The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-06-24

SCHOOL ExhNisArross. The colored schools
on NJ street, near Seventeenth, known rs
the " New York Schools' were examined on
Monday and Tuesday Of this week. There are
mary 10 srammsr, with ne Exception Of one,
which Ii appropriated 70 adults, and y I'M.
graded. These schoois were nf:t establishe ed
,ss - i.s' a X sn' h m.~ mSis
Jained them until the present time, with nearly
the fame corps Of teachers. Tbs building 10 4
rerY oIsi5iv SSsp,sbed and c,pspIs Of accom-
modating about 400 pupiif
The eiaminers were MI; A! p. Newton,
suPerintendent for The Trustees, Rev. =; Kim.
Bureau, and J. M. Lapgston, esq, General
Inspector, accompanied 4 part OF the time By
Rev. DR.. Stebbins, Of the Unitarian Church,
for Frecdmeu's Bureau, aud large attendance
OF the relatives and friends OF the pupils and
teachers. The schools were examined In the
'0i Room No. S,' 3, Primary Mis-. Abby S. Sim.
mons, from Oopnectieat,, teacher. Pupil.
under years Of age, 90 belonging, and all
every esi one wofs the badge Of the Vanguard Of
Freedom" The arst class had commenced the
term In words Of three letters, had gone
and Isss ne sss and
orthuplc spelling: A second class, who had
commenced the alphabet, had read to the ssd
trained. They had also aequired q considers
bic knowledge Of tho rudiments Of arithmetic
and tho outlines Of geography. Several songs
Adelaide sSns smith, Xix syssf. DID, highly enter:
| tanned the company by "oold water song"
| Their progress In reading and spelling may be
considered remarkable, and In other respects
Room No. 7, Miss II. 4. Bacon, from Con-
neeticut, teacher bs pupilsi 90 present. EN.
amined in reading from second Reader, spsl.
S ad s%. iTs ssIy Pi h soRR sR,s r
fecitations generally were In too low tones to
SS e ssd sssI scene. c Soa
rfRs Room No. .af f' dI."e of washing.
ton, teacheri ~ pupils present. l sosent. The
prose and rostryj and spelled very oreditably
upon subtraction In arithmetic, and we're
afe aai!sst aSI TS M ai. %e sung we'll.
Room No. s, Mrs. NJ. O. Hart, from Msss4
shu.et. tsscnsF nRS9pl,a al ri pss's sns
spsiied ia a superior msaner, With careful at
tention to details. In ARITHMETIC they were
familiar with tables OF money, weights, meas
ures time, etc, and were .peeisly p fEm ns 10
tions under the four rules. In geography they
appeared familiar with the outlines Of all
countries, which had been taught By oral les:
ca %s had Sn .dpSPssd ton tns chart
third reader this term. The singing In this
room was very pleasing, and thoroughness
Room No. 3, Miss k. O. Crane, from Maine,
teacher; 20 pdpiisi all present. The nrst class
had completed the fhitd Reafsr, and the sec.
f HsS nsa and spelling we're 81
spirit, animation, and good degree OF accu'
racy. Recitations In geography, from Guyoti
new Elementary, which had been In use In the
| school but Ave weeks, were specially interest.
Ing, and indicate an immense superiority Of
that over other textbooks In imparting useful
and practical fnowlease to the pupil. I1
extending to multiplication in Feitets Pflm
ary, including. ANNEXATION and notation y
hundreds of billions. were executed with
The use OF copy books 10 Afst introduced IL
this room, AMI the writing was pronounced
unusually good for the grade. Special atten
sppessa to have s. Ssen 70
Room No. I, Miss II. 4. Simmons. from Con
necticut, teacher. 81 pupils, 4 absent, Thi: !,
school composed mostly o. sGu a,o ssye s ~
years. Glasses were examined In tho Secont
and Third Readers, In primary arithmetic
geography, and penmsnshir, and En,y,e ey n,
patiently instructed, and Of having made mos
CONNIE ndable progress. The singing OF thes
pupils was marked by richness OF tone AM
depth OF feeling appropriate to their advance
Room No. Q, Miss s. Wright, from Mass.
chusetts, teacher, q pupils, a present. Read
os a IN shs r0 ssosaph lSe adases No
tcr's Comprehensive Spelling Book. The g,
and iaborious Instruction. The pupils WEI
|, quite proficient In geography and ARITHMETIC
but their reading generally did not appear :
good advantage, from being too low and indii
finct. They, however, sang with much tast
! and feeling.
. present. This room was anelJ decorated wit
: cvcrgrecns and flowers, and the large crowd Q
! visitors, of whom only small part could B
showed that here the interest Of the oeea.io
: was to eliminate. Glasses were examined
the Fourth Reader, In felter's Intermcdiat
Atsn%sss prHes% n,o r. 0e% sppSTsphy Uisft
Grammar, and Martindale's History OF tn
: United States. The reading had much tn
So w sss
In spirit, but otherwise showed q good degre
OF taste and liberalization. The other reeitl
] tions were exceedingly ereditable, especial
/; perform ed with a clearness and precisio
cipies. Several fnely:drsvn eolored maj
= were exhibited upon the biackboards and
} paper, and somo excellent specimens OF pei
9 nsnship were shown. The exercises were Il
D terspersed with adeclamation and = dialogue
. But perhaps the most attractive part OF Il
Q exercises was the remarkably fine music pc.
= formed by the pupils. They appeared to
h"ss younger unS ie Sapis".. Marina
o aged Q yeafs-who seemed pre-eminent
: almost every respect; and the exceeding
9 tasteful and effective manner 10 which the
!. rendered "The Mocking Bird America
!. "victory at Last" &C., quite csptivated the
), auditors.
4 Rolls OF honor embracing large number
y the pupils, were read In each OF the room
Y and nearly all the pupils Throughout the bull
y ing were enlisted In the "Vanguardn Int
4 esting remarks were made BY Key, Dr. st \,
y Williams, formerly a slave, father OF one
" the pupils,) and MIR. Langston. The results
g | the years labors in this important series
> schools have been highly gratifying to all co
{. noble Institution, the New York Freedmen
p Commission, by which they have been so lol
u and SO generously sustained,
It was announced by Superintendent Ne'
ton that this Commission VIII withdrs
present term. Our citizens, and the count
D. al large, owe to Il q heavy debt Of gratitu
y for the extensive and essential aid ~ has re
. dered to theSause OF education at the Nation
ii Capitol.
8. FIRST WARD REPUBLICAN MHETIso.-T
"A First ward Republicans met last evening, CT
ner Twenty.second and l. streets, for the p,
N pose of receiving names OF persons FOR reco
m officers. Mr.. Henry Heimber presided and NJ
3. WIN. II. Lewis acted as secretary.
Ia Tho following names were received q
At Adopted; Sandy Lacey,garbage gathcrer, nor
Of side OF Pennsylvania avenues william
II. Clark, wood and coal meAsurer for the
az canal district; Richard brown, sexton OF I
~ west burial ground; Wesley Williams, sup