Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-06-01
KNOXVILLE CITY SCHOOLS.
Successful and AasptcIOus Winding
Up of the Exam nations.


work, which commenced bright an,
early Monday morning, was brough
to close in a very satisfactory an,
auspicious manner.
At the Bell House, in the rooms 0
Proiss. D. B Johnson and E. P. Moses
at the Peabody in Prof. S. A. Craig'i
room, and in Mr., J. S. Fowler's room
at the c)lored school, all in the
higher and finishing grades, the exer
cises were concluded at the end of th'
morning session, and they closed with
appropriate ceremonies.
At the Hampden Sidney building
in other words the Girls High School
Miss Helen Hoadley, Principal, and
her ass;s ants, Misses Cynnie anC
Bella Boyd and Miss Rosa Leftwich
gave the finishing touches 10 their ex-
aminetious in the most advanced
branches, such as the languages, sci
ences, etc The attendance of visitors
increased to the very last, and the in
terest manifested was more and more
| intense.
At the close of examinations in
| this department., some beautiful selec.
| ti0n8 and recitatious were eXcelieDtly
rendered by Misses Jessie Rsyl, Mary
| Odell, Anna Lewis and Hattie Park,
and a splendid duet was given By
Misses Jessie RayI and Blanche Swan,
all of which were highly entertaining
| to the visitors.
The following constitute the Roll
of Honor" in Miss Hoadley's depart
ment: Misses Mary Davis, Mary
Madden, Cora Deaderick, Lizzie
Grove, Jessie Rayl, Moilie Ross, Lit
sey Joynes, Tillie KBabe, Mary Odell,
Annie Odell, and Maggie Smith.
This is quite large roll indeed, for
the number of students in the room !,
and speaks volumes, both for the
young ladies and their excellent and
accomplished instruciress. They
should value the distinction very
highly also, fer it is indeed no empty
honor to be on this roll, in such a
room, where ali are SD well taught and
disciplined.
Mr.. w. ?. Wash burn, of the Board of
Education, made some very enc0ufag-
ing and appropriate remarks before
the final dism issal.
Thus the r,cord of the week is made
up, and il is certainly an enViable one
in all respects. Knoxville has abund-
ant reasons for being proud of her
public schools, which are rapidly ap-
preaching the zenith of their glory,
and the amount of good that is being
accomplished through their agency is
literally incalculable. Suppose the
reader should just stop and reflect for
a moment, for a few years back, and
compare our schools then with those
of today. III fact there is no
comparison whatever, and it is
almost impossible to realize what
rapid strides Of advancement have
been made.
1t would hardly be safe perhaps to
say that our schools are perfect, and
have no equal in tle land, but after
close observation of the accomplish
ments in all the grades, as mirrored
through these examinations, it seems
hardly possible that the system of
instruction or the grade of the schools
could be improved upon. 1t
is the universal verdict Of all that they
have never seen anything to equal it,
and it is actually matter of profound
just to witness how
much knowledge the youthful minds
will contain, aud what q perfect sys-
tenn is observed in every room and |
class, from tne lowest 10 the highest. |
1t Is safe { -ay, however, that never |
was fAucl progress made in one |
year, aid never before were the |
examinations so universally ga isfac-
tory, and, if the point of per
fiction is not reached, it |
is certainly not far distant Never
before was such general interest
manifested either, and the number of
visitors to these examinations is per
haps double those OF any former year.
This is as it should be, for then the
people are prepared to appreciate the
schools properly and know just what
they are accomplishing.
To Prof r. DIS. Robertson, the
Principal, is due, in an overwhelming
degree, the credit for this near ap-
proach to perfection. Since he took
charge of our schools, one year ago, he
has been q jealous and untiring
worker, and has certainly accomz
plished wonders in the way Of sys-
emizing and perfecting the plan of
eaching. His efforts are also seconded
~ an eminently efficient and well
chosen board Of teachers, who assist
lim all in their power.
The classes in the various depart
nents will 60 right along with their
ecitations till Wednesday June 11th,
which closes the term. On that date .
Dublic exercises will occur at the Opera
House, and class of 10 young ladies
rom Hampden Sidney and one young
nan from the Bell House will be grad
lated. |
The written examinations for pro.
action will begin next week in all the
ehools.
The Examining Committee held a
neeting at the conclusion of the exer-