Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-06-29
LOCAL NEWS.

ptBL' SCHOOL ExAMIN ATIoNs.-Th schools
Of MiBS Mary Y. Davis and Miss Romenia y. Ellis,
tSdAy afternoon as announced by the programme.
N Bhees, the examining trustee, was unavoida-
al v Absent from the school Of Miss Davis, and the
| 4samiu alton was postponed till Thursday morn
~ next Miss Ellis being very Ill, as stated in
fteIdAys edition, her school will not be exam
IL he m 10 intermediate school In the First Dis
&3t, Mri. ROLLER, teacher, was examined BY
&Asrs. Brown AID Tuhtin. The school occupies
tXIbssement story OF Union Chapel, on Twentieth
SHlet Il is larger and better ventilated school
rlm than those generally occupied by the public
Y bOls Of the same grade.
E#ke examination not only condueed to the
RNt'Vre Of the ohildren'A parents who were pres-
to Slhes 'PssISS 9r' put Sso rsdC1 6ed 70
been connected with our Gohoos for some years.
The trustees who had charge Of the examination
lofty regard for the guardians of school in
terests, They labor faithfully for the welfare Of
the young, and deem the gratitude Of the SOnmu-
to note their foibleI. They have them, a. well a.
those who less genGrous and less phil oplo.
solAcc that great talents are always balanced and
tarn shed by great defects Then the oonverss,
70 the 5s Sp
teeI sutur those patriolsn excellenoies Of the
mind which can never be consigned to the tomb Of
In tic hrst instance, Mr.. Tusten occupied too
lOnss1. time IN the examination Of one GLASS the
Sowly-SHou.d be In ScTibed on standard uniurled
and conspicuous In the sch oOiroOm. A person
sh6Nld be neither too viii - some Eor too slow,
too slow" II we must believe FriAr Lawrence,
when he spoke in his cell to Romeo. The middle
oete u me better ~ ta.s VIII persons be more
II oredenCe 1t was Apollo's advioei and pc emit
god ne uttered potent philo. opby: The motto
hasten slowly implies ante and AZ the same
time slownesS, psradoxical as II may seem.
1t me Ms nothing more nor less than the middle
cOuIs Sc, thu golden mean between too swift and
fnp II MIR. TuGtiu. and OthRF NVh I'M
are too slow, would adopt hpOllo's AIyioe, much
Of of hea, en wou remain before them, though q
great deal WAS l. 1t behind, as the youthful char
loteer experienced before hts brilisnt career was
Arrmi Dated. The scholars would then be prompt,
This is not the reporters opinion. We are only
Teie aing what the immortal Gothic sang, that
"syery one unhssli5g, uGTestiDs, should be full
As regards Mr., Brown, he was too swift and,
thO3gh associated with Sr. TuBtin In the exam.
inal,On, TOO Gwiit and too slow DID not make
Browns swiitness, he asked brlght-eyed little
pSoy, "How much were ,sES ? tIEss sr Ths boy
81 reivGbe, the trustee Asked, HHow many
he res are there p The boy, thinking that the
tSTS syV would nom the contest, Sspiisd, atwo"
meaning two figures In 90, The trustee, however,
meapt how many hsures In general, and the little
boy, much to his chaRrin, was compelled TO sit
down. The whole class made the same response
ChAgrin Is always unweloome. From history we
know that II wthers ri ening prospects q orftoTf
for "A Lti stronger reason, will il blight budding
hopes The young cannot endure ehAErIn; Il
tTammels every noble aspiration and psrAlyzes
every dawning EFFORT 1t hampers every nASeent
energy and news every GOd-like struggling
HE boys, however, acquitted themselves very
credltabiy, and Mrs. Rodirr may well feel proud.
The roll eountS tfty-four namel-eight boys were
Absent. They were examined In photography,
leadng, mental and written Arithm tic, gsogrA'
RGSE SfSs%m"F' and history 10 the boys we say
Fealaie GyqmmGr School Of he Fourth Dfsirfcf.-
The annual eXaminatio 4 this school Mrs. Ami
NlOn teACheTl took place Y0ktefuAV, bet Ween the
ws on Noticed Had W.6R ,t R5stt
MeEsrs, " ght and Miller, Of the Seconds Mr.. Hitz,
Of the Thildi and MeTBrs Ellis and MurtAgh, OF
tn, FouT'h. z. Richards, Esq director Of the
Teachers Institutei John seBBford, EIq treAsuI er
OF the sehoolsi VI; CIoggan, J, y. thompson, Esq
princi, al Of the Fouith dlstriot grammar school;
\ 5. J. Thompson, principal oil the fist distriet
ers OF WAGhiU gtOn, together vita the parent, and
iriehda Of The pupils, Tue elaIles In grammar,
Anhmetio were examined by MesErs. Miller, Rich
ards Wight, Wilson, Hiiz and Murtagh, who ex.
Ereat progress that had been made. "''A '"'
Che eIoises were interpreted with vocal
music, by the girls, under the direction Of Prof
Daniels, and formed most delightful addition to
the exercises. The examination of this depart.
ment developed the care that had been exercised
snS% 1se OGIoE aHs
by Misses Matte Gray, Lizzie Hinton, Amanda
Thompson, and Belle kobeyy was charming. The
HSYnah Johnson, MSttie Gray, and Annie Bailey
wal fun Of exceleneies, both in writing oompO
BitiOn and in delivery.
Al the close of the examination Mr., Wight Ad
dressed the school, paying high compliment tC
Mrs, Amdon for the efficiency and Industry thai
she had always shown In the management Ant
Il prbgIeIB the school, which he said was AZ con
IplCuOus on this occasion as In the past, He wal
sOllowCd by MIR. Wilson, who paid glowing
trib tie to teacher and scholars, TemArking thai
such was the high character OF the school that
PRAISE could not pOsaibly DO iAtteTy.
THE INAUGURATION OF THE COLLEGE FOL
THE DEAF AND DUMB "A large number OF per
sons, mostly ladies, were assembled yesterday
morning In the a-hAlf street PrGsbyteriAI
CAlr6ah (Dr. SunderlAnd's) to witness the oeremo
nssihoidental TO the Inauguration OF this mos
excellent institution. The EXERCISES were exactly
u we foTeshAdowed In our Mondays edition.