Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-04-18

The Program Of the Examinations and
Closing Exercises.

THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CALENDAR.
The Program Of the Examinations and
Closing Exercises.
The program of examinations in the public
schools has been arranged by Messrs Curtis
Smith and Birney, the school board committee
on examinations as follows:
WHITE SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON AND GEORGE
TOWN AND COUNTY SCHOOLS.
April % to 3O-Examination in Spelling
April %, Third Grade; April "a, Fourth Grade;
April %, Fifth Grade; April %, Sixth Grade;
April %, Seventh Grade April 80, Eighth
Grade-Examiners: Superintendent and Super
vising Principals.
May to 11-Oral Examination of Eighth
Grade Of City schools-Examiners: superin.
tendent and Supervising Principals.
May IL to June 5-Second Examination OF
First, Second, Third and Fourth Grades Of City
Schools. - Examiners: Superintendent and
Supervising Principals.
May 16 and %, 9a.m.-Examination of Candi.
dates for Teachers Positions and for Promotions
Examiners: Committee on Teachers and Board
of Examiners.
May 80, 8 am, and June 8, 9a.m.-Exami
nation of Candidates for the Washington Nor
NAL School.-To be held in the Franklin Build.
ing.-Examiners: Committee on Teachers and
June 4, 9 am.-Fourth Quarterly Examina,
ton of the Washington Normal School.--Ex.
aminers: Committee on Teachers and Superin.
June s. 8 p.m.-Graduating Exercises of the
Washington Normal SchOol.-TO be held in the
High School Building, Q street, between 9Th
and 18th streets northwest, under the direction
of the Committee on Teachers.
June 9-Graduating Exercises of the Wash.
nFton Hgh sehooa9 be held in the High
streets northwest, under the direction of the
Committee on Teachers.
June 10, IL aud 12-Written Examination OF
Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Grades OF
City SchOOls.-Examiners: Superintendent and
Supervising Principals;
County Schools.--Examiners: Superintendent
ana Supervising Principal.
June 15.Closing Day of the First, Second and
Third Grades of City Schools.
June 16.Closing Day of the Fourth, Fifth
Sixth and Seventh Grades of City Schools
June 177;Closing Day OF the Eighth Grade Of
City Schools and of the County Schools.
CoLoRED SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON AMI
GEORGETOWN.
November 90, 91a a.m-First Quarterly Elk
animation of the Miner Normal School.
December ID and 20, 8 a. m.-First Semi-An
nual Examination for Teachers Positions and
Teachers and Board Of Examiners.
January-First Examination of First, Second
Third and Fourth Grades Of Schools.-Exam
ners: Superintendent and Supervising Princi
pals.
January %, $50 a. m.--second Quarterly Elk
animation Of the Miner Normal school.
April to 3O-Oral Examination of Fifth
Sixth Seventh and Eighth Grades of Schools
Examiners: superintendent and Supervising
Principals.
April ?, $50 a. m.-Third Quarterly Exami
nation of the Miner Normal School.
April % to DETERMINATIONS in Spelling
April %, Third Grade; April "a, Fourth Grade
April %, Fifth Grade; April IS, Sixth Grade
April 29, Seventh Grade; April 80, Eighth Grade
Examiners: Superintendent and Supervising
May to 29-Second Examination of First
Second, Third and Fourth Grades of Schools
Examiners: Superintendent and Supervising
Principals.
May 16 and 49, 8 a. DISCRIMINATION of Can
didates for Teachers Positions and for Promo
tions:-Examiners: Committee on Teachers and
June 6, 8 a. determination of Candidates
for Miner Normal School.-To be held in the
Sumner Building.-Examiners: Joint Commit
June l, 2 and 3-Written Examination of the
High School, Examiners: Superintendent and
Teachers Of the High school.
June 3, $50 a.m-FOurth Quarterly Exami.
nation of the Miner Normal School.
June 4, p. m.-Graduating Exercises of the
Min Normal school.-To be held in the Miner
June 8, 8 p. rn.-Graduating Exercises of the
High sehoo 1c-' be held in the Miner hall;
June 10, II and 12-Written Examination OF
Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Grades OF
Schools.-EXaminers: Superintendent and Su.
perv1Sfng Principals.
June 15-Closing day of schools in the Cham
berlain, Lincoln and Lovejoy buildings.
June l6LCl9sing day of schools in the Ste
neker buildings.
June 17-Closing day of schools in the Sum
ner, Garnet, Randall and Anthony Bowen
buildings.
Oral examinations are now in progress in the
county schools. There are four college and uni
yersity scholarships to be awarded-the Ken
the King scholarship in Dickinson college, a
scholarship in the Boston university and the
Birney scholarship in Cornell university. These
scholarships will be awarded in the high school
to the candidates whose records for attenda nce
department and scholarship during the course
shall be adjudged the best.