Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-05-28
CoLORED SCHOOLS.


LINCOLN BUILDING.
This building Il located IN the Third school
district, and contains ten sohools-siN primaries,
two secondArles, one intermediate and one gram
mar. Principal In charge, Mrs. N. A. s. Gary.
ERIMhRI no. SS.,,uu,
enrolled, ~ present, as Prof Vashon com
moneed examining at 929 a M and was 60,
gagged until 1870 p, m. The children recited
freely from tho alphabet table, reading and
speliInE from eharts and from ntst and second
readers, counting By twos, threes, fours aod
nyes, rotations and numsratlons 10 thousand.
The general oI1er snd n'scpllne .. yns sonO, NJ,
Chambers being entitled TO special oommenda-
ton tor the condition Of the school The room
was psrticuia,y noticeable Io6 ne has aronnS
the walls were portraits Of Abraham Lincoln,
General Grant Governor Cooke and The late
Scn.rslI OoEsd liz. one vas, bed of rss "a 'O'
PRIMARY NO. 4,
Miss Clara y. COLLINS, teacher, composed Of o.
pupils Of whom Tsr. preset who or wsT.
tendent Cook examined them In reading from
charts and the nrst reader, and In spelling from
the samei arithmetic. By counting By ones and
with hyes, Romans 70 one hundred, and IN road.
ing and writing numbers 70 one huudrcdi phys.
lcn exercises. The children, while showing
meritorious proficiency In all their studies, OK
oeiisd in arithmetic Their department was
also excellent, and their taste for tho beautiful
vas shown In The decoration Of the school room,
which "A'qul'o pretty s,nyI Sod aS unique
Time, go a. m. 10 l. IN. Miss NJ. o. Kelly
teacher. The pupils In this room number III
all present. aud are classified into fourth and
third grades. Superintendent Cook examined
them In reading from the second reader, and In
spelling from the sane; In arithmetic, counting
by ones and tuos, multiplication table through
with hves, reading and writing numbers to ono
thousand, Romans 10 one hundred, and adding
and Buhtraoting by the use OF signs. The pu'
pills DID remark ably we'll In all the studies, es.
peolally In spelling showing an accuracy that
IL not Often met with, as class being perfect,
not missing one word, which certainly speaks
well for tho teacher, who IL untiring 10 her
efforts to advance the educational interests Of
those entrusted 10 her charge. This room, like
the rest, gave evidence Of taste and beauty In
the horaI decorations
PRIMARY no.
Miss Marcelllna Wood, tsa,her; number OF
pupils enrolled a., OF whom 40 were present.
Prof VAshon entered this room at l:lb p. M,
and was kept quite busy until p. m. In testing
the scholars in the studies pursued the current
school year, which embraced reading from third
reader, spelling torAl and writtsnl from same,
traction, and multipllcatloa, with one-ngure
multipllsr, In all Of which they showed consider.
able proficiency, especially In arithmetic, being
and apt 10 handling figures, con.
adorable attention apparently having beon paid
10 that Important study by the teacher In charge.
The singing By he pupils, under the music
many friends Of the scholars present, among
whom wero Hon. !, W. LeBafnes. .osburn r.
Anderson, J. W. Schurcmau, and George Oar.
rett, esq. The members Of tho Board OF rrus-
ICES were present during the examinations,
which will be continued at the same building to.
day, commencing at 9lb .. m.