The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-06-26

anu stfoels, Isiana, were visited by the ex;
smnne ne p, inspector LKangs,9n ana
" ednesdsy and THURSDAY. Of III, weet' There
are eight o. the he, schools, graded from primary
MI snb.tsn,ia btion sttun,ar new s, sna Plant
hummer, py .he H r. n Of e9iofed schocls,
.htougnou. WIN a chefry aests Oh me phiisaei-
I mod and S,iry sppsstanse; The pupils,
sIso, w Tte wel aressea anu ndy 10 appesr-
snee: t me-, schools were examined In the or.
with d the Lowest primsry. a. follows:
sss.shhHsssett., te.ohei This school hs. enrolled
81 had been promoted, g had left, and o Re.
Of some IN misundsrstsn only 20 were pres;
read through the primer, ana had made cor;
responding adyancement In the knowledge OF
nImoers nna .he ouhnnes OF geogIaphy.
a. gooSa aay s Is some 81 the Other exer.
olses put the teaeher 10 eViuentiy iaborious
an9 isltntu,; M N o.,
ION tsacher Thps ,rsooi has , o Mash Ing
% 10 ~ pupils, ou, unioltunstey the teacher
nas oeeh seIiousiy ~ WIN lever ior soyeIh
af osf of he papi Row.ys s presented she.
selves ior essminsti ,s, apd were orieny tested
~ ,ea uS anu spSnS ,IVm .ns primer, nna
~ In mumoer l,, anu .mo ouuines OF gsSgraphy.
nhey scquI,.eu themseIves 70 cIeataoiy unuer
the uhisvoIso,s oneumb.anoes a. TO ovince
tnM .ney haa oeen wei uaineo Lhey sang
vefy swsct sha we're dismissed LOT the re-
Room mia 4, ". Fi.her. of w..binotop.
teacher. Forty;four pupils, Al present. i2S
had been enrolled and ~ promoted. First
class was reading in second reader, and second
class had about completed primer. The read
ing was obscured By too low tonesj but the
spe'"St oon u sna " sounH NJ
map Of the United States, and had made 4
beginning In arithmetic. Tho school was very
Room S1Mrs. E. ]. Brooks, Of this city,
teacher-64 pupils, % present. One hundred
and forty had belonged to the .eh0ol Of whom
reader; remainder In second reader. The pu.
pills read with Q good degree Of dictinct-
ness and animation (though alittle more would
generally excellent. In geography, they ap-
| peared quito familiar with outline maps OF
the United States and other countries, also
and in arithmetic, had advanced to division,
| In Felter's frst lessons. The room was taste
fully ornsmented, and several very creditsbie
pupiis were very orderly and devoted to their
duties. Alderman Baker, OF the Seventh ward,
was present during thi, examination and made
Room /, Mrs. L. j.. stuli, OF Georgetown,
| teacher. Number of pupils ~, OF whom a.
were present; 100 during the year. The meth
DDS Of this teacher seemed somewhat peculiar,
scribcd "course Of instruction" In arithmetic
| the pupils read and performed very well the
mental questions, but had omitted mostly the
%ss tapSaht manly By serIcs Of man sfetehes
hastily drawn by the teacher on the black.
board, the localities, boundaries, sc, being
named by the pupil-which 10 probably very
useful method, 10 connection with others. The
pupils appeared wide awake and interested,
sS .s.nr e H% %SS Tns nS
marked for distinctness or accuracy.
Room 5, Miss d. q. Haskell, from Maine
teacher. Forty pupils present, 8 absent; los
reading from Third Reader, spelling, writing
arithmetic, geography, 80 The reading
though generally in audible and distinct TO mes
was rather deficient in accuracy. The exer
cises in arithmetic and geography showed 3
for the grade, and some fair specimens OF
writing and msp-drawing were exhibited. Tn,
order OF the school.room was not entirely
satisfactory TO the examiners
Room Z. MtstS, L, Ircdell, from PHILADELPHIA
teacher; IA pupiis, q absent. The presen
| teacher had been In charge only since Marcl
lat. The exercises consisted Of reading an,
spellina in the intermediate reader, declsma
recitntions in arithmetic tFelteris Primary Il
Division) and geography, (Monteith's No.
hIebiy ereditabie 10 both pupiis and teacher
Several dnely drawn MAPS were exhibitc
upon the blackboard, and The room was yer,
, tsstefuily decoIatcd
, Room No I-Nisr E. l., Crane from yei
mont, teacher, The pupils of this school "a
, nsaembled hut in oonseouepce of the absenc
/ Of the teacher from Illness, the eIAminAtio
. -, a, . ,,,,,t,. -, ,,a.o .o,oo,. Urn,
Weary All inc PupihpI .nese sohvoIs mei
iouhI 70 pe ehFo,cu IN tne us ~ ~ Wrn
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