Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-01-02

mo uupil5 of washington ccuool, "no
"',isd he entire lower floor, number OF
oc0uP n.rents aud friends being in the gale.
!1S' en- the stage, were His Honor, Mayor
nam Rev. J. l. Vance, OF the Second
DJ" i.te-lan Church, Messrs. Aitcheson,
IL Carne, Leadbeater, Mankln and
u Of the CITY School Board, and City
2'2 - Richard l.. Carne, who COB.
7l.', ,bs exercises A neatly printed
O-'s s-s,,rpe was followed as nearly az cir
P...5.t.nces would permit.
To- school fcsi rose while NUMBER O.
.r,iI- f0m its different divisions. came
~. ns sage and sang the chorus, Merry
9'sSol DAYS" Elk Superintendent VIM. +.
S,,.ns.r5en gave, briefly, the history of the
- He pic.ured to the boys the scene
ssa,lrc sod quarter ago, when there wss
y. so1.e uDou the hill which rose above
~ NV stood but stream which formed
va w.s en- boundary OF Alexandra, as 1t
IN wa. ran, aloDg its site and few log
hJcs and some more pretentiou5 build
.g. covered the hill to the east. Even
- hafors there was munlcipat
.ac.,rrnei,t. there was school, aEG IL soon
ina, government was instituted q school
Iorse biiit By it where the city court house
800 stands. From the appropriations Tor
..,,ir- 10 IT. il was clear that the boys Of
.saoIaeD time were more destructive than
Mr. nrasent successors, for they evidently
3,,oa5ed it more in twenty weeks than
,bsy won!d theirs in twenty years. AT this
,a,5,} mere used to ride into town boy OF
ff,n,,een. the sou Of widow, who got his
T,,ia.dncation from tbs parish sexton, and
.rbosa book- are still in the Department OF
Stafe-not erammars, and Biographies, and
Histories and srihmstic2, as at the present
J.r but books written by himself from
u6ar MS teachers told him. He was glad
nav that the School Board had provided
t,,cooying them rs the fist book Of ia.
,n,a hhrary for the school. This boy grew
rn.oroup the olner barefOoted bOya OF the
1aio,horhood-ail Virginia boys went bare
f,,[s.I in summer then-aud he became ear
icbf. man TO tic to" rs The boys tx
n.4-su. one VINO 1ed never told 6 lie. Tne
co,n,ion came and st its close he stood
mi o.he foremost man of all this world
he userless Washington. The people Of
aezsudris. hisfiends and neigh6ors, were
,,4oaring when lie returned to Mt. Vernon,
KIM Ian academy to educate their children
b.rttracd he. ymuathizing with the widows
.ops he saw about him, said to then Put
.rotrar slory 10 yCur hause anG let me pro-
IN. az teaching them Tar WAS WI
t,.I G-own. g sdrge0a OF iaa continental
army there WIS., JJhu Fuzs srsld, mis- aid
RI. cam WAC tad covered his face with
his cat ina; he misn no. see the peril OF
rs aeoyed chief as he seized the colcrs
while his men cried TO the rear" aad led
his fororn hope TO the victory of Trenton {;
! Ina. m 9 ri 10
tbsfe was James MAR, the Scotch clergy
msr there were, IDS as now, the + DISCO
nsiau and the Ca hoiic, the Presbyterian
auaiie Friend, nli striving iu the great
c-use Of educating the bows, and
thsy gladly accepted his oA+r, and
jo l-S5 he school was stared.
through all she mu'alions CT Pesce and
w.. excep. yary snort time durirG the
s great struggle, the teaching ccnlnued
al! the schaulex0aaiei Ia 1870 the Com
Icaoygealtb can, 20 he rescue. and from ii
sss e5W grown this school of 800 0oys
about o occupy the best school building in
me Ssate, alongside its cradle Though
Brkel7y neG thanked God that there were
no free -ch7o.s ia he Virginia Of his day,
A.xudciN. had never been behindhaad,
for her school was coe7al with her origin.
In conclusion, he exaorIed the boys TO he
worthy Of shsir iouader, to tell the truth al
ways. and 10 work steadily for Their in
proyement
A1eraa cxa,pu4tion by the SupeFintend.
ent laai IRE superintendent OF Pubic 10
s,u.taa though extremely anxious to ne
present had been pregeu'ed f ON attending
.9 lb olhirY necessary 5u-jue-s, he BOYS
sau- The Stsr SpanEIud Banner" ari
itr .,l Il y witt, Young man from &!
yi.i q s. recital Eterett'5 oar Ccm-
naa school, B1ulsDgef's March was
a-r d syed by )hn I, Stone, jr, and Rob
rr Ba5ap, Edward Powell, Charles Martin
sol horace Allen, four little boys, recited
freedom FLAG" After music OF o
mach by Raymond Rogers a uumGer Of the
smallest boys gave some brief recitalioHs
socur Washington, and short drilf, snd
John Euui' followed with Oar Glorious
Ensign
Ih-r 'hepbysician hav NJ f,rbiidenJulg e
SuOrl- attendance, Rev. J l. Vance WAS
KIDD oueb 10 deliver brief, impromptu
afd,e-~, iu which he said that be did not
oel-y "a rose under any other name would
smell sweet - that had Napoleon Bona
Psr'e been called John Sack, his men
''S4L'' i+t- uhNt bdu Tue CVuuUtA Gt III y. u
.a=y -ou'd aad ne would uever have ae-
c'mp'i- he'd hts great exploits. Washington
'o1 was an Inspiring nane and had De
beet educated in such school, he thoughi
oa-ae. "a have heen better able to address
them.
Aver 8 pi. mo solo By a pupil, Washing
tons -ttefto ne trustees ofthe Alexandria
Academy endoN ing the school was read by
another, aud sf,er SomeapPropgia;eremark
by Henry rauss. ESQ representing the
trustees and by 10 IN i. Sweeney, esq
President OF the Board Of Common Council
ontae par, of the city authorities, Supt
taFue Delivered an address, in which ne SAID
'la' the day WAS proud one for him, for be
sew gu it the contamination OF his work Of
s years-the proper accom- nodation Of al
he children. After the recitation, "HoW
>eep The Brave" by Mark Miller, and The
singing q OF TO SCHOOL, by the boys, they
were forme MO long iueaud mSrchad OF
% the neT building where the Mayor, th'
'1peF niendent ard the Trustees met then
a1d hey were soon seated in their new
ICONS.
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