The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-06-19
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Closing Excrctxea and DSsfrfbutton OF
Medals and Diplomas to the Pnpfls
OF Central and Leigh schools.
Just at the hour appointed for the final
exercises yesterday morning at the
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hour, and the children Of the several schools
which compose this group were then assem-
| bled in the large yard attached to the school
| building on the south, and near the corner
| OF Twelfth and Clay streets. The scene was
very pleasant to look upon. The yard Is
| filed with towering oaks and ancient trees
Of many varieties, and nearly every one of
the five hundred children who were present
carried a bouquet Of flowers. The girls
| were preltily dressed in white, and many OF
| the boys wore tiny buttOn.hole bouquet on
| the lapeis of their jackets.
Among the many visitors present were
several mem bers of the City School Board, in.
Guiding the Mayor. ....-...-
Colonel Shields addressed the children,
| and then Mr. Binford read out the list OF dis
| tiuguished pupils. The following is list OF
| the pupils who received silver medals for
| having the best spelling-exercise books: Hen
~ Rose, Third Grammar grade; Fourth
| Grammar grade, Flora Bear (for the third
| timeg First Primary, Rosa Verser,-Mr. Bin
| ford announced that the committee also de-
sired TO make special complimentary
mention Of the teacher of the First
| Primary grade (Miss Wiglesworth) for
her attachments during the year; second
Primary, Fannie Vaughan. Special honora-
ble mention was also made by the superin.
tendent OF Fannie Cox, whose spelling-eXer-
else book contained 1850 words which were
| correctly written. Tnis young lady prepared
her exercise with difficulty, her right hand
having been muiilated by an accident, ieaV-
ing only the thumb and fore finger. .-a
The pupils who RECEIVED the ten.dollar
gold prizes for reading, offered by Messrs.
Barron and Durkee, were Henry Harris, OF
the Second Grammar, and Mary Pullian,, of
the Fourth Grammar grades. Special men
| ton was. however. made Of Constance Ca
bell and z die Martin. .ss~ss~ a
| The exercises were very interesting. Miss
| Webster presided at the organ, and as she
played the Opening March, from NorDa,-
| which, by the way, was rendered very fine.
ly-the children marched from the several
school-rooms into the yard. ..s. II
The most epj ,yaDle features Of the pro-
| gramme were the song 'Lie Of the Young
and the DID," Dy eight girls and four boys
from Miss A. Hu,chcson's class; medley
song, by Carrie Rose; and duet by Misses
! Waerstein and Jcanetta Stern.
The necessity for having an assembly-room
for the Central school was very clearly de-
monstratcd yesterday. The southern por'
tico of the building was crowded with yisi.
tors, and those VINO were not standing in the
Immediate vicinity of the steps could neither
see nor hear what was going on. In addi
tiou to this fact, if the weather is still inclc.
mcnt, the children will either have to be ex.
posed TO the storm or the exercises "poSt.
poned until the next fair day"
| The following is a list of the pupils who
received medals and diplomas:
SECOND GRAMMAR. No. 27. MISS T. N. HUTcHR.
soS TEACIEit.-Eirst Honor.-Master Willard
smoot. Dip!omGs.-Attendance Areyle Carneal
a. WnIe ..i 4 L.. T. n. u.
ME Blake. ,hurles Bailey. harry Glenn, ! houss
Williams Frank Noel, Eddie CIemmitt, j. smith
ME Bike, Louise WYATT. Fannie Wyatt, Gertrude
Wall. rsriu, Jeannetta Stern Lille Smith, Settie
Sh Hrsy Ssng ssrg hafFs a1ye aSs SsE
LnuSe Wyal,, Henry Harris, Argyle Carneal. Fan
ME Wyatt Pe"manship: Thomas Williams.
Diplomas.- attendance; g: Collins, z. Kahn, p
Harwood. K. watkins, Emma Chslkley. Nj. Cox,
Bette ThaIhimer, Ida Mese er, Tilne Jac"b'on. De.
port u,eut: henry Rose. Emma Chakey, Lillian
Jones Betrie Mountcasle. Bette 1halhl. er, MarIa
| Va &c, Mary Hampton. Scholarship: Philip Tala.
frrro Henry "o,", Mionie Cox, IVA Lee: Maggie
| Ferrcll. ldx Meyer. PcnmanShip: Alice Taylor.
FOURTH GRAMMAR. NO. 20, MISS MAKIA 81
FERGUS TEACHER. First Honor.-George Cayce
disou Moscey, John Roberts. Jane. Wuyt. kn.
Ward Wh,tlock, Hassie Bernst'i In, hloiie Deuel.
MSai hJ'lo % Mood G% 02 z!Ser, Hannsn zanaer
Almira Ellis, Annie Aller, Mamie Forbes. snllie
Miller. Alice Wilson, Minnie Staples, Clara seay
Mary Taylor. Apnle Winston, Leila Valentine
Scholarship: Henrietta W.aer5tein. Jessie Cren.
slIaw. Mary Pu'liam, Amelia triinmer, Flora Bear
Lizzie Gwotkin i'nmaysahp; &c mmett ;lenn; ~ Tenn -
WORTH TEACHER First HonOr.-Allen G .ol.
pns. Dipiomas.--Attenaance Louis Mendenburg
hos;i NcIstr, fired kraker, tGg1r smith, PerciYa
Noise, Augusta Euker, tielen Euker, Mary Graves,
dward Su.h~r'and. Annie Patrick, Raleigh ko0-
ins, Meyer Abrams, Carter Neal, uanltl Whirlock.
