Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-09
school Examination.

vorite school, with our citizens, and IFS
examinations are generally attended by
a large number Of visitors. We were
Igratifed yesterday in seeing so many
present. Two Of the Board Of Trustees,
Mr.. FL. Q. Wheeler, the former man
aging Trusteeof esehooIs, and Messrs.
Leavitt and Battlefield, former teachers,
were interested spectators of the very
interesting exercises. kesE :
In this school, as in several others,
the singing was done as the classes
moved to and from their reeitatiops,
thereby saving time and adding interest
TO the exercises. a.lsg
The First Class numbered II schol-
airs present The reading f-ths young
ladies was very good indeed. { The words
were pronounced distinctly, and there
was not much stumbling or stammering.
This class also did splendidly in Geog-
Eaphg. We noticed bat one mistake in
o long array of difficult questions snb-
mitted. The recitation was i'm
proved by having the pupils
point out on large map the various
objects they were describing. The Gram;
mar recitation of this class was also first
rate. The young ladies, BY the readi-
mess, Adency and general correetness Of
their answers, indicated sthatthey were
pretty well posted in the thsory, and
very aptin the use, Ct the English Ian
guage They parsed some, but mot D
great deal; sufficient however, 70 indi
cate thasfheY knew what parsing meant.
In Mental Arithmetic, 81 difieult ques-
tons were given to the class, not one of
which was missed. The girls did equally
wei in Physiology. A fsxeof them, as
one of them informed US, got the: bones
of the human body mixed up . little,
but otherwise the recitatioE'p passed off
capitalIy. & m e
The Second Glass had Is scholars
present. 1t was first examined in Gram
mar, and acquitted itself we'll. In Mental
Arithmetic, we did net sobserve q single
mistake in solving "A questions submit
ted to the class. These questions, too,
were farm advance of thesO generally
recited in the intermediate Schools.
Want OF time prevented this class from
being heard in the other Rotations. $
The Third Class-one Of Miss Horns
brook s--had seventeen girls present.
The reading Of this Class was q little
detective. we thought Some Of the
young Misses read in a kind of Jerking,
hesitating manner, splitting out the SEN
fences one at a time, as though each
one had to stand on its own merits and
must not look to others for support or
explanation. Others, however, read
well. In Spelling, the Glass did well.
Out OF 44 words given ont, only four or
five were mis-spelled. In Arithmetic.
the Glass did splendidIy. We were as
close an observer as our capacity would
permit, and We did not noticea single
mistake.
The Fourth Glass numbered 81 pres.
ent. The reading of the young ladies
in this Glass was syery good indeed, con.
better, we thought than that Of
the Third Glass. In Rays Arithmetic,
this Glass passed good examination
Very few mistakes were observable.
Sums were worked on the blackboard,
showing that the pupils know how to
figure quickly and skillfulIy. This Glass
missed Eve words out of ffty4seven, in
Spelling % 49,
The gymnasiic exercise of Miss
Fishers School was certainly splendid.
We hardly know to which to accord the
best display of skill in this Department.
the First (boys) Primary, or the First
(girls) Grammar, but we are inclined to
the opinion that there was more regu-
Iarity 10 the movements Of the girls than
the boys. The benefits that must follow
the introduction of these exercises into
our Schools, are SO apparent that we
need not enlarge upon that point now.
Miss Fisher favored us with the fol-,
lowing
Il VII BOIL OF HONOR. -
Names of girls not absent or tardy for
the half year-Mary Graves, Lizzie
Liant, Ida Allen, Emma Desn, Mary
Whiting, Sophia Hargrave, Susie Ingle,
Mary Ingle, Ada Chandler, Lizzie Ash
ley, Lucy Brown, Medora Nancy, Tabi-
tha Maddux, Mary Chandler, Katie
Hornbrook, Laura Dean, and Hattie
Catcher. 'siaR 2 sss & ~
Names of girls perfect in department
and attendance for the half year-Susie
glegAda Chandlsr, Emma Dean, Liz
zie Ashley, Medora Nancy, Lizzie
Liant, Mary Graves, Mary Whiting, So
phia Hargrave.s .ssi1eliIts51
Those perfect in attendance, Scholar
ship and Deportment-First Term, Liz
zie Ashley; Second Term, Emma Dean.
AFTERNOON.
The examination of the First Boys
Grammar School, taught by Mr.. Byers
and his wife, came off in the afternoon.
The School had 81 scholars registered
during the past term.
The examination was conducted, on
The part of the teachers, with unusual
Rightly. There was, evidently, no ef-
fort on their part to screen the boys in
The slightest On the contrary, Mr..
Byers seemed to enjoy himself in ex-
posing boys who answered doubtingly.
His scholars were not given the bene-
ft of doubts. They were more unfor-
tunate in this respect than criminals at
the bar of justice.
The First Glass contained fourteen
scholars. In reading it did not do as
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