Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-06-15
Public school Examinations.


SECOND DTsTRICT.-Trustee Woodward yes-
terdsy examined Female Intermediate No. .
Second District, IN the Miller School Baudinz,
II street, IN the presence of quite a number u
parents and teachers. This school is in lrgs
OF Mrs. Emily Myers, and "a on former exam
inatiens, the reputation of the school was veil
maintained. The room was quite handsomely
decorated with flowers and ever green's aad tue
pupils being mostly dressed In white the APP
peaTance OF the scnOOi was very pleasing. The
exercises were opened about two o'clock by the
school singing - Come Join our Festive Glee,'
alter which, the pupils were exercised in spell
ing, and there were no failures. In mental
arithmetic they were well up, but in geography
there were a few failures in giving prompt an
swers. In grammar the examination was salts
factory. In practical arithmetic the pupils were
vel advanced, and the reading was very COOL,
with the exception that a few were not louf
enough. barbara Freitchle" was read beaati-
TulIy by Alice Gill The singing, under the lead
OF the masie Teacher, Mr.. Daniel, was very
good. At the conclusion OF the exercises, Mr..
Woodward awarded the medalsan diplomas az
fOlOws:-Medal-Ella Kings. Best Written
EXaminatiOns-AliceS kippon, Ella Whaley and
lisa bella Helmsen- Conduct aud Punctuality-
Mamie Woodward, NelitJ Mclean. Lizzie Gill,
Nate Butt, Anna Wylie AMI Emma Rowe.
Study ard Improvement-Louisa Asmussen,
Frances WheelOck and Molly Bond. PENN sn-
sbip-Julia ONeil. Neatness-Alice Gill. Mu-
sic-Cora Robertson. Honorable Mention-JO-
sephIne Kirby, Anna Triplett, Mary Bamber-
ger, Ida Bali. Sailie Parker, Lilly Hazelton.
sarah Lambeth, Anna HaZeltOn, Belle Dag nd,
Emma Watson, Mary Cook and Kate WOpls.
Mr.. woodward also made the award OF a medal
Tor sIelling TO Isabella Helmsen. This school
las tfty-One pupils on the roll, two OF whom
were absent. and has ready twenty-five tor
transfer to a higher grade. Trustee J. ).
Brown, DIR. =. 5. Bond aud q. II. Bliss each
briefly addressed the school and visitors
THIRD DIsTRICT.-The annual examination
OF Primary School No. &c, (tOr bOvs,) Miss L.. +.
Thomas, teacher, was held yesterday, under the
direction of Trustee w. b. Moore. Th,s school
Is. I'm of fhsass n
E, and has 80 pupils names on the rolls, AL /
whom were present at the examination. There
will be 10 transfers to the upper grade. The
roll OF merit Is a. folows:-SIiver melal James
Rooney; exemplary conduct, George Boyd, John
Coleman, Frederick LaOnhardtt, Geo. Rhodes
William Betz, Alexander Brown; attention to
study and Improvement, Frederick Thomas,
Thomas Boyle, Edward Smith; penmanship,
Geo. Hooper; neatness, William NARROW; vocal
music, Horace Clark; honorable mention. Philip
andrews, Andrew johnson, Geo. Mills, William
DAVIS, Louis Nierbuchen. The BOYS in this
school are from to II years of age, and in the
examination acquitted themselves Handsomely.
and to the credit of their efficient teacher. A
large number OF persons, including parents OF
The children, were present, and expressed them
selves greatly pleased with the progress male.
