New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-21

THB sCao0L EXAMINATION.
The work of examining the public schooll
was yesterday resumed by Superintendent,
Carter. who Vas accompanied throughou
the day By Governor Hahns pyesidsnt of tht
board, snd for . great part Of the time By
Acting Mayor Emley. We also saw Mr.
FayerWeather. one Of the directors, at ths
Rampant school. The first establishment
visited WA the Customhouse colored boys
school, at the corner of Customhouse and
Robertson streets. Mr.. T. B. O'Brien, who
has been teacher in this city for more thar
forty yedss. is the principal. His long ex-
perienoe has mot been thrown away, ~ he
Is one Of the most thorough-goins
teachers in the schools. In addition
to other accomplishments, he is some
thing OF an artist. as two fine
maps, showing the Eastern and Western
Hemispheres, will testify. They we've drawn
on canvas and painted by Mr.. O,Brien IN ls47,
and are well and faithfully executed. Al
We entered the principals room. the first
class in reading had just been called. We
heard about dozen young boys, aget
ranging from ten to fourteen, read for about
fifteen minutes each, in loud, clear, dis.
tinct voice, With good accent and "a few
inaccuracies as almost any good reader Of
larger growth would have committed. For
distinctness of utterance and intelligent
reading, commend US to Mr.. O'Brien's first
class. There are three other teachers in the
school. Miss 8. E. Armstrong. Irs. 7. V.
Salvador, and Miss NJ. A. Riley. We
inspected their rooms, and found their
pupils neatly dressed, % for holiday, and
each on the qui uire to speak his piece OF
show the visitors that time and money had
not been spent ON him in vain. There are
about two hundred pupils on the roll. The
building II eligibly situated, the rooms veil
ventilated, but the furniture IL poor and not
suitable. Judicious repairs, that would no,
cost much, would aid vastly to the sppsar-
ance of the schoolhouse and the convent
ence Of teachers and pupils.
ds Baenvlne Bsys) Sehssl.
This school has recently experienced vi.
cissitudes that have evidently retarded the
progress of education. In the first place,
there have recently been two changes IN the
principal teacher. A few weeks ago, Denis
Uronan, jr., resigned, and the first assistant,
Nrs. A. Ward, was promoted. Mrs. A. n. Viii
liams was transferred from the Webster
School to supply the vacancy thus occa-
stoned. Since then, Mr.. B. Wayne has been
transferred to the school in place Of Nrs.
Ward. He has not been there long enough
to become thoroughly acquainted with his
pupils. The boys in the principals room
are unusually small, not being apparently
larger than those usually found in first as
sistauts' rooms. The boys also appeared to
be backward in their studies, thus showing
great need of careful and energetic
teacher, which we are quite sure they have
In the room Of the first assistant. Mrs.
Williams, we found lads nearly as large
as those in the first room. A few
minutes satisfied US that but little
progress has been made. The whole
school seemed to be wanting in the
spirit and intelligence that we found pre-
viously in some Of the uptown establish
ments. Miss Anna Beecher has thirty four
BOYS on the attendance roll, but only
twenty were present Yesterday; THIS faith
ceeded In instiiling in rather sterile minds
pretty correct ideas of lessons, but the little
fellows were sadly wanting in manliness.
Their bsehiulness showed that they were
not accustomed to the presence OF strange
men. There are difficulties of various kinds
to be overcome. which We hope the corps
Of teachers as now organized will succeed
in doing. The teachers are:
B. Wayne, principal; Mrs. L. Williams.
frat assistant; Miss E. Wagner, Miss s.
Shrever, second assistants; Miss A. Hubert,
Miss A. Beecher, Miss M. A. Thompson,
Miss E. Jones, third assistants.
Miss E. O'Hafa, as supernumerary, has
been acting for some time in place of Mre.
Wagner, who is an invalid. There are
three hundred and eighteen pupils on the
roll, not more than two-thirds OF whom
were present. .".,.-..,s.-
The following is the programme Of exer-
cises:
Composition-J. j. A. O'Neil, The Impor-
tance of Good Education. - li.i5-
French Recitation-E. FRANKIE, Joseph
and his Brethren. "a, .,5+ ia
Recitation-E. wanche, am not too
'oRes Recsitstion~ssmuei tat on Gainsburg, The Blind
Boy. - ' - 'A
Observation-Disclosures Patterson, The Or
phan's Voyage Home.
Dialogue-P. Clarke and NJ. King, True
kecitation-E. McMickens, Burial of Sir
Music" America. IT'S of Thee"
Recitation-Richard Dearie, Planting the
Shilling.
Recitation-Henry Roach, The Young
Soldier. a. .es gfts.L aas1c s.t
Composition-J. W. H. Eckert, Commerce.
Composition-Walter Kingston, Great
Men.
Observation-Disclosures Oertling. Some
thing for Thinkers.
Dialogue-T. Weber and E. FRANKIE, The
Word Must. .-tL 4rr
Composition-John FuQua. Metals.
o. - Music-"Kitty Wells"
CompositiOn-E.F FRANKIE, Man and his In
genuity. -.-
Compositien-E. Carpe, Perseverance
Copquers All Things. 4
Recitation Galliard, The Mouse
and the Cake.
Recitation-Clarence Howard, An Editor.
Dialogue-G. Yennee and E. Runte, The
Fractious Man.
Recitation-George Duffy, The Weather.
Rscitation-Henry Galnsburg, Speak
Mu:ic-"columbia. the Gem of the
Ocean"
Recita.ion-Edward stoll, Young Soldiers.
Recitation-Charles Carb, Hodge and the
Vicar.
Composition-I. Keenan,, The Uses of
Water.
Composition-J. Deck, The Presence OF
God.
Recitation-J. J. A. O'Neil, The Smack in
School.
Recitation-Eugene Carb, The Victim.
Dialogue-J. J. A. O'Neil and Charles
Carb, Mordent and Lennox. s,...
Nusic-"The Star Spangled Banner"
The Robertson (Girls) School.