The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-27
School Examinations.

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are registered fifty eight scholars, for
| ty=eight being present at examination
|, 1t is under the control of Mr.. Peck,
as principal, assisted by Miss Shara.
Both aare excellent teachers, and,
taking into consideration the fact that
the4day was oppressiEely hot, the ex-
animation passed off very well. After
the opening exercises, the examiha-
ton was commenced with the first
class in Spelling. In this study the
boys did not do as well as they per-.
haps do ON regular recitation days;
however, they passed a fair examiina-
ton in, that study, Next came the
! examination Of this class in e6nnec
I tion with the second in Grammar, in
which it passed well, being conducted
through the parts of speech, general
principles, rules, &c. The examina-
ton was thorough, and most of the
boys acquitted themselves well.
In Reading the scholars passed re-
markahly well, but, seemed, very gen
orally, to speak too low, fault that
seemed to be pretty general in the
school The words were pronounced
correctly. and the reading was first
rate, with the exception we have
made. The First and Second Glasses
were examined together in Mental
Arithmetic, and passed creditably. In
Written Arithmetic the First Glass
was excellent,l quite as good as could
have been expected. 1t was evident
that the little fellows had acquired
"a pretty thorough knowledge of the.
principles of that study. Several
problems we're readily solved and in
! telligently explained on the black
board. In Geography the class was
not so good as in Grammar and Arith-
metic, but passed cfeditably z In
Physiology the class answered agreat
many questions, and the examination
was quite thorough. There were but
one or tSEowho failedaHl7 We noticed
that the boys,are generally the young
est we have yet seen in the Grammar
schools, which should be taken into
tconsiderati on!nG EaM bis 8iiiyaig'
b The second class was about the
same in alb the studies except Gram
mar andrWritten Arithmetic In
these studiesfthe class was much bet
liter than IN Geography or Spelling, or
Mental Arithmetic. In Reading they
passed a praiseworthy examination.
The class has evidently. progressed
| well and fast. What the scholars
have learned9they have learned well,
land reflected credit ON the teacher,
4 as we'll as merited praise from all.
IF The third class recited pretty well
| in Geography There were several
questions missed, but as we stated in
4 the beginning of the report, it was SO
excessively hot that the class could
not do so we'll .as under ordinary cir
cumstances. In all the balance OF
the studies the class passed well, be-
ing better in all than i'm G Biography
The class is a good one, and will make
rapid progress the next year, we are
sure. s6sH
The Fourth Glass read tolerably
we'll. In Spelling it did very well in
deed, and in Mental Arithmetic il
passed a first-rate examination. In
all the other studies the scholars
proved that they had not been idle
but had made good use of their time
Throughout, the examination passec
hoff wen, and quite satisfactorily al
:, far as we heard an expression Of, opin
ion.
The gyInnastic exercises in thi.
school were excellent The dumb
bells were used most scientifically
Intersperced with the examination
were several declamations by Httlt
boys, who seemed to enjoy the chang
in exercise extremely well The de
carnations were very ereditable t.
the little fellows The pieces wer,
perfectly memorized, and spoken in I
clear. full voice The visitors wer
!, well pleased with that part of the per
Torrance. F55la fla-
. - EH1T
.---z. ROLL OF MERIT. -~--a-.ss
The following is the Roll of Meri
J in this school:
Il Perfect IN department the Who'll
year-Jehn Harper, George HodsoH
: land Henry McPhilips.