The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-24
s1v1IE.scHoo1 ANN1TERs4Rf' T.
interesting Exercises at @ .ne .,nr,no
square Baptist Church-The s'ne
sn..cbes and Presentation Oh

The anniversary eAeieioe'
SQUARE Baptist Church sundaS-scnooi weIo
hold Yesterday afternoon, though they may %
.a,d tn have begun in the morning, as the pas
tor Rev. E, T. Winkler, D. D., read curing tlie
morning service the annual report OF tne aoo
end efsc,ent superintendent, John G: Mhnor,
Far Tne report refers to the conversion VI
tbrse of the scholars durln- the year' anu 'ne
death of one, and also alluues 'eis
to the death of Deacon W. .. hene'eS' ou1 W
the officers OF the school. Tne SCHOOL cohsls's
of fonr officers, nine male teachers, Twelve
famale teachers, eighly-fse male scholars,
ons hundred and one female scholars. io'al
of teachers and scholars, two hunareo anu
elsven. There has also been added to the
library of the school, during the past year,
over five hundred volumes, at COST OF TWO
hundred and sixty-four dollars and eighty-sl4
cents. A statement was also made OF tne
clothing fund, showing balance on mana 10
the hands of the treasurer of twenty Eight dol
lars and ninety-fve cents.
At five o'clock P. NJ, the children and teach
era together with the parents and members OF
the congregation, and large concourse OF
friends anxious 10 witness the Interesting eX-
erclses. assembled In the spacious church.
The services began by the singing by the
school Of the hymn "Bless the Lord, my
Soul" The singing was accompanied by the
piano, played by Miss Cuthbert, and the whole
conducted by VIM. Tnayer, ESQ.,, whose thor
ough acquaintance with and love OIL n''sio
eminently qualify him as the Instructor ol the
children in singing the beautiful songs ol Alon.
The singing was particularly sweet, ana tne
echoars exhibited the results OF thorough
training, All of the songs selected were very
beautiful aud appropriate, aud they were snng
with a precision and life which spoke volumes
for their instructor, and showed that their lit:
tie hearts were full of the praise they suing.
tsssr an opening prayer by DR.. Winkler, and
the singing of the second hymn, the Scripture
lesson for the day was read by the pastor, the
children and teachers uniting In the responses.
The lesson was taken from Kings, "a: 10 l6.
Then followed the salutatory address by Mas.
ter W. C. Miller, who, though with one arm 10
sling, extended very graceful welcome to
all. Next was sung the beautiful hymn, "our
Bright Home Above" after which Master X.
Hall Tupper delivered an address upon the i'm
pertance Of Truth. After singing the next
hymn, "The Bright Forever" Masters Tnoe
Smith Wilbur and W. Cutlino wilbur spoke 10
a Dialogue. entitled "Step In the right direc-
tion.n "The Angels in the Air" having been
then sung, little Master Edwin Winkler recited
Leigh Hunts beautiful little poem, "Abou Ben
Adhem," with fine effect. The next hymn was
"My Sabbath Home," then Master F. L. Meyer
delivered an sddress ITO Parents and Friends
Next followed THAT Beautiful Land" succeed
ed by an address from Master Cornelius Wink.
Ter, whose subject was, "You may pay too
dear for your Whistle" This closed the ad-
dresses on the part Of the scholars, all Of
whom acquitted themselves well, and gave
great promise OF becoming good men and elo-
ouent sbeakers, whether at the bar, In lesisa-
tive halls, OF in the pulpit. The distribution OF
prizes followed the addresses. The superin-
tendent first delivered two prizes, which had
been offered by Two friends OF the church to
the teachers of the class of male and female
scholars respectively which should make the
largest contributions to the benevolent object
OF the school. These prizes were awarded to
Mr.. D. Mustard, whose class had contributed
sixteen dollars, and to Mrs. E. NJ. Miller, whose
little class OF girls had contributed twelve dol
lsrs.
The young mems Bible class, taught by Mr..
VIM. G. Wnilden, aud the young ladies' Bible
class, taught by Colonel Zimmerman Davis,
have together contributed about one hundred
dollars during the year. but they were not con- |
testants for these frizes. Mrs. Miller was also
awarded prize for punctuality, never having
been late once, and only absent few Sabbaths
from sickness. TO the only teacher who was
never absent or late one Sabbath In the year,
Mr.. NJ. L. Almar, a handsome prize was also
awarded. The superintendent then presented
handsome edition of Wordsworth's poems to
Miss Ella Gants, given by her teacher as |
prize for punotuality and regular attendance
her absence during the epidemic causing her |
to fall In receiving the necessary number OF
tickets to entitle hsr to prize according to the
terms imposed for the whole school: Then |
began the distribution OF prizes to all those |
who had been present at the opening of the |
school for iorly-Hve Sabbaths, or more, during |
the year. In the male department the follow
ing werel the recipients: Thomas Smith Will
bur, W. Cuttino Wilbur, James A. Dixon, Rob-
ert A. wilbur, Herbert Wilbur, Hal l. Bissell,
Orvle BlsselI, W. G. Miller, Moultrie Goddard,
James E. Goddard and Edward McTureous.
In the female department the recipients were
Misses Lula NJ. Wilbur, Mary Aimar, Eva
Smokes. Mary Smokes, Mary j. Dallas, Annie
Smith, Martha Desportes, Cornella Desportes,
Eveline Sweeney and Flora McIver. Thirteen
little girls and eight little boys, in the infant
class, also received suitable prizes for good
behavior, upon the recommendation of their |
teacher. The superintendent took occasion to
refer to the marked punctuality of the four lit,
tie Masters Wilbur and their sister, Miss Lula. |
The distribution of the prizes by the super |
intendent having been concluded, Colonel Da-
via took him completely by surprise by pre-
senting him, in behalf of the teachers and
scholars Of the school, with handsome silver
goblet and salver, for his faithful discharge of
the onerous duties Of superintendent for the
past four years. IN the course of his remarks |!
Colonel Davis mentioned the fact that during |
the whole period of four years Mr.. Minor had |
never once been late In attendance. No |
x,o,dor that anch ,,nDo Dotnoljtv nm tho MORT of Il