Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1875-06-17

mr.. Eduor BENG tr1eu0 OF pop
ular education and ladies' man be-
sides, your correspondent attended the
examination Of the pupils of White
Hall School, on Thursday last, the 10th
instant.
This examination was conducted by
Judge Il. Ford and d. C. Hammett,
Esq, and embraced Spelling, Reading,
Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, Eng
lish Grammar, Philosophy and Rheto-
rio. The questions on each branch, al
though thorough and searching, were
answered with such accuracy and read
mess, as to demonstrate clearly to all
present, that during the past year both
teacher and pupils have been scrupu-
lousy exact in the discharge of their
scholastic duties. At the close of the
examination, which continued without
intermission from 9 o'clock, a. m, to 4
o'clock, p. m, Miss Rosa Norris (ac-
companied by Miss Willie Dillahay)
came forward and delivered the follow
ing very graceful and touching address,
each at its conclusion presenting the
examiners with bouquet of the choicest
flowers.
Another of youth feeting years has
winged its fight to distant world, and
you, gentlemen, are here today to Judge
if it bears with it record of time well
employed, of tasks scrupulously fulfill
ed and labors successfully terminated.
We trust you will decide, that it has
left an immortal trace of each month
having been productive of some good
effect. Amid this our echoed farewell
to bright moments, joys and follies, for
they are all passing, an absent face rises
before us-one we would fain have well
coined here to-day, but W. hose throbbing
heart is stilled, that heart lately warm
with love. warm with all the noble quail.
tiles that make the true and faithful
friend, the desirable and amiable COM
panion and the generous sympathizer
with the woes of suffering humanity.
ooh may he who wiped the tear from
poverty's wan and pallid cheek, who
cherished love and goodness for Gods
humble chosen followers here below,
find in return those kind Offices fully
rewarded in a brighter and happier
world And may the void which he
has left behind tend to make us realize
that we too with the bright moments
are passing away, passing like the gold
and azure that lit Yesterdays sky, like
the surging tide that washed the shell
crested shore, so that we may finally
breathe our souls to Heaven, all pure
and bright.
Gentlemen, if the task imposed OF
you has proved irksome, we trust our
appreciation and thanks so deeply felt
will in measure make you forgetful of
its tediousness, and induce you to re-
new the honor you have made us the
recipients of to-day.
The address was responded to by
Judge Ford in the bappiest manner,
sympathizing most sincerely and ten
DERBY with the pupils in the loss they
have sustained w the death of their late
examiner, Col. Downs, and indulging
with them the fond hope that his spir-
it is now in "a happier and brighter
world" Expressing himself highly
gratifed at the result of the days per-
formance, and giving the fair students
a sufficient amount of wholesome ad-
vice, which. if followed, land I have no
doubt it will be) will make them, if pos
sible, happier girls, and certainly wise
and useful women.
Although this school has registered
attendance of %, yet, under the admira-
bic system of classification aud order
which reigns supreme, full and ample
justice is done each and every pupil.
The teacher, Miss Doyle, is truly
alive to the importance Of her mission,
and possesses in an eminent degree the
rare faculty of combining the practical
with the theoretical, which really forms
the true secret cfall successful teaching.
This school is still under the foster
ing care of Mrs. Charlotte Fenwick, its
founder, than whom q more suitable
person could not have been selected, for
she looks upon these children as her
jewels, and guards them as if they were
sacred trust. And thus BY the Just
and harmonious cooperation of teacher
and superintendent, the head is not ed
ucated at the expense Of the heart, but
both are educated together, and the
true ends ofeducation thereby subserved.
ANXIOUS.