The national Republican., 1869-06-19

PUBLIC School ExAMISATIoNs.-The cx-
aminations Of public schools OF the city still
continue. Among others which have taken
place are the followingi
Male intermediate No. 4, Of the Second
District, Miss J. A. Brown, teacher, was ex-
amined In the presence OF quite number OF
the parents and friends Of the pupils. Messrs.
| Woodward and Mcclellan were the examining
| trustees, and they were assisted by Mr.. Hunt,
| formerly OF the Second District Grammar
school, aud among others present were Prof.
Daniel, Rev. Mr.. Condorn, r. G. Cate, and
DR.. Roys. This school has now been In
charge Of Miss Brown for two years, and
numbers 80 pupils, whose examination Is
said by those present to be one Of the best
which has taken place this year.
At the conclusion Of the exercises, Messrs.
Mcclellan, Woodward, Condorn, Cate, and
Hunt addressed the pupils, complimentlng
them on their good behavior, and on the ad-
yancemcnt made during the year, and II was
also stated that the trustees had not heard
one single complaint In regard to the school.
Male intermediate OF the Third District,
Miss Kate Morphy, teacher, was examined
by Mr.. N. b. West. Superintendent z. Rich
ards, who was present, asked the children
questions outside the usual mode Of lnstruc-
tlon, which, however, were promptly and
correctly answered. This school was Or
ganlzed in January last, and has SO pupils,
all Of whom were present.
Female Secondary No. 0, Miss Z. q. simp-
son teacher, was examined by Trustee W. b.
Moore. This was the flrst secondary school
examined In the district, and the best en-.
comium that could be given the teacher and
pupils was the hope OF the examiner that all
the other secondary schools would show equal
proficiency. Among those worthy Of men
tlon were Misses Carrie Kaufman, Monica
Mnrpan and MALTA T,vitohaIl tho 40
pupils on the rolls, 81 were present at the
examination, Of whom 2s will be transferred
TO secondary schools.
Secondary school, No. 0, taught by Miss
Alice Milburn, was examined under the d.
rcction Of Mr.. Lawrence, trustee, assisted by
Messrs. J. e. Thompson, A. d. Thomson,
9. +. Champlln, DIR. r. Q. Croggon, and W.
]. Stephenson. At the close OF the examlna-
ton remarks were made by Messrs. Champ
lin and A. d. Thomson, each Of whom COM
| pllmeutcd the teacher In connection with
their words Of encouragement TO the scholars.
| The roll Of scholarship numbers fity pupils,
| forty-nlnc Of whom were present. Miss MIL
burn has only had charge Of this school three
| months.
Male Secondary school, No. 8, of the
Fourth district, taught by Miss Anna Van
Horn, was examined by Messrs. Lawrence,
Champlln, A. d. Thomson, John Z. Thomp-
sOus AlucTlnau g o. Dahet anu MI Spencer
In the written chart, In the presence Of DR..
r. c. Croggon, Jonas B. Ellis, ex-Alderman
Gulick, ex-Trustee Holmcad and others, In
cludlng many parents Of the scholars. The
room was handsomely decorated with flow
ers and cvcrgreens. At the close Of the cN.
animation each Of the trustees expressed
themselves highly pleased with the prof.
cheney of the pupils. When the exercises
were completed, Mr.. Lawrence, president Of
the Board Of School Trustees, in appropriate
remarks, presented to Master Millard Ar.
nett, youth of fourteen years of age, q
handsome medal, which he said had been
awarded by the trustees to him as the best
spelling scholar in this school which made
the fewest mistakes in the late spelling con.
test among the Male Secondary schools o.
the city. At the close Of this presentation
Mr.. Holmes, ex-trusteo, arose and pre-.
sented, In behalf Of the teacher, two hand
somely chased star-shaped gold medals t
Master Willie johnson, aged II, Of q rewart
for general good conduct and proficiency II
learning, and another gold medal of the
same value to Master 0rpheus Burdlong,
for proficiency In penmanshlp. Miss Van
Horns school numbers 40 scholars, all OF
| whom were present at the examination.