New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-17

I recited "a Leap for Life,n very creditably
/ The musical exercises we're fan, and woull
have been improved II the boys had SUM
like boys, and not like girls 4fter shor
stay here, We proceeded through the rain y
The RewasA Deys' go 0ls1s' aeheel.
Here, We found in the basement Of tn
church, at the corner Of Howard and Cy
press Streets, . school of 147 grin, end ~
boys, all in one large room. Their
sss aer. 'la p.in.;S.ii ssssasrii r.. Mrs. Peck
Mrs. E. Doniey, Miss Alice Mcclure
MIRA Rachel Edy, and Miss J. f. Norton
classes in arithmetic and geography, which
resulted satisfactorily. The Howard 10 one
Of the largest colored schools in the city.
ard is credit to its teacher. for the pro
gress made by the pupils. Some OF the
pupils ARE further advanced than those in
the same grade in several OF the white
schools. We believe that by next year not
only the Howard, but all the colored scho0ls
in the city, will have achieved reputation
for scholarship second to none. II ~ 9
most fortunate circumstance that the teach
era are imbued with great zeal. and de-
sire, nay, discrimination. to e1cel.a It u an
easy matter to gain the entiIe conedence
Of the col0red children. This dnce achieved,
half the battle IL won. The following is the
order of exercises at the Howard school: i'
Singing BY the school-Ths Royal Pro.
Second class reading-Goodhchs Fourth
Reader .r,,s.,.rr'. y. -,..-.E = .,...gi +
Third class Towne's arithmetic Notation
and enumeration. .,-. -.. s~-.
Second class Towne's ar;tlmetic-Com.
mencing fractions.
First class Towne's alithmetr-Reduction
compound numbers. -
First class geography-Coratlls Grammar
School. A5'7'a = 81 -- 100 -'H''t-
Singing by the school-Hyun.
/ RECESS.
Singing by the school-I've leeu roaming.
First class reading -Goodrich's Fifth
Reader.
cRecitation-By Mary Baptise. a, gA1 .
\ Recitation-By Laura Moss.
l Rec,tasim-By Ellen wilkins. saAAL
Recitation-By Rosa Washington.
\ Glass in grammar. ~
I Recitati5n-Dislogue. By Ellen Griffin and
! Recitation-By Margaret Smith. F's'
/ Recitation-By Ruth Watkins.
Glass in acknowledgements Primary,
/ Keading-By Robert Scott: The Legend o1
the e6pring-Longfellow.
Recitation-Diaiogue, by Alhe Tuner and
Mary HoltZ. s1.set p. 51s 2eaaA
Recitation-By Ellen Griffin =.
SINGING by the school-Amsfca. t.'.-
The singing Of the pupils Wa remarkable
for melody and correctness sf time. 1t Il
an admitted fact that cOlored children are
superior to the white in mnsical attain
ments. ail A3s
The Valiette School, Alsiera.
This institution numbers about one hun
dred and sixty pupils, all Of whom are col
ored. It Is ct present the only public school
in the Fifth District Not long since the
Police Jury tried the experiment of mixing
the colors in the then existing white school.
The result was fatal to its exiaence a. IN
educational institution. The white people
withdrew their children. and most Of the
colored people preferred sending theirs to
the Vallette, which yet remains flourish:
ing school, while the other has been wrecked
BY attempting an abstraction: Miss Fred
ericks 10 the principal, with 4i0 Ross Col.
layani frst assistant, and Miss 3 N. Otwell
second assistant. The building used IL q
church, which furnishes one spacious and
tolerably comfortable room for the three
teachers. Miss Fredericks and her assist.
ants did their best to have things ready for
examination, and their patient and faithful
efforts for the benefit of their &C Aolars have
not been unavailng, as appears from the
progress Of the school.
The rBaAkllA aad Aorshan BrA1eA
Is flourishing school, held in ths basement
OF the Carondelet Street Methodist Church.
There are four teachers for gins, Miss, j.
Jackson, principal, with assistants Miss 3.
CLARK, Miss Mafy Tank, and Miss 6yivis
Easton. The latter has been recently ap-
pointed and added to the corps. Also one
teacher fol, boys, Miss C. Hamerton. The
morning hours were devoted to examina-
tlons in studies, after which pupils and
teachers repaired in q body to the main
schools to Join in the general exercises.
There are one hundred and eighty girls and
seventy boys on the rolls OF the branch
school.
The MarshaM scheop.
We confess to strong partiality for this
most excellent institution. 1t has been
justly regarded for years as model in all
school. And although it has been sub
jected to some checks and drawbacks. Incl
dent to the changes of government,
it yet occupies a very proud posi
ton. We arrived - about half-past
twelve O'Clock, and found the
busily engaged in reviewing
their classes in their studies. The first as.
sistant, Mrs. Abbott. was examining gram
mar class. The boys were active. and with
now and then an exception, pretty acc urste
in their parsiDg. trifle more of attention
to accuracy would be an improvement. The
teacher has most excellent material to work
upon, and it will be her own fault if she
does not bring forward for the principals
room next season, superior clses of
students. The second assistant, Miss Mooney,
has been engaged in the Marshall since the
opening of the term in 1854. We passed
half an hour or 30 in her room yesterday,
during which, under her direction, . large
class Of quite young lads astonished us with
the mastery they showed over some rather
complicated examples in mental arithmetic.
There fs no such thing as mot knowing !"
tolerated by this most capable and
energetic teacher. Passing from this room
to that Of the principal, we found Mr..
Lane presiding over . class of young gen
tlemen, who, tor department, address and
are not excelled, If equaled by
any in the public schools. They seemed to
have learned everything the books con-
tained, besides all the manners and graces
OF perfect gentlemen. There were no gen.
eral exercises at the Marshall School that
we saw, but the day was devoted to .
thorough overhauling of studies. We are
indebted to the principal Tor the following
interesting statistics OF the Marshall School:
Year. ., Pupils. Principals
1856. .4O3. w.R. Fish, ESQ.
1857. .................35 1859 W. r. Fish, ESQ.
1852. 2................ .4O6 j. Carter, ESQ.
1868 ...... ........ .495 8. @. Clark, Esq.
l864. ..-.-.-.... .4eS 9. G. Clark, Esq.
1865. .......,.. 500 G. W. Lane, Esq.
1865. ........-........67S G. W. Lane, Esq.
1861. .................6S .6S3 G. w. Lane, Esq.
1868. .712 G. W. Lane, Esq.
1859. GIT CIV. Lane, Esq.
1870. 500 G. W. Lane, Esq.