The Hawaiian gazette., 1886-07-13
ST. ALBAN'S COLLEGE.
A Years Work Closed With a Fine Ezhi
bition.

The closing pnblic examination and exhibition
of st. Adams College for the past year. took place
on Friday. The attendance at the College is from
forty fifty. 1t is of the cosmopolitan insti
buttons of this cosmopolitan community. Eng
land the United States, China, Portugal and Ha-
wall, are all represented on the college roll The
teaching faculty consists of Nr. A. Il. Atkinson,
Principal, Captain Mist, Miss Atkinson and Mr.. Z.
Furneaux, Instructor in drawing) assistants. The
examination of classes commenced at 9 O'Clock a..
M, and continued until l p. During this time,
classes in Grammar, History, Orthography, French,
Physical Geography, Latin, Composition, Arlth-
metic and Algebra were examined, the several
classes acquitting themselves well. The advanced
classes, in French Latin and History especially,
evinced high degree of proficiency in these sub
jects. The tests in photography were taken by the
classes writing series of words of very cranky
spelling on the blackboards Very few errors were
scored, although to a considerable proportion of
the young people, English Is foreign language.
The Arithmetic and Algebra exercises were notably
SUPERIOR not only in the matter of correctness but
also in the rapdity and fine mechanical style in
which they we're performed.
After thirty minutes recess, the exhibition ex-
ercises commenced. at 1:30 p. M, "0n the Blue
Wave' and a warrior Bold" were sung in u
spirited manner. "Christiani ad Leones' was
well recited by Percy Benson; Master Edward
Boyd read in clear tones, The Shipwreck;'
Alice Along gave good recitation entitled, Ger
trude Won du Ward;" Mollie Atkinson came for
ward with 'rhe Dead Kitten" and brought down
the house. The number "a letter from Calais,
criptive OF picture on the wall. The audience
was we'll treated to dialogue in French, ''Bour-
geois Gentil- homme, 'by Misses Ethel Wodehouse,
Ruth Benson and LAM Atkinson. Another i'm
promptu composition was read by John Carter,
laying down "The Road to School," the road be-
ing Nuuanu Avenue. Master Hermann Wide
mann contributed an entertaining reading" Mock
Turtle Story" and ''The Clowns Baby was given
with good effect by Miss May Atkinson. A vigor-
ously sung chorus, Sailing" came next. This
was followed by 1.-The Well of st. Keyne," well re-
cited by Miss Mamie Patty. Harry Mist read a
clever original composition on .'Three Dogs"
suggested by picture on the WALL Miss Alvina
Widemann recited with fine, clear expression,
Sorrow on the Sea-" From a wall picture of a
girl holding rabbit in her arms, Miss Carrie
Along elaborated Letter TO Rhoda," in which
correctness of expression and vvidness of imagin-
alton were displayed. Two selections from the
'Mikado'' were sung in chorus. Master BERTHE Mist
recited in spirited manner and with good
elocution, 1.-The Lord of the Isles" Annie
Patty gave comic recitation, the dead doll I
with all the soemnity BETTING the occasion.
81 The leak in the dyke was ably recited by Miss
Belle Louisson. Eight young ladies of the Shake
speare society, composed of students and eX-
students who meet on Wednesday evenings to
study the great English poet, gave fine style the
Fourth Act of the Merchant of Venice. The cast
consisted of Misses Alvina Widemann, Belle Louis
son, Ethel Wodehouse, LAM Atkinson, May At
kinson, Zoe Atkinson, Ruth Benson and Edith
Mist. The play was performed in capital style.
This and the French dialogue, mentioned above,
were, in the order of merit the leading numbers of
the performance lively chorus, " The Yachts
man, followed, after which came the great event
of the day, namely, the awarding of prizes. In
history, LAM Atkinson. Herman Widemann and
Rhoda Green won respectively. first second
and third prizes, said prizes consisting of vol
umes of 1.-The Spectator" In composition, the
first prize, a volume of Cowper awarded to
Ruth Benson. and the second, volume of Mrs.
Hemans to Rhoda Green. The prize winner in
arithmetic was Willie Savidge, who bore off in
triumph an elaborate work on dogs. For those
who passed first in two subjects master Antonio
Perry, who besides made the highest general
average, 90, won Longfellow; Miss Patty, Moore;
Miss Ethel Wodehouse, Seven Ages; Percy Ben
son, Percy's Relics for Boys; Mollie Atkinson,
Paul and Virginia. Gold gilt and other cards,
showing the standing of students in their
several branches of study were given. Hon
orable mention was also made of Robert Atkin-
son, who stood at the head of the classes in
Miss Atkinson's room, of Helen Along who scored
the very high percentage of 50 in spelling, and of
Olaf SOrrensOn for his arithmetic.
Six weeks holidays announced, when the
exercises we're brought to close by the boys with
"three cheers for Mr.. Atkinson" and "tbree more