The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1862-04-18

Q Defamation. "Lyoeum Speech Of Mr. orsior
ClimaX", .....,,............Wm. John Mills
10 Prize spelling. ,..'.'''''''''''''''lH Ois@' a.
70 slnsns s sRrlRs willard b,r, insbo
~ AWARD OF SPELLING PRIZES, NO.
IA Defamation. "The Conssas,iop Bill" ~
is AWARD OF sEMI.ANNUAL CERT1FI.
GATES. ....................M Mr.. DE Lamar
10 Singing. "The Pleasan, Spring hsscome n
II Singing. "God Bless our Native Land" g shOol- /.
Miss Margaret A. McGeechy, and Mr.. j. c. Wood,
man--music teacher TO the school-presded at th'
piano alternately. The singing, generally, wa ~
god. General McClsllan's row celebrated address
70 the army Of tie PotomAe was a mastery efor,- =.
It was delivered with emphasis aud correc, gss,ic-
uDtion, by WIN. Hosencamp, boy about 10 years
old II, was awarded hearty burs, d applSuse,t
~ he took hs seat. An Original essay on spring. I
was read BY its author, Charles Wesley butcher,
lad III or thereabouis The next vas exhi' I,
lion drill without arms by LIST class D, under the
command Of Capt Geo. vincen, Queripel, very
Intelligent lad Of IL, who gave his commands in
clear aui distinct tone Of voice, and well obeyed
by s company. whose ages varied from ten 70 hf.
teou years Tie movements and marching were
certainly very crcditable Next came "The Iy,
ceur speech u Mr. Orator Climax" comic decls,
nation .Iosen admirably by WI. Mills,s lad Of II.
Too much cannot be said Of tho manner In which
this really smart boy acquitted himself Orator !,
Climax himself could not have done better. New !
came the Z, At Of tie day, viz.i-'The Prize Spell
Ing" which was trial Of skill, In order 70 coy
vince the Superintendent that LIST class A, %
No 1 in or,hography. A prize o. a gold pono'
and pen was offered 10 the best speller and a
| t"Rambles among Drds,'g 70 the second best
er Ia the class, the former by tho Principal anu I'd
latter by Nr Frisbec, tho teacher. Tho boys Al
studied hard. Mr.. Trustee wandell said u
| was e't ~ Linn o. select words from newspapers
| and bOoks-or elsewherc-without acquainllng thf
| boys or teachers with them. Mr.. W. said he had
| selected the most difhcun words a proceeding
which he thought unfair I'll the teachers expressed
| the utmost confidence In the pupils, and he had
| prepared eighty words without showing any mercy
| Among these eighty words were negotiate, 70.
| ciprocity, eminent, imminent, column, campaigns
message, colossus, soccsronisL tyranniss, tran.
guilty" Only one miss made at some Of ,hsss
words by tho boys one boy missed the word
auxiliary, one "plebelan," one caisson," two
"bcginnng," three supercillous," Eve /" rssusot'
tate" one " cinnamon" one impanncl." four
| "braggadocia," one " connoisour" two " caster, Z"
one ricochot," three ygnctte," three "syll
gsn," two exhiarAtIng," ono "prairie," ~
" dishsbille," and a'ycntcon plagiarism" Five
them whose names follow missed no word wis .
ever;
| Albert r. Reed, y Howard Gray, Edwin p.
| Owens, Charles W butcher, Thomas b. Pierce
The nGmo Of John Mills, ttho Orator Climax Of the
programmed should properly have been added, -
lie only missed one word tp'sgisrisml, and sixteen
others missed 1t beside him, for he spot more diA-
cult words correctly, and tie boys who missed no
words did not get that word 70 spell. TT.
: eve were detained, and Superintendent Ranth'
propouudcl several words, the boy who MISE I
having n stand aside. The ultimate vim - \ =
Thomas D. Pierce, about Is, aud Chas. W. pN' x.
about II. Previously, willard Gilbert Anthony, Q
: boy OF Is, read very well original essay OF
"H,me" The celebrated speech Of Senator Trum'
bull on the ConGscatiou Bul was then delivered b.
Henry Clinton Backus an intelligent boy Of IL tn,
scml.annual certificates were then presented 10y Nj
De Larnater, aud after some addresses aud Singh
the exercises closed.