Daily globe., 1879-03-23
QUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Visitors Calling Upon the Teachers and
neutrality-suspicious. for the Close of the
Winter Term-Programme of Exc. cises
at the High School.

Visitors Calling Upon the Teachers anG
Pupils-Preparations for the Close of the
Winter Term-PrOgramme of Exc. cisel
at the High School.
During the past week the public schools
have received a number of visitors. AnG
these visitors, in turn, have been entertained
cordially received by the teachers, and in
terested by the progress made and scholar.
ship displayed by the pupils. The several
committees of visitors appointed by Super
! lntendent Wright, and published in the
GLOBE, have responded and attended the
schools during the week. The
first days visit was followed by
another, interest having been
awakened which was communicated to
others. Undoubtedly the present move is to
be commended, and one which will alike
benefit the public, the schools, teachers and
pupils. During this week the several
schools will undergo the term examination.
Ihe committees are urged to continue their
attendance, and besides the general public
are invited to interest themselves in the
schools enough to visit them at this
special time during the examination.
On the 9th list. CIhursday) and 28th inst.
(Friday) the term closes, with exercises in
all the schools.
The first and second grades will be ex-
amined Thursday morning.
Ihe third and fourth grades will be given
an oral examination in the afternoon.
The exercises will continue Friday by an
examination of the fifth and sixth grades in
the forenoon, and the seventh and eighth
grades in the afternoon.
THE HIGH SCHOOL.
During Thursday and Friday the exercises
and examinations at the High school will be
conducted in all the classes. The examina-
tions will be conducted orally, and the exer-
cises will be diversified and made specially
entertaining by the introduction of music, re-
citations and essays.
The programme for Thursday has been ar
ranged as follows:
Examiuations-The senior class in trigonom-
etry; the Junior class in geometry, German
and chemistry; the fourth class in rhetoric and
reading, and the third class in algebra.
hecltatlon. ......... Abby Fuller
Essay. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Susie Sewall
hecltatlon. Stella Snow
when the Swallows Homeward Flv''
Examinations-The senior class in Virgil:
the junior class in Caesar, chemistry and Ger
man; the third class in algebra and the fourth
class in reading.
Dialogue ...................{ Otto Laner.
NJ. Wakefield.
''Lochiers Warming
Music, duet. Otto and Hilda Finck
orlglnal poem Evelyn Prince
DAY Dreams"
Examinations-The senior class in the Iliad,
physiology and German; the junior class in ge-
Nr11n or fhn pHfl o1~ lIl-
third class in Latin.
Essay Harry Miller
''The North Pole.'
Recitation. ........ ....... Margaret Hatch
'Horatius at the BRIDGE
Music, song. May Murphy
FRIDAYS PROGRAMME.
Examinations-The senior class in Cicero;
the junior class in history and Greek; the fourth
class In German and French, and the third
class in algebra and geometry.
Original poem. Otto Lauer
''The River of Life"
nuslc... .Hllda F1nck
Recltatlon.. Florence Hackett
'Our Travelled Parson.''
Examinations-The senior class in English
literature; the junior class in Shakespeare; the
fourth class in algebra and Latin. and the third
class class in geometry philosophy and French.
''Men of One Idea.''
Recitation. M. Guiterman
dot Lettle Loweiza.' -
Recitation. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Langford
The Vagabonds."
Music, duet. .......... Sophie and Lucy Aren
Mazu7ka des T3'ui,acaur
Examinations-The senior class in Shakes
peare, Latin compositions; the junior class in
French; the third in philosophy, and the fourth
class in arithmetic, algebra.
The court scene from the Merchant of
Venice will then be given, the pupils imper-
sonating Shylock, Antonio, etc., after which
Miss May Valentine will close the exercises
with music.
All the teachers hope there will be a large
attendance of parents, and Supt. Wright
urges general acceptance of the invitation
to be present.