The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-12
Ap1EAsAyr EASTER cE1EsaAr1ox
PsrooSfsi sshSofeor. the chareh1o Of the.
Holy Communion.

-toling Of the bell, which precisely at eleven sum
moned them to morning service. AS the houl
struck they passed In procession to their usua
places In the church, where the rector, assisted By
the Rev. O. P. Gadsden, read the Easter Monday
t%service. At the close Of the service hr. George A
ETrenholm and Rev. Mr.. johnson, by the invita-
ton OF the rector, came forward and occupied
seats In front Of the chancel, Mr.. Trenholm being
r, ,uested to act as chairman OF the meetiag. The
report OF the principal, Nj. John .Gadsden, was
then placed In che hands OF the rector. On rising
to read this paper, the Rev. Nj. Porter, address
ing himself 70 the chairman, said:
am highly grat!aed. Mr; chairman "a r. that ints! yen,
and labors OF this parish, hnve consented 70 take
part In the proceedings OF to-day, especially as
/ your character and attachments Will give que
weight to whatever you may think proper TO say
tn these young geatiemen. Before, however, We
enter upon the distinctive object lor when We
have assembled here. allow me to return ~ tae
presence Of this assembly, my sincefest tnanks 20
the principarand his ancient assistants, for the
untirine devotion and self.sscrifcing spirit with
\ vhhchthey have discharged their dnttes, and. to
express to the scholars generally Imy commenda.
| that has characterized them through the past
| tern. lTo.teSchers and scholars would convey
mH Efndeat wishes, and ask q blessing upon them
fromon High.
The report Of the principal reads as follows
Rep. A. 4. Porter, Rector of Parochtal School:
ydnf uequesy l. have carefully. compared. me
| standHng OF the members OF the several classes ID
| the parochisiSeh6ok and have selected from eacn
| class the scholars who stood first. second ana
thtsii1 according to the number Oh oefuncaees 4Ey
In. some of1 he c1ssses there was.a tls Ia more
| than one fnsSancesf Nndersnch cFcrmstanses I
| could d6 nothing Else than Inennoh an %n9nsooo
| 80 high, as deserving OF public commentator.
I Before announcing the names OF the SUCCESSFUL
| competitors It Is proper to state that the ngaesG
posable gam OF the several classes each week, rs
| rorn ninety TO one hundred. Any scholar VINO
| comes within ten OF the highest possible gain Is
awarded q hrst certificate. Any Welcomes within
twenty Of the same mark 2 second eerttdeate,x ,
In estimating for the Easter meda! eaca rS sec2 M,a
| accoQnt for the iacs that some sonolRs nave re-
| oefyea nfreenSana q half osftinoetesss
me greatest numbe Of certificates that could
/ have been gained during the period OF contest
| was eighteen.
she sst.reads thus
Fist Nass-Mr. Charles Boyle, Teacher-Geo.
Z. Spsrkmsn, John R. Lunslord, each fifteen ana
. hall certi4aeates; WLlIsm W: Baker; George se1 a.
fcates; Charles ". Tew, thirteen and a hall cer'i'
For Master Tew let me say that but for una
| yoIdabIe detentions at the Mount PHEASANT Ferry,
which he has to cross every morning, he would
| have stood gahieh a. any. -
First SectIon,Of Second Class-Mr William Sim
ons, Teacher-Aryen E. Cansday, fourteen ana q
| nan certificates; Thomas Savage Hayward tnlr-
teen cetIdestes ysuiessSatson Tongue esesss
-0e ssaUna Observation-Disclosures Jno. ssBigFrs.
net Tescher-Edw. Eugene Reid. thirteen aud 2
| half oerttdcatee; g. Niles Gadsden, nine certit.
'c Third Class-niss Z. Rhe,t, Teacher-wm. q.
Noreland, S. MCGOWAN Stmkins, VIM. E. Seaorook'
a oh fonrf.ep rarti6oateg.
Fonrth Class-Miss P. Rhett, TeacherAos. Ioor
| Waring, fifteen and q hall certtncateS; T.; Gooa-
wyn RSett, fifteen certificates; Elias ]. Whilden'
nine and q half certificates.
In the Fifth or Primary Class, OF which MISS 9.
