The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-07-15
st. Adams COLLEGE.

The examinations and closing exercises of st.
Adams College under the management of Mr.. A.
T. Atkinson, took place during Thursday and Fri.
day of last week. The work of the past year, as
shown by these midsummer examinations has been
ctedtable and satisfactory to all interested and is
especially complimentary to the present efficient
corps of teachers. Mr.. Atkinson has been ably
assisted in his educational labors by Captain W.
H. Mist MIR. Charles Furneaux has had charge of
the drawing classes and Miss Zoe Atkinson of the
primary department The examinations of Thurs
day included the following classe5: Geometry,
lower arithmetic, geography, higher arithmetic,
highest French class, fourth Latin class (eXer-
cses, astronomy, physical geography, fourth
reader and spelling and first history. Of these
classes those deserving special mention are the
geometry, the higher French and first history
classes. The work by Miss Cara Carter in geome-
try was especially good; the French class made
oral translations from dictation which were most
credItabe, showing marked improvement and the
ability TO use the French tongue practically. The
French TRANSACTIONS by Miss Ruth Benson and
Miss Wodeliouse were The bhst done in the class.
Master Jamie Wilder stood az the head of the first
history class, During Friday morning eIamina-
tons were held in the following branches: Lower
French classes, grammar fifth reader, Virgil,
Horace, Sallust Aenophon, drawing, algebra, and
second history. OF these classes special mention
is made Of the Latin and Greek classes, the draw
ing class under Mr.. Charles Furneaux, the algebra
class and the lower French classes. French is
made special feature of the school and is taught
10 all the pupils. Master Antonio Perry with
progress in the use of the Greek verb in his
TRANSACTIONS The drawing class gave practical
test Of their proficiency by drawing different
figures on the black-boards from dictation, which
work conclusiyely shows that, at St Adams, Mr..
Furneauxs teaching has replaced theoretical meth
DDS with practical execution and has made the
pupil 8 work in this department useful well as
ornamental. In the second history class Master
Give Davies and Master Willie Lucas stood even
and were examined further until Master Lucas
missed on question Of Oriental rulers and gave
Olive Davies trsl place. The following is list of
first prizes awarded for the term; Composition,
Ruth Benson; first history, Jamie Wilder; second
history, Give Davies and Willie Lucas; classics
Antonio Perry improvement, Julius Louisson.
On Friday afternoon literary and musical e1-
ercises were given by the pupils. The literary part
consisted of original compositions and rectations
IN English and French. Ruth Benson's compost
tion on A CUP of lea written in light letter
style and was warmly applauded. James Wilder's
composition on "a Straw Hat was done in
James peculiarly comic style. Little Molly At
l1inson, who is only nine years old, read a com
position on Cats which was one of the best things
of the day and is proof absolute that a little CIR
may know something about the traits of cats-that
even naturalists with all their wisdom have failed
/ to note The Rotations were good. At last the
school joined in singing Sweet Ginning Bells
which brought the midsummer term of st. Adams
/ to a happy close.-SdfHgday Press.