National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-18
SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS.
TEsTERDAY,S PROCEEDINGS IN THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

AN ARRAY OF DESERVING AND APPRE-
cIATED SCHOLARS THE FOURTH DIS
rRICT GRAMMAR sCHoOLs-wHAT WAS
NONE IN THE OTHER DIsTRICTs-How
fruE CHILDREN IN THE CoLoRED
sCHOoI,s PASSED THEIR EXAMINATION.
SECOND DISTRICT.
Esr,ale intermediate. No. Sat O'Clock the
oI,mination Of this school was commenced and
vas Continued for about three hours. 1t is located
hast Of The grade. Miss Alice L. Kern has been
in change for several years and has few superior
teachers in the feld laboring with her. the
school numbers s. scholars; 50 were present and
20 will be transferred. The young ladies e1-
bibited q thorough knowledge of their studies,
and in the successful examination that they
psssed did credit TO their teacher as well as to
themselves Trustee Mcclellan was the examiner
and was assisted by Trustees Wolf and Wood
ward The exercises were intersperSeo with
sweetly rendered the duets Rain on the Roof"
by Misses Georgia Webster and Nellie Rodeneick,
and .sShadows on the Wall, ~ by Misses Georgia
Webster and Alice Humphreys. The teacher,
minis, presented them with chromos, as follows
For scholarship, Lula NJ. Rowe, Louisa Lot1er,
Alice Golden, Nellie Hamlet, Ada Drummond
and Alice McMurray; Improvement In scholar
ship, Alice Dodge, Regina Handey, Emily Mills,
Maggie Tretla, Hattie Kaiser, Nellie Gleason
and Ida Lesh. The merit roll was as follows:
medal, Mary K Stewart; diplomas-scholarship
and department, Mary A. Moore, Annie Fowler;
scholarship, attention and department. Rachel A.
CSoldstein: scholarship and attendance, Fannie
Greer Florence ]. Graham; scholarship, Gertrude
Wood; attendance and department. Nellie Ham
let Rosa E. Gockeler, Sarah A. McMurray, Mary
I Clarkson. Jennie OppenheiIner; attendance,
deportment and scholarship, Lula NJ. Rowe; at
tendance, blanche Donaldson, Kate y; walker,
Kate E. Decker; deportmdnt, Clara Killinor, Ida
" Miller Annie n. White, Alice W. Golden;
inproyement in vocal music, George A. Webster.
Male lntermediAte, No. S-At $50 O'Clock the
is located in the SeatoD school building. The
audience was large, and manifested considerable
interest In the exercises, especialiy tnat portion
The drawings on the blackboard were far supe-
rior to anything yet shown in schools Of Ike
grace and bid fair to equal those exhibited in the
Grammar schools. Those of particularly fine ex-
ecutiUn were the hAndiwork Of Master r. b.
Clarkson, being drawings Of various kinds OF
worthy Of an older mind. The examination was
conducted by Trustee Detrick, assisted by Trus-
tees Wolf Mcclellan and Woodward, and Super
Probably one Of the most interesting portions of
discrimination was that of physiology, conducted
by the pupils. The topics were as follows: Bones,
Henry Redheld; muscles, Charlie Ruott: circule-
ZION Of the blood, George Locke; respiration,
Alex. Hensey; nerves, Wtlmot Morgan: senses,
George Kent. Each boy handled his topic well,
and showed that 1t had been given careful study.
For the first three successive years this school
has carried on the spelling medals for schools
of this grade. In the recent contest George
feet and required three trials before the victory
could be declared, which finally was won by young
Locke. In consideration Of the hard contest made
by the boys and others, the teacher presented
books to the following: George Locke, George
Kent, John Spencer, George Williams, Christie
pher Lopp and Winfield Bradley.
! The teacher presented Robert B. Clarkson q
book for excellence in drawing. There were
forty-three names the roll and all the scholars
were present. -Four will be transferred to the
seventh grade and twenty-one to the sixth. The
merit roll was as follows: Medal, George NJ.
Kent; diplomas, Alex. s. Hensey, Geo; Locke,
5eS; W. wBI hS1t John walsh E EdTard J.
james E. Brooks, George e Randolph, Christie
Pher Q. Lopp, Riennrd I. Martin, James Z. Hill
' WSG6 RSSg HfKETy o SSlSin J1 Hse
bert, John t. Howard, Charles Q. Brereton,
Lewis B. Ray, John o. Spencer, George W.
Campbell, Wilmot Morgan, WIN. NJ. Fletcher
THIRD DISTRICT.
