Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-03

Second Reader, Is lessons in Spelling
Book and numbers 80 scholars.
Glass No. 4, passed over 40 lessons in
First Reader, 10 lessons in Spelling
Book, and numbers % scholars.
i Class No. passed over fifteen lessons
in the First Reader, and numbers sew
enteen scholars.
Glass No. is composed of forty or
fifty babies, all of whom are precisely
SAG years old, and entitled to the privi-
lege of being taken care of in school,
and thus relieve their mothers of much
anxiety and trouble.
The exercises in this School were very
entertaining. The boys read tolerably
we'll. Why it is that boys do not read
as well as girls we cannot determine,
unless it be the generally conceded fact
that ladies have better use of their
tongues case never having been re-
ported, it is said, in which one OF them
was tongae-tied. Butvwithout attempt
ing to philosophize over, or account for,
the fact, we will content ourselves with
frankly admitting that, as rule, the
girls in our Schools read better than the
bows. Miss Davidson's boys did very
well, indeed, and need not feel discour-
aged because we give the girls the palm
in reading. In spelling, too, they did
excellently well. Some words were
missed, bat that was to be expected
among such large number of boys,
many of whom, no doubt, have been un-
able to attend school every day during
the term.
+ The GROWING feature of Miss David
sons School was the muscular exercise.
She has evidently made this matter Of
study, and has trained her boys with q
precision and enthusiasm that. has al
ready made them experts. The exer-
cises we're we'll calculated to extort
praise from veteran Turner's" While
it was amusing it was also capital exer-
else in developing the vital organs of
their bodies. Sound minds cannot
dwell peacefully in diseased bodies, and
the exercises in the Second Primary are
OF nature well calculated to improve
the health of the boys, They are the
ounce of preventive that is better than
pound of cure. s2 HEz
The singing of the boys was also very
good The songs-most of them-were
new and appropriate. The School was
crowded with visitors, which we were
highly gratilied to observe; it made the
little folks realize the importance of the
occasion. . a 81 v
The First Primary, Girls, is taught by
Miss HaWley, assisted by Miss McFar-
land. The School numbers LAT on the
Roll-109 being present at the examina'
ton. We can conceive Of nothing pref
tier or more interesting than 100 little
Misses, neatly dressed, quiet and orderly
10 department, going through the exer.
cises pertaining to an examination.
Miss Hawley's School is divided into
Seven Glasses as follows:
No. l, Composed of IA girls, who
have recited 81 lessons in the Third
Reader, and 25 lessons in the Spelling
Book during the term.
/ No ., Composed of Is girls, who
have passed over 80 lessons in the Third
Reader, and Is lessons in the Spelling
Book. SAL
No. 3, of 20 misses, reeitiug over 50
lessons in the Second Reader, and IA
lessons in the Spelling Book. kHf
No 4. of II girls, reciting over IS
lessons in the Second Reader, and II
lessons in the Speller. 49,
No. 5, composed OF Il girls, who were
exercised anywhere in the First Reader.
I No 6, composed of % girls, who have
passed over 81 lessons in the First
Reader.
| No. 7, composed of 9 girls, who had
passed over IL lessons in the First
Reader. snaT ag
With the reading of the girls we were
quite well pleased In spelling we
didn't think they did so we'll Many Of
them were nervous and frightened, and
missed because of their timidity. ne =
The singing was excellent. There
were no caIisthenic exercises.
Il Miss Hawley's School, like Miss Da-
Wilson's, is too large and too much
crowded. Our citizens ought to make
some arrangements to add three or four
Primary Schools to the present number.
In this way alone viii they be able to
accommodate their children and give
the teachers fair play --------e. 49,.
The examination Monday fournoon will
be in the intermediate School of boys, in
the Upper Building, taught by Miss
O'Byrne, and in the afternoon, in the
School of Girls, taught BY Miss Grigsby.
~
H@ One Thousand one hundred acres
of land have been leased in Sullivan
county by an oil company from Ohio,
who propose beginning operations soon.
The lands leased are about ten miles
from the town of Sullivan.
A GRAeELEss SCAMP ARRESTED. -
Frank Howard, says the New Albany
Ledger of Tuesday, by his seductive
arts, persuaded girl sixteen years old,
to abandon her mother and home, and
take up her residence in a house of
questionable repute. A writ was issued
for Howard yesterday. This morning
he was found by officers RACER and
Lansford secreted in water tank on
1 the grounds of the machine shons of the