FOURTH DIsTRICr.-Primary No. IL, Miss
Ella Dunn teacher. was examined Monday by
ex-Trustee j, L. Holmead. On the roll, 81;
present, %; admitted during the year, 50; trans
ferred II. This school is located in the new and
c0mmodious school building, on \ street, South
Washington. and is composed or little girls, of
whom 30 began with the alphabet this term
Miss Dunn submitted her work for inspection
Tor the first time, this is her first year in the
schools As usual with the pupils OF the late
Mrs. Amidon, she has proved herself to be adj
mlrably adapted to her vocation. The exami-
nation was . complete success. The improve
ment OF the pupils in this section since they
have been provided with a new and suitable
school building is marked. The fact is the
children respect those that respect them and
when they are thrust into barns and COW pens
they resent the insult by letting the school alone
to the extent of truancy and
consequent gross decentralization. The school
louses afford mirror which exhibits the appre-
Grafton of the education of the young on the
part OF parents and legislators. The school
Medals TO Linnie Knott and Augusta Lippliard
IA tie.D Diplomas for exemplary conduct to
Mary Depue, Katie COLLISION, Mary Prout, Maria
Jones, Mollie Davis. Ida Brown, Ella Moran,
Maggie Moran. Penmanship-Maggie Hart
we'll. Neasness-Nary Shinn. Vocal music
Fanny Hayne. Honorably mentioned-Sallie
Oswel, Mary Spaulding, Alice LenOir, Annie
Goldman, Ida Lenoir, Ella Jones, Annie Smid-
ley, BERTHE Davis, L. McFee, G. Holmes. NJ
Holmes, b. Reeves, X. Murphy, A. Ferguson.
Female intermediate, No. 1, fourth district,
n charge OF Mrs. 5. E. Wise, was examined yes
eerday afternoon, before quite large auditory.
The parents were present in greater force than
usual at an examination OF this grade. Their
evident expectation that the exercises would be
If high order and highly interesting character
practical arithmetic, English grammar, and
'eading were specially common ded. The piano
md vocal music was superior to tn at commonly
ylyen IN an intermediate school. On the school
oil, -; present, "A; whole number under in
tructiOn during the year, 90. Nearly the whole
ammar school, at tie beg BEGINNING 1so Of tho le
ERIN, the pupils present had received the tut
ion ef the teacher only during the tnrrent
chool term The examinat;JJn was conducted
pv trustee ,.anplin, and ex-trustees Holmead
md Croggon, ex- Councilman Bates, Mr.. McIn-
.yre. and Mr.. John l.. Thompson, teacher of
he male grammar school in this district. The
proiuslon OF flowers on the desks OF the pupils
gave the school an attractive appearance. and
Mr. Champlin was the recipient of a maguif-
cent floral basket, presented with q neat little
address by one of the little girls on behaIf
~ her seboolmstes. Collector Boswell, Rev
Mr Meade, and Messrs. Bates and
Champlin, made short addresses of en-
conragement and compliment to the pu-
pills and teacher MI. Boswell referred
% me faet that an appropriation OF 100000 had
passed the last City Councils providing for the
erection of suitable school building. so mu ch
needed for South Washington. He said we had
already provided for such a building the finest
site in this part Of the city; il was in the very
center Of the ward, at the corner of Virgins
avenue and ID street, bounded by large open
spaces. easily accessible, and a location of sur
passing health and convenience. The structure
would prove exclusive OF its great utility, tp be
one OF the proudest adOrnments Of the "Islaad,s
rial and intellectual future. He would give all
the aid IN HIS power TO the speedy accomplish
ment of this most important proiect-a con
summation for which he invoked the assist
ance OF the parents present and the admins
tration of Mayor Emery, who had Just besn
inaugurated under heavy load of city
debt, but who had assured him that improve
nsents Tor educational purposes would not
be suspended during his term of OFF
The hOnors of the school term were awarded as
follows Medal to Julia Kelley; diplomas for
best written examinations to Charlotte Taylor,
Emma Dulany, Nancy Hinkle; for exemplary
conduct and punctuality to Emma Lewis Sarah
Bell, SOPHIA DAVIDSON, Ella Wise, Emily Bates
Ella Stratton; for attention to study and i'm
provement to Julia Miller, Mary Hunter Katie
Boswell; for penmanship to Bette Connor for
vocal music to Mary Law; for neatness to Emma
Palmer; hOnorably Northumberland King
Alice Nourse, Maggie Miller, Mary Wilson,
Katie johnson, Ella Donaldson, Flora Walker,
Susie Gaddess, Cora Newton, Ida weeden,
Maggie Davis, Mary Small, Mary Curtin. ALICE
Warteld. Lettie Moore, Clara Hinson, Noodle
Blunt. Fannie Walker, and Fannie French,
Alice Norris and Bette Conner were equal in
penmanship; decided by lot in favor of Bette
Connor. The examination was held in the room
OF the Female Grammar School, because the
room used by the school during the last wear
was totally unit for the purpose.
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HAVE CIT1ZESs ANY RIGHTS A SCAyExGER
is BOUND TO RHsPECT?-A Rlghfeous Decision