The morning news., 1889-04-26
PUPILS OUT FOR PLAY.
THE SPRING VACATION IN THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS BEGUN.

Draw Crowds OF Visitors to the
Scholastic Commissioners Make
Their Rounds-The Exercises at
Hunter Hall.
The spring oral examinations drew
crowds of visitors to the public schools yes
terday. The class rooms were thronged.
Thousands of white dresses and desks COW
cred with flowers, behind which sat bright
and hapnyfaced children, transformed the
dull school rooms into pretty pictures of
animation and beauty.
1t was busy day for everybody in the
schools from the superintendent and prn-
cipal down to the teacher of the lowest
grade, and the primary pupils. Every one
had something to do.
The examinations began at $50 o'clock
and lasted until II 30 O'clock and then the
recitations and class exercises began. It
was ? o'clock before they were over.
Crowds of admiring fathers and mothers.
brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts and
cousins went from one class room to
another and one school TO another until
many had made the round of all the
schools. At the high schools and Chatham
academy there was crowd of visitors all
day.
THE COmMISSlONEhS VISITS.
Supt Baker and Commissioners Schwarz,
Tattnall and Myers visited the Barnard
Street and st. Patrick's schools aud also
the West Broad street colored school. The
commissioners c9mplimented the principals
of all the schools they visited on the CON
duct of the classes and the general character
of the exercises. The excellent penman-
ship of the pupils of the st. Patrick's
school which has always been q feature of
fhaL E0l,, ore iho
sioners were highly pleased with the exer-
cIses at the West Broad street colored
school Commissioners Tattnail and Myers
remained at the high schools during the en-
tire exercises. Commissioners Blum, Estill
and Douglass, after visiting with the other
commissioners the high SCHOOLS and Chat
ham academy, visited the Cathe-
dral and Massie schools and the
East Broad street. colored school
Principals O'Brien, and Way were both
complimented on the manner in which their
pupils sustained the examinations an
upon their general conduct. The commis-
sioners were equally well pleased with the
East Broad street colOred school,
THE HIGH SCHOOL EXERCISES.
The examinations in the high schools
were in arithmetic, algebra, geometry,
geography, history, Latin, literature,
astronomy, rhetoric and physics.
in the class rooms. The closing
exercises were in Hunter hall, which was
not half large enough to hold the crowd.
Supt Baker, Principal Train, Profs Thig-
pen and Ashmore, and Commissioners TAFT
nall and Myers occupied seats on the stage.
The exercises began with a defamation,
Savannah by Maurice Meyer, and
the recitation, "Easter Morning, "tby Nellie
Reynolds The dialogues Duchess of Mans
feldt" by Cadda Stone, Helen Smith, Merena
Fulford, Mary Flatley, Dora Muhlberg,
Ada Hudson, Lucille Desbouillons, and Alice
Proctor, and Mrs Willis WILL" by Ida
Boley, Garnett LaAney, Anna Harmon,
Annie Winn and Mettie Shellman, were,
besides the recItations and music and the
boys debate, the features Of the exercises.
AT HUNTER HALL.
The recitations were "Katrinka's Visit to
New York !" by Julian Hexter; "The Fire
BELLS Story by Mamie Stokes;
Clusters Last Charge" by
David Potter: awful Lovely
Philosophy" by Ruthie Kayton; "Dorkinis
Last Night" by Dora Muhlberg; MARY
Queen Of Scots" by Marena Fulford; The
Maniac" by Edward Mercer, and can
tony's Farewell to Cleopatra" by Ger
trude White. Rosa Platshek played piano
solo, aud Georgia Howard, Alice Proctor
and Nellie Wakeman sang. The recitations,
every one of them, were exceedingly well
given, and the music was we'll rendered.
The exercises closed with a debate-"Is
Taste for Poetry Prejudiclal to Success in
Life"-by the members Of the boys school.
Gerry Cabaniss was chairman and the
speakers were George Spring, George Wei
brock, Arthur Wells, Josiah Clarke, Ran
dolph Arson, Charles Inglesby Robert
Mercer, James Ryals, Barnard Pritchard,
Edward Mercer, Harry baltimore, Harry
Richardson, Rufus Richards, Charles Nc
Call, Sidney Cooper, Charles West, Henry
Blum, Dorsey Woodbridge, Rudolph Rich
ards, James Maddox, George Beckett.
Some of the arguments in the debate
were remarkable for their originality, and
they were ingeniously and forcibly pre-
sented. At the close of the debate the
chairman reviewed the arguments, and by
a vote of the class it was decided that the
weight of argument was with the negative
and the chairman so announced The re-
citationists and debaters were loudly ap-
plauded, and were showered with bouquets
A number of visitors from the dis rict
schools reached the hall before the exercises
were concluded, but it was next to impossi-
BILE TO get inside, because of the crowd.
AT THE DISTRICT SCHOOLS.
All Of the schools had some special exer-
else which was the feature of the day. The
chief feature at the Barnard street school
was the rendition of a cantata, Quarrel of
| JuS rIOWefS, RpJLSu up uuQeF Lno luSLruc-
! ton of Mrs. COtchett, teacher of the second
grade. The young ladies rendered their
parts with admirable effect The principal
of the school, Miss Muslin, showed excel
lent administrative talent In the general
management of the examination, and the
members Of the board expressed their high
appreciation of her work.
At the St Patricks school the recitation
The Bells of Abingdon with bells &C
compartment, and "rhe Charge of the
Light Brigade with dumb t,ell accom-
paniment, by the entire first class, were the
| special features Of the exercises.
At the Massis school the cAntata "An
| Hour in Fairyland," by the sixt grade, was
pretty feature. The little fairies were
! Bessie Bennett, "Queen;' Belle Harden,
| "Cricket;" Annie Sholar, "F'un;n Freda
| Traub, Content" Susie Hexter, True
| Heart and Helene Milius, "Good WILL -
| The chorus OF fairies was R3salle Keller,
| Norma Einstein, Annie B.lug, Annie
| Benken. Zella Shurman, Jessie Ramsay.
! Viola Frank, Fannie Newberger, Fannie
! Emmanuel and Edith Teasd ale. Another
interesting exercise Of the Massie school
was The Combat" from the Lady Of the
Lake, in costume, by Gran than Taggart
and Eddie Epstein.
The pupils of the Chatham academy were
| highly complimented upon their reading
and the rectations, and in fact upon their
entire work.
| The schools closed, with yeste sday's ex-
ercises, for the spring vacation, aud will
| reopen Monday. Nav g. The praduatipg