Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-07-11

Last Thursday there was splendid
school examination and exhibition al
Public School No. 2, eth election dis
tract, taught by Miss N. J. Burch
There were about one hundred persons
present at the examination, including
the Trustees and Col. John F. Dent and
VIM. L. Thomas, Esq, the County
Board. The pupils numbered from thir.
ty 10 forty. The examination com
nenced about 10 o'clock and was con-
Quoted by Col. Dent and the teacher
assisted BY u. ID. Blackstone and w. =
Perry. The pupils acquitted themselves
in an admirable manner IN all thu
branches stuSied. In Grammar they
were examined principally by Colonel
Dent, from the rudimental TO and in
Guiding the more advanced parts, and
seldom failed TO give ready and cor
rect answer TO every question PROFOUND
ed. The same was equally true of &C.
ography, while in reading they showed
not only proper knowledge ofthe pauses
and their explanations, but also correct
ly observed the infections, emphsses
and modulations Of the voice. The ex-
animation in Arithmetic, although not
so thorough, yet so far as we saw eve-
nv problem given was readily and pro-
perly worked out. While the eXami-
nation was very satisfactory in all the
branches, it was especially so in Read
ing, Geography and Grammar, showing
that the pupils had not only been prcs
perIy taught, but that they'hsd duly
profted by the instructions given.
At 1890 p. m. an adjournment was
had until 3 o'clock in the afternoon,
when the exhibition would commence,
and must take advantage of this inter
val to give you a description of the
school house, which consider model
OF its kind. On nearing the house, our
attention was particularly arrested BY
the neat, orderly and tasteful appear
ance which ii and its surroundings pre-
sented. The building is nicely painted
white and at a shor. distance are nu-
merous shade trees, consisting Of large
spreading oaks, Sc, covered with green
foliage. The land adjoining is mostly
level, affording fine play grounds, and in
this connection we noticed a set Of cro-
quet, which we presume was Tor the
amusement and recreation Of the chill
dren. The entrance to the building on
the South is by one door, into veStIbule
about IA feet square. with a window on
each side and provided with places for
| hanging shawls, hats, buckets &c. The
entrance from the vestibule into the
school room is by two doors, one on the
right, the other on the left. The main
room, We Judge, is about % by 80 feet,
high pitched, having three windows on
the left side from the entrance and two
on the right, and a side door opposite
the third window on the left, which
serves as an entrance TO the stage, which
latter extends the whole breadth OF the
school room and Is about 6 feet wide.
At the rear end of the room there are
also two windows, making nine in all
for the school, curtained on the inside
and with blinds outside. The root is
ceiled up wifi yellow grooved plank
and is little concave in shape. The
sides and ends are plastered, with the
exception of few feet near the floor,
which are celled up with plank. There
are three rows of patent sofa seats up
| the centre and sides, with two allies
dividing them, and into these two aisIes
the doors from the vestibule lead. The
stove, of course, when used, would sit
near the centre of the room, the pipe
running out Of small chimney near
the centre Of the top ridge ofthe house.
At the farther end of the room, just
above the windows, in large letters OF
evergreen, were the words:
GOD BLESS OUR SCHOOL,
a fitting adornment for the occasion.
II was through the aid Of the private
contributions of the patrons and others
interested, added to the appropriation
by the School Board, that this splendid
school house was built and furnished,
one gentleman having informed me that
he contributed the amount OF fifty dol
lars in money and labor towards its
erection, an example that might be
worthily followed by the people of 9TH
er districts. By 8 o'clock fully two
hundred persons had assembled at the
school, all anxious 10 witness the per-
Torrance. The house was crowded to
its utmost capacity, every seat and aisle
was full and many unable to obtain en-
trance witnessed what they could ofthe
performance without. An arbor had
been erected over the outer door lead
ing TO the stage, and from this the pu-
pills entered, a curtain being drawn IN
front of the platform or stage. The
Bedlam Neck Amateur Band were in
attendance and diScoursed most excel
lent music. Seated on the stage we
noticed Col. Dent, w. l.. Thomas, Esq,
and some others. Promptly at 3 o'clock
the exercises commenced. The follow
ing Is the programme:
Truth in Parenthesis-May McWil-
liams.
Eight o'clock-Whittie Burch, Mol
lie Harden.
The Old and the New-Geo. Lancas-
ter, Lucy Lancaster, Jennie Burch, May
McWIlliams and Annie Russell.
Music.
Give us Little Boys a Chance-Jno
| Coode.
The Yankee in Love-Wood Burch
The Way to Windham-George Glib
son and John Harden.
Music.
The Captive's Dream--Wbittie Burch
| I'll he n Man-Rernte McWilliams