National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-07-17
MEETING OF THE COLORED SCHOOL
TRUSTEES.
Report OF the Examiners of tho Prepare.
tory High scheol-A Comparison Of the
Examinations with Those Of the Previous
Year-A Sad shswipg for Mr.. Greoner.

Report OF the Examiners OF tho Prepare.
tory High scheol-A Comparison Of the
Examinations with Those Of the Previous
Year-A Sad showing for Mr.. Greoner.
A meeting Of the Board Of Colored School
Trustees was held last night at the Sumner
school building; Mr.. Perry Rider In the chair.
Applications were received from Jos. Wall for
the position Of teacher, and A. 4. Nicholson and
N. J. johnson for the position OF janitor. Re-
ferred.
Bills amounting to ,2e9 were presented and re-
ferred.
A petition was read recommending J. T. C..
Brown for tho position OF janitor Of Anthony
Bowen school-house. Referred.
Mr.. A. Lewis offered the following resolution;
which was adopted;
Resolved, That the committee on buildings and
grounds shall order that the necessary repairs
be made on all the buildings and grounds at the
earliest date, including the roof on LoveJoy
Also The following; which was adopted:
RESOLVED. That the committee on teachers and
text books, together with the superintendent,
shall report at the regular meeting list OF
prizes, medals, &C., for the coming school year.
He also made partial report from the com.
mittee appointed 10 procure o statue OF Mr..
Charles Sumner, stating that the committee had
conferred with the numerous artists upon the
subject, but had come to no conclusion. The
bids ranged from $500 to 5000. The report was
received and the committee continued.
superintendent Goo. +. Cook read the follow
ing report:
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GESTiExks: We Respectfully submit the fol.
lowing statement showing the results OF the late
annual written examination Of the preparatory
high school, and companion with those OF the
OF two Glasses, the frst and the second.
The second class, which numbers sixty-six
pupils, had completed, before It's promotion to
year, the studies Of the third grammar grade.
AL OF the questions submitted to the pupils Of
this class were taken from the textbooks used
10 these schools, and confined strictly to the
limits OF the nfst grammar grade.
OF the sixty-nye pupils examined only one
attained an average percentage OF seventy, or
the percentage necessary for promotion.
sued during the year stands as follows: Read
ing, SO; spelling, 81 arithmetic, 10; algebra %;
grammar, ~; history, IS. The general average
ton OF the previous school year 1t was found
that the second class OF that year had completed
the studies OF the second and nrst grammar
grades and entered upon studies Of the high.
Tuat ciass stood as follows: Reading, 90;
spelling, Is; arithmetic, %; algebra, OIL gram.
mar. g; natural philosophy 81 or general
The average per cent. OF the 1rst class In each
study Is as follows: Reading, 90; spelling, 90;
arithmetic, So algebra, 81; geometry, IS; his
tory, IL; grammar, 80; natural philosophy, IS; or
general class average In all studies Of IS per
cent.
The nrst class OF the previous year was as fol-
lows: Reading, %; spelling, 70; arithmetic, co.
algebra, 40; grammar 55; natural philosophy,
IS; Latin, co. or general class average In all Of
the studies OF SO per cent.
BY request, Mr.. Greener, the principal OF
the school, furnished q statement "a copy
OF which ACCOMPANIES this report, showing the
progress made In each study 30 far ss the text
book would indicate.
From said statement II was found, In cOmpar-
son with the papers Of last year. that the pupils
Of the same class were not as far adyanc ed In
several OF the studies as they were last year.
The questions selected for the test were, how
ever, restricted to the limits designated by the
teacher.
Accompanying, you will also nnd copes Of the
questions for each year. An Inspection OF them
will show that those Of the previous year In the