Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-06-18

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/ q. Wilson and Rev. Mr.. King, of wayland In
| sJitute. This school consists Of forty-eight pu-
/ pils, all OF whom were present nc the examina-
/ ton, and acquitted themselves in a very cred
| liable manner. Miss Mcmahon Is q graduate
| of the First District Grammar school, and her
4 pupils show that they have had as careful tram
/ ing as those OF any other school OF the same
| grade in the city. The attendance of pare nj,
| and friends was large, and much interest wa,
i manifested in the exercises. The geography
and mental and written arithmetic especially
| elected great praise from the visitors who
| seemed much pleased with the examination
i The gold medal was awarded to Erasmus Finch;
premiums for the best written examinations
were awarded TO VIM Roberts, Howard Abbot
| and Chas. Sharrets; premiums for exemplary
conduct and punctuality were awarded TO Jos
| Sessford, Miles Fuller, VIM. Cyram Jos Burk-
EFT, WIN. orion and Geroge Berry; for attention
Russell and John Irwin; for penmanship to w
Taylor; for neatness to Augustus Burr; for vo-
cal music TO Henry Paine; honorably mentioned,
VIM. Gardner, VIM. Given and Frank Morcoe.
Trustee A. h. Browne examined secondary
school No. 2, First District, located in the
Franklin School Building, Miss Susie G. Haw-
forty pupils on the roll, thirty-eight of whom
were at the examination; fifteen will be trans
ferred to higher grade schools in September
next. AT the close of q fair examination the
medal was awarded to Pinkney Havener. Pre-
miums for exemplary conduct and punctuaIity
were awarded to 3. Clockey, w. Mcleod q.
Ia Barres e. Gebhsrd; Q: SPalding, and w.
ment to w. Hutchinson, L. Miller, and X. Over.
For penmanship to i. Cowling. For neatness
10 e. Taylor. For vocal music to b. Morgan.
Honorably mentioned-L. MeLane, ID. Hun
tress, G. warder, w. Wilson, and H. Liilon.
SECOND DIsTRICT.-Trustee Woodward ex
amiled Miss VI. A fuckers school (Secondarv
No:4 y yesterday afternoon in the Miller school
tors present. This is one OF the lower grade
secondaries, mum bering AZ girls, 2 OF whom were
absent on account OF sickness and death in the
family In geography the examination was
arithhetic, the spelling was fair, aud reading
yery good. recitation Speak Kindly,- bv
faihne kohlbeTg, was well spoken. The con-
;,' vi .ne pupils was very good, and the sing
ing irg was very nne for such young pupils. Miss
tucker viii transfer - pupils, s to the Inter
Inedlate, and IL to higher grade Secondary.
The school and teacher were highly compiI
mented by all present, and at the CONCLUSION or
the interesting exercises, Mr.. Woodward briefly
addressed the school and visitors. Mr. r. WI
renwick and Mr.. Randolph also made remarks
conPiimentlng the teachers and pupils. The
medal and diplomas were awarded as follows
Gold medal, Mary kaluswoska; exemplary CON
Iuet and Punctuality, Susan Doherty, Gertrude
M Truman, Mary Carter, Rosa Pearson, Estella
Wheelock, Pauline Kohlberg; study and i'm
Rrovement, Dita Altchuh. Ella Marston. Laura
Wr1ght; pennanship, Louisa ROllings, neatness,
Shdrlotte cooper; vocal music, Saran Davis;
n no. mention, Bertha David, Kate
u ".
caldwell, Elizabeth McMurray, Minnie Fales
One OF the very best school examinations this
year TOOK place yesterday afternoon in the
Wasnington Market Building, corner OF Massa-
cnusetts avenue and 5th street, in the presence
Vi quite number of visitors. This was the
e examination Of Miss Mary M. Chapins school.
