The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-06-26
ruEPUBLIc SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS
THE FOURTH DISTRICT SCHOOLS.

AS, during Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
we had wandered through the streets of the First,
Second and Third Districts, threading our way
here and there to the different school houses, SO
yesterday did we betake ourselves to the retired
and shaded thoroughfares of the Garden District
yet with the same pleasing result, the same con-
vinciDg proof that daily, hourly, there is goinon
among us, in all the length and breadth of the
city, quietly, yet ceaselessly, and with an un-
measurable power for good, the noble work of
education of the young. The experiences of the
past four days have taught us a lesson which SER
mons never could have incucated, and have de-
picted in our mind a brighter, more glorious
future for this community, when under the con-
troll of the coming generation, than reams of
manuscript and hours of argument could have
cODjured up in Imagination. And, in this connec-
ton, we cannOtspeak too highly of the systematic
working of the public schools under the auspices
of the School Board. When we express our con-
viction that under the many adverse circum.
stances now operating, schools could not be con-
Quoted with more complete discipline or more
thorough instruction, we feel that we but express
the sentiment of the entire community, and render
only just tribute of commentator.
TIE MAGNOLIA (GIRLsO SCHOOL,
Delightfully."- located on Apollo street, between
Jackson and Philip, was the first school at which
we yesterday reported ourselves for duty. Elk.
penence has taught us to go at once to head
quarters, mot military, but educational) in in.
specting the arrangements, aud Witnessing the
exercises of a school. We therefore proceeded
TO the room of the principal, Miss L. Nicely, and
found it crowded with visitors of either sex and
oveTy age. The apartments, two in number with
folding doors between, were decorated tastefuly
with flowers and evergreens, worked in various
designs, and the Inscriptions " KnOw wledge is
Power" Labor COnquers All, and 4" Welcome
An,' greeted the eyes of visitors as they entered
We arrived just in season to witness the com.
mencement of the afternoons performances in
music, defamation and dialogues. The crown.
ing OF the May Queen was the first attraction,
being prefaced 0y chorus, entitled "When
night comes DER the plain" and ending with
those familiar lines:
"The tree whose branches hung
Above the flowing riii,
Tie Sings that haunt me still
At the conclusion of these lines, the folding
doors opening into third room were thrown
open, disclosing to view a platform upon which
were clustered in various attitudes the Queen of
May and her maids OF honor. The scene was
beautiful one, and we could have fingered there
watching those fair young participants even
much longer than the eyer.present spe:ter Of la
borious duty permitted US. The Magnolia Girls
School has about 400 pupils, with Miss Z. Neeley
as principal, and Misses B. F. Pattison, L. @.
Male, B. Censs and F. E. Blunt. The roll of
honor in the principals room was as follows: For
scholarship, department and attendance-frst
class, Jennie Bridge, Marion Brown, Nina Good.
rich. Eta StothArt, Emma Potts, Mary Carroll
Amanda Hofer, Lizetts Braun, ANA Logan, Ada
Warren, Margaret Ferguson, Mary Wilson; sec
ond class, Emily Brakeman, Rosina Philips, Anna
Logan. Victory Bredon, Sarah henriqaez and
Lucy Noble.
M'DOEoGH GIRLS SCHOOL.
We visited this school yesterday too late for the
exercises, but still in time for the rectations and
reading OF compositions, Of which, however we
cannot speak as we woIld wish, having lost many