Department: Fannie Macrae. Rosa Vcrscr, Johsn-
ua Spott, Fannie (uust. Ophelia Winston, Augusta
uk-r, Helen tuker, A,.nir Pau1ek, Bertha ochu-
mann, Mary Graves, Edgar smith, Basil Gwalh.
mcy, Dana Eye, kal.i Ign Robins. Sarah Archer
Webster rend,eton. Scholarship: Alfred Kraker
Lsui, ..endenbuig, Uphelia Winston, David siay,
| Eup,r Smith, Bertha Schumann. PenLanshlp: Al
SECOND PRIMARY, No. 81. MISS ALEx1SE
UUTCHKsOS TEACHER.-F First UOnOr.-> arrie
Rose Diplomas; s;-Attendance: c. Iiunsl, e. Wal
ter, X. Moore, l.. Strnuse, ID. Wallerstein, =.
Smith. Deportmenr: Gay Bar1er, X. Harlow, 4
sn. der, c. Goodrich, j. ksgand, T. Lyons, G
Cru chfeid, j. snyaer, >; Jones, B. Henry, L; Jo
ham. scholarship: Mosa wadd.ll Fannie Vaughan
Helen Pace, Clara Watler,tein, Lille Cox, Leroy
Hurzler. Peumanshlp: Willie Cox. -, ,..
rrACMER.-FSrst Hoaor-Sias' er Hartwel Pace
| Dtpfonnus. tendance kit,ie shatfer, kmms
Barker Eva Sinton, Robbie Powers, charlie Rausse
| Baughn, obbie Harlow, keuhen jennings. Scholar
ship: keuben Jennuss, kiltie ehatfsr, Fritz kle-
sen en SaIIs Allen. Pen %Penmanship: Rosa Casey.
SoT TnlsD n phISARY, 70: So, mss s R; NORRIS
I TEACHsR.-FIrSf H0n0r.1Fannle JonDs1b. ~
| Gehec. Department: Lille Schaap DORA Emnlen
ha.lser, Harry Mcrae. scholsrship Lille Sshaap
Matte Matte rngh, Frederic WanInann. ,I'enmanshlp
FOURTH PRIMARY, No. "a. MISS A. LEIGH
rtaCnKn.-Firs Horor-Miss Lee Winston. D:
| yi0D,as -AtteLdauce: Misses Dora Franklin
| America Johnson, ELLA Kraker, Fannie schaap
CStretl' john Wayr. Department: Misses Dora
| Franklin, America johnson, Eiia kraker, Sannle
Waltvrd. Jessie PendleIon, Helne McSnse, aal ran.
Misses jessie Pendieton, America Jonhso1, E1ia
| kraker, Masters james Doran, N.than CaiilsHeI
| Philip Schloss. fennmansmp: Master melville
| Hug .es. o. ,,,,,7 ~ x-oon
wAKp TEACHER First Hon0r-Wolie befhstyne Mlis
| Di,JitonaS-Attennapce: Charles Legranue, WIZ
ham BE- sity, Thomas Woodbridge, Annie Wasmer,
julius Scnuman, saIie kiudick, Becky Walles,en
| Frc,idie bradley, Bertha Hood. NaLhan slra,tse.
arthur Thornton. Penmanship: William GERS
| oIit Firm PRIMARY. No. SO, MISS S. II. HUTcHE
! son TEACukR.-First Honor.-Mary "aiiord
Alen nts mfss arrai.e
Sam Sira,ise, Louis Stern, Clarence Wy att De
| portm,nt: Rosa Coghin. Ida Allen, Dora Lose @
Amelia Bear Carrie Waiter, Marion Johnson n; an
| ME Zoos. Lucy Audt rson, Percy bradley, host
Mclarhy, Elnna pullialn, Lena Bernstein, ha
| West Carrie Uhman. Clarence yalt, Isaac hu,z-
| lrr Joe. Badger. Scholarships: Eofa Rose, hlns-
| liza Bear. Emma Puiiam, Lena bernstein, neoesI -
Wh!t"ck. LOUIS II. Frayser. Penmsnsh!p: ho
FIFTH AND SIXTH PRIMARY, No. 81, MISS NJ
kzEKIEI TKAciiEk.-FrSt HOnor.-Alce LAIN @
is.ri Observation-Disclosures Arthur oruSni ue,.
W,s:t -Goodr, Kate Bonn, Ida Conreil, Llille
moore, Robert Jennings, charlie Hitebeoek' snaT1 i1
| he Winston. DeLortmtnt: Llllle Jainci, r HHn.s
| Wirsi0n. Charlie Winston. George Mountcast:e
james Maxwell Scholarship: John S1%nn1 1Ha,; Mari
WINSTON, = rthur Conue Charlie aia"Ei., sn.' n
| Gnnoes Lizzie Brock. Penmanship: Alice Lam
bert, I6a (ouneli. !. , r,,,x,vr
SIXTH PRIMARY, NO. 80. MlsS f.; AL n,at.
l rr ,Ht,rR First HOnor.-Annle Sayliie. DtDto