Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-05-20
KNOXVILLE CITY SCHOOLS.
The Record of q Day I'm the Girls High
school Examination.

School Examination
An Eminently Satisfactory and Creditable
Exhibition.
Those who have followed up closely the
public examinations in the Knoxville city
schools for the past four days of this e1ami-
nation week, are prepared, no doubt, to bear
testimony with US to the fact that in
none of the various schools have
the exercises been of more interesting and
satisfactory, than at the Girls High School,
which is taught IN TIE Institute building, on
Main street, where the examinations were
held yesterday. In this building are gath
public schools from the 9Th to the 10th
inclusive-and it is here that the finishing
touch is given to the young lady's edu-
cation, as far as common
no exaggeration to say that when young
lady goes mp through all the grades and
graduates with honors from this school,
she is thoroughly fitted for any of the ordi-
nary avocations of life, without going any
further. But if she wants to go up higher
it gives her passport that win admit her to
the halls of any institution of learning in
the land
The first grade we find in this depart
ment of our schools, is the sixth, taught
by Miss Mollie Hayes, and she has about 40
young ladies of tender age, in her charge.
Miss Hayes is possessed of valuable fund
of information touching the point of gov
erning school-room, is teacher of long
and most favorable standing in the schools,
whose services are invaluable, and whose
excellent work is refexed in the evidence of
advancement to be found in her pupils
The four highest grades in this school are
taught by the three other teachers engaged
there. We may mention first Miss Lucy
Crozier. young lady not only of thorough
qualifications, which fit her for tho school
room dnties but possessed of a pleasing
and agreeable disposition, which enables
her to accomplish very great deal with
the pupils given in her charge, and she rem
ders valuable assistance.
Miss King also assists in the higher grades
of this school. Miss King is young lady
of superior talents and education, thorough
ly prepared for imparting instruction in all
the higher branches of a common school
education. She has been in the schools but
short time, but has SO ingratiated herself
into the good favor of all, and so demon
strated her worth and value as a teacher,
that her services are appreciated and found
| to be very essential to the welfare of the
sch ool
Miss NJ. A. Fletcher, the efh::ient and
thorough-going principal of this school, is
also one of the hardest workers ON the role
of teachers. She is q lady of rare accom-
plishments in the line of school room duties.
She is perfect encyclopedia of learning
and information in all the higher branches,
and has peculiarly happy method of i'm.
| parting the instruction that &C
complishes highly satisfactory re-
| suits. She rules and governs
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plishes her,work in such manner as to wiz
and keep the love and respect of her pu
| pills, always.
There is collected in this department o.
our schools, which is naturally the most at
tractive, an assemblage of young ladies who
in all respects, will compare favorably witt
any school in the country. The very
satisfactory manner in which the
young ladies in all grades acquitted them
selves in the examinations, as they witt
such readiness and promptness solved in
tricate problems in arithmetic, algebra OF
geometry, or Owed deep into the profound
depths of history, or displayed their fan,il
iarity with the languages, was source o.
peculiar qualification to relatives and friends
and an eloquent tribute to the ability o.
| their teachers.
Some music of most excellent quality
given at intervals, was much enjoyed, as al
SO some select readings, and the calistheni,
exercises. The rooms were all tastefully
and appropriately decorated with flowers
evergreens and pictures, of various kinds
contributed by the pupils, giving them ,
cheerful appearance, and everything wa
conducted in such systematic order as t.
give an exceedingly pleasant effec
to the exercises There was constant ant
overwhelming throng of visitors the entir
day, thus demonstrating the very great in
ierest::t that is felt in this most worthy inst
tuition by our citizens.
To-day the exercises of the week will b
brought to close with the examinations Il
the Austin building, where the excellen
work among the coIored children may b
witnessed