history; in oil
which they gave proofs of the skilul and labori-
Gus instruction and training of their jealous and
| accomplished instructress. The penmanship Of
1 this class and of the school generally-each ac-
| cordng to the grade-is excellent.
| Of the highest French Department. Mrs. A. Sur.
I &C. teacher, as much doubt might be said as of
the highest English class. were it not that large
| proportion of the young ladies' are of American
| families, who never speak French at home. Die
| tatiop, grammar, parsng, translation from French
into English, and English into French, comprise
their range of studies. They did remarkably well
and their instructress richly deserves, as she nc
doubt receives, their warmest gratitude.
The following recitations and compositions con
tributed to the pleasure of the spectators:
"village Schoolmaster," by Florance Beebe
j" Les Chateaux en- Espagne,n by Philippine Welsh
ham; What is Most Beautiful Dialogue by eight
little girls; " La Fauyette,o by Lorenza Warburg
| Composition q Hoine,a by Annie Beach Z" Schoo
Committee by nine pupils; lEnfant ct la Noix,'
by Louisa Sehlierman; Look on the Sunny Side, I
by Margaret Bolan; "rAbeille ct la Fourmi,'' BY
Lena Wentz;a Composition, LET all the end
thou aim st at be thy Cod thy Country. and Truth,
by q. Nuss "a The Seasons" by six little girls
"Le Chen qui Mordu son Maitra,'' by Mathlol
Grosart 'God is Love- by Julia Schlierman
Composition, 'Examnation.n by Julia Musselman
" Boast not OF Tomorrow by Kate MeCaffrey
"La Brebis,' by Marie Dumas " Vacation b
Louise Dubos