The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-06-27

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for the term:
noie NUMBER enrolled ....................,,.. 16i
average number belonging. .................... 1853
Average attendance. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. l47
Per centage of attendance. ................... SO
Whole number admitted. .........,.....,... 6
Number of days in term. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. rs
Number not absent during term .............. 40
Number present at examination. .............. 147
Candidates for admission to High School. %
The West School, Miss Carleton, Principal,
has been neglected by the newspapers hereto
fore on these sem-annual occasions for the
reason that the time allotted to the Grammar
School examinations is SO brief that little op-
portunity is allowed for visit to this, which is
remote from the center. We know, however,
that it has ranked high with the Committee,
and the reports from it are invariably good
1t labors under some disadvantages, One of
which is its location among semi-rural popu-
lation, making it subject to the fluctuations of
attendance which obtains in country schools
Yesterday there was a very good number of
parents present. The scholars had shown COM
mendable taste in the establishment of the
rooms with flowers and evergreens. In the
grammar department and two of the primary
rooms each desk had pretty bouquet on t,and
in Miss Thurston's room the children had re-
membered one of their dead cumpanions-Em-
ma Libby, who died March 29-by hanging a
memorial wreath inscribed with her name. The
blackboards exhibited many unusually good
specimens of drawing which branch is under
the special care of Miss Buzelle, who is an ex-
pert teacher of the art. The system of instruc-
ton in this school has been changed during the
past term, as experiment, the studies being
cd e
aratiOn of classes into divisions as is the Gus
tom in other grammar schools; for example,
one teacher superintends all the reading; an
otherall the arithmetic, &c., and the expert
ment promises well. The schools have laid
the foundation of library and have already
about 200 volumes by their own contributions.
The Rotations yesterday were very good, es-
pecially in geography and arithmetic, the pu-
pills being not only familiar with the routine of
books, but familiar with the spirit and philoso-
ply of the studies. There was also some good
singing, select reading and recitations in con-
cert. The whole number of pupils in the pri-
mary department is 147, with an average per
cent, reduced on account of the prevalence of
mumps and measles. In the grammar depart
ment there are Sc pupils belonging, with 80 per
cent. of attendance. Eight pupils have been pre-
pared for the High School.
The Brackest Street Grammar School for
Girls is one of the most attractive schools in the
city, and always draws a crowd OF visitors on
examination day. Yesterday showed no ex-
ception to the rule. The little we heard of the
exercises was OF the same satisfactory charac-
ter as on previous occasions, and the reports of
the Committee were very flattering, AT the
close there was good singing by the pupils and
short addresses by the Committee and some of
the visitors. The average attendance has been
121, or per centage of So of the whole number.
SiXty-six have been absent during the term
The first class numbers about 40 and the aver
age attendance is 9S per cent. Number of cards
given out 245; the number who have received all
is5.
One great feature at Master Taylors School
the Fourth Grammar for Boys-is punctuality.
The average number belonging is 189; average
attendance 1888, or 967; number not absent for
the term A. The examination, yesterday, in
all the branches, was gratifying to the friends
of the school.
We are unable, from personal knowledge, to
speak of the exercises of the Center Grammar
School for Girls, and must content ourselves
with the formal statistics: