Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-06-25
.0's, .0'sa1 PUPILS WORK.
EXAMINING SCHOLARS IN THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Advance Made In Language and Conn
position by Eleven Hundred