National Republican., 1873-06-05
Tirst District,

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First District,
TTNALE PRIMARY NO. o,
First district, was examined BY lInsIees asI nn,s
and Stewart This school IL OF the nrst grade,
The pupils being between six and seven wears o.
age. fhey were examined In the primer, read,
ing hooks, writing and drawing, spelling ana
arithmetic. Also, on the sound charts and on
form and color. the school Is one Of the class
taught on the object prlnclplc-a principle
which brings out more original thought IN
Saiisthenic and kindergarten EXERCISES were NOT
the least interesting features, aud added much
20 the enjoyment OF the parents and friends o.
the pupils, who attended In large numbers. The
teacher, Miss Fanny 4. Julien, thoroughly un:
derstAnda her vocation. She Ia q graduate o.
Our Grammar schools, and has been teaehln 3
three years, 70 the great satisfaction o. ,ne om
GERS and patrons OF the schools. " was Son-
ceded by all that yesterdays ekamlnatlon inal.
Gated not only thoroughness OF instruction, oul
earnest effort on the part OF me pupils a1hs nt ,hs
school, was awarded TO Ellen Lawton, anu
diplomas 70 Irma lIeiprin, Theresa llinkle6ein'
kmma GOodacrc, Mary 4. Lynch, ila sntn,
Mallow, Helen spadmg, Matte Barron, MaIths
ahnn, Hattie Aston, Mary ChamOerilh anu
Invre are nfy-seven pupils In the school, and
ali were present at the examination. Tue ma
jOrity OF the pupils will be transferred next year,
VALE PRIMARY NO. II,
was examined by Trustee Hart, IN the presence
Mr, c. l.. Hulse, OF the Territorial Legislature
rms school Ia Of the same grade as No. 9, and
the studies pursued are the same. The boys DID
great credit to themselves, aud to their teacher,
Miss Katie V. snyder. Like Miss Julien, Miss
snyder Il q graduate Of the Washington public
schools, and In the three or four years she has
been teaching has given entire sAttsfactlon 70
the school board and 20 the patrons Of the school,
Her roll shows 6S pupils, and all were present
yesterday. TIE honors OF the school were con
Ierred upon the following Medal g Robert u
Eugene Sampson, James kettner, Harry Nc
Glue, Wnlie Godfrey, Maurice King, Andrew
Rick, George Borden, Edward koss and Harry
MALE SECONDARY SCHOOL, NO. Q,
Miss Ella McMahon, teacner, was examined ny
Trustee Harris and Superintendent Wilson, ln
aud friends Of the pupils, among whom was Hon.
James A. Garfield, whose son was pupil In the
school the past year. The school was examined
in reading, mental and practical arithmetic,
geoVfaphy, and IN the 'Chlid's Book Of Nature,
and the boys acquitted themselves In highly
honorable and credltable manner, working out
results IN most cases With elea,ness tna'
mp TO last year, had charge OF Primary school,
and the result OF years work-the progress
made by her pupils In all branches, has fully Jus
tiled the action OF the trustees in promoting her
20 higher grade. There are 90 pupils on the
roll, all Of whom will be transferred IN Septem-
her. The school medal was awarded to Law
Clarence Barnard, BENJAMIN Parkhutst, Emer'
son Hawk, Harry Hamilton, Benjamin Duyall,
Joseph Morgan, Willism Baldwin, Charles Nc
% lev and SS %liSm % PaSion. benjsmiu % DSvsiI also
carried on a special prize, having won the spell
ing medal IN the contest between the Secondary
schools Of this grade.
FEMAIE INTERMEDIATE NO. 2,
Miss Lucilla X smith, teacher, was examined By
Superintendent Wilson and Trustees Hart ant
Harris in reading. mental and practical 9Iihme
most needless TO say that the examination was
eminently satisfactory, for oil who have knowl
edge OF our schools recognize In Miss smith one
Of the most thorough and efncient teachers In
washington. A graduate Of the Normal schoo
OF Pennington. Me-, she came here three year,
ago upon the invitation OF the aub-board OF TIT
First district, and In the discharge Of her dutei
she has given the most perfect aatisfaetion. II
health compelled her TO leave her school for
short time tue past winter, but In spite OF thl
drawback she has had such earnest cooperation
on behalf OF her pupils that the examination o
yesterday was all that could have been desired
and al present felt that teacher and pupils full
deserved the words OF praise uttered Al the clos'
OF the exercises.
