The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-12-17

The reception gwen Dy tne TEACHERS
of the First District School, last Friday
night, was a grand success. The OBJ
iect, as stated in our last issue, was to
make the parents of pupils, attending
the school acquainted with the teachers,
and by the course pursued the teachers
did not fail.
The large hall OF the school building
was filed before eight o'clock. At that
hour the audience was greeted with a
SONG OF WELCOME,
a quartette, sung by Mrs. Green, the
Misses Burnett and Nellie Hodges and
Mr.. Fl. Barns. It was well performed
and made the audience feel as though
they were acelcome. The essay
ssFoUND IN STOCKING"
was read by Miss Barr. What she
found there was a fancy Life Is like
the knitting of stocking. The work IS
set up for us, but we must each knit our
stocking. We knit, drop stitches, and
pick them up again we unravel and DO
work over again. The long or straight
part may be compared to early life, the
heel to the turning point, and the foot
to the declining portion, while the seam
Will mark the individuality OF each one.
A single thread passes through the whole.
The tapering off, and breaking the thread
IS emblematic of the final dissolution. 1t
was a mastery effort and wish our space
would permit Us to publish the entire
ESSAY, as it would prove interesting to
al our readers.
Miss Cuddy read
"HUNGRY.
We have not been able to learn who
the author is, but it was read with feel
ing, and IS matter OF elocution was al
most perfect.
The essay,
''WHEELS,
was read by Miss Phinney, and was
well received. It handled a number of
subjects, in allegory, showing how life
and its concomitants may be compared
with wheels.
The exercises were here varied by
song, solo,
ssEIILE OF ERIN
BIZ Miss Sibree. This young lady has
fine soprano voice, Well cultivated, and
the theme lost none of its pathos by her
rendition of it.
She was followed by Miss Sherman,
who read an essay OF
''rHE NECESSITY OF STUDYING THINGS AS
WE'LL AS BOOKS.
Miss Sherman, in speaking of the man
ner of teaching, laid particular stress on
object lessons, and cited many instances
where the most prominent men in the
walks of science, art or literature, had
acquired their position by the early
study of things, in connection with
theories.
Miss Sacket surprised and held the
audience spell-bound by her beautiful
recitation of Jean 1ngelow's poem,
''BRIDES OF ENDERBY.
The old mothers lament, Elizabeth's
calling the COWS at eventide, the ringing
of the bells, the anxious inquiries of the
son, the rising of the food, the night of
horror On the roof of the cabin, the
finding of the dead body and the evident
insanity of the mother were portrayed
with such fidelity that the audience
were absolute eye witnesses to the whole
fearful scene The hush of fear seemed
to have settled on the assemblage, when
Mr.. Barns announced the duet,
SIN THE STARLIGHT"
which was sung by Mrs. Green and Miss
Burnett, and by its cheerful notes drove
away the sadness that peryaded the au-
Gience.
MIR. II. BARNS,
the principal OF the school, made some
very pertinent remarks. He called at
tention OF parents to the duty they owed
the public, the teachers, their children
and themselves, III visiting the schools.
10 satisfy themselves by personal in
spection, if teachers performed the
duties devolving upon them, to encourage
the teachers By showing interest In their
work, and at the same time acquiring
the satisfaction of learning from their
own knowledge, ho,o the children spend
the fourth part of their existence. He
congratulated the people of Manitowoc
upon having erected such a fine build
ing, that was equal, if not superior to
any il the State in al its appointments;
and the superior of any school in the
State in matter of attendance. deport-
ment and order. As matter OF fact
and to show the Improvement II attend
ance in this school, Mr.. Barns gave the
following figures as the average per-