Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-21

These are, perhaps the most inter- /
esting of our Public Schools, as they
are composed of boys and girls ofthAt age /
when the sports ofboyhood and girIhOod
have a strong attraction, and are most
likely to draw their attention from their
books and studies, and the studies in
these Schools ars. of such a character
as TO require q greater concentration of
thought, and are more trying to the
young mind than at any other portion Of
their school days. The studies embrace
Spelling, Reading, Mental Arithmetic,
and Geography. lE e3 .7staaH
The exercises, sofar as we we're able
to witness them, commenced at .
o'clock, with the examination OF the
FIRST BoY's IETERMED1ATE,
Of which Miss 0'Byrns is Principal, and
Miss Clara Hoyt is Assistant teacher.
The examination being conducted By
Mr.. 81. Q Wheeler, former Truste g, and
large number of visitors being pres
| emit. .t 40
The names Of 101 boys are register
ed, of whom IS we're present for exam
ination, a very fair average. The boys
range from 8 to ~ years Of age, and
came to their work yesterday morning
with the air of boys who feltthemselves
competent for the task before them, and
the result was highly pleasing and
oreditahle examination. t
The frst class in this School illustrated
yesterday what may be accomplished by
Ha determined and well-directed effort
Eighteen months ago the evidence Of
incidence, carelessness and idleness was
SO manifest during the examination that
4 the Trustee thought to arouse them by re-
curing them 10 sing Lazy Bill They
made the attempt, but had not energy
sufficient to give it the proper pitch.
1 The public censure they then received
aroused their pride and ambition, and
yesterday they thoroughly vindicated
themselves, aAd won high commenda-
ton from the Trustee and admiration
| from the spectators In Mental Arith-
netic they were particularly fehcitOuH
scarcely blunders occurring in class
of % during protracted examination
in abstruse and difficult problems. A
venerable friend Of ours, from the rural
districts of the Upper Wabash, Wss
thoroughly amazed with the rapidly
aud accuracy with which the most com,
pliested problems we're solved, and ex
pressed his belief that they could out
cypher any Quartermaster in the coun
try. +.
In reading the classes al manifested
great profciency-reading with clear
enunciatien, and with such correct
emphasis, as indicated that they under
stood the spirit of the text All oul
teachers proceed on the correct theory
that good spoilers and good readers
: alone, make good scholars. > ii''si p
In Arithmet ical definitions, and in th'
general principles Of figures and mum
bers, the School manifested rapid ans
: very intelligent progress. ait'r7-
. In photography, eli the classes wer,
very nearly perfect, and the same rustic
> friend remarked that he didn't believ'
there was q sbad SPELL in the School
: In all the elasses there seems to be I,
D laudable ambition to excel, and the ex
l. animation gave evidence of most credit
able progress ls1oi lsa9a. o3'
Their motional song ELECTED greatad
2 niration, and was very pleasing.
The boys bad decorated their room
. very Handsomely with Hags, portraits
2 flowers and evergreeis' Behind til
= teachers desk a large American aal
was suspended and q large portrait o
the great Lincoln, drapsd in sable, wa
hung beneath the folds of the flag. A
the opposite end of The room were place,
p portraits of Washington, Lincoln, apC
! Grant, the latter beautifully wreaehet
= with evergreens. r., -lIaan -iH5 y1'
Miss o'Byrne and Miss Hoyt hav,
done good work daring the past year
and have their reward in the many com
mendations heaped upon their examina
= ton. i-''o|'-+ A' .
Alvah Anderson, Emil Miller, Eddi
; Grant, Geo. lSOhWipg and Elias Pritchet
received each q nice story book, as a re
ward for panctuAIity, neither having
II been absent or tardy during the year.
" SECOND BoYs INTERMEDIARY, III =
This School 10 located in the LAmas
CO School House, second foor, left hand
= During the past year Il has been laugh
/ by Miss Lizzie Riddle, with an assistan
, up to within three or four weeks of th,
examination, when her assistant resign
, ed, ssd since then she has had tn
!. whole charge of the School. The bur
nj den was q heavy one, but Miss Riddle i
not one of those Who are intimidate,
n by labor or obstacles, and she brough
q her school out most triumphantly in th
: examination. Her School contains s
: Registered scholars Sevsniy-thres Wer
, present at the examination 9dio 'iyi9
4 On sntefing the schoolroom, we foun
|, it prettily adorned with eyergresns an
. flowers Ga two sides Of the room, tn
!, motto. "Excelsior' was inscribed. Front
{ ing the entrance, in handsome letters
r was the cheerful word "wslcome." In
q mense aaga we're featooued in she col
5 ners of the room, and the pillars suI
: porting the third Acor were ;rimme
e with white and blue muslin and Fin
d Gags. The teachers desk seemed to b