Besldes the oral exercises there was evidence
Of high training and studlous effort all about th
school room. The blackboards were coyere'
win maps drawn @ ny b nc pupils, . while % tne ma
the greatest delight to all who examined them
The school In competitive examinations Dor
on three special prizes, VIZ for spelling, by MIS-
BuTket; and for German, by Miss Rosa kOru
Another pupn Of the school, Miss Eva McCueu
competed 10 closely with Miss Korn for the Gel
man medal that Trustee Hart presented her wit
n special prize. Miss Laura Emmat was awarhe
the school medal or irst honor, and diploma
were awarded to Misses Ellen PitEhugh, Emil
lockwood, Katie Sterling, Lima Frank, Fam
Martin, Cora Hines, Alice York, Minnie Moor,
Mary I'LL, Alice Speake, Eva McCuen, Emm
Keiss, Sadly shaw, Mary Barry, Charlotte WOh
fArth, Sallle BuTket, Alice smart, Ella Beall, Ge
fFunR MgNahh Mary German. ROaa KuTn
trpde Farrelly, Mettle Gibbs and Lillian Iiar
well.
Second District.
MALE PRINAkY NO. 2.
This school n located In the Berret building,
the corner OF New YORK avenue and sixth stree
and possesses better advantages for the comic
Of the scholars than any of the schools pr
VlOusly visited this season. Miss LEkIe Halslul
the teacher IN charge, Is well known rs an Ii
structreSs OF ability, as the pupils transfeue
from her care year after year 10 higher grad
schools fully testify. THIS time she lahore
under considerable disadvantages, for twlc
since the opening Of the school In Septembt
last has she been compelled to see her scholar
transferred, as they had become sufficiently ~
yanced to enter the schools Of the next grad
beyond, no less than forty pupils having bee
thus changed. Despite these Withdrawals sh
accepted the new MATERIAL and the result OF IN
examination showed how much could he accom
Dhsh"h IN short space OF time by perseverance
Ins examination commenced at . O'Clock an
was conducted by Trustee Woodward, the eXei
cisss being sPedns TeSEs sFsiPg SI SysSSGa
Commendable proficiency in their studies, anC
Us was TO be expected, did themselves an
teacher iull justice. The school numbers Q
scholars, aud all were present A further truns
fer Of 30 In addition to those above referred {
will be made. The award OF premiums was 4
follows Medal, William Constantine; d
plOma-attendance, George Crawford, John Nit
chell, Theodore Miles, Louis ]. Peyser, EdgA
Perry Theodore Thomas; department. Rdwan
Weaver, Maurice Adder, Charles Bright Wi
CIementS, Andrew il. Duiiy, Anthony Dennison
James BrcsnAhan, Geo. SeibOld; penmanshlp
Henry stolpe; vocal music, william Dickson
medal scholar but In deciding by lot It fell to hi
M,LE PRIMARY no. II.
At O'Clock Trustee DERRICK and ex-TrIate
Mcclellan began the examination In this school
which Is located In that mlserably dilapidate,
frame-bullding on Ninth street, between i ani
y streets. Miss NJ. c. johnson, the teacher, 4
serving her iirst year with the school, and ha
every reason TO feel proud OF her years labor, a
the boys showed the results Of most carefu
training and attention, Judging by the examl
nation Of yesterday, Miss johnson has pr0yei
corps OF teachers. The boys were examined i
the same branches as the other schools OF thl
grade, and although they were well handled
stlll 1t was found dlfilcult to either trip or con
fuse. they seeming TO have the answers Away
ready at the tongues end. The school number
IS pupilsi all were In attendance. and thirty wi
lie transferred. The premiums were awarded q
follows: Medal, Wm. Moran dlplomAs-scholar
ship, Charles MerTllat, WIN. Perry, John Llnsel
Herman Sentner, VIM. Martin, August Dahler
attendance, Wilmer Bowen, Horace Beall de
pOrtment, Jacob BookDinder, Charles Order
penmanship, George Beall; music, sydney John
son.
FEMuR SECONDARY no 10.
This school occupies one OF the upper room
In the brick building on o street, between fonrl
and ElfIh. and Ia Dlea9AutlV located. Tn(
numerous windows on both sides OF the build
ing affords excellent ventilation and free cir
cnlatlon Of air passes through the room durinl
study hours. Floral decorations were abundant
aud arranged In the most tasty designs, Will,
the pretty, animated faces Of the Misses added
mOst attractive feature 10 the school. They wer
ali attlTed 10 ApOtlesa white, aud wore the blu
sash, which Is now recognized as the Distric
color.
There seemed no unusual embarrassment will
them, on account OF the trying ordeal througl
which they were about passing, but, knowing
that they were surrounded by an audience com
posed OF parents and friends, who hal assemble'
10 witness the summing up the results attaine,
seemed ready for the contest, and on every coun
tenance was pictured a confidence that on tn
close OF the examination fresh laurels and sue
cess would be on their side. EN-rrustee McLel
Ian was the examiner, and commenced his labor
at O'Clock, dlscharglng the dnty faithfully, eyi
IDENTIFY feeling that he had brag school, AM
would put them TO the seyerest test Preylou
TO the beginning OF the exercises Miss X. lemo
delivered u brief address OF welcome, which wa
pretty done and dcseryingly applauded.
Then came the examinations IN arithmetic