Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-23
Examinatlsn q tie PubIie Schools.
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city, if one could be properly said to rank
another. Perhaps none of our teach.
era have -been 30 continuouSly popular
with parents, pupils, ard cshsr teachers,
as Miss Hooker. There ID an animation
about every thing she does, spiced with
patience and hunor that seldom Gags or
becomes dall, that isrsry attractive to
al with whoa abe comes IN contact.
Her boys love her with respectful love.
No greater punishment can be inflicted
upon them than the knowledge that they
have wounded her feelings. Time and
again hGys thoughtless culprits bumbly
confessed their guilt and sought her
pardon, even before she had called them
to- an account for their misdoinga
Snch being The standingaof the teacher
and her assistant, Miss Conn, being .
hearty co-IAborer with her, it wAs not
strange that Miss Hooker ssxanination
was well attended in spite of the rain.
The First Boys Grammar School
| numbers IS registered scholArs-66 be-
ing present at the .examinstion. On
entering the school-room the frat object
that met tie eye vas sgigaasic Ameri-
can flag, Suspended across the room, in
tbsesutsf ofYhose folds vas a.lares and
handsome bust likeness Of our late Chief
Magistrates. m0u the right Of the room
was large and beautiful oil painting
representing y group Of cattle gathered
beneath the spreading branches of =
large green tree on fhs banks Of pond
The picture was signi6cansto boys Just
shout entering upon . long vacation
during the dog days Of summer On
the side Of the room. fronting the en-.
trance, was @ handsome portrait Of
Washington, made, 10 some way, Of
| pressed velvet. It had tho appearances
of . splendid oil painting, and ws should
have spoken Of II as s1ch had we not
been informed differently. In the cor
nara Of the room dags we're tAstefully
arranged The whole gave the room .
very agreeable sppsaranee.. 90 'ag s4
4 The Grst class called up was the Sc
coud Reading Class. The boys read
/ pretty well, bu. do not ca nal the girls in
this branch Of education. We observed
that the girls we're the superiors Of the
boys in reading in every School Of the
same grade that we attended. In Arith-
mstic the Second Class did well, answer
ing most of the questions propounded
and doing il promptly.
The reading of the Fourth Class WAS
fair--the spelling good and the arith.
mstic very good. 81 sd 1s"''
kaiThe First Glass was examined in Ray 4
Arithmetic pretty thoroughly, aud &C.
quilted itself with honor. Bat few cues.
tons we're missed and the boys seemed
to undsrstand the matter well. In Men.
/ tai Arithmetic the First Glass was se-
..-.,v $500 h.,. .,ooa -. g., roh,x =.
|, The Third Glass also read fairly. w.
noticed i disposition 10 munble hard
words ON the part OF q few scholars, bui
1 the majority read with ,distiuctnsas and
Husucy. This class did verv veil in
Mental .Ar;tbm..;cs In Gs60tanhv All
the cl.ss,ees. acquitted iibemu.slyes viii
4 honor Tbey vsra examined ants MI rio.
! ialv I'm. ,hs bov. sv.,a ,.sA n,s,.s I'd
/ ana .b.ir msror;ss .ouna' ana sIssri '
1 I IT, 5000, H., -; ~. s.oo.ss
and Third Cla,sa. c , into ona =
n.II;rn u;... HooL..5 - : :. 80, ~.
srslI;rs.hook for h.rd lwo,a. .rd ~
-. So 81 ao.,.a% an s.a;s;ts
.bss 49,. = .,.,,i;no !, ,hsr. :. {,
-. - s,;r- /"
49,; 80 = - ~. 80 800 - :.
~. 80 sss.1s..as,,,. ;,.s,.a,o,.dr tn
e., clss. 80 sI.oE .avaa,r.I.9 7,r;.A !.
| soalI;ng mi can. On, ~ ,bs trial v;,h
as;n, oolo,.s. I, did .aonallv wsu in
Grammar.s aaoa - a. tslHsss-7sg s. COZ.
The folIowing bova we're auart,e cd
80. e, ~
P''- aoTy. SS 90 @ fesS =. 'sN-} I'M
ring the entire year ~ can hlsgs, OSes
Marks, Addle lglshart sGnd. William
Waener. The following boys we're Ab-
sark onfvl a b.lf5.v dnr;n1 ~ ,ssntfr.
E,...I T-.,I. iarsr.
year H-lgan 1rADtss EnlAn DAoceeA'
John Nsgley,a Ihos. belismy William
Grant, Morris Jones, Morton Marlets,
James Stinson and Eugene Speed.
! Master Willie Grant va. awarded a
a. $500 CO,
pa'-s W. SssAS 's's ~ N-e 0"s'P1 . PS's
ing GiAsss e s1am+ ecczaa sat -aa
Al the close or the exercises, Mr.,
Baker presented MISS Hooker With a 2