The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-03-02
PUBLIC EXAMINATION.
MIDDLEBURY. WI

The Public Schools of this village as
sembled at the Court House for examine
tion last Thursday, and the exercises
closed on Friday afternoon. There were
nearly three hundred scholars in the five
schools, and the five teachers must have
had plenty to do during the term, TO do
anything like justice to each scholar The
names of the teachers were Miss Carrie
e. Richardson, Miss Francis Walker and
Miss Ellen Fuller on the East side, and
Miss Laura A, Goodrich, and Miss Matte
Rowley on the West side, The examina.
tions were conducted 10y the teachers,
under the general direction Of the Chair
man of the School Committee, L. ID.
Eldridge, Esq.
As we were unable TO be present COM
tinuously during the exercises, our report
will, necessarily, be disconnected and in
complete, but SO favorable were oui
impressions from what we heard, that we
wish to express them. Miss Richardson
conducted the examination of classes in
History, Union Arithmetic, Book Keep
ing, Yields Grammer. High School &c.
ography, Common School Arithmetic,
Philosophy, Algebra, National Arithme>
tic, and Rhetoric. Miss Walker conduc.
ted the examination of classes in Interme-
date Geography, Mitchell's Geography,
Common School Arithmetic, Grammar
and Grammar School Geography. Miss
Goodrich had classes in Mental and Com
mon School Arithmetic, two classes in
Geography, two in Grammar, and one in
History, The primary Schools under
Misses Fuller and Rowley, attracted a
great deal of attention by the promptncss
and accuracy of their answers, their bright
intelligent looks and their good behaviour.
A large number of visitors were present,
and all agreed that the time was already
past when it could be said of our village
schools that they are Of but little account.
The recitations were excellent, and showed
thoroughness on the part Of teachers and
scholars,
The time for the announcement of
prizes at length arrived. Miss Richardson
offered single prize, and of the contestants
four had run so evenly through the term,
that it was decided TO leave the award to
committee who should attend the exam,
ination and judge the merits of the four
aspirants by their recitations. The COM
m:ttee of award was DR.. Kitchel, Hon.
J. w. Stewart and Hon, j. NJ Slade.-
After some consultation and hesitation the
majority awarded the prize $50 to
Alonzo Raymond. Some gentlemen pres
ent made up purse of an equal amount
and gave it TO Miss Ora Walker who
was adjudged by the minority Of the COM
mittee to be entitled TO the prize, and the
ladies gave like sum 10 Clarerce Hol-
den, who seemed equally proficient in the
studies he had pursued during the term.
Miss Goodrich awarded prizes to Alice
TwitchelI. Eva Ainsworth, Lizzie Brook
Andrew Slapleton, Charles Rice - Miss
Miss Fuller, to Eliza Gee, Jennie Buck
ley, Mary Smith. Miss Rowley TO Man
dey McMann, Daniel Murphy, Kate Dom
nelly, Peter Donnely, John McMan,
Kate Stapeton, Eddie Ainsworth, IA
gene Twitchell, Charles Bruya.
After the prizes were distributed, Mr.
Eldredge, in behalf of the scholars presen'
ted Miss Richardson with an elegant work
box, furnished, and another box which
we could no: make out. Miss Goodrich
was also the recipient of present from
her school of beautiful work box file
with appropriate furniture, and Miss " al
ker was presented with a bcaulifulslbum
We learn also, that Rev. p. Cunningham
next day, sent TO Miss Rowley, an elegan
Stereoscope and views to match, in ticker
OF his appreciation of her faiihfulness am
efficiency. Songs were inerspersed witt
the other exercises, rendering the
occasion pleasurahe as well as profitable
Council of Censors.
The Joint Convention composed Of tb'
two political parties TO nominate candi
dates for Council of Censors, assembled
at the Court House at IL J O'Clock a, M
on Thursday. The convention was cal
led to order by Hon, George w. Gran
dey, Chairman Of the Republican Stat'
Committee, and was organized by th'
election of lyman G. Hickey, Esq, 0
Chelsea, President, and John Cain, Esq
of Rutland, Secretary After the odop
ton of resolution that each county rep
resented present a candidate for thei
several counties, and the covcnl;on adjour
ned until . O'Clock p, M
On the Resembling Of the convention
the following ticket was put in nomina
ton.
Henry Lane, Cornwall
j. B. HOLSTER, Manchester
Jonathan Ross, It. Johnsbury.
William Harmon, Shelburue.
N. w. French, Lunenbnrgh
Jasper Rand, st. Albans
H. Henry Powers, Morrisville,
j. r Cleveland, Brookfeld