The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-06-25
NUMBER 269.

every rook and corner of the spacious rooms,
which bad been thrown open for the exercises, in
which the palm of proficiency fell upon Misses
Mary O'Brien. Mary Jane Palmer Marie R.yel
and Katie Toole. The recitstions which folio we'd
eviDeed that Miss Ida Doerffier the step daugh er
of our courteous cOnfTefe Mr.. Foerst-r. of the
German Press, possessed eminent Qualities "a a
reader and Coincidence. Misses Anne Long and
Ida Devine shared the hoDors of the day with her.
ss well as did Misses Jennie Harris
FIVE years old. and Irene Gashen, six years
old, IN dialogue entitled " Rat or Mouse"
in which they were exceedingly comical and as
tonished every body present 0y thes precOcity.
The DeSoto School, called the "Gem of the Third
District" is probably the largest below Canal
street, numbering in winter no less than eight
hundred pupils, necessitating the employment OF
no less Than twelve teachers. Until recentlysthis
school bas been under tie principalship o. Miss
X. M. Chevallie temporarily engaged elsewhere,
but whose solictude for her whilOm pupils found
her at her old post, TO their great delight. Mrs.
Virginia Ducatel, who, ike the lady mentioned
above is one OF most talented and energetic
teachers, now leads the corps Of teachers, aud it
was sbe who received US and made our stay at tbs
DeSoto school pleasant event, which we will ever
r'member. The other teachers of the school are
Mrs. A. Bell, Misses L. Pichot, d. Marshall, NJ.
tOntois, +. Levoux Z. COnlon A. MOureau. G.
KeInedy q. Fitzgerald and NJ. Gallagher. Mis-
Fi'Zgefald deserves our especial mention for her
report appended TO the roll Of honor Of her class
close without noticing the address to the closing
scholastic year, composed and read by MIss
LOUISIANA Power. daughter of our friend Louis
Power. IL was as beautiful and eff sctive as ii
was concise and to the point. The exercises were
lBierspersed with music and singing under the
leadership Of Miss Viyianna InoiOssa, one of
Louisisnas noblest daughters, whose eaer-
ges the fortunes Of war have not shaken, aud
who now resorts TO her aceoDpIishHents-for she
possesses one of the most cultivated minds that
1t has ever been our good luck to meet--to over.
come the vicissitudes of life. Miss InOiossa had
generously volunteered her services for several
days TO assist IN rendering this occasion brilliant
success. We can assert that her kindness. not 10
mention her talent as music teacher aud her
oiber requirements, will serve 10 insure her many
pupils. The programme being exhausted select
ps'ty repaired 10 an adjoining room aud parsook
OF DAINTY lunch. washed by excellent punch and
equally excellent wine, and the whole closed with
ceYotions at the shrine Of Terspschore.
THE BEAUREGARD SCHOOL.
Pending the exercises at the De Soto School, we
sroiled down to the corner OF Esplanade and
Rampsrt street, and entered the Beauregsrd
Girls school, from a committee of the pretty
pupils OF which we had received letter of ten
Ger 1eprosches for having failed TO visit them on
previous occasion, and were cordially received
by The principal, Mrs s. Blanca one of the old.
est and most accomplished teachers in the Public
schools, who introduced us to her fair and able
first assistant, Miss K. N. WOOdley who con
Quoted the recitstons, which were going on at
the time we arrived. Miss Mary Vessel read a
list OF facetious definitions from which we quote
the following: "MOney'-The material for max
ing man snd the delight of wife; SCHOOL,
Penlieniary for innocent children " Hus hand
An individual commonly used to pay the bills and
play the master. This young lady and Misses
Jpha Joy and Mary Miard displayed
marked ability In recitation. In the exercises
Misses. Slls nolmi Lerellier, Antonia simon, Anna
Buokholtz. Mallet, Schwartz, Athalie Spear and
Zelia Salvant ranked among the first on the roll
OF honor. The building, which is hardly suitable
for school, however pleasant it may have been
as residence, contains daily 200 pupils. and
the school is one of the best conducted in the
city. As at other schools. music and songs en-
lvened the exercises, and the exhibition rooms
were tastefully decorated with flowers and green
wTeaths. Our thanks are due to Misses Noimi
LeTellier and Antonia Simon for bounteous Qifts
of bouquets. Miss @. Dejesn need feel no appre-
hension that we will forget her recitation OF
:" The Schumsnite," one OF the really fine efforts
OF ihe sc res Of exaninatinns which .1f~-.- L;,.h
be entirely abandoned TO her beautiful subject.
THE JACKSON GIRLS SCHOOL.
Apropos of the exercises of this school, we
have received the following interesting descrip.
tion from valued contributor:
NEW ORLEANS, June "a, lseS.
Dear CreScent-You were not there, nor we're.
any of your co.laborers In the srduous duties of
everyone OF everything that happens.
however, / suppose, are like common
people in not being able to be at more than one
place at one time. When say that you were not
there, refer to the jackson Girls School, on the
occasion Of their unique and select entertainment
given to-day in the way of dialogues, original
etc. Passing by the school acci-
dentslly was informed by guardian of the
public peace" that something was going on"
and dropped in. / found large audience aud
was rather abashed when ! discovered that
| was the only male in the room.
] awkwsrdly took my seat as near
the door as possible. and was annoyed, as bashful
young men generally ere, by r0guish glsnees
from the many pretty school girls there assem-
bled. No language can describe my feelings
when the inimitabe little Miss Shields, "a daugh.
ter of one Of the directoTs) in her character of
Aunt Peabody. pointed to the w,iter as "that
feller." The rendition of Poe's Raven by
the same little lady was exquisite. The par.
ticularly good pieces were:
o POetrv.