Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-01

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LgaFHlHF,
The I've Last Soh0ola Of the Fifty. four
Make q FlsaI Display Before ths
Board Of EdnoatieHs
The Pupils Of Miss HIabse ShoW a LIttIs Of
Of What they Know.

The two remaining schools Of the public
institution, No. 1 and 2 in the Court
street building, made their examination,
yesterday, in the presence OF q select au-
dieuce. There were zone but girls to deal
with here, consequently everything
passed OF pleasantly, quietly, and, we
would say, u~oiselessly, were it not for Inc
occasional harmony that stirred the warm
cir which iazily wandered 1 at the opeh
easements. The day was n OF extEaOr-
binary temperature, so q vast CROWD ulQ
not visit the rooms, knowing beforehand
Of their contracted dimensions. me OLD
proverb was exemplihed in them-.good
goods are put up IN small parcels" On
! account Of the advanced nature OF the
/ classes. and with a view to giving q fair
| chance to each room to exhibit specimens
of what the pupils knew, it was arranged
/ hattie examination should go simultane-
suglv on in Miss JUliette Cairns and Miss
/ Hfgbee's rooms. In Miss Higbee's room
there was nothing done but pure hard
/ work. TheyOung ladies hadcome prepared
to pour OuC some solid knowledge out OF
their accumulated treasures, and nothing
else; they poured il out pretty literally
The examination went on for four hours.
During that time the school was
tested in English history in q
searching manner by Colonel Leath, the
superintendent. Miss Higbee went over
the principles of the higher arithmetic
from beginning to end. II was run over
rapidly, but sesrchingly, so that there
was no principle left untouched. The
exercise in botany was very thorough.
The chemical examination by ColOnel
| Leath turned out satisfactory, and the
problems in geometry lLOOmis) were done
Ia an of-hand, mastery way, which
showed that the pupils had done more
than memories; had in tact mastered the
s-H-- s---n-al nnnuhnr Of -hn
Young ladies' in this school have gone
| through LOomis' geometry; but the book,
not being a very complete and exhaustive
study of the science, 1t is not astonishing
some of them were a little behind in mat
ters not Immediately brought under their
notice. The two Misses Kunkle evinced a
remarkable aptitude for this sort Of ma
thematics. In algebra tho whole class
| showed nearly equal proficiency. Taken
altogether, the school, during the four
| hours il was under examination, did the
business in a manner to satisfy the most
l csptious. There Wss no question put that
| belonged to the regular course Of studies
/ which was not answered, and answered
I promptly and clearly. In the intricacies
Of algebra it was noticeable that the
/ pupils were perfectly at home. The vast
array of facts brought out in the history
! of study indicated hard and Gloss reading.
/ Colonel Lssth informed our learned re-
I porter that he was in the habit OF " boil
| ing down" history for the pupils and lee
! turing them on the " boiled down. mat
ter. The pupils were required to take
notes of those d~isCOurses, so as to present
/ at q subsequent examination the sub
stancs of all ne told them, By this means
the young ladies had a most eXcellent
drill. The system compelled them to
grasp the substance at once, TO search for
/ ideas, to analyZs discourse nationally, and
also TO turn the results Of the analysis
into language and history Of their own.
There could be no better plan for eXar-
Cising the Judgment and calling into
requisitiou whatever had been laid sway
in The memory. 1t is thus that the mind
acquires a vigOr and system, q skill in the
management of the matter in its posses
sion. Although the pupils showed that
their minds were fully stored with most
Of what goes to make up g fair and useful
course of education; showed great stores
Of dry facts and solid matter Of various
sorts, yet these were not acquired at the
expense of any other faculty Of the mind.
The solid examinations were relieved by
an occasional song in chorus by the
school. The regular exhibition, award Of
prizes and comforting Of diplomas takes
place tonight in the Greenlaw Opera
House. There are two medals TO be
awarded. One is to be given by the Mayor
to the girl who achieved the greatest mer-
it during the year. The other is to be
given by Miss Higbee to the girl who
achieved the greatest merit since Janu-
airy. This is a peculiar case. There are
three who stand Al for the year, who
have reached the maXimum-are, in fact,
perfect. They are the Misses N. and f.
Kunkle and Louie NoOe, and there are
five others who stand Al since January
and who before that time had reached
90 9-lO. 100 being the maximum. These are
the i've: /. Lyon, MOllie Patton, Emma
Brown. Ida Healy and Annie Smith. The
difficulty arises in chOOsing among the first
three who shall receive the Mayors
medal, and among the O-hfT i've who
shall receive the teachers Miss Higb8e's)
medal. It has been arranged in this wise:
Let them be drawn for. Miss Higb5e's is
to be submitted to the good fortune of all
the girls named above, and then the
Mayors prize is to be submitted
to the Q cd fortune of the three
first named, provided thst in the first
drawing neither of them shall have taken
the teachers prize, in which latter event
the lucky pupil is to be excluded from the
chances of the second drawing. b ar
rangement is considered very satisfactory,
because by 10 all the pupils will receive
the honor due, the very fact Of submitting
to q trial by lottery going to show that
they are so equal in merit IL is impossible
to decide otherwise between them. The
following is the