, 1866-06-28
HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS.

The annual e1amipatlon Of tho classes of the
Chicago High Scnool commenced yesterdsy morn
Ing IN The class rooms ot the High School bu,ld.
Ing, pfeparntty to the selection Of pupil- to whom
tpeetal pdEes ard graduation honors will be
present. and much interest was laanlies led IN tue
oaJf rroceedlnee.
lbe e.asses cxamined yesterday were ,hoee IN
HIS E'cefo. French and German The pupils
showed much application, prouputnde, and tfor-
o1sh ssquaintsnee win The various subjects On
ares q " c1amnilnG," !" indeed the admirable syA-
nm ADOPTED Al there e1Amfna'ions prec1ndts The
possinn5 osss Z q r. inch & h1nE The subjects
or she It chilled on TO wtr 20 that esch one
BE- Thoroughly vel grounded in al The inanehes Of
e1empllned In The prpmptne.s and general nceu.
saey displ1yed by the pDpls Yesterday, IN antutr.
1pE the questions propouEdcd. In niny Of Tie
Gnsses the examination Eas searching and eeye1e,
Jet comparatively few failure occurred.
Two claeser tn Bo1any wtre examined In the fore.
noon one BY Mrs Van Pasfen and another BY
Nils birmingham. I his Is department 0. stuuy
which la. teen M recently Ignored in common
tcbools, aud taught bur IN rud[nent*ry bbnpe even
u other educational institutions. uole-s founded Tor
The special purpose OF Rfung iD-tuc,Dn In natural
1slofJ. 1ne study Of hUtapy IN the High school
has rcEeivt nasked attention. some OF the best
ieetTuc ore have been saied, ard the progress
made has besn mot sal,.factoty. The c'a*eea eK.
apfL I'd yeehJ d2y manifested IN acquaintance, not
only with fhe general rules for dividing the pIaut4
INTO classes and eencrs. nut know'ledEc Of many
o the tpe1ef and an aoiitfy 10 disecet our the pc
,hat food Gttsntfon has hee1 devoted 10 tue sub
ltct, ED that II ss branch oTtiudy whlch interests
tnesn. n NJ hout 1n.tfest no prossees could be
1he senior cls.* in Ls'ln was cxamtrcd tu the
u H., ht q. nf 3ir Dewey. aad IN the second Mr.
-, sa 9n 1oo4 the drrt mldds- cla.+ through study
a., SaaS' It n tac Afternoon, fh= Hrnciptt-NF.
~" II n4o"IahoI,eSanintd the ecuior clst. IN Latin. A
~ az, "1oopt Of 1n'eIce: was exhtbiad In
Spt Ss haye ,nrr,;sa; s 70, here classle people.
aon aEong9t nx to make IN exetc1se IN ,li1s tr.nr
q uuy quite interesting, and ID exsm1na;,on ot
asen'ion :! large uub*z Of xeniienea, nanT Of
~ n professors ftom o,her ln.:itutions ot
1ns ..o,idn f11dy T. 81 f M aa''s
tnd the best poaefe OF tlc Principal an brcurh, to
hses he being one OF tic bstt Lain scholars II the
Cnitcd statet. a. well a: Z good insttuc'or. The
Grammatical obstruction, vel; caEcu!acc to bfiue
The pupil apfo aequahlaue, With the structure or
pe aneuagc and 1t il due 10 The pupll. 10 say hat
kn0+ ledge OF the inDec,ionr OF lht lnuPuasze AZ
well ar OF its mfse words.
1he el1,ses n F,snse sna German .c.e e1.nn
md ehonod satisfactory progTcss. The rroent
chauees made IN the instruction IN thi, dep4rt-
meut would seem 10 have o1reta,ed The rrgerte Of
Mn Reed. to whom th's department has recently
been Committed has proven bcrss II IN apt inetfuc-
ior, and The pnp,l. showed that thtJ hare been
n pel ae accustomed t0 pick out roo:s Wnile tGrlr
PRONUNCIATION was more accurate th1n the avesaRe
The Greek class Was examined In The afternoon
10 lhe majority Of The veitcrr as the examination OF
other cl2stes owing no doubt to The fart II ,he
Greek Is 10 all lu.euts and purposes :" dead i"
hnrnsce; 70 tar as the generality Of the people asc
eotcr1ncd. In consequence the cxamsua,lon nas
attended but by 'sw. The proficiency c1hi1,'cd by
the pupils vas Satisfactory The examinations were