Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-05-22

Annual Examination.

oHAhnkRLAIh BUILDING.
This school building, located IN tho Fifh
school district (loofEetoWn) contains seven
schoole-one Grammar, one intermediate, one
Secondary and four Primary. Principal 10
charge, Miss Sarah L. Damn.
Primary NO l.
Miss Marin o. barney, teacher, was tho trst
school examined. The scholars composing ii
are quite small, feS, 4 any, having reached the
age Ui seven years, large percentage Of whom
have not been In school over two months Bu.
perintendent Cook commenced at g;l5 q. M, and
was engaged untii HAS In examining the httle
iOiks In reading from charts aud nTst readers
and spelling from same, Arithmetic, Whiting and
recalling numbers from one TO one hundred
counting BY ones, tw0s and thrsea 10 ono hun
drod, IN all Of which the little folks did we'll.
Their department and physical exercises we're
excellent Number belonging, al present. Al.
PRlhARYN oa
miss Martha q. Simms, teacher; number Of
Ss@asd Ins ssboo %SSS i o. nc S fool TS' sSS
lhlrd grades, In reading IRON tho First and SEQ.
ond Readers, spelling from same, arithmetic,
9RSnnk ~ sso. thIees iogrs and nyes % ldOi
otslgnS. The pupils Ia this room arc litfle ii
any larger than those 10 No. 4 They exceIled
~ Arithmetle, and showed ialr knowledge Of
the studies OF the grade.
PRIMARY NO.
Mis- A, p. Bell. teaohsr-cOmposed Of pupiIs
elias ined In tho fourth and third grades-uan,
grade as No, 8, wai examined BY Prof yashoS
In the same studlesi tho children ansWsrinK
ifeely questions In arithmetic, and In some ii,
ltAnoes reading with . degree Of accuracy re-
lnAIkAhle Tor children % young. That which
ApPeAiei 70 b0lher the little ones tho most 10
some OF the other rooms Was spelling but In this
school some very hard words were Spelt by the
pupils. The physical exc rciaes 10 u IL room were
u marked feature, the pupils being perfect
FRlhART NO. |,
Miss M. A, q. Oakley, teacher, The examlna-
hon In this rom was conducted by SupeTin-
lendent Uo0ky who commenced examining the
pupils Al lI;ah a m and was engaged until
y. ~. In testing, BY = thorough review, the
studies passed over during tho school year. In
reading from the Third Header the scholars did
welli the srelling rum same was quite fair, aud
In some instances very good. In arithmetic tho
scholars eHoelled, both oral and written, ansWeT.
board some very difiicult examples In ReoK
rAPhy they also did remarkably well, being, a.
a class, nearly perfect. The department OF the
scholars was excellent, as were the voc Al eEer-
cisss, under the direction OF Mrs. WormIey.
The examination was Witnessed by a nunber
Of parents and friends, who EXPRESSED them.
selves pleased with the thOroug Illness OF tbs lest
appilod 20 the pupils. Among them we're John
- Brooks, esl eN.TTustee Alfred Jones and
Ilol sampson, who stated that from personal
conservation he was satisfied that the ooloreJ
schools Of Washing ton did amount 10 somethinE
and thAt there was more than 4 half doEen OF
ooloIod people who GOULD not only speak gram.
mi mikh,ieauS but were capable Of lmparting Il TO
= Henry johnson, president Of the board Of
ad, u,sses' was present during tho entire sxAml.
The examinations will be Continued to. day at
W. John T. Cook school, q street, between
f0u''n An' rum commanding Al p;l5 a. m.