Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-05-23
CoI.ORED SCHOOLS.
Annual Examinatisns.


THIS building Il located In the Second district,
and contains twelve schOolH-six primaries, three
secOndafies, two Intermediates and one gram
mar. Principal In charge, Miss Emma W
Brown.
The teacher In this room, Miss Ella Logan,
has sixty pupils snT9lled, my three being pres,
a m, and was engaged until l2:2o The exer-
olses consisted OF recitAtiOns Of the alphabet,
reading from charts and nrst reader, and spell.
Ing from same, arithmetic, oral aud written,
counting by Ones and tWOa. The exercises were
marked throughout by the most gratifying ae
ourAcy, nearly one third Of the little scholars
ali their studies Thsir department was excel.
lent, and the general degree Of excellence at.
tanned reflects credit alike upon teacher and
scholar
PRIMARY NO. 8,
Miss NJ. A. TeNglO, teacher. The pupils In this
room, numbering sixty, niIy three being pres
ent, are IN the nIth and fourth Erade.i SUPER.
charts and first readers, and spelling from same,
In all OF which they were excellenti In number
reading and urliinS trom one 20 one hnndred'
counting by ones, twOt, threes, Tours and nVes,
to sixty, aud Romans 70 one hundred. The pu-
pills In this room did we'll, thowlng an Rplness
that was remarkable for children 80 small In
siEe and whose opportunities for Acqulring edu.
cation ars In some instances Of the most dirf.
cult nature. The manner In which the ehlldrou
responded showed conclusively th It tho lady In
charge was an earnest and Conscientious teacher.
superl ntendent Cook commence at s:l5 a. m.
aud was engaged 10 1915 p. IN. In examining the
scholars in their studies.
~. a, BanARv no :, u.,. h.,
control sixty Of the brightest lltt,e pupils TO be
found In any public school, all Of whom were
present, they being CLASSIFIED in the fourth and
third grades. Superintendent Cook examined
them In reading from hrst and second readers
And spelling from same; arithmetic counting BY
ones 70 one hundred Romans TO one hundred
writing and reading numbers 10 one hund rcd
th0ua and. and NIamDlOn In addition. ThO
Alacrlty with which the little folks respond ID
and worked was gratifying In the eEtremei Ia
dsPo5tment they were par excellent sitting
like little statues, and giving undivided atten.
tion to the examiner. Aflsr the examination
the scholars entertained the many visitors who
were present with some very hne relation
and other Interesting exercises, The oxamina'
ton commenced at 1873 and held TO $50 y. IN.
PRIMARY NO. 8
Miss Amelia l.. TilKham, teaoher-number oil
sSE IN tSs sI9a SraSs SS1s SSamInSd By Prot
Yashun In reading from second reader and IN
spelllngi some In arithmetic, mental and writ
tSo BY Use o. 'isIs and short practical STa%
this room were pretty severely handled by IN,
examiner, but showed themselves 10 = Kooc
many instanoes equal To the task required o
them. Their behavior was excellent Theil
weak point, however was their not speakint
out, apparently lAborlng under restraint, which
considerinE the number Of visitors present, wa
lion commenced at lS:SO and held To $50 y. m.
PRIMARY NO. 2
Miss u. A. Lee teacher. This school IL con
posed Of amy pupils between the ages Of sever
and nine years, many OF whom have not beer
| attending public schools for more than tOul
months. They were examined by Superintend
cut Cook In reading from second and third read
ers and spelling from same, and In Arithmetic
In addition and subtraction by use Of signs ant
practical examples. Considering the time TIT
pupils have enjoyed the benefits Of education
ms{ ,ns u asasy,,.n, snhalsrs Thsir ssnoItmsn