Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-05-19
KNOXVILLE CITY SCHOOLS.
Examinations at Hampden sidney Girl,
School.

KNOXVILLE CITY SCHOOLS.
Examinations at Hampden sidney Girls
school
A Pleasant and Profitable Day at This
Delightful Place
AS the week advances in the public ex-
aminations at the city sahools, the interest
and attractiveness increases with
each day. This statement, we are
sure, will be attested by all the
hundreds of visitors who looked in upon the
the examinations yesterday at the Hampton
Sidney school building. This is, properly
speaking, the intermediate girls school,
containing from the 3rd to the 5th grades,
inclusive, comprising a congregation of
beautiful, Intelligent and attractive young
ladies, ranging from about 10 to 16 or Is
years of age, that can rarely be surpassed.
Hampden Sidney is fortunate, in addition
to its collection of pupils, in the possession
of corps of teachers whose qualifications
are seldom equaled.
On entering the first room to the right,
on the first floor, We find Miss Maggie
Woodward, in charge of about 45 pupils in
the third grade. There is no teacher in the
schools who has better record than Miss
Woodward, and she is accomplishing work,
and making a reputation that is to be en-
Wed, as will be readily realized by witness
ing her examinations
Mrs. Smith occupies the room On the OPP
posits side of the hall, with about an equal
number, in the same grade. Mrs. Smith is
most excellent teacher, who has superior
qualifications, and has her. class under ad-
mirable discipline and instruction, and the
evidence Of their thorough training crops
out in their every performance.
Advancing another step higher, We find
in the room of Mrs. W. F. Cummins, about
40 girls, trifie more advanced in years and
studies, and belonging to the fourth grade.
It is real pleasure to visit the room of
Mrs. Cummins, and witness the almost
faultless exercises to be found in progress
there. 1t were useless to speak of the at
tainments of Mrs. Cummins :. by a visit to
her room they speak for themselves There
is no better qualified teacher to be found
in the schools, and she is peculiarly adapted
to the school-room duties. Her excellent
work is plainly manifest in the accomplish
ments of her class ss,,sz
Miss Ella Locke has also about thirty-six
pupils in the same grade. Miss Locke is a
young lady of rare scholastic attainments,
endowed with a through and familiar know
ledge of all branches taught in the schools,
and has method of imparting instruction
which is effective, and enlists the sympathy
andinterest of her pupils, and her good
work is being crowned with glorious results
In the fifth grade, on the upper floor, we
find Miss Lizzie Lewis with class of about
80, still more advanced, and if any differ
ence, accomplishing still greater results.
The young ladies cannot do otherwise than
succeed under the most excellent tutorship
of Miss Lewis. Her qualifications for the
school room are unsurpassed, and she has Q
peculiarly pleasant and agreeable way
of getting along with the girls, which
keeps all in good spirits and aceomplishes
the best results imaginable.
Last on the list, but by no means least in
importance, we come to the room of Miss
Ida Lea who has room with about
So pupils in the fifth grade, and
hers is model schoolroom in
every respect. The equal of Mis-
Lea as an educator is hardly to be found
anywhere, as to thoroughness of knowl
edge, system and method, and if pupil il
her charge has any capacity whatever, sh,
cannot but learn something. Miss LEAFS il
household name in connection with ou
public schools and without hel
the role of instructors would not by any
means be complete. No class IN tn,
school exhibits more satisfactory result
than hers. zessss-yrs
The calesthenics, music and select read
ings were very attractive features in all tn,
rooms In such exercises as these the girl
certainly leave the boys far in the rear
Hampden Sidney is aptly termed by some
the parlor schools of the city. In addition
to the charming presence of SO many beau
tiful girls, the rooms were tastefully decor
ated with flowers and evergreens, contribtet
by the pupils, lending additions
charms. The cleanliness and faultless or
order in in which all things about tn
building are kept was also noticed and re
marked upon by all the spectators, and FOL
this all the credit is due to the faithful an.
efficient janitor, Uncle Billy Joye, who is
fixture thas Hampden Sydney and the girl
of that institution could not and would no
part with. ess-e=s5 -.-s--e-i -H
To-day the examinations take place at tn
Girls High School, on Main street, wher
all interest will center.
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