National Republican., 1883-06-19
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Closing Exercises in the First, Second, and
Third Grades Yesterday.
Interesting Programmes Presented by
the Various Schools.
t. Little Ones Who Particularly Distinguished
Themselves in Recitng and Singing.
CreditabIe Showing OF the scholars I'm
Their various Studies During the Year.


aud third grades of public schools were held
yesterday in tho various schools These OK
ercises were largely attended by the friends
and relatives of the pupils. There wero no
decorations generally. except u profusion Of
flowers and those decorations afforded by
specimens Of the pupils drawing upon the
blackboard. Without an exception, the con-
duct of the pupils in the exercises was highly
crcditabc to tho patience and skill Of tho
teachers and to the ability and earncstness of
the children Besides tho musical aud liter
ary parts of the programme, as given below,
there was, in each school, exercises in the
various studies of tho year, in singing, in
calisthcnics, &c The closing exercises in
the fourth nth, sixth, and seventh grades
will be held to-day.
DIVISION 1--GRADE 1.
School No. l-NelIc f. Pumphroy, teacher.
Recitation, The Winds, julia Won L tre,s, Curl
Uike Maud Buselman, aud Newton Ferrcs; reel.
tntion All Play, Charles Ravcnbutg recitation,
Tho Ladybugaud the Ant Mamie Just recitation,
Partnership Mary Cornell rrCitati ~, Two Chick
les Horace Chandlec recitation, Sleeping Beauty.
Julia Rock recitation, Consistency, Lorenzo
Crounse; recitation, Two Little Runaway, Annie
recitation, Five Chickics, William Able recta-
nn9n, What Is II? Lizzie HATCH recitation,
ton, Golden iSI Winged Woodpccker, Blanche
Wallace; recitation, Wishes, Darwin UlRe reci-
tation, The Reason Why CARA Burchnrd;
School No. as. Y. Hershey, teacher.
Recitation Suppose, Louis Randall; recitation,
Miss Mouse Hubert Snow; recital on, Clucking
Hon, Oswald olagan song, Filo, Robert Wood'
burni recitation Jacob Brown, William Hazel re-
citation, ButterCups, Eugene Copenhaver; reCta-
ton, DorGie, Charles Brandt recitation, sparrow,
Edward Shirley recitation, Small Boy Fioy Cav
citation, TArer in Bed. Harry Flotcher recta.
tion, Church Mouse, Edward Stoebcr recitation,
Rabbit. Elmon Burton; recitation, The Hunt,
4on
Eugene Aste Robert Lamb: song, Dream, VIII
lam ClabHugh Hesitation, Foolish Chick, Arthur
Iarner; recitation Ninlet., Eugene Astel reclta-
tiOn, Good Night, Towers Borland. ..
School No. A. Wilson, teacher
Recitation, Miss Polly Betsy Patterson, florence
Carpenter rlait; recitation, January and June
Alice Foster Carey; recitation, The Jolly Miller
Rose Williamson; recitntion.. Mumps Measles,
aud Malaria, Mary Pearl White; recitation,
head: recitation, The Duet, Edik Gilbert Swami;
solo, In the cleaning, Florence Josephine Farms
worth Teoilation The Discontentsd b1tsdTSGHp pdSp
and Milk, Charlotte Isabel Roome; song, Jack
ana Jill, Annie Lake and Lily Poole: recitation,
ME aud Winnie, Katherine sacgaski Brown; solo.
From the German, Annie Rettg; recitation,
Emily Jane, Mabel SAiier AiI recitation. recitation.
ioS, %S cheTIeS Ripe, nary Florence Boteler; reel!
tatiGn, The Old Clock Grace Penney recitaLion
led by Olive May slater, Florence Carpenter
Plat, Katherine Saccaski Brown recitation The
lea Party, Mary elizabeth MhrsI, hOlS, comic,
Lenora Craig Parker; recitation. June, Emma
Margaret Clarke; solo, My Dolly's Cheeks are Red,
Kate Suit; recitation, Li!te Oracle, Cora Mccoy
recitation. I'm Losted, Florence Carpenter Plat {;
song, Bo Peep Catherine Hopkins, Esther Char
lotte AmAlic Iaursen; recitation, School is over,
Jessie Nevens Wright.
School So.5-E. NJ. Mccartney, teacher
Recitation, Wish We're Grown Up, Christie
pher Cook recitation, IT. Mary Harbison; .reclta.
lion, Babes in the Wood Louise Tyrrel; recitation,
Nurses Song, Maggie Vernillion; recitation,
Sleep, Baby, Sleep Robert ,Cook; recit9upS, My
Big Brother: GRACE Bfrant recitation, - Many
EIeonora Ebert; recitation, Pansies; buoy Miller
recitation, The Peddler, William Riley; recita.
tion A Fair Little Girl, Grace Anderson; recita'
tion, schools Done, Grace Bryant.
Gee. School No 6--Minnie ]. Lewis, teacher.
