Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-06-14
PUBLIC SCHOOL MATTERS.
The Kendall and King Scholar.
ships AwaTded-Thc Normal
SchOOi-GraduatiOn Exercises To.

ships AwaTded-Thc Normal
Observation-Disclosures Exercises To.
day.
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES
special meeting of the board OF publls
school trustees was held last evening to con
slider a proposition to increase she number OF
pupils OF the Normal school to %, &c. This
question was at once taken up-the resolution
offered by Mr.. Lovejoy, April 18th last, aud re.
being read.
Mr.. Lovejoy briefly explained the necessIt,
Tor the increase of the seats In that school
MI. Curtis said that he had not approved tn.
report On account OF the additional expense
MI. LoVe]0y said that the practice school at
tacAeo TO ire normal school was double
school and the adoption Of the resolution woult
teacher
Superintendent Wilson explained that these
two schools numbered 81 eacn.
The resolution was adopted.
The committee on teachers reported on the
recent examination Of teachers recommending
the granting Of. certificates as follows:-lsi
class certif1cates-Ella C.. Sanders, Emma M
Ellet, Agnes 1. Rounds, Annie F. Perrie, Carrie
7. Church, Annie e. LOOMS; I'd class-Jane a,
Pease, Margaret G. o. LaZenby, John Cannon,
Anne NJ. Godirg; Sd class-W. II. Smith, Helen
N. Manning: 4th class-Henry S. Petty and
Richard I. Moss.
Mr.. Lloyd moved to amend the rule adopted
some months since, relative to the granting OF
n
Gates In the eighth grade, including those who
go TO the high school; adopted.
Mr. Farley presented the report OF the ex-
amlne,s on the Kendall and King Scholarship
Z. b. Young. j. w. Hunt and o. r. Mason-and
the president OF the board opened the numbered
envelopes and read the names, which, being
LACED IN the report enabled the secretary to
announce the averages. The twelve contest
ants were of course from the boys high school
(Mr Paul, pr1nclpaD:-Roger T. Mitchell. of the
20 DIVISION, made u; Clarence c.. Doollttle. Sd,
I;,o; Hawkins Tay ler, 50, q; Herbert W. York,
80, %. 80; Joseph s. Mccoy. 1r., 3D. 70; A. CuIn,
Sd, 1'.25; C.G.Pearee, 1st. 81; j. Henry Cunning
hall, IS IS; c. L: SturteVant, county, 1916; Ed.
ward R0ome, Sd, 1925 IL was thereupon an.
noulced that the Kendall scholarshtp-six
years course In Columbian University-Would
go to Edward Roome. Sd district, and the King
lege, Pa, to c. G. Doollttle, Sd district.
The application Of Ann W. Willett for
leadership, and John T. Goodrich and Freds-
rick jackson, for janitor's position were re-
ferred.
The Girls High School.
CLOSING EXERCISES To-DAY-THE NEXT NORMAL
CLASS.
The second semi-annual examination of the
Girls High School. Miss Lane principal, took
place this morning at the Seaton building. The
examination was conducted ty superintendent
WflsoD Trustee Lovejoy chairman of the COM
mittee on teachers. and other members OF the
school board. The high school room was pref
tily decorated with flowers. and the Sweet
Girl Graduates" were attired almost without
exception in graduation day white, though any
extravaganza In dress was very sensibly
dispensed with. The examination covered
tory, algebra, physical geography ana
English literature. The literary and formal
closing exercises began at one o'clock this
Lovejoy, curtis. Lambert, Dodge and Pearson.
and many trustees being present. The eXer-
cises were conducted according to the follow
ing program:
O'Clock p. NJ. literary exerclses-song,
Days OF Youth, -: essay. A Picture, Daisy
Boy d; recitation, Killed at the Foru, Eva Cow.
ling; recitation, The Coral Grove, Florence
Gone; essay, My difficulties In Becoming Ac-
Ask Me Not Why, =; reading, selection from
Henry V, Leila NoWlin, Angie Brewer and Nam
ME Brecht; essay, My Grandmother'5 Garrett.
abby Hopkins; recitation, The Battle OF the
Against the Pane Mary Kelly; song, Spring.
time, -; essay, Beware OF the Dog, Mary NC
Kinney.
Physical exercises, Recitation, the Burial OF
MOSS, Maggie Maher; essay, Ny Home, Mari
anna Schooley; song, Alpine Hunter: recitation,
Drifting. Flora Layton; recitation, The Rising
Of ll,6, Helen Nichols; essay, The Best Way to
Write Composition, Lillian Rice; recitation, To
9 Mountain Daisy, Jessie Cox; essay, OF Good
Breeding, Ella Mccartney; recitation. Passing
Away, Josephine BetJes; recitation, Battle OF
Iyry.. Florence Roach; song, Night, Sacred
Night.
AWARDING OF DIPLOMAS
The graduating class is composed Of Misses
Helen Caroline Baker, Josephine Florence
Bettes, Minnie Rosetta BOhrer, Bessie Burns
Lille. Burns. Henrietta Cattell, Eva Elbertine
Gowling, Louise Cecilia Enthoffer, Mary
Florence GeIe. Bertha Hartstall, Mary Lands
Kelsey, Aeby Eikabeth Hopkins. Carrie AIDE.
aice Johnson, Florence Wtnifred Layton. Ella
aearre5 Mccartney, Kate Ruggles MacuueeO.
anna Brooke Neumeyer, Mary Mould Julia
Maly Rawlings, Mariana Schooley, Minerva
Shsn non Sheldon, Jessie Scott, Mary Ella
SheI1ff, Katie Elizabeth Shomo. Marie Henrieite
S!etert, Ottilie Silver, Mary Elizatath Smith
Annie Virginia TarriSee, Grace Thompson NARY
McWilltan. Anne Wilson, Helen Duran0 Wise
Mollie Mcclellan Wylle
The BOys' High School.
The sem.-arnual examination and closing
exercises CT the Boys High School VIII take
place to MORROW at the Franklin building. The
Will cover nearly the same ground
as that which took place to-day in the Girls
High School. The graduating class is COM
posed OF Theodore Weld Birney Jesse Eastman
Christy, Frederick Henry Cleaves, Alfred Clum,
Joseph Henry Cunningham, Walter Donaldson,
Clarence Everett Doolittle, Frank Harvey
Duehay. Joseph Sylvester Mccoy, jr., Roger
Thomas Mitchell, Charles Gordon Pearce, Ed
ward Roome. Henry Swami Selden. Edward
Alvan ShaIretts. Alexander Provost Shaw,
want, William French Taliaferro, Hawkins
Taylor, jr, Conrad Henry Weiss, William
Douglass Wit, Herbert Waldo York and Henry