The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-19
School Examinations.
FORENOON.

The examinations commenced yes
.terday with Miss Grants School. in
the High School Building. The
schools composed Of five classes, with
38-registered scholars-36 little girls
being present. As is customary, the
exercises began with singing. This is
emphatically one of the infantry arms
of the great Free School army, of
which our people feel such just
pride. Miss Grant is a pleasant, sweet
tempered lady, who cannot fail to win
the affections and confidence of her
pupils, and the perfect order that pre-
vailed, spoke silently, though express
lively, of her patience and faithful
ness. It certainly is a most import
ant duty to give the right direction
to the minds of the little folks, justas
they are beginning to develop. This
duty, Miss Grant has undoubtedly
performed to the satisfaction of all
who were present at the examination.
The classes are taught Spelling,
Reading, Writing on the slate, and
some lessons in Geography and Agith-
metic. For girls of their ages, they
read extremely well. The Second
Reader is the highest textbook in
reading used, but lessons were select
ed by visitors, and read by the schol-
airs clearly and distinctly. and with
but few mistakes.
One class answered a large number
E4of questions in Primary Geography
with readiness, while another answer
quickly such as were propounded in
Arithmetic. This is new feature in
the primary department of our schools,
and, we are informed by Prof. Rice,
| will be generally introduced at the
beginning of the next year. One
class of these interesting little girls
passed through addition. They added
several long columns of figures readi-
ly and correctly, greatly to the salts
faction of the visitors.
! The singing was good for the little
folks, but the remarkable feature OF
the school is the excellent order that
prevails, and perfect control the teach
err has obtained over the scholars
which can be done by no means with
small children as we'll as by kindness
1 Five minutes were devoted to Calls
thenic exercises. This was indeed
pleasing and interesting. The little
4 girls appeared gratifed with the vari-
alton from recitations, and the recre-
alton thus afforded.
The room in which this school i:
taught is small, and not capable Of
containing a great many visitors, but
there were quitea number in attend
ance, among whom we noticed many
of the lady teachers of ether schools
and Mr.. Bischof and DR.. Casselberry
School Trustees, who expressed them
selves well pleased with the progress
the SCHOLARS had made.
, At the close of the exercises, Mar.
Fleming, an interesting, bright-eyeC
girl, stepped forward, and on behal
of the school presented Miss Gran
with a beautiful fan, for which sh
thanked them most kindly.
Miss Grant announced the names o
three little girls-Maggie Bull, Bird
get Cavenal, and Kate Cavenal-wh'
; had not been absent or tardy sine
last examination, after which she dis
: tributed to each of her little scholars
ticket, as reward for meritoriou
; conduct 800
AFTERNOON. 40 e
:. "a Sereph Prinsarg.-The first schoc
t examined in the afternoon was TIL
T Seventh Primary, Miss Forsyth, Prin
t cipal, and Miss Reimer, Assistan
94 This ) school MS divided into 81
classes, and composed of 105 register
i ed scholars, s. being present. Tn
i room was neatly and appropriated
i decorated with evergreens and fe;
a ICONS, and the scholars were all plea:
d ed and happy Around the wall wei
e quite a number of appropriate mo
,, toes, tastefully arranged and entwine
d in wreaths of eyergreens and flower
IS The first class 10 this school is a