Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-06-24

scshefu oY bItffnoOn Vy L. O6<&tals tFu6-
zee. The school-room. basement of the Sixth
Presbyterian Church, Is we'll lighted and ven
utated. Some inconvenience ID felt from the
loon hn, oe,ng Occupied oy Two p,,ms,y schools:
excellent ventilation of the room, 1t has been
thought advisable not TO make . change. Ths
furniture and apparatus is good. with the eK-
ception of the seating arran gements, which are
susceptible OF improvement. The Boston
primary school chairs, once in vogue at the
North, are used in this school-room partially,
and these are eked out by the uncomfortable
backless "forms." Of which we have q shud-
dering recollection as associated with school,
boy days. Both styles OF seat mentioned viii.
we learn, be displaced As soon As possible by
the modern primary school dock seats
A profusIon of tastetally ARA ,grd natural
flowers gave attractiyeness TO the room quite
clad in white. OF the 90 pupils on the rolls ~
were present There are now 4, outs landing
applications for admission at this school. In
reading exercises the pupils were fair, the aim
distinct, clear atterance At first, and advance
to the nicer degrees OF meditation from that
basis; In spelling the pupils were excellent.
written, TO the extent they had progressed and
they seemed to be sufficiently well grounded in
their stndies to be able to answer with prompt
tude questions out OF the line of routine cate
gories. Miss Lee has those important req uisites
for a teacher, self. possession and decision. The
order here was noticeably good.
We were glad to see q good attendance of
parents aud friends o. the pupils. Amongst
those present were Mr. John l.. Thompson.
principal Of the Fourth District school, and
Messrs. Holmead and Ellis, OF the Board of
Trustees, these gentlemen joining with Mr..
Casseli in expressing their qualification at the
condition of the school
A book zone of thirteen prizes, given by Mr..
Cassell TO be awarded to one pupil of each
school distinguished for good moral conducu
was bestowed on Miss Agnes Strobel, the pre-
sentatien remarks being made by Mr.; Ellis,
who announced in SO doing that forty-fou
pupils of the school were SO equally merito-
rious that it was necessary to designate the
successful one by lot.
teacher, was examined by Mr.. ]. r. Ellis,
trustee. This school is held in the same room
as Primary No. l. OF the I'll pupils on the roll
81 were present. The order here WAS creditable
TO Miss Davis, who is young teacher, and
youthful teachers, as we have had occasion TO
notice, do not always succeed in establishing
:. Heavens first law in the school.room, how
ever meritorious they may prove themselves
in other respects. In the spelling exercises,
with single exception, every word was given
accurately, and in arithmetic coral and written,
the pupils acquitted themselves quite as hand
somely. In reading, the enumeration was loud
and deliberate. The purpose here, As in the
school last noticed, is apparently to make
good vigorous utterance the groundwork for
other progress. We incline TO the opinion.
however, that unless more attention is paid TO
meditation par, possu, an incurable fault may
not pleasant to the ear, though of course not SO
Objectionable as the other extreme of hurried
scarcely audible articulation. This school
received the warm appreciation of the examin-
ing trustee and other gentlemen present, and
the. examination was concluded by the pre-
sentatIon by Mr. Ellis, with some well-timed
remarks, of a Cassell prize to James Wood, for
moral conduct. The recipient was one of hree
OF equal merit who drew for the prize.
ANNUAL CONFECTIONERY OF CoLUaBrAN
COLLEGR-The Fortieth annual commence
rhent Of Columbian College took place this
morning in the Hall of the Smithsonian Insti-
tute, and was numerously attended, the seats
being thronged by ladies and gentlemen, friends
Of the pupils. The faculty and pupils, the lat
ter numbering about seventy five, including
those OF the preparatory department, assem-
bled in the room east Of the Hall and marched
into the seats setapart for them on the platform,
and Immediately in front. The exercises were
commenced with music by the Marine Band,
which was stationed in the gallery, and which
interspersed the exercises by the performance
of appropriate airs. DR.. Samson, President of
the College, followed in an appropriate prayer,
and the orations Of the candidates for the de
grees and contestants of the Davis prize medals
were delivered in the following order:
The Influence Of the Reformation upon Lit
erature, by Thomas S. Samson, of d. G.
The Human Brotherhood, by John Kingdom,
of Nd.
The Progress of Self-goyerument illustrated
in History, by Benz. G. Lovejoy, of ID. G..
The Effect OF Uescartes upon the Thought OF
his Age, by VIM. E. Edmonston, of ID. G.
The Influence of the Study of Nature, by
Abner Y. Leech, of ID. L.
The Religious Element of Mans Nature, as
Contributing Most to the Development of Sci
ence, Art and Literature, by Richard B. Cook.
of Nd.
p ofound Learning Not Hostile to the Spirit
OFF ETY., ian essay,) by Rev. :. +. Leech, of Nd.
Is Man Progressive Being, by VIM. +.
Mattingly, A. M, of D. G.
All the orationS were we'll conceived. and
moFG OF them we'll delivered. The speakers
each were complimented by their fair friends
with numberlesS boquets.
The successful contestants for the Davis
prize medals for oratory were Abner Y. Leech
and Thos. =. Samson, whe received them Al
the hands OF Hon. John b. Kerr, of the Attor-
ney Generals Office.
DR.. Samson then, in a few remarks, addressed
the following graduates, and bestowed upon
them the degree of Bachelor of Arts: Richard
Is. Cook, of Md; William L. Edmonstor, Of ID.
g.; Abner Y. Leech, OF ID. O.; Benz. CT. Love
Joy. OF u. G.
The degree of Master of Arts was conferred
on Rev. Samuel V. L.eech, Md, and VIM. +.
Mattingly, ID. G.
The degree of Doctor of Divinity was con-
ferred on Revs. H. b. Durand, of New York,
and John Circuit, of Conn.
After the benediction had been pronounced
the audience dispersed.
CHARGE OF Extraordinarily afternoon,