The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-12-19
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NcSCiNAbS w ENCOURAGEMENT IIlC hOih
prepared by the pupils of our public schools
az their quota of the %county's display for
the New Orleans Exposition. was arranged
for public inspection on Wednesday after
noon at the school house. Very few per-
sons awaited themselves of the invitation to
visit the school and inspect the work, which
IS to be regretted, as the pupils have taken
great pains i'll preparing it, and the speci-
mems exhibited are entitled to unqualified
praise. The following forms the exhibit
from the Woodstown school:
Map Drawing, Grammar Department.
Eugene W. Bassett, map of South Amer
lea; Alvin X. Elton, Lydia c. Cooper and
Harry }. Ruff each a map of the Middle
Atlantic States.
Intermediate Department. - Clayton
Ruff inc Eleanore Maui each a map ofthe
New England States. and Harry Prickett
a map of South America.
All the above were in colors and drawn
entirely from memory
Grammar.-Fannie Flitcraft and Julia
MAUI, ofthe Grammar Department. lave
an analysis of the grammatical construc-
ton of a verse from Grey's Elegy.
Geometry.-Lena Tyler, of the Grammar
Department, furnishes diagram and solu-
ton of the following problem in geometry:
IF a cone and sphere be inscribed in a
cylinder whose diameter is ten inches. what
will be the volume of each and their rela-
tive proportions? >"
Composition. - Helen A. Wilson and
Achsah w. Grier, Grammar Department.
each furnished a brief composition written
in a lively vein, the first taking for a sub
ject white Wash, - the latter, "a Trip to
the North Pole
Penmanship, Grammar Department.
Julia F. Maui, Achsah w. Grier and VIII
lie T. Barker represent their room with
handsome specimens. May Weathcrby,
age 8 years, Anna L.. Wallace, age 10,
and John w. Goforth, age s, furnish from
the secondary room neat and plain copies
which do them credit, while the Interme-
diate Department is represented by Charles
Kuhn, age u, Willie Fitzpatrick, age II,
and Frances Fogg, age II, with a selection
from Longfellow neatly penned.
Miscellaneous.-Lena Tyler furnishes a
well written sketch of the Ozark Ages
and Helen A. Wilson writes of The CRU
sades." Willie T. Barker, age IA, fur
nishes a beautiful specimen of free hand
drawing of an original geometrical design,
showing great skill.
~Spelling.-In the Primary Department
Emma Wallace. age 6, Cora b. Weatherby,
age 7, Frank Keeper, age 7, and Robert
Keeper, age 9. spelled 100 words of one
syllable, the latter missing but one of the
number. In the secondary room Chester
\. Miller, age 8, and Emma Hanes, age
10, each spelled correctly 100 words of two
syllables. The intermediate Department
was represented by Carrie Smith, age -,
Albert Wright, age II, Amy j. Howard,
age 8, and Nettie Barker, all spelling cor
rectly 100 words of two syllables. Willie
T. Barker, Lulu Wright and Lizzie w.
Flitcraft furnished the spelling exercises
for the Grammar Department.
Arithmetic.-In the Primary Department
Emma Wallace, age 6, and Lewis II. Fox,
age 7, furnish II examples of numbers of
10 figures each multiplied by 2, the entire
work done in p minutes. Chester A. Mil
Ter, age 8, shows two examples of addi-
tion, 10 columns of II figures each, and
ten examples of multiplying numbers of 10
figures each by ., the entire work done j II
4 minutes. and Bertha NJ. Nixon, age s,
shows one example of addition of 10 col
umns of II figures, and 10 examples of
multiplying sums of 10 figures by 3, the
work being done i'll three minutes. Ralph
Sotder and Jena Reeve, of the Interme-
diate room, show nicely worked and eX-
planned problems in mathematics.
From the Fenwick school under care of
j. Riley Dungey, Edwin Eldridge, age 10,
and Nettie johnson, age II, send 100 words
of one and two syllables. one missing but
2 the other 4 words of the number. Nettie
johnson and Laura Teal, the latter aged
II, furnish examples Of addition of 3 num-
bers of 3 figures each, with the whole pro-
cess written out and explained. This is
after three months schooling without any