Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-28
KNoxyILLE's CITY SCHOOLS.
Close of the Examinations at the Hampden
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Close of the Examinations at the Hampden
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| Yesterday was the day of all others, so,
| far, in point of interest and attendance
upon the city schools examination, which
have been in progress ali the week. Itwas
/ very properly SO, too, for it was the day for
the closing up of the exercises at that center
of beauty and attraction, Hampden Sydney,
introducing the higher and finishing grades.
I The room of Miss Matte Hayes, on the
second floor, claimed first attention. Here
were to be found an unusually brilliant ar
ray, both Intellectually and in personal ap-
8 pearance. of young ladies, not yet turned
into Womanhood, about so in number, in
the sixth and seventh grades. They are
taught reading. spelling, arithmetic, history,
geography, higher English, Nc, andaretaken
through an excellent course of education.
| The young ladies in this department are
particularly fortunate in the possession of so
accomplished and thoroughgoing a teacher
as Miss Hayes, who, by her requirements
and peculiar adaptation to the art of i'm
parting instruction, together with an amiable
and always pleasant disposition, manages to
keep the good will of her pupils to re-
markable degree, and imparts knowl-
edge of the branches taught with
a seeming ease and elegance, which is
to be coveted. Itis the universal opinion
of all who witnessed her examinations that
there are few better teachers to be found
than Miss Hayes. s1-. 7Hl.a- -sa1 pr,
Passing on to the third story, the eighth
grade is found in the room, presided over
with such becoming grace and dignity by
Miss Rosa Leftwich. Here she has .congre-
gated about 80 young ladies, just turning in
to womanhood, and possessed of remarkably
sweet faces and intelligent expressions,
! almost without an exception And it is not
merely outside appearance either, as the
visitor will be convinced by remaining in
the room for time. Miss Rosa will permit
us to say, and it is not meant in fattery,
that no teacher in the school has presented
any better record or appearance before the
visitors to these examinations. She is thor
oughly accomplished scholar, well versed
in the art of inparting instruction in the
most effective manner, and the young ladies
in their care could hot, it seems, be intrust-
ed to better hands.
Just across the hall, on the same floor, is
to be found the room of Miss NJ. A. Fletcher,
who~has under her charge about 40 young
ladies' also just verging upon the era of
womanhood, and possessed of personal
and Intellectual charms, the most of them,
that would actually turn the heart of the
verest old bachelor
Miss Fletcher is principal of the Hamp-
den Sydney building, besides having charge
of these more advanced classes, in the 9th
and 10th grades. To use an old ex-
preston, she strikes the spectator
as pre-eminently the right person
in the right place. The school-room is evi-
dently her sphere in the true sense
of the word. She combines with a thor,
ough proficiency and familiarity with all the
branches to be taught, the accomplishment
of a thoroughgoing fdisciplinarian, but in a
manner that wins the hearts and sympa-
thies of all her pupils and sitswould seem.
la1mosta pleasure to be corrected and re-
proved by her, it comes with such good
grace. By these combined accomplish
ments Miss Fletcher lis working wonders
in the educational interests of our city, and
much praise is due her for the very credita-
bic showing made by the Hampden Sydney
school ! fsgE& Is &@&& ..,-.
: In these three grades, on the third story,
are taught the higher branches, such as
> rhetoric, algebra, geometry chemistry, his
) tory, philosophy, French and Latin, and
6 here the finishing touches are given to the
girls education. Calisthenics and music are
among the most pleasing features of the ex-
alnlnatlons, and are much enjoyed.
Angs exercise in wooden dumb bells
BY the pupils of Miss Fletcher's room, took
very well An air of neatness and cheerful
ness pervades all the rooms from a liberal
use of floral decorations, and the black
boards We're ssdeeorated with appropriate
notices and quaint drawings by the young
ladies, in which much. proficiency was ex-
> hibited .Es As8, Il R-Es s&g&&-
The total enrolment in this school during
the term has been $50, and there are now
ABOUT ZoU III aIIendance. Some bright little
girls from the lower grades received very
q gracefully and kept record of all the Wis
sitors, and, up till short time before the
close yesterday evening, they had recorded
3S3 visitors. =-eE 1 sFl #"aa
For the perfect order and cleanliness OBJ
served about the building, no little credit is
due to the model janitor, Billy Joye He
is as much fixture at sHampden Sidney as
anything else there, and knowing Just what
. is to be done, always does it, without a
: word of instructions. During four years of
continual service in that capacity not q
cross word or-hard feeling has passed be-
tweenvhim and any of the inmates, among
whom he is a universal favorite.
To-day will close the examinations, and
it is hoped the Peabody School, because it
is a little further off, will not be sighted, for
it will well repay visit, as will also the
Austin School, where the exercises will be
excellent, no doubt. The following is the
: programme: g if q =E-1 ss-issS sa
On Friday, at the Peabody school, in Miss
Sallie Buffers room, first grade; in Miss
Annie Stuart's room, second grade; in
Miss Nellie Bridges room, third grade; and
in MIR. Whites room, fourth and fifth
grades g,--f - s'-r- -tss IS saSs s.
At the Austin school, in Mr. Will
liams' room, first grade as in Mrs.
Fowler's room, first grade; in Mr.. SCOTS
8 room, second grade; in Miss Fowler's room,
third. grade, and III Mr.. Fowler's room,
foIlrth fths and Siyth Grade