Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-05-20
THE HIGH stHOOL AT CAMBRIDGE
CENTRE.

man who still has charge Of this scho'
opened it, but only with temporar
view. The first quarter, however SUE
ceeded so we'll as 10 incline all concerne
to have another. To this third follow
ed, and thus it has gone on until now
looks like an established institution. G
this there can be little doubt, if the sci
vices-of lis present Principal can be pei
manently secured.
At the public examination last week
we were present throughout, including
the Rhetorical exercises at the close, ant
noted few things which the patrons o
the school may allow us to lay befor
them. Having been much grati6ed our
selves. some detail may interest others
The examination was not entirely b,
cards. Enough of the oral was inter
mingled to give vivacity and add energy
to the pupils ideas If such schools mus
have in their examinations this card
method. should they be confined to it
Does not question and answer inspire tn
pupil?
Acquaintance with the topics was ap
parent in every class, and, what strucl
US very agreeably not more in the simple
than in the more reconcile topics VI
always expect such acquaintance in tn,
maturer, pupils, but here it was equally
obvious in the more juvenile ones. Very
fsvorably did this strike US, as it shows
that to the youngest the needed attention
had been given. AS rule, children Dc
better at the District school than at the
Academica) but this school, so far as W,
know, is an exception.
The lads and misses were examined
first, and, though it was obviously triaI
to them, yet they went through it with
quite good degree of self possession
Next the more advanced came forward
Though slightly be.raying the timidity
go beautiful in ingenious youth, yet they
proceeded with less EN- barassment-in-
deed with more presence of mjnd-than
is often found in such circumstances,
This was uniformly SO in each of the va
ried topics in which, from time to time,
they were examined.
In addition to the branches usually
taught in such schools, there was one
class in Latin, whose recitation in Cice-
ro's Orations was quite crcditable to them
The elements of that noble language they
seemed to be getting thoroughly. 1t is
to be hoped those young ladies will find
it consistent to prosecute that disciplin
airy study.
Though the examination on each topic
was brief, as Of course it must be, yet,
while we saw that matter lay more
clearly in some minds than in others,
peIspicuity characterized the whole.
The classes throughout were at home On
the tables, in the definitions aud the
signs. Not even the youngest seemed
puzzled here. Thoroughuess VIC OF course
expected in the maturer minds engaged
in the higher studies, but here it was
seen in all the classes
We noticed here. what on such occa.
'ions we have often noticed, that while
each recitation was creditsble some ex-
,slled in one thing, and some in another
Now it was seen in the description Of i'm
'ortant facts aud minute details of Geog-
in locating places on the
'utliue maps Others showed their pc.
;uliar talent in the reasoning required in
Mental Arithmetic, in the Square aud
lube roots and in the solutions and dem.
'nstrations of Algebra. To the study of
'ur own language commenjable attention
lad been given by large number of the
school,
On the stage, too, these varied gifts
discovered themselves. Good Reading"
f original, showed mind of promise.-
i selected, good taste. "Hiawatha"
showed remarkable display of memory.
Several of the Essays" made the moral
md religious prominent. Tho allusion
N the "Valedicto.y" to the capabilty aud
of the teacher was delicately
made, and 50 far as we could judge from
MI we had seen, was we'll merited.
The record of department, punctuality,
nc, as read, was creditable to all, and to
, large number entirely faultless.
We cannot close this hasty outline
without expressing our sincere thanks to
the choir for their sweet and refreshing
music.
JAMES DouonERTY.
EDWIN WHEELocK.
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