Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-06-16
Our Public Schools.
THE CLOSING DAYS.


The closing exercises of the Western. eighth
grade school, Miss A. NJ. Park, principal, TO ok
place IN the Sumner building yesterday. The
programme embraced declamations ESSAYS
0lalOgueS ana music, and the audience We're
nlgnly Pleased. Trustees Brooks, Smith and
rope and superintendent Cook and ex-Trustees
Archie Lewis, Henry johnson and VIM. Syphay
were present. Rev. Mr.. Warning delivered a
snort address and the benediction.
TIE ADVANCED GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
me closing exercises OF the public schools of
the District OF Columbia were commenced yes
terday, the advanced grammar school for girls
Ih me Seaton Building being the first On the
list. There was quite large attendance OF
officials and the friends of the school present
including superintendent Wilson. Gen Eaton
commissioners Dent and Morgan, Mr.. j. Nj.
WI, MliSop, MISS L. f. smith, and number OF trus
ices. Inc exercises at the morning session.
from ~ O'Clock to ~ o'clock consisted of an ey
animation In algebra. ply steal geography, his
10Y, geometry, rhetoric, and physics and In the
consisted OF English literature. readings from
julius Cesar, and Henry VIII, abstracts
OF OF plays, analysis Of Characters, reading
rom standard authors. The pupils made
IN their studies a higher average than
ever before. The music was cry fine. At the
cofcfus1on or the exercises complimentary re-
marks We're made by several of the visitors and
Trustee Lovejoy distributed the certificates OF
aomlsslon to the normal school to the following
klns, l. w. HOLSTER, E. NJ. Pitts, E. NJ Fisher.
Lulu NJ. Rowe. Zaidee Per Lee, NJ. A. Moore, L.
q, smith, ;. B. Rynex. E. Dyer L. F. Hershey,
Thompson, S. b. McNantz, S. a. Tichen0r.
Annie FL. Nairn and S. P. Brown. Miss Georgia
Lane IS the principal of this school, Miss Flora
N, NJ: Srane: assistant; Miss Annie NJ. Wilson,
Ieacner OF drawing and penmanship, and Mr.
joseph II. Daniel, teacher OF music
TEE ADVANCED GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR BOYS.
Inc closing exercises OF the advanced gram
mar scnooi for boys, with the semi-annual ex-
Too of tryl5r
superintendent, took place I'm the school build
Ing, 6 street, opposite Judiciary square, to-day.
Inc Following was the program this morning:
the atmosphere life upon the earth. Algebrae,
SUBJECTS: Equations OF the second degree: pro.
gIessions. History-Subjects: The empire of
Charlemagne; the feudal system; the crllsades;
SUBJECTS; Authors OF the eighteenth and nine
teeth centuries. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: So
luton OF plane triangles; determination CT
heighss, distances and areas. Instruments to
Subtle Optics, magnetism: electricity. (Ez-
perlmehts performed by pupiis.) Drawing and
Manuscript Work-Articles submitted for IA
nal designs; specimens of penmanship; boJk-
Keeping balance sheets; botany lecGare-bo0l,5
ara LEI Dar1umS; plans in surveying; compost
tCns; papers 10 annual written examinations
The afternoon exercises took place at the SeaJon
school Building, on | street, as follows: open
ing chorus-See Our Oars with Feathered Spray,
W StLOOi, OSCldildtlOu-1uS fdlutpT Ol Seville.
T. n. Hughes; essay--Amateur Botanists, II. w.
York; deciaTnatiOn-The September Gale c. L.
StuIteyant; Observation-Disclosures A. E. Middle.
TOD; oration-lllusions OF History r. F. Rogers;
solos and chorus-The Ell King, H. s. Kerr. j.
&. Falck, II. F. Clark; eS5ay-COnversation, j.
Is. Ok1e; declamat1on-One Day Solitary, j. G..
keene; deClamation-The Mt. Vernon Debating
Society, +. w. Clements: letter OF the past
Rome. Ill Ante IdUS, Jun, Il. w. Birney: de-
clamation-MaclaineS Child, G. S. Jones; Duet.
piano and vfoltn-FatinftZa, E. ROome, d. NJ
h1ndleoerger; d; ciamation-The Advertisement
Answered, E. Ii. Stephens declamation-Ship-
wrecked, w. ID. Writ; eSSay-In these Degen-
crate Days, L. d. Wilson; declamation-sLoO
at the Clock" c. g. Pearce; oration-Time, the
Great Leader OF Liberalism. A. NJ. Coyle chorus
dance tie Elves Of Night; scene from Mer-
chant or Nenlce:-ShylOck, c. b. Hanford An
t0n1o, j. T. Spindle; Bassanio, II. s. Selden;
Gratiano, f. A. Sharretts; Duke of Venice, F. H.
CleaVeS: POrtia, Clinton Gage; Nerissa, E. Roome;
chorus-Far Away the Camp Fires Burn''
Kendall scholarship In Columbian University.
TO Lewis ID. Wilson, and the King Scholarships
In Dickinson College, to Joseph G. Falck. The
class Tor 1850 consists of MeSSrs Charles NJ
Brun, Francis W. Clements, Andrew NJ COyle
W alter 5. Dodge, Joseph F. Falck, Felix Frey.
hold, clinton Gage, Charles B. Hanford, Percy
NJ Hughes, Charles S. Jones, John G. KeepS
David N. Ktndleberger, Andrew J. Lamb
Arthur E. Middleton, John b. Okfe, Robert n
Rogers, j. Pemberton Slaughter. j. Powell
Spindle, Francis Ii. Stephens and Lewis D. VIII
SOD. There was large attendance of The
friends OF education and of the pupils at borh
sessions. and the teacher, Mr.. Paul, was. as also
Ihe pupils, highly compllmented.