The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-31
4 BATCH or ESSAYS.
Written by Children Of ABB ity In the Green
witch Street school.

The compositions " children oftcntimes
are rs original probably as the compositions of
anybody else. In the New York schools when
the pupils are to be educated in the art OF Eng
llsh composition. the subjects arc sometimes
given out by the teachers sometimes the pupils
are required TO comment upon the addresses OF
casual visitors. and sometimes tho youthful
mind is left froo scope TO work out whatever In =
spiration II may please TO choose. Tho pupils
in the public schools Of this city write upon his
tory. fiction. philosophy. travel. and whatso-
ever. Those who composed the following were
for the most part tho offspring Of poor persons.
and had not many, IL any. advantages OF homo
training In the art now undertaken They be-
loneod to the school in Greenwich street Just
back OF Trinity Church The materials for the
COMPOSITIONS upon Admiral Tarragut's funeral
Wrrc obtained from the newspapers OF the day.
rnH,Gur PAGEANT
usS na ~ rss'S MG yey VIC n,n End great
man aud most always he spcsI lis time on lie Sea- ""'
Auhiral trrrarut he was an c'erccr of The navy he
fhn.iai9 he Family TO procession o his nfncl he was
dead IN 9aie or CAGE he wa. still tho same ever most
name loved ey H. Ia S ton9r 10 larr9sns noble
,aiy MN down ,9 rst scatter sweet flowers or
Tended Boom the loud gun ior the noble lofc ended
TsERAcvr
Ldwcd Farget belonged to the naver he was a brave
wa. about Weeks ago aud they had reasou on INDY
bad Dcascn he Was me-, Killed IN bc Wstbe r, sd vSS
sailor Of the day.
Following ia an historical composition rclnt.
Ing TO the loves Of Cleopatra and Antony. Ii
was suggested by n lecture.
IhsrS was once in Esygta queen who was very bcaut
lul hWt size was very dtrtitiu and bad aud
from rome was scn TO conquer her country, but when
very handsome and had the walls ali covered wiz goi3
Il 10 fra fp al
HIN win great cast when he came. and pleased him
camr ter and icll very much in love with her Now
NM Xxx Il. M ne St',vd 1 9b"9t ~, ana sent 9er
wuudi aud a. gs they sent Glo7''0rstr ard when he
BIS name was digrsecd and hc could not so back 10
live aud he dbl not want To i've snd so bei"re
u, IW,ir could come u get him he cll on his sword
clotlcs-ho only found him dead
Another description Of tho same events be-
gins: There was once in Egypt u qurcnswho
wished very much to Keep a young mHn' = COM
pany. whose namo was Anthony; and con-
e cnn 10y tfnlng, now Anthony foil on saw
That the Juvenile, mind IL capable Of sur
mounting NE hurdles Of scientific theory is
eNlnced IN the following composition on
ooAL
., BEFORE man was made. in the lcsinuiug OF the world
grew hek man wa. er s he enaa 'n nat ' icy
mrnfn tem. hut ,hsrc was no man there. OILY AMI.
e19uth ior them To pass through.
we'll ~ ana hN tir~f ttter tel down anil
trcw over them. Rui they fCll down AMI some heavy
catth fnd stones icu all over them aud pressed them
dnWn M thtN press all the ne out II them and they
tnrned black aud the beat II the earth hardened them
AMI they turned into coal. and when man was born and
the digging
Boys and girls; which are tho more i'm
portantf was subject treated In n girls
school Most OF tho compositions said boys.
One ran:
think boys are Of most importance because George
Washington was frvsidrut IT the tmtd states and he
the rUhcls
one writer, however. WAS Of opinion that boys
were OF less consequence than girls because
they could not cook. sweep. or taku care Of la
Dies. But here is a composition on
hIEriANT
The elephant Is very larse and weighs four or 1--WE
pounds lie u 80 strong that he carry trunk AMI
people build houses On his Lack Ills leg. src large a.
pillows and bis uunk made ~ knife handles aud other
mns carved out Of ivory lie Is very Wild ard fierce
ani le = easily heightened by the sish ct man but he
can climb ~ a tree lie - also NerS tame
And here is n whoppcr" on chalk:
CuALE.
chalk IL natural substance because IL 4. made bN
man Uts found IN holes In the ground called chak
PAS ltis very useful aud 1t sticks 60 the tongue Its
very necessary IN school brcaE-c n d not have II
We could not write without large slate peupil