The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-06-24

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IN 4 mannef which gave credit h.
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and flthhlnesH n their eseeI
lent preeepftss, and caased ihe
hearts n Find parents and fficnd.
b. swell with pride and efailhca
tim yet, with your permission, I
will give the readers N the rrAa
a brief memoranda n The pro.
ceedines.
Nv consequence ~ The school.
rcun being small, The extreme
warm weather, and perhaps fearful
II another such crush and panic NJ
followed the breaking In u the
fcof beneath the weight u tho
great crowd present al The closing
exercises ~ her school last year,
Miss Duval deemed u advisable not
10 have u public examination, and
40 there were few present other
than the patrons Of the schol. The
morning was taken up by the pu.
pills In n general review Of their
several studies. The most difficult
lessons Of those they had gone over
in their spoilers, readers, gram.
mars, arithmctics, etc, being the
ones upon which they were exam.
incd, II il but just to say that all
Of them did exceeding well. The
following named, who were award.
ed prizes, were winners only after
a close and spirited contest: Mas
ter Eugene Funk, scholarship,
Miss Jessie Henderson, pcnman-
ship. Miss Viola Trawick was Civ
on n prize, or testimonial, for the
efficient manner in which she had
acted as monitor during the session.
In the evening there were recita-
tions, speeches and dialogues. Ro-
sctta Fishcl, n particularly bright
little Miss Of six or seven, was
awarded the prize offered for the
best recitation. Miss Maggie Evans
was complimentcd by the judges
and all present for her recitation d
Poc's Raven" which was such a,
might well excite the cnvyof man,
of her "grown-up' sisters, for, ]
dare say, not one in ten can rccit,
il better, or even so well. Missci
Jessie Henderson and Pauline Fish
ii and Master Edwin Boothe wer'
also reported as deserving Of spe
cial mention for recitation ; nm
there were others who, doubtless
would have done well in this par
ticular had they not, like their 81
ders sometimes, become scared.
The participants in the laughabl
little farce, "Thc Colored Soldier
Roturn," will, should they tur
their talent in that line, bcfor
long have their names promincnI
~ mentioned in n tb~rice-headc
local as leading "clog" and "cnt
men, in the chest amateur Eth,
plan minstrel troupe" while th
charming little Misses who sd'
tanned the characters in "Mothc
Goose's Birthday Party" "Thre
Little Beggars' and playing wit
Dolls" cvinccd tact and talcn
which win, when they have b,
come "swect sixtscns," place thcr
in the front ranks Of u brigade ,
"sweet swccpers.' After the clo'
ing rccitation-a neat little speccI
Of thanks 10 teacher and parent
and Of parting 10 fellow-pupils, b
Miss Rosetta Fishcl-all the it'll
folks, with a few Of their fricndi
repaired TO the residence Of Mis-
Duval's mother, where they partco
of ~ice-cream and cake and cnjoyc
themselves as only can childre
who are just from school set free.
The fall session Of Malvern schcs
will open in September FroI
personal knowledge Of the substar
tial progress made in their studio
by her pupils during the past se'
eral sessions, and frequent observ'
!. ticn a their department while
school and at play. / think I b.
voice the sentiment Of all her pal
rons and those present al her e,
aminations, wh,n ! -ay that, ns
teacher and trainer Of the "youn
, idca,n Miss Duval has few superior
| predict for her n larger numbs
Of pupils next session than she h
had this, such having been the en-,
with her school every session sin,
it, commencement. W.,
sardis, June 18th, 1882.