The annual examination Of Female Grammar
school Of this district took place yesterday after
noon at O'Clock, in the Wallach school building,
in the presence Of a very large audience among
hs dfe ~ dSooi IS taught By Miss
Mirick one of the oldest teachers in the District
of Columbia. and fs we'll known for her powers Of
zion. Long before the hour for the exercises to
begin the audience began to arrive, and were
Shown TO seats prepared for them. At Up. N.
was prufusely decorated with flowers. Each Of
the young ladies Of the school wore white dress,
with sashes Of various colors while their hair was
d All being in readiness, the exercises began with
mnsic, ,"CTushipg Rill,n which was sung with
grand effect: The school was next examined in
mental arithmetic; after which "Old Bell" was
sung. Second arithmetic and first grammar fol-
lowed, anu THE Golden Side" was Sung. Phflos-
'ophy, reading, compositions and algebra were the
pext subjects for examination. The song, ''Glide,
Gently Glide, }" was sung, which was followed by
examinations in, physical geography, first arith-
smetic, rhetoric and second grammar. Next fol
distribution Of awards to the following merltorl-
-pus pupils: Medal. Eva M.Ven Doren. Diplomas,
Mary 2. Bohrer, Celia Doughty, Matte Garges,
~ ette Scarf Lucy A. Cole, for attendance; Helen
STRENGTHENING, Nellie MeMack, Capitola Her
old, Mary Jones, Minnie Byerton, Annie Beers,
Tor scholarship; Lilly Gross, for music; Annie
,SmallWeed, for penmansh1p; Mary NJ. Dyer,
;Iibbie Modat, Eva Sanderson, Annie Everly,
Blanche Jordan; ssie Mooahela; for dspOrfi
Iof whom were present. Three of her pupils go TO
the Normal school. There were present OF the
s6EG sGs MSs EWFS1S SR III. aSvGS 4 a.
The teacher Of this school has every cause to be
proud of the success Of the examination, as tmay
Truthfully be said there has not been more sue
cessful one among all those examined SO far. To
the young ladies much credit is due for their at
tention TO their studies during the year, and the
Clearly Indicated that they have left nothing IN
done to acquire a thorough education. The sing
ing was particularly noticeable, and the various
with pleasing effect.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Female Grammar School-On Tuesday evening
the large fanshaped lecture-room Of the Jefferson
school building was crowded with interested spec
1ators who had assembled to witness the eXaml-
nation exercises Of the Female Grammar school
Of the Fourth district. This school has for seYe-
raj years. under the direction Of Mrs. NJ. E. Mar
Tin, attained a degree Of excellence which has
made it the pride Of the board of trustees. The
good, pleasant hall was without decoration except
the yari-colored dresses Of the lady visitors and
the bright eyes, white dresses and ribbon faVors
Of the misses Of the class To many the questions
and answers in the regular studies, which were
answered with correctness and ipromptttude by
all, sufficient source Of qualification, but in
order to relieve as much as possible the seeming
.monotonY Of this Mrs. Martin had arranged to
'intersperse them with select readings and vocal
and Instrumental music. Among those present
were Superintendent Wilson; Trustees McLel-
Ian, HoTey, Wolfe, French, Hart, AtLee, Champ
Hin, Lloyd, Wilson and Wright; ex-Trustees
Crook, Stuart, Randolph and Yorke Alice; also,
Judge Pasehal, Dr.. TindslL ex-Alderman Fen
wick, A. D.. Thomson, and others. At the ap-
:pointed hour sgrand march was performed on the
piano, and the young ladies, to tie number Of 81,
The entire class, passed in from adjoining room
and took seats arranged for them on the platform.
Each was dressed in white, and wore either apink
or blue sash and necktie and carried in her h2nd
a beautiful bouquet Of flowers vhic were depos-
f5ted on q table IN the centre Of the stage.
The examination was conducted by Superin-
tendent Wilson, Trustees ChamPln and McLel-
Jan, Mr.. John F. Thompson, Prof. J. W. Hunt
and Judge Pascha'. The studies comprise philos-
,ophy, grammar, mental arithmetic and the Con-
sstitutfon, in each OF which the young ladies
fshowed remarkable degree Of proficiency. At
the conclusion Of the exercises the roll Of merit
was called, as follows: Scholarship, attendance
and department, Misses Carrie Ranney, Sophie
NJ. Lipphard, Annie NJ. Wilson, Sophie P.
Davidson, Fannie U. Hepburn, Florence Hinton;
department and scholarship, Mary Spare, Lille
N. Tanner, Nellie F. Humphrey; department and
music, Maggie Z. Clark; attendance and deport-
sment Mary A. Law, Mary L. Anderson, Maggie
II. Riley, Alice II. Carroll, Mary B. Fitzhugh,
Eva 1. &. Hazard, Ida B. Fahey, Katie G. Sayers;
ipeDmanship, Ellen HALEY; attendance, Ida W.
Gusts, Flora L. Hendley, Leila J. Heron, May
Coreoran; department. Sarah E. King, Sarah q.
Dulin, Katie HUMPHREYS, May Moran, Lydia
Hinaon, Ida Rabbit, Annie RoWell, Kate Ander-
Martha 4onson, May E. Boyle.
awarded, that MiEs Mary A. Law had not been
absent a school day for eleven vars; Katie q.
SGyers, ten: lila S. HerrGn, ten; Mary Corcoran,
eight; Sophie LPPhard, eight; Florence Hinton,
six; Fannie Hepburn, i've; Flora Hendley, i've,
and Ida Fahey, four.
DIR. VIM. Tindal, secretary to the Governor,
then presented, on behalf Of the teacher, beauti-
full albums to Misses NJ. Wilson, Sophie David
son, Laura Mcintyre, Fanny Hepburn and Mary
Law for excellence in spelling. These five young
ladies, with Miss Lydia Hinson, who received the
medal, represented the school in the spelling
contest, and between them made but one error,
which gave the prize TO the school. Subsequently
they had five trials between themselves before
the meritorious pupil could be agreed upon.
The class medal was then presented by Trustee