C. Mitchell Is teacher, Thos. Louis Ogier and Sd
ward Bold are entitled to communication sat
It will thus appear that Masters Geo: Z; SparK,
JOS. Ioor Wanng, or the fourth class. RAM the
highest In the school, each having received fifteen
and q half certificates. Upon examining the
marhs, however, b{ which these eettincSseS were y
Ioor Waring stands first, Master Gea. E. Spark
man second, and Master John r. Lunsfofd, thira.
Before closing this report, let me say mat WINE
wo1ld.asS ne fun Weight o. your 5os con Sames sre
above given. it is but Justice to the nrst class TO
add that having studies OF q more complicated
character, and greater ACCURACY being expecaea ..
them. those who are mentioned here together
With Others who have fallen but little below
them, have. by their industry and good conduct,
won my appreciation, and are entitled to their re-
ward. s,ane aSuF' very rs'pe 5sns {S'4DsDzs,
NeeT. -PrnctpafParoohsal<Soh School. ~
Charlessoa, SO. 1prh az. Ash. 80
The rector then announced that Master Joseph
ioor Warning was entitled to the gold medal, and
handed the same to the chairman Mr.. Trenholm
ina short, hus happy effort, alluded to the past
and present condition OF the Institution. He said
men, generally, looked upon and were governed
IN their actions By FACTS. An established thing
won more f~riends-simply because 1t was estao
ushed-thsn many most excellent enterprises
could commaAdtn their incipienc,. That many
Institutions long since. worn out and actually
.dsaa, xstexsft iG exfstends blythe 1ae'noTa OF
what they had %been-that this institution was
not sufHclsptly Known to be appreciated. BE
thsn-nf arHpdd way stretched the ortrin< the
necessity witch bud given R- birth; paid q hand
some tribute to the unseldsh charities OF the
North which had established It; regretted that,
from a Misrepresentation Of the actual
condition OF. our people, these charities
were now, In great measure, Withdrawn,
and inaulged the hope that our own people
would come forward generously to the sup
port Of wnaths regarded as y noble enterprise.
Addressing himself iua very earnest and appre-
pirate manner to the young peopleosfore him, he
warned them OF the hoNownssso OF mere literary
culture, unssnctifed by that. true education Of
.SberRst8htcb bFingr tia whese man nsesp
.St35onaoaas LAW Of Ohrist. Thsnf calli1sG yonlag
sWsfsnR to the Stand, while kindly. oommesdiilE
for nAa industry and good conduct. he hung
s6round bis Ieok the gold medaI-stne first Easter
'gpfass. Thtkmsdsl, " maysremssks6ears upon
TIA seesstmpfasseroe WishS ssaHreiHfsat laid
,atsi9 foot, s5mboAcai,s OF literary sattainments
astcstads % haly purposes. Abeye the Scrossi s
the motto aaasiH HOG sSfaao.,t. VI arohnd the
wssois, sPafoShtsl school ohnroh"of Holy Con-
uuntoqH On the r~eyerseS ini upper h~sIIsffPto
sBozss XertSap below '.Esssers.Y snafEar0nnd
these, aonarieston, 5sos, Cal zAprt 4s7Isr ssThas
dass tad,cates sxtensstbts was estabs.sasd as "a
scasplmabsL ThalaArripttons on tae silver
medsfare the same gSaSSI :
sssHarnl hschsirman had resumed nisssassrRsy.
tt.aJo66ion. who had been ssksdtg pfesentth
;atter medaffor second prize requested Master
3~parknant to, come forHard.s aud In e1tet bnt
inpressivemanner, urged him to make ~shlaSaaotto
;pffahs msdaihe, Wal SHOUT to wear hissHatch-
sH6At$hrpughs LIE. u WAS ner. ;hesskfs9eethe
l6sEnastiecrY@t1A was ssooesa; Bafssnnder
5dsbannssqt me gsgss;shoqghthe warfare might
sszduogalsnd 4fssnght .1ielong, hs a2oaldEat
xina :nobiaRS crown than any earth copld
sSaaSRATs.R.a adsdsnI fouswed tnAseaalr of TIE
pleisy,s ghom, neteggedeosssaan s represent