Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-12-25
Public School Examination.

The Silver City public school clos
ed for the regular holiday vacation
on Friday last. The pupils were ex.
amined on Thursday and Friday, with
a view to estimating anew their prop
or grade, and some interesting exer-
clses were performed beside-of
literary, musical or dramatic charac-
ter, we presume. Our reporter was
not present on the occasion, not hav-
ing been informed that anything was
to transpire but an unceremonious
dismissal of the school for fort
night. A gentleman who was there
on both days sends us the following
report:
The examination was conducted by
Mr.. James, Principal, and John G.
Young, Superintendent elect, and was
confined to the primary department,
for the purpose of raising all those
found proficient from the lower to
next higher class; also to promote
from the primary to the Grammar
School department all found worthy
and we'll qualified. There were IA
few patrons and visitors present on
the first day of the examination and
none at all on the second. But the
closing exercises, which were apart
from the text books, brought out quite
IA number, which shows that people
are more interested in that which
affords amusement than they are in
regular school examinations and
scho u routine. would like to see
them more interested in the latter,
and to see them call often. If only
for few minutes. to note the pro-
gress of the Classes and to encourage
both teacher and pupil.
1t was pleasing To see on the occa-
sion in question the pride and salts
faction depicted in the countenances
of parents as their little ones were
performing their respective parts in
the exercises; also tn see few gray
haired bachelors, who seemed to be
taken back to the days of log school
houses of forty and fifty year ago,
when t. be able to handle a birch or
beach saping with vigor. grace and
dignity was considered one of the
best qualifications of teacher.
! The scholars all did exceedingly
we'll, and the parents may we'll be
proud of their children and be salts
fled with the efforts OF teachers. All
seemed happy except few ambitious
scholars VINO were not promoted, and
II few parents whose expectations
quite overbalanced their Judgment.
Superintendent Dewey was called
upon ana made very appropriate
speech-lectured the boys on congre-
' eating ON the streets at unreasonable
5 hours N the evening and using pro-
4 fame language; told them the present
inmates Of our prisons learned their
first lessons in crime in that way.
The exercises closed with u song
, from the whole school fairly raising
: the roof, when Lulie McAiee, a little
girl of six years, about rs large as a
1 piece of chalk, sang Little Robin in
style that would have been credie
| able to girl of ten or twelve years.
The result, of the examination,
which | think WAS very fair one, is
F.. AS follows: Scholars promoted from
: the FIRST to the Second Reader are
{ Josephine Godfrey, Alice Henry,
, Clara Wyman. From the Second to
the Third Reader. Philip Geyer, Chas.
+, Noble, May Burt. Eugene Geyer,
Florence Young, Mary Koran, John
!, Cahil. Willie Allen, Berta Allen,
Benz. Griffin, Willie Stock, Herman
Scheel. Promoted conditionally. EN-
ma Brambrock, Mary Koran, Medary
Angel, Simeon Wushourn, Alex. Arm
2 strong. Promoted from LIST to I'd
: Grade, Caroline Sabine, Lewis Burt,
Peter Gross, Ed. Powers, Mary Ryan,
Annie Cahiil, Louisa Gever, Chas
James, Bryant James. Promoted
from. the Primary to the Grammar
School department. Wenzel Stock,
John Quinn, David Armstrong, Ell.
Burnett, Christy Wogan, Chas. Ham
, ilton, Chas. Wagner, Maggie Bar
rett, Emma Liable, Cora Angel,
Fanny Powers. Conditionally, John
Fucker.