New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-22
oFFicIAL JOURNAL OF The STATE or LoUisiArl


THE SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS.
| At an early hour yesterday. Mr.. Carter
Superintendent of Public Schools, accom-
panied by Governor Hahn and the reporters
of the press, started out to continue hif
visits to the schools during the term ap-
pointed for examination. A beginning was
made with
| The Hancock School.
This school is located about half dozen
squares above the Barracks. on Levee
street, between Delery and Tricou. Mrs.
n. G. Collerton is the only teacher. She
appears to us, after short inspection oi
her school, to be very capable teacher.
She has at present under her charge thirty
nine boys and thirty.two girls, or seventy
one in all. They use two rooms in small
building, situated in large and spacious
lot, amply provided with shade trees. In the
rear, stretching away to distance beyond
(range of vision spreads out pleasant rural
scene-trees .cloched with leaves; gardens
with moderate pretenEions to- careful culti-
vation, and profusion of shrubbery and
flowers. In the absence of an assistant, Mrs.
Collerton avails herself of the services ot
two monitors, Of whom che speaks in com.
plimentary terms. A few pupils from St.
Bernard parish attend this school. A very
brief examination in grammar, geography
and reading resulted satisfactorily. The
boys are rather proficient in arithmetic. but
evidently know more than they are able
to explain to q stranger. Nearly all the
children have been in the habit of
speaking French at home, and the
best of English from them. But her first
class Of boys are certainly very well learned
In English grammar. A spirited dialogue
between little boy and girl-Master Will
liam lnbau and Miss Sarah Miller-was well
spoken. Mrs. Collerton has been teacher
In our schools for many years, and was at one
time connected with one of the most popular
A new building should be put up tor the
district iu which the Hancock School is To-
Gated, as the one now used is not adequate
for the purpose.
The Mccarthy BOys' School.
This is very large and we'll arranged
school, and Is attended by 239 pupils. There
are 331 on the roll, but OF late, partly on
account of hot weather, and partly, we sup.
pose, on account of examination, which
many pupils seem to show disposition to
avoid, there has been quite falling off n
attendance. The teachers are ten in num-
Der, as fOllOws: Mr.. S. Browne, Mrs. E. E.
Leefe, Miss Piles, Mics A. E. Gallagher, Miss
o. Montegnet, Miss D. Fitzgerald. Miss M.
Baumgarte, Miss Lafargue and Mrs. r. NJ.
Chevallie. Our stay here was too short to
see much Of the school. It was recess time
with the boys, when little or nothing can be
learned of them. A very few moments
spent in Mrs. Chevallie's room. however,
afforded US an opportunity of seeing that
she has some twenty or twenty-five
little fellows probably ranging from sever
to eight years. who can read fuently, and
who have been taught to let their voices be
heard. There is no question but that Mrs.
Chevallie is a very able and useful teacher;
this without disparagement to any of the
Others, whom, as chance would have it, we
saw but little.
The Washington 0irls' School
This is very large and fourishipg
school. The building is commodious and
we'll adapted for the purpose. There are
about six hundred pupils on the roll, of
whom about four hundred were present
yesterday. There are eleven teachers. We
arrived after the morning examination was
over, and the recitasions, dialogues,
etc., had begun. The several lower
rooms were thrown into one, and these
filed with beautiful and well-dressed
girls. and the tasty, ornamental deco
rations showed very fairy scene. The
principals room was adorned with the Stars
and Stripes, which was in itself suggestive
of the influence of Mrs. Taylor, who has re-
Gently been appointed principal. In the ad-
joining room was platform surmounted Ly
dais, covered with green moss, and pro-
fusely strewn with flowers. There was 8
chair and table, out of which had been
formed an arbor with the aid of the moss,
evergreens and flowers. The recitations
exquisite little gems, the tableau of Faith,
Hope and Charity was exceedingly beauti-
full. Taste, neatness and young female love.
illness pervaded the whole of the rooms, the
galleries, and the surroundings, making up
altogether picture never to be forgotten
by thosawho saw it. Neither will its influ-
ence for good ever be lost upon the girls
this school is, Nothing is SO hard but search
will find it out" The following is the pro-
gramme:
l. The usual routine of spelling, reading
ETC.. in the three lower departments.
2. The same, with the addition of writing
and geography, in the sixth and fifth.
g.. The above, with the addition of arith-
metic and grammar, in the fourth.
4. Third and second departments, all the
above, with history and French.
5. In the principals department. higher
arithmetic, grammar, geography, history,
map drawing, dictati0n and compositions.
AFTERNOON.
l. Song-National Hymn-By the School.
2. Opening piece-By Miss Verger Mel
8; May Queen-By Misses Agnes White
4. Little Lucy-By Misses Mary Chan.
freau. Rosa Schneider and Eliza Brady.
s. Faith, Hope and Charity-By Misses
Elsner Nelson, Lucy Smith and Phoebe
Raymond.
s: The Convicts Appeal-By Miss L.
Williams.
The Unseen Battle-feld-By Miss Lizzie
Adams.
Z. The Model school-By fifteen young
ladies'.
8. Song-Beautiful Bells-By the School.
9. Horace (French)-By Miss Dupre.
10. Young Philosophers-By Misses Clara
Junick and Rosa Guillett.
II. The Nine Muses-By Misses Nellie
Golding, Monte Goodwin. Hattie Skinner,
Caroline Brownlee. Lizzie Hart, Mary Cause,
Lizzie Patterson, Sallie Schroeder and Clara
Junick.
70. Caudle Lecture-By Miss Josephine
Williams.
l3. Song-Paddle your own Canoe.
H. Trouble ct irresolution d'Hamlet-By
Miss L. Funel.
Is. Ivan the Czar-By Miss Florence HUI
berwall.
16. The May Queen-Represented by all
the pupils in the principals department
and several from the others.