Dialogue, The New Doll. Annie Christian Kaiser
and Berthe Hough; recitation, The Arrow and the
Song, Flora Ellen Eccard recitation, Merry
Lille Lille Mother, Rose Alice Barr; recitation, What
j Hate, Flora Ellen Eccard; Iecitatlon. What
Love, Clara Mary Eccard recitation, No One to
Blue, Mary Kille Lowry; song Evening Song, Cora
May Vansant.
School No. 7-Mary Mcwilliam, teacher.
Song, The Pony, school; recitation, Tommy's
row, John G. rrennon; recitation, My Clothes
Pins, Frank Scott recitation, My Soldiers. William
Earl: recitation, The Two Brothers, Michael Nc
Donald; recitation Little Kitty, John Donnelly
recitation Choice of Trades, Charles q. Entwise,
Leroy Drummond, William Fagan, Louis g Run;
burg, Thomas Dorsey, Thomas Donnelly, Edward
Broderick, George p. McGlue. John Dougherty
Charles f, Wilson, Ernest White; recitation, The
Silly Maiden, Charles f Wilson; recitation, Pussy
Cat. Charles Mclaughlin recitation, Four Leaved
Clover, Raymond Salkets; recitation, The Litlle
pream.r R9beTt Gibson; @ Tecitat9n @ Chidrep Louis
recitation, Butterflies, John Brady reeltltion,
Grandpapa's specteelcs George P. MoGlue
recitation, II Wasn't l. Roger L. Cumberland
recitation, Planting Himself to Grow, James Carr
recitation Only aword Francis Wall blackboard
Iarr q n NJ
manship.
School No s-Bertha Hnrtstol teacher,
Recitation, Little Maid and Bird, George Ela
Goodchid recitation, shan't and Won't, Bridget
Me, Mary o. Seal; Recitation, Twenty
Troggies, Clara Burdette Babcock; reel.
Dsobsdient Mouse, Kate Harlem, Martin; rccita-
tion, Babyland, Minnie Herman; recitation, OK
Dolly LHsnaS Hunt TsciSbop bS Hands diR Sng
Mary o'Neali recitation, What I'd Like 10 pc
Maggie Finn Celia Maud uIrick, Cara May
Charlotte Mary Easton, Nellie Victoria Altdorier
Jennie Lloyd rec@Lion Mr. r., NoSSody' body Nth; Eths
SsGbs SSs FGsS oya esGnsy dss New out Moon
pdy%su p5s3n M%ERa F6Psaoo "fsH bss %S% SSSs E&
fecitarion, The Queen Mother, Mabel 4. Riggles
recitation, Three Little Boys Susan Meyer, Mel
lie 9riscoe, Lille Haslnpi recitation, 4 LaHTa' in1
Emma Jane Burtoni recitation, Farewell Flor
eHce Jane Wolnersey,
School No 9-N Cattell, teacher.
Recitation, Butterflies George McGlue; recita
tiOIl, Muses. Song, Charles MOulden recitation
Little sunbeam, Ro's Elliott recitation, The Olc
stone, BASIN, Joseph Lewis recitation. Bob,
School Days, Edward Tucker; recitation, Chippy
Sparrow, Frank BlscOe; recitation, What Roblr
J old Elmer Poslon. recitation, The Little Browl
Mouse, william Crowell; recitation, November
Party, William ruston; recitation, Pickles ant
Tarts Harry GlRc recitation Little GYPSY Dan
delion, Alfred Ghlselli
DIVISION 1-GRADE 2.
School No Karl l.. Garrison, teacher.
Recitation, Welcome, Alice FinGkel, Charley
Gleps0n, Marian Trmbe, Raymond Higgins
recitation, Consultation of the Cats, Harry Gould
recitation, Signs OF spring Grace Buleri recta
on, Two Little Maids, Bessie FIJI; recitation,
Frogs Revenge, Vivian Burnett; recltutIon, WI!
children Talk, Amy Jones; dialogue Winter
Henry Spencer ani Carrie Russell; recitation
l'll,sy Cat Sarah Willard Howe; Tecitatiou Tn
lnaCkbirds william Henry Penny; reel
tallou,A New Mother HUBBARD Alice Rochester
recitation, The WISH franklin Theodore Howe
h., Grace Gnhiths, Joseph Burkart, Mary shinn
and Mabel johnson.
DIVISION l-GRADE 2.
School No. &c. A. Johnson aud X. II. Macqueer
teachers,
Recitation, Rosa's Cares, s. Blanche Clokoyi rec
taliuu, Ruiu, Marion q Lamb; song Grasshoppe
treen, Emily NJ. Gaisberg; recitation, Promises
lleury Bruce Teller, Edith f. O'Bryon, Leon l..
ltyfbtrt; recitation, sandy and Ned, Charles
rrcl.a ion. Four Houses, Joseph A.. Lang sons
Little DO Peep, Jessie y Davis recitation, sum
iner Shower Walter HiXsOn; recitation, Mid Re
proof, Emily NJ daisbergj recitation, Buuerhle
William L. Green recitation, PitcheT, Bell
tatinn nh Rad Han Ain1on q. Kellogg. rocita