New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-06-20
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Annual Exam1nation.

The annual examination of the pupils in
the public schools commenced yesterday in
the Sixth and Seventh Districts. The sew
eral schools and their departments were
visited by the Superintendent, C. w. Booth
BY, ESQ.,. and members of the board, during
the day, and An examination made in gram
mar, geography, spelling and arithmetic.
The attendance was good, and the parents
and friends of the scholars in these dis
tr.cts evinced most commendable inter-
est in the exercises by their presence.
Seventh District.
JEFFERSON NO. 2.
Mr.. T. r. Preston. principal; Miss C. w.
Bentley, first assistant; Miss G. Anderson,
second assistant: Miss n. J.sKellY, Miss
A. M. Dart. Miss M. E. Taliaterro, third
assistants.
Average attendance, 235 pupils. A class
Of i've is preparing for the High School.
The standard of this school has been ma
torially elevated during the last year. The
exercises were entertaining, consisting of
defamation, dialogues, compositions, etc.
1t is hoped that the parents in this district
will assist in making Jefferson No. 2 q
Grammar A." as has been talked OF, by
sending their children to this school, and
thus increase the number of pupils, and
render the institution deserving Of the
honor of promotion.
wAsHINGroN NO. 2.
Mics L. D. Watson, principal; Miss W.
Fl. Craft, first assistant; Miss NJ. Mason,
second assistant; Mr.. N. B. James. Miss NJ.
c. Hayes, Miss j. E. Baptist, third assist
ants.
Average attendance, 2S5 pupils. The pa
rents and friends of the children attending
this school appeared to take more than
usual interest this year in the exercises,
judging from the increased numbers pres
emit The exercises we're of q similar char
acter to those of Jefferson No. 2.
Sixth District.
BROADWAY sCHOOL-BOYs AND GIRLS.
Miss M. E. Slay, principal; Miss L. Keyes,
third assistant.
Average attendance, sixty-ive pupils.
Exercises, defamation and dialogues
This school has fourished during the past
year under the management Of the two en-
ergetic lady teachers mentioned above. and
has attained high standard of excellence.
As the City railroad will soon run its cars
near the school there is no doubt of its fur
ther increase and assured prosperity. Espe-
cially must this be SO, since the nearest car
to the school 10 now distant eighteen or
twenty blocks.
BERLN-BOYs AND GIRLS.
Miss II. Woods, principal; Mrs. NJ. f.
Washington, second assistant.
The exercises in this school consisted of
defamation, dialogues and compositions.
The school is in q f1ourishing condition.
Several of the parents and friends of the
children were present at the examination
yesterday.
GREENvILLE-BOYsA AND GIRLS.
Mics J. Dore, principal; Miss M. c. Dore,
second assistant.
Average attendance, eiehty.fve. The
usual exercises at the yearly examination
were gone through with at the school to the
satisfaction of the teachers and the admira-
ton of parents and friends. After vacation,
one third more scholars, it is hoped, will be
counted on the roll for the coming year.
LINcoLN-BOYs AND GIRLS.
Mrs. E. Clark, principal; Miss s. NJ.
Duffy. first assistant; Miss s. Bell. second
assistant.
Average attendance l25. A class of nine
are preparing for the High School. Hereto
fore two was the highest number for entry
to the High School. Among the most nOta-
BILE features of the examination was the
rendition of the following:
"Wealth"-Miss j. Karstein.
COmpOsition-'Perseve Copes Di-
boil.
Recitation-"Over the River" L. Nun
dipger.
CSmpositions-"Past and Present." Miss
gusges," Feiix VOisin; "Home," Bennie
Karstein.
"Hohenlinden." Fearn Pat
ten; "The ContiDentals," Allan Douglass,
of the second class.
LEONTlNE-BOYs AND GIRLS.
Mrs. N. S. Torrey. principal; Mr.. T j.
Flanagan, first assistant; Miss s. Fl. Evans,
Miss S. Payne, third assistants.
Average attendance, l24. One scholar
preparing for the High School. Decided i'm
provement and greater interest exhibited
by the parents. The discipline is excellent.
JERsEY-BoYs AND GIRLS.
Mrs. r. Railton, principal Miss NJ. E.
gan, second assistant; Miss G. T. Young,
Miss A. Thiel, third assistants.
Average attendance, 200. A fine pro.
gramme was prepared as the exercises of
the day for the pupils of the school, but
time prevented the superintendent from
hearning more than the following: Bride"
by Lucia Penuipgton; "Vaca-
tion," by Wilhelmina Vasterling; "BOys'
Rights" :" recitation by Gowan Harris; "The
Spelling Glass;" dialogue; "They Didn't
Think" recitation by Eva Liedenheimer.
This school is one of the best conducted in
the city.
M'DoNoGH NO. 6.
Miss A. M. Nahar, principal; Mrs. NJ. A.
Baby. Mrs. NJ. +. Baptiste, first assistants;
Mrs. L. G. Aucoin, Miss l.. Kelly. second
r Mrc r
Gould, Miss X Grennau, Mrs. A. Wilson,
Mrs. M. E. Washington, third assistants.
Average attendance. $50. This is the
school Dom Pedro visited and exhibited such
q great interest IN, by remaining upwards of
one hour. The fact that colored boys and
girls could read and write and spell with
the proficiency of white children, and tell
the Emperor as much Of the geography of
the country he came from as he knew him
self, perfectly amazed that gentleman, as he
"It is very strange 70 black can
write as well as ze white children and write
ze figures on ze board" This fact set
people Of America could be taught
to read and write, why should not also the
black people OF Brazilq And the Emperor
departed wiser and better man, for he
the question at once in favor of
educating the c0lored race in his do.
minions.
Miss A. Wall, one of the teachers, was
asked by the superintendent how her class
Ian elementary One) was getting along.
She replied: Every we'll indeed, sir. They
are attentive, Obedient and perseveriDg."
This speaks well for class which supplies
the higher classes of the school with
scholars.
The rotation by Richard Williams of
rennyson's "Sunset Bugle Song" was
worthy of special mention.
In relation to this school it may be rs
we'll here to state that ON Wednesday eve
hing last the sum of $50 was collected at an
Inhibition given for the purpose Of raising