Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-06-01

DRAwIsG AND PKNMANsHIP
The ANIMAL examination for drawing AMI
penDanshIp OF the public schools of this eitv
took place Friday afternoon in the Frankl.u
buhding, and those who atten ded IL we're highly
hall we're specimens OF the work exhIbifa.i on
the walls, and many Of them were Commented,
as also the work Of primary pupils on states ar
ranged on an elevated table. In this room four
sketches by q sevan-year old con of Mr. RI.
like. the artist, attracted universal attention.
On table on the south side Of the hall we're
many Of the visitors examined th.u and ex-
pressed surprise at the Improvement m .de gan
orally. This hail was handsomely decorstsd,
we're specimens OF drawing, and on the walls
fine specimens OF map drawing (from memory
were exhibited. The examination proper took
place IN the male grammar school room, under
the direction of the committee on drawing
Messrs. Wright, Hart and Deln-Mrs s. E.
Fuller, the teacher, Superintendent Wilson
Introducing the study belongs,l Carl Roeser,
jr., and L. Enthoffer, the special examiners!
here the special class In drawing-hve boys
from each district-were sent &c the board, and
under the direction OF Mrs. Fuiler, drew figures
BY dictaticn, and Mrs. after explaiuinS her
method, set the pupils at object drawing Taere
Guiding AZ. Horstio Stone the scu }pr. Rev
Father White, OF st. Matthews rch. and
Bro JOSEPH. of st. Matthews d lats, Poo.
Hilgard, OF The Coast Survey, Drf nd ALL sec
rotary TO the Governor, Mr.. Anthony HYDE, of
Georgetown, and members of tie board and
many OF the teachers, and all took much inter-
est IN the proceedings. The award OF prizes
was committed to Messrs. Stuart, Roeser and
Esthoffer, AID after scareful examination, thew
made the folloEin distribution For best de-
slen, CnsIles W. Lemon, gold medal; best die
tatiOn on blackboard, l.. Hammond gold medal:
best object Craving on blackboard, Down
IwItchell, course of drawing lessons; best draw
ing book, n. Bradford. premium book. Dur
ing the afternoon Prof. HiIgard vas called on
and delivered an able address to the pupils or,
the subject Of drawing in the public schools.
The REsIGgATION OF CASHIER Noses
Rehabilitation has been made in TIE SrAR
OF the resignation of Mr.. Moses Kelly as cashier
OF the National metropolitan Blink, after ten
years service IN that capacity, making for him
self an official record of which himself and
friends may well be proud, and earning the
thanks or the directory for his able management
snd OF the business community for his iuaieious
distribution OF accommodations. In his letter
% resignation, dated May 20. he says: "E arIy
10 February last natihed you OF my purpose to
the first proximo, and / now tender nv resigna-
ton 70 take effect on that day. In doing this I
am glad to know and to be able to say most
truly, that leave the bank in q highly prosper
GUS condition, each day giving renewed evil
denee OF its strong hold upon the confidence ard
coed will OF the community. With wise man
esteem and become what its predecessor was, in
olden times, the favorite bank of the city ITS
progress during the last ten years, in my opln-
ion, fully justifes this ASS mptiOn."
He then reviews the history OF the bank in
that time and SAYS:
tAided By the counsel OF some of our most
eminent business men as directors, and an
efficient corps of assistants, success so far
crowned the efforts which were made that on
May i, 1865, We we're enabled to effect a com
plete reorganization under tie national chr
rency act, with stock at par. This result was
secured in part by collecting all debts some of
them OF thirty years standing, supposed to have
Sicb ana ~ part, ey increase of patronage
OF much earnest personal effort. It's business
has since greatly Increased in volume and profit
Its capital has been restored to s5Ge, 900, as it
originally stood, and in addition to this it now
has on hand surplus fund OF $50 900, equal to
thirty per cent of its capital, to saw nothing of
Tvs earnings since last dividend day. Nor have
its stockholders in the meantime failed per
sonally TO reap the benefit consequent upon
this improved state of things, having received
IN m the way OF dividends an aggregate of
S5o1 ,o1!. During my term OF service its loans |
70 mechanics, tradesmen, contractors and |
others have not probably been less than s2O OO0.-
UIO, mostly in small sums. the average being |
about six or seven hundred dollars, thus I
some thirty thousand distinct !
accommodations, almost without exception |
70 our own people, who have used the |
ard Strengthening our local INTEREST," |
Although our loans have been so numerous
and, in the aggregate so large, our losses have |
been comparatively small, the entire amount |
charged to profit and loss being only aSout
Sl5 600, of which more than one third was maie /
up OF loans made by the old bank and brought |
oIndIo WIN the new And now, gentlemaa,
N surTendering TO you the important trust so
eng held, permit me to say that il will be i'm
possible for me in the future not to feel a lively
interest in the prosperity of an institution with |
which have been SO closely identified; and in
taxing leave OF You personally, let me assure /
you Of my best wishes for your continued oaItb !
and prosperity" '"
Ihe BOARD OF directors, at meeting TO take
iGIon on this letter, adopted a resolution;
: nat In accepting the resignation of Masses
nelly, esl., we take pleasure in ackno WELDING
us Invaluable services to this bank of w6icb |
le las been the cashier for the past ten wears:
mo entertaining grateful sense of his extan
I'VE and arduous labors, we tender To him onr
AT sishes for his continued health and pros
,erity."