Ssecondary No. 5, composed of SO small boys
Mr. Mcclellan was the examining Trustee AMI
he found that in mental arithmetic. spelling.
reading, written arithmetic and geography
they had been well drilled, and In most OF these
studies they were as near perfect as could be,
eScelling especially in written arithmetic The
exam lnation IN geography by object lessons was
feature. and the young pupils completely sur
prlsed the visitors by their proficiency in this
10y. oaSs;. me singing, Tor such young boys, was
eacelIent, and their conduct was all that could
pc wished Nearly all the pupils of the school
nave been received from the primary schools
lnce January last; yet notwithstanding this the
e sa mas ~ for transfer to higher grade at
ms time. AT the conclusion Of the exercises
VT. MCCLELLAN paid deserved compliment TO
ne scnovi, ana awarded the medal and diplo-
mas as follows Medal, Robert Wade; exem-
1iary conduct and punctuality. William Noertz
Ieyton Brown, Frank Hoffa. Richard Meredith,
larry hiopfer; Oscar Coumbe; study and i'm
=, lroreIhthtJ Robinson Lish, Dorsey Brown
va ai'e' h!opfer; penmanship, William Ruper-
neatness, William Cohen; vocal music,
jharhe klopfer; hOnorably mentioned, Isaac |
ionoday, Edward COnnell, Morgan Deale,
jhariie Steele, Joseph Harper, William McEl-
resh. Remarks were made by Mr.. H. ID. Cush-
nss WIZ rdlu THAT THIS scnDQt was rully TO
be st.ndard of the Massachusetts Schools |
Inch are regarded - the best in the country; |
Id by Rev. Is. Peyton Brown, Mr.. j. W. Wade |
nj Mr.. Hofa, all Of whom spoke highly OF the
IHIED DIsTRICT.-Male Intermediate, No. !
eaeher, located III Waliach building, was ex- I
mined yesterday in the presence vi very |
irge number OF the parents and friends OF the |
upis. There were aiso present great many I
{ ufiG men connected Hift nr tufnrA-tAf in
ubhc schools, among whom were trustees /
lark, Moore, and Dulin, superintendent H. |
richards, ex-hustees Holmead and II. f. Clark |
mi MI. y. A. West, principal OF the Wallach |
uilding. The school room was decorated with \
overs and hanging baskets, and presented a \
cry handsome appearance. Messrs. Moore, |
'ul1n. Richards, Holmead, and L. T.. Clark CON |
ucted the examination in the various branches |
study, and " say that in ali OF these not |
lngle mistake was made. is only paving lust |
nd deserved compliment TO the pupils and |
heir teacher Several songs by the scholars
bowed thorough drill in the art of music.
In interesting feature OF this examination con- |
lsted in the presentation Of two special medals |
0 Masters Clarence Peck and James Jarboe; |
he former receiving gold and the latter a sill |
er medal The presentation, on behalf of Miss |
linton, was made by Mr.. Holmead who accom- |
anied the delivery Of the PRICES with appropri- |
te remarks, The regular prize scholars are |
cnool medal, Thomas Simpson; best written !
harles Lehman; exemplary conduct and pune |
la!lty, Daniel Currie, Clarence Peck, james |
arb0e, Robert Brown, Samuel Hutcherson,
harles Connor; attention to study and i'm |
rovement, James To6ae, James Greenwich, |
ulian CASTLE; penmanship, Lewis Bailey; neat
ess, Charles Lashorn; vocal music, Stephen |
.ubel. |
FOURTH DIsTRIcT.-The Female Secondary |
chool in, this district, Miss Matte T. Gray |
eacher, situated Oh q street south, be- |
xeen 9th and 9TH streets, was examined yester- |
ay by Trustee Champlin, assisted by Messrs. |
. @. Anderson and ex-Trustee CrOggOn. There /
re forty-eight pupils in this school, all but one
whom were present. Considerable intets.I
as manifested by the parepts Of the pdpiIs.
he ages OF these pupils range from eleven to |
llrteen years. Reading; practical arithmetic,
sography, spelling, definitions and vocal music |
ese the studies embraced in the examination.
fe-haf Of the pupils will be transferred to |
igher grade schools; good proof of the care I
nd interest manifested by the teacher. The |
onors we're awarded as follows:-For general |
rotciency, Clara Seigel, aged eleven years, got |
he gold medal; tor exemplary conduct and
unetuality diplomas were given to Jane Dulin,
ida W. Curtis, Hannah Fisher, Ida Atzerot,
iary Stein and Ellen Downey; for attention to
tudy and Improvement diplomas were awarded
D Ida Hawley, Caroline Bid and Elite Hep
urn; penmanship, q deploma TO - Ranch;
eatness, diploma to Anna Daily. honorable
nention is made OF Leila Heron, Ida Fahey,
Ellen Immrie and Mary Reiser.
Male intermediates No. 2, in this district,
Miss n. A. Lee, teacher, was examined on the
TN inst, by ex-Trustees HOlmead, CrOgQOp,