Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-29

play asked bin to explain, he could have
easily done so without moments warn ny
and have saved all the trouble and pull :
icity. "The truth is" he said, = / made
the changes. | never concealed it. [ told
Mr.. johnson l should 90 it. / left the
markings to show that they bad been changed.
1t is often done, presume, by examiners. 1t
is an examiners right in the exercise of the
discretion given him. Do people take me
for such fool as to suppose that if l was mp
to rascality I'd have LETT any footprints like
those markings. 1t is absurd. l marked the
papers right through ON credit merit.
Then [ aggregated and found it COED
class and well up, with seven perfect.
Then / concluded to reduce the
whole list ten per cent. in order that any
other examiners or persons interested in
looking at this work should say Adams has
gone the full limit in this. The credits would
bear the reduction the papers showed the
exact answers the marks l left showed the
changes | made. | reduced the whole line 10
per cent. in my report, that no examiner at
ter me could say had given too much credit.
You see my judgment gave the class the
higher credits. believe any unbiased judg
ment of the papers will sustain it, too but
as | had right to modify it and take off a
per cent. l did So and that is all there is of
it. Mr.. Adams added that it had been re-
ported that in the High School pupils are
promoted on monthly examination records.
He says that statement is error. They are
not so promoted, but according to regular
" five month examinations and system fa-
miliar to all acquainted with the High
School.
CAPITAL GRAMMAR ScHooL-The Capital
Grammar School held its closing exercises
yesterday forenoon, in the assembly-room of
the school building at Tenth and Q streets
The room was converted into beautiful ar
ray of choice flowers, artistically arranged in
festoons of evergreen, bouquets, wreaths, bas-
kets of flowers, pots of flowers, ETC., and over
the platform, uniquely wrought in evergreens,,
was the word welcome" There was very
large attendance of parents and friends of the
school, and tie faces of the members of the
city Board of Education and Superintendent
were also seen in the audience. The diplomas
to the graduates were presented with appro-
pirate remarks by MIR. HOrnblower, and brief
addresses were also made by Messrs. Tracy
and Landes. The class exercises arranged for
the occasion were then proceeded with, and
rendered in a manner very acceptable to both
teachers and parents, as follows: Chorus by
the school, Hail hail hail ;" recitation,
l." Before Sedan" by Lille Mckenzie, from
Miss Sweeney's class instrumental waltz,
by Lulu Joran, from Miss Harrison's
class recitation, "The Rainbow" by
Grace Miner, from Mrs. Byrod's class
instrumental duet, by Carrie and Lille
Goodhue, from Miss Sweeney's class
recitation, So The Water MILL" by Jennie
by Grace Kidder and Lille Mckenzie, from
Miss Sweeney's class; recitation, " Grand
mothers Sermon" by Lizzie Metzger, from
Miss Leary's class recitation, :" Mine Yam
ily," by Willie Moore. from Miss Miller's
class chorus by the school, "The Dearest
Spot;" recitation, 1.-The New Church Or
gan" by Lellie Spilman, from Miss Smiths
class; recitation, 1.-The Union of the States, P"
by Aaron Powers, from Miss Leary's class;
instrumental solo. by SalGe Kozminsky, from
Miss Miller's class recitation, "Tabithy
Joseph, from Mrs. Wells class instrumental
duet, Palermo Quadrille," by Jennie Kat
zenstein and Mamie Hotchkiss, from Miss
Anderson's class recitation, "The Baron's
Last Banquet" by May Govan, from Mr..
'Johnson's class; song by the school, Amer
ica."
free riding for women and children yesterday
on the cemetery line, considerable annoyance
was given by boys who were determined to
ride, and whom the drivers thought should
be chivalrous enough to allow the little
misses and older ladies to ride, if there was
not room for all, and which the boys mani
tested, by some tall crowding, was not their
idea of the way these. things should be reg
ulated. Consequently, while the car was
waiting at the cemetery, about to start back
for town with about four deep on the seats,
and others being passed into the rear door,
with there's plenty of room in there yet
they mustn't take up so much room on them
Seats" boy inside got into some dispute
with the conductor, as to the propriety of
his crowding out little girls, etc, when, it is
stated the conductor slapped the boy, which
was taken up by man who had take quar-
tiers for an uptown ride. and resulted in
general scutfie between the passenger
and the conductor, assisted by two
car-drivers The three men put the
passenger out, but in trying to do so
in crowded car of little girls and ladies, rem
dered it uncomfortably close and interesting
for the latter, who INDUCED in some tall
screaming and scattering in all directions, a
large plumber of little girls jumping through
the windows. After the passenger had been
ouseed he drew a revolver and proposed q
further settlement of the matter if they
would step outside of the crowd, but none of
them signifed any anxiety to be perforated
with little holes, but quietly retreated into
the car, which produced a cessation OF hos
tilities, and the car soon again reloaded with
lust two hundred and thirteen slowed away
in sardine style, with "plenty more room in
side and returned from their trial trip
without further incident.
The HIGH SCHOOL CLOSING EXERCISES -
The commencement exercises of the Sacra-
mento High School We're held at the theater
last night before an audience filling the build
ing. The stage was handsomely dressed in
wreaths of flowers and evergreens and various
floral devices The graduates. whose names
have already been given, occupied the center
of the stage, the High School faculty, headed
by Prof Adams, the right, and the Board of
Education the left. Prof. Adams presided
and Prof. Rand was musical director. As
each graduate closed the part he or she had
in the programme, admiring friends showered
bouquets and wreaths, and sent to the stage
for the students baskets of rare flowers, till
at the close the stage was fairly buried in the
floral tributes. The programme as published
in the RECORD UNION yesterday was success
fully carried out.
The DEBRIS DIsTRIcT.-The portion of
the Debris Commission consisting of the
Governor, State Engineer and SurveyorGen-
eral have been in session during the past two
days in reference to the territory to be in
Guided in the Debris or Drainage District to
be established under the late Act of the
Legislature Consulting Engineer Colonel
Mendell and others have been before them IN