The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-02-16

The semi-annual examination of the pupils
of the High School came off yesterday. There
was more than the usual average attendance OF
visitors in the morning, at the recitations,
which were as follows: iiy.g JOG ri. %
Mr.. Stone-Greek Chemistry. - ,-,r. wv
Miss Dalton-U. S. History, Rhetoric
Mr.. Prince-1st and I'd Latin and Arithme-
tic. -9i 81 !. ..s p ,.gll 6raa aItIt va
Mr.. Locke-Greek Physical Geography, Ge-
Ometry, and Trigonometry. '
Miss Small-U. S. History, Natural Philoso-
ply and French. .,t.sF, h. -,.-... 10
Miss Fitzpatrick Virgil Cicero, Physical
Geography, 4th Latin. fl.sii % VI -1As
Miss LaIraDee-Latin Reader, Rhetoric, &C.
ography.
ADennison- Ovid, LIST. Willis Latin, Al
zebra. a.1ia'e lta ti3.tf .ii.lU
Miss Simmons--2d Arithmetic, LIST Willis
Geometry, English History
Miss Libby-2d Willis Latin, Physical Geog-
raphy, 4th Latin. g.5la a.. ,.. i. sl4s
tory, Latin.
The recitations were in the highest degree
satisfactory to the School Committee, and cred
liable to the pupils, rejecting honor upon the
several teachers. tls} t1.HHs lA 45l a..
The statistics of the school are as follows:
Whole number of pupils enrolled, 1876 21S
Average number belonging for the :!
term, 1913 100 '
Average attendance, 'i "-i 100 1856
Per centage of attendance, T7 97.8
Number not absent once, 81 So
Average rank of school W j. 1888 3.46
The highest rank attainable in scholarship is
represented by 4; but the rank expressed by 8
is regarded as respectable scholarship.
In the afternoon was an exhibition by the
pupils, attracting as many visitors as could be
accommodated. The following was the order
of exercises: -.f. .......,.......f- -
Instrumental music. Duet. The Misses
Bateman ''i-' i'''''' "- q" ~
Defamation Master Harold Smith.
Composition, My Home" by Miss Maria
Drake.
Reading of selection-Acsah Bachelor.
Composition. My Dream,"-Miss Mary E.
N. Plummer. .r
Song-Miss Estelle Sawyer. -'''-''
Defamation Master Arthur Morrill,.
Composition-Last Days of Pompeii-M
Carrie M. Gerrish.
Declamation-Cec Barnes. Subject, John
c. Breckenridge. san rt-.ei.l- ~.
Reading of selection" Over the River
Lizzie Estelle Morris. A-''f '''' ''' ''~
iiL Decentralization w. Jones. "a u
Piece of Music-Miss A. Louisa Fisher.
Compositions arth's Battlefield" Miss
Elizabeth Il. Scammon. '- t'" tS .H
Observation-Disclosures Albert p. Leavitt
Composition :" Friction" Miss Isabel f.
Lawrence. '-" ''li ''''i' e.
Reading of the School Paper /" The Comet"
by Miss Elizabeth M. Phillips ..5l.,l
Song by Miss Amelia M. Russell.
. Composition" The Drama" Miss A. Lou
lisa Fisher. t4qq tIi5. va 90 -ste.l.b ii.-
Reading of selection" Barbara Freitchie."
Miss Mary p. Shaw.
Defamation" Commerce." Clarence A.
Bickford. ,.t46 .l
Song-Miss Ella c. Lewis. 80
All of the above went off finely The great
est applause was bestowed upon Miss Shaw,
only twelve years of age, for the beautiful man
ner in which she read the poem of Barbara
Freitchie." i,......- 5....f.,3' .t..
After the exhibition by the pupils was over,
Rev. DIR. Smaller, in behalf of the School Com
mittee, addressed the visitors, teachers and
scholars, in his usual forcible manner. Allud-
ing to the interruption of the schools by the
devastating fire of the 4th 0. July, he remark
ed that there was no city in the world where
there would be less intermission of the schools
broken up as ours were in such sudden and
terrible manner, than there was in Portland
1t was truly wonderful, and all had reason to
| be thankful that our schools had gone on with
| so little delay. He congratulated parents
teachers and pupils upon the advanced state to
| which our schools, and particularly the High
| School, had arrived.