New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-30
CITY ITEMS.


THE COOPER UM0S.-Cooper Institute was
crowded on Friday evening with delighted audience
TO hear the annual report Of the society There was
excellent Icaknr end singing OF very high order OF
merit TIE "OGplcon Class' under Mr.. c. jerome
Hopkins performed oycolieu,ly well and was cnthu,i-
asticaly appagdcl The report shows that the total
number OF pupils WHO received certificates for regular
Attendance and marked improvement 10 De iO5 ~ ore
pupils ofthc a1 School ~ At. aud ?i9 OF the IRE,
y cht School Science and Ar. The financial alairs
oi tlr Union gs follows: bllanc' on Alud, Jan. J.
1868 7l4l 31 rents SD 1856 ~. donations. S5U2, OF
which Afr. Cooper gave s5O72. suldry receipts
si24 9i-meaing total q $50 iss ,o. The expenses
amounted % el6 2j o. chla inc e 1870 OIL Tor Might
School st305 81 Cor Fcmalc At school. sl,tyl o: for
Heading Room $3.50 a. ior clrc ~ building and re-
pairs; Sal % for Picture Gallery sl.Jii Tor fuel;
s24l2 90 Tor gas; $3.50 for Government stoeAs-eaY
ing cash balance of eilf) 2 including 9l,9D IRON
meXQendcd appropriations while thc outstanding debts
amounted 70 81 i. II. thus reducing tho balance 10
s-0s a. Certificates were given ior engraving on
wood; ior drawing and painting from life. for mechan
les; for spherical uiconometry, and analytical and de-
scrptNe geometry, for solid geometry, locarllms and
plane geometry; for algebra and plane geometry COX
analytical and organic chcmsiry f0E elementary chem
isry and chemistry applied % the arts Tor advance
ment IN natural philosophy Tor mechanical drawing;
FOR architectural drawings for drawing from lie and
cast and for drawing from the nat Mr Peter Cooper.
the generous founder Of tie society presided.
The following was the order OF exercises.
Soldiers Chorus and Waltz from Faust. PRAYER. Uvmn-
Now NAV he God OF Grace and Power from tT,rn.
hauscr "-Narucr; Ohe0n Clar Orlton5nd. Us EQUAL.
Wallace; Ms n b. Lei, Of TIE orDheon cp.. Hymn If
C0lumh4-' d. Thou LIES Great AuthOr III. b. Doawoltl:
Orpheon Class Reading OF TIE Annual Report Daet fr
So Pianos-ihe knights % tho Round Table Hop ns;
" " hen tho swallows Abb; Miss ~ ID. Lots Glee-"'O
Welcome once AGAIN Sweet Spring Hopkins; 0Wheon
Hopkins; Master George flari and Opheon Cli.s Ora.
toiirue Amui 9l-FceF kelly. National song Solo aud
Hos- Union Forever III Mr. sammouds and CIpAcon
OgrIcrRs ron TIM r,vEvrSo-Grsui Marshal. Wuiun +.
IN. fu MAJ NJ I.lI Ifu
Fiizsiluons, d. ~ Gardner Wm. Hlnne.scn Wm H. Hose.
man. Louis llorzo. Anton kooncn John koenen, Mch.el
4lor lhos A. sicAyoy John Page, Robert sharp, Joseph
H. Stuart. j. 7. Nerdln.
GRAMMAR-SCHooLR RECEPTION very pleas
ant and interesting reception given by the young
lady graduates Of tits year Of GrammarSchool No H.
last Friday afternoon. at the school, in East Twenty
seventh street Beside the graduates the other scholars
Of the Female Department assisted on se occasion.
The exercises opened with the readngof the Scriptures
and prayer and some excellent singing and other per-
formauccs followed Prominent among the musical
pieces were; The Mlrsciles Hymn sung in
French in q lne manner by tbe school, How
lovely is Zion" cxocgtcd Dr. the Whole scsoo,
IN excellent style; Tho CaWn is breaking
DER u.s.; "Winsomo Wlnny." sung by Miss Mary Bel
lows With great tenderness; semohorus Charity
by tic scse; The Hunter, song By, the school,
duet. MY Mothers Voice; Tho Graduates /
Song" composed for The occasion by Miss Sarah
Burke and sung by the graduates Tie Merry
Birds" by Miss Mary Reed. Each was re.
markahy wen sung, exhibiting a musical talen.
OF high cultivation Several compositions were road
some Of a serious nature and others directly tie op.
pose. Among the most noticeable were q" Examina- |
ton Day original by Miss Kitty Adams; Nancy Blake
letter No ?. by Miss Gordon; g women" original by |
Miss Burke; " Farewell 10 Old Fourteen" original !
composed by Mss Lydia Randall one of the gradu. |
ates. and "Shoddy" by Miss Louisa Nmdqrist. An
or enal poem, composed by Miss johnson -rnduate
Of l,G3 entitled The Nations Prayer" was read by
Miss Tompsins.
The yaladc.oy wasroad By Miss Fletcher and was
very touching especially 10 lo teachers that were about
10 part with lc.g SCHOLARS Perhaps Tie most interesting