The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-19
SCHOOL ! EXAMINATIONS.

"a
SIXTH PRIMARY.@The examina-
tons Of the public. schools were con-
tinued yesterday forenoon, commenc-
| ing with the Boys Primary, located
in the Park School House in La
masco. taught by Miss WARREN,
Principal, iands Miss PITMANa Assist
ant. The number registered, is 1o9
The Glasses in reading showed con-
.siderable.sadyancement sinceythe last
| examination, but there is still room
for improvement, = In spelling there
| were few failures !, the classes acduit-
I ted themselves, well, in the tables and
lmental arithmetic, The singing was
bquite animated, more interest being
1 eFinced in this pleasant exercise
tthan is usual with boys schools.
| We give the = ,s .9i5s 81 =, -
| 5 Roll OF .HoNoR-Not.. Absent. or
1ardy for ,Siia lHonths-Charlie Olds
land John Baylesss.ss . ii ....riol, ,t,,g,
si 2 a 5sento for Sir Sic Moaths-PEaul
Springer. OBI saM - t +. +. ~, ! =.
SEVENTH PRIMARY-Taught In the
same building with the Sixth Prima-
ry, followed it in the morning. There
are registered 129 girls. The Princi-
pal for the greater part of the year.
was Miss FoRsETHE. but the position
has been flled.the last three months
! by Miss I DUDGEoN, assisted by Miss
RAHM. Their6on was tastefully deco1
rated with a large American, flag, pie
lures of WASHINGTON and his family,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN &c., qevsrgreens,
| and aprofusionH Of flowers and was
we'll filled with visitors. The whole
exercises passed off very well indeed,
and we saw nothing which we should
crftfcise IN a : school of this grade,
The. reading Of the FIVE classes was
very good ;scorrect in pronunciation,
we'll, nodulated in expression, and
clear and distinct. In spelling,
taking all Of the classes through, there
| @as hardly alnistake il some of the
classes. nbne Fwhaaever. The answers
in geography and mental ::arithrnetic
we're promptly and correctly given.
One Of the most pleasing incidents
of the. examinations. was the recita-
ton Of, 1.-THE alphabet class, with the
blackboard exercise 1t is rare
faculty to. be a superior infant class
teacher, but the examination proved
that Miss DUDGEoN had succeeded
admirably. The singing was executed
with taste sand spirit Altogether,
the examination passed off in highly
satisfactory manner. The Following
list shows the school to be in good
condition: aIttA H
f. Roll OF HoNoR-Not Assent nor
Tard5 curing the entire year-Maggie
Gasby, Laura Greek, Mary Glickman,
Julia .Keichield, i Annie Kinnoth,
Minnie Swartzfgure, Georgia Vaughn
Katie Sneider, Lizzie Newman, Chris
tina Hammer, Christina Keichelt,
Caroline Holbell and Louisa Olson.
Not AJsent or Turdy during the
half year-Katie Colburn, Title
Schlueter and Katie Dodenhof
PeJeet IN Department al. the ear
Lanra Greek; and Mollie Pitman
half year. u st9.
FOURTH PRIsrARY.-The examina-
ton commenced J, in the. afternoon
with the Fourth Primary, taught by
Miss 'GfLMoRE, principal, assisted by
Miss MAYNARD. The number of pupils
registered the last quarter was 163. 1t
is a matter of qualification to report
epmmenda ble4degree of progress in
this school since the last semi annual
examination. 1t was quite evident
that the ladies, who are most assid-
uousi teachers, had bestowed a great
deal of labor on the school, the result
being satisfactory examination; how
ever. some Of the boys did not read
and spell we'll, while others of tie
same class proved thatlthey had pro-
fitted by the instruction. given. OF
the order 10, and discipline of the
school, fault could not have been
justly found |
y RoBLseF HoNoR.-The following is
list of the names of those who
have not been absent or tardy this
year:
II Charles Fair, John McPhilips,
Henry Cell, Theodore Mason, Frank
Harrison and Samuel Newman.
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