Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-03
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Further Examinations
Closing Exercises at No. !.
TheCOunCil.PrOceedingS
School Examinations


THE EXAMINATION AT NO. 4-CLoGya Ex-
ERcrsRs AT NO. /.
under the Princip,lship Of Miss Kste NJ. Slew
art, il situated on Washington street, between
Second and Tnird, and Is one Of the most popu-
and Efficient schools in the city.
The examination here took place yesterja |
morning, 10 the presence Of Mesars. Moore. |
Lynch, Roberts aud Palmer, of the Board Of
Education, and number Of visitors. Tho sx-
ercises 10 The girPs department on the upper
floor we're as follows
Singing by the School, Over the Summer Sea. |
liiss Stewarfs 2 class examined In Geogrs
ply. -,
Reading, Little by Little, NJ. TLislman.
Singing by the school, Jdniata.
Miss Sue Baeman's lst class 10 grammar ex-
amined. 1.fs..
| Reading, Little Florence, Lizzie Baker.
| Singing by the school, See our Oars.
Two CLASSES in Arithmetic examined by Miss
| Black And Miss Ba,eman.
Singing by school, Summer ime.
ReadiLg Our Fairies, Jessie Carsweli
| Miss Backs st class in Geography exam
ined. ft'
| Reading, C.bbier's Secret. Mary Mahoney
Singing by the school, Shaking Of the Hand.
Miss Ste~ar,'s 1T class in Spelling and Gran
| mar examined.
Reading, Home made Pies, Ollie West.
Dialogue. The Wonderful Scholars. by three
| little girls, who took their parts admirably.
Singing ty the school, What shall the Harvest
bep
These eIrrc' ses we're conducted in q spirited
shd highly successful manner, which drew from
Mr.. Roberts. on behalf Of the members Of the
Board, come encouraging remarks.
! The committees and visitors then receeded TO
| tha Low ~ hare he hov' don m nj
der the principalship of Miss Fraocis, was ex-
amined. The scholars 10 the room taueh ht by
Mrs Slocomb seemed very bright aud ready
Aui in the rooms taught by Misa Taylor and
Miss Pyle, great proficiency was shown in all
the studies, but especially in grammar.
The exercises closed BY the examination Of
the scholars Immediately under charge Of Miss
Francis. and these showed that Il hand Of dis
cipline had been guiding them. Their reading
was really excelisnt, and the defamation Il
Master Elan Qnigg, reflected great credit on
him.
Al twelve o'cock the exercises ended, and
every body seemed pleased with their morning
entertainment.
CLOSING ExERCI, Es AT SCHOOL NO. ].
Yesterday morning, the sx ximinations tool
place in both departments Of School No. ], pre-
paratory to the closing exercises Of the afternoon
and to determine who were entitled 10 the Sed
i
for excellence in En G ish Grammar. The ex
; aminstions were highly successful.
CLOSING ExERcIsEs IN THE Toys' DIETARY
MENT" w
The cosing exercisss, in the afternoon com
menced at 2 oclech, aud were witnessed b.
nearly all the members of the Board Of Educa
tion and large humber Of visitors. The pro-
granns, as published in the GAZETTE Of Thurs
day, was carried out in an effective manner
rha adi oh din rfi tto dec
h. lamatons were fine and spirited, while Richie
string band .in,erspersed the programme viii
S pleasicg musical seleetiona When il was con
cluded the prizes were awarded.
The Seidel prizes for first second and thir
|. honors in general scholarship were awarde
as follows:
First prize, eight volumes of knights his
', tory Of England, }" 10 John Robinson Moore
Second Pdze, A.Stradford's Shakespeare,
and three II p;'In ySlumes Of "sltons glaslc EOesss
Third Prize, ten volumes Of "Chamber
Miscellany" to Charles A, Hickman.
ID Master Moore was absent from the city b,
the other two being present came toward IN
received their prizes from Levi c, BIRD, ESQ
who made an impressive address,
3, The Adams prize, q beautiful gold media
appropriatiately inscribed was carried OF /
Il. ii. Eeepan. II. NJ. Jenkins Esq, preset
ted the prize in an appropriate speech.
The Heisler prizes, for excellance In decl,
tuuetoh WChO oaoo PseSOAtSu W 1At. Vcukiuo,,
follows;
First priEs. a beautiful gold medal. to III
tie Charley Reynolds. Charley declslne
, the speech Of Mr.. Ksvauaugh. OF Montan
on Protection to American Irish men,"
Ctfsvor OF the passage or resolutions inquirir
into the arrest OF certain Feniaus, durir
=, one OF The raids into Canada, His delIvs,
was 40 spirited and his voice 30 clear an
ringing that re ~ss greeted with consider
a., Second prizs, two volumes o: the 'Co
.S quest OF Peru" to Chas. f. Wollaston. wi
. dsclaimed the speech of Mcdowell. of Tex
on the "Texan Boundary" In 1861.
was also loudly spplGuded.
The prize Ror En9lish Compositiou, thr
volumes OF X nights "Half-hours with d
ley best Authors" was awarded TO James
Rlle, who road an ex cellent essay on ''T
rr Progress OF Civilization"
" Il. II. Keenan's essay, 1.-THE Monuments
-. | Aptauty," was the bert Of the afternoon, but
,%- he took this prize last year, be was not CO
petitor this time
! Honorable mention was made Of all the 9th
,, who aeclaimed Or read essays
The sxercises closed at 4. 80 o'clock. and
- ter a few remarks from Prof. Wiley, the su
= ence departed. 43sA G3t41 s
EXERCISES IN THE GIRLS DEPARTMENT. No. I.
In the morning there was . very ersditable
animation at No. J, under the supervision OF
one Rowland. X fEl,l .
to Some very fs,e essays were read. and the sing
| by the school was particularly hne. Miss l.
Hanna took the Adams prize for excellencs
English Grammar, which was presented by n
. lai'ys''e rsAnlsia,cS as = rs n scHocn No.
| Sehool No & Ia situated on Jefferson street.