Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-06-27

PUBLIC SCHOOL EXAMINATIoNs.-L,e
School and the female children of Peobody
we're examined yesterday, by Superintendent
Carnc, assisted by DR.. Gregory nDd Dir. f..
SooWdeD, TITO CT the c]mni!leo 10 charge, MIR.
Washington, the third member, no. being in
attendance.
The little girls CT Peabody, average age
seven. acquitted themselves admirably, AID re
Elected much ctcd!: 90 their teacher. Miss
Lille Phillips. AL these who had entered 10
September, knowing nothing OF letters, were
able TO read hueUtEy anywhere in the First
Reader; many could numerate well, aud some
wrote % the slate ha1ds that would put to
shame those O.! LlGc'teGths CT tbs busocss men
OF our city.
Lee. No. d ulder Miss Mary +. Walsh,
showed great accuracy 10 enumeration and
arithmetic, including long divisior, whic!. is
beyond the studies prescribed for tic grade,
and read we'll 10 the Sccoad Reader.
Lee, NJ. 3, ucder Miss Fannie i. Mills,
read and spelled very we'll in the Third Reader,
but. 10 Arithmetic, did rot appear to have
advanced much more than the clls5 below; the
Enumeration, however, vas txc:iinnt.
Loe. No. 2. u,der Miss SaIiie Yates did we'll
in everything, though tho ari;tm 2Ii2 there vas
a little behind the Grado also. The teacher,
who vas long 10 charge OF Washington. No. 3,
,hon hous - nr;.h,n,,is
10 &, ! rnnI .nI sn,llra ven and its
ariIhme,is vas ysry road, IN Grammar. haw.
ever, not M i. oil 4 show was nlaie, sever
Young ladies' of the mere advanced class bciug
absent. Some very fine specimens OF penmau
ship aud map drawing we're exhibited.
la all the divisions OF ;Eii school IA NJ. |.
especially, the panMafsAip WAS exceptionally
good, bn, the geography wsa net AS ynad IS
The Sunerintcpd.os exp:c!eJ, which he a,t,b-
MAS ~ tho ~ oSnilahrnrs, Of ,ha text hooks,
ma (,,ron sJrm,rial Mcdsl iar "the girl
mnst f,,,bful to du,y" WAS awarded 70 Mis-
s,ora Cos; The s;nrerntcn,'s iIcaal 10 Mis-,
Cora Ta,sapaugh, and in NJ. uui;o uG!ober
Of premiums were s.v.n By the teacher.
The Cards IT ii0nor wc;c awarded: as follows:
Peabody School, Nc lie soas and D.
,ortncn;-Johan:c Ail!stcai, Lalucr Ly.es.
Pickus Clau ls, JctE;1s,a hi,nhcsou and jilch.
ard Drowna
Peabady Sohooi. NJ. 2-L,sgon3 ard De-
nar;ment--i.eHa C1'r. Jasrptina Pn.c,ii,
Maggie Harrison and Lena NiiuGn. Pace.
,ua!ily-adiio !Tjo4G j ,aA Jani, iioaj-
field.
Lee School. No. l---l'o;l q lloaor-S ilIes
Susie Berger, Cora Cox. Carrie Cnz, Lnla
Crump, Eva Cook. L'ssa C3rk, Alice HanniD:
'cn, Fannie Ee.tou, Nellie iitn'y, Ar'ie
Lucas. Belle Nluty. h.7!9la Rsecr, jennie
;itoutca butgh, Bcrli3 Schalz. Annie Sullivan,
Laura Smith, Sarah Mills ami CARA lrAVsrS.
studies and Atttnda1c@-Natua Altctlcs0",
p'ph'" NJ vi ,':I u"aiI
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,,,s y, 49,, ~, nr,;,,.I :, ro,s..I ri
'nn,;,. E,ttin D,m,nt, 50 H.; i;:, nuffsy.
1898; Lizzie Albrard, T7.2l Maggie Puc.ll.
re AZ: Armand. Acdcrsoa, 1916. For puor
,paIity, h.v;n, been neither late nor absent
during the entire s:ssi3n-Jare L. Walker.
For Deporincpt-Nirsinsi i.l
Lao S,bonI N, %-Mariho SItyaric,#
Cnrn,la R,;ssnv Ada E,unD. Alice C,uwp
Ionr;o Dan;s Mar.i, & ,rJnr Ircc Grav,s
Maa"io I3an.x E,f;. Lyncl,M Sarah N.gc,%
hSe S,nnI# i amin Su,iiy.u' Adds Taytor,
Ids WI;tc,nh j,arr,c Cvl>. lltlen Cof,mar
an3 Cora I,yIrs' Tic abey. ar, for rc,its.,an.
Peasant ~ cv.,v roll c,f-Mscnie Phiiips
nn3 F,rn;r l. MIG rEc.c yi,h . star are
80 f,r dn,nr:n,nr,
M Sohnn, ~, A-Dl;,c,c, IN SIM
C.sn;o GhcSL;,, Onn;rn,not and Di;i,cscc-
= .II" u.rr;.n, a,.or3.p., n .no,,mcn. ard
T ,fHo ttall'1G ;n,;o II;ntno D,no,;mso. ami
6I;soooc Innn E;dUrI En'.In Kramer
Paas Nil, au,;n Hoss and C.r,;, TavIo.,
n'I;ooro|Nj;Ilu Turnrr Mali, Coraeilcy,
- Wocai,a,on, ana Air Mo Windsor d..
m'u.ss sto ' Rsrns,t NIiss ;:T Walsh
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THE UNION GosrEL MEETINGS. --lhc BIBLE
Reading yesterday, was on the hoy OF hoiIeE.
Many most deeply interesting AID proh able
lessons were drawn lrcn II. Il vas Gods
dwelling plac,. Under the old Iestsmeot
none could come TO GOO except the high priest,
and he. once yearBith blood OF atooemcnt Tor
himself AID others. But at the death of Christ
the veil was r,rt from tcp to bottom Mark
ana 10 tho miast lLhke] ana 50 10" .'le 10y 10y
3noSt s'sprs' Ina. 'ne way ~ r nIIr, ~ So
op;u ooam "t-i " 4, the Sav NJ ntoue
.ns s.su.n'anu ro;nti rha on,. tbot was tbe
T IouI WIZ 'Np wsa sI., and tbo otber ono
n.u ,V ~ v,;I,oranSs q, show hat nU RE