Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-06-23
FROM THORN GROVE.
Professor Beaman's SchOOl--fnter-
esiing Closing Exercises-New school
Houses, Etc.

THORN GROVE, June 10, 1915.
To the Editors Of the Chronicle:
Professor Beaman's Graded School
closed here yesterday. 1t has been in
operation ten months, and has proven
quite a success in every respect. Thurs
day and Friday were devoted to an ex-
animation of the various classes in the
presence of patrons and visitors. The
general result was very satisfactory.
The merit marks for the term showed
about twenty pupils to have been per-
feet in department Besides those of
the immediate neighborhood, students
have been in attendance from various
parts of Knox, Sewer and Jefferson
counties. The exercises concluded last
night with an exhibition which was
largely attended.
The exhibition consisted of recita-
tons by small boys and girls, declama-
tons by larger boys, essays by young
ladies and orations by young gentle
men. Eight beautiful books were Of
fered as prizes, a first and second prize
being given for excellence in each of
the respective departments. The prizes
in Rotations were contended for by
four little girls and five little boys.
The first award was to James Rose and
the second to Belle Derieux.
Nine of the larger boys were contest
ants in defamation, the first prize
| going to o. Elera Beaman, and the
second to John Eakin.
Eight young ladies read essays. 1t
| was decided that Miss Lena CurtiSs had
| the first best, her paper being a very
creditable and thoughtful argument in
| favor of female suffrage. Miss Maggie
| Callen, who wrote on the " Recollec-
tions of Early Childhood, =" was second.
The prizes for Orations were awarded.
The first to James NJ. Callen-subiect
Necessity the Mother Of Invention :"
the second to Eugene Il. Murchison-
subject, "Men of Action"
Before the audience dispersed, Rev.
w. X. Leeper, Clerk of the School
Board, announced that Professor Bea-
man had been secured to teach the en-
suing year, beginning the 9th day of
August next. The Professor was as
sisted in his work the last year by his
wife and Mr.. John Bunch, two very
capable instructors of primary classes.
The excellence of their work was par
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of the class in penmanship.
The people of Thorn Grove have, by
little effort, secured a first class ten
months school with almost no cost TO
themselves for tuition. TO secure the
} Peabody Fund 5000 was pledged az a
} guarantee, only about fifteen per cent.
of which viii be required to fill up de-
= fciencies.
) learn this morning that the Direc-
tors had a meeting last night, and de-
: cided to build new school house at
Caledonia. This will make six model
3 school houses for the District, to be
: completed this fall They are all to he
J furnished with good desks and other
7 modern appliances. There is only one
4 other school house needed in the Dis
= trict, and the Directors will soon take
steps to fill up this last gap, If every
3 district in Knox county had as wide
= awake, energetic men for directors as
the Sixteenth, opponents of free
b schools would soon become as scarce
t articles in this part of the world as
e Egyptian mummies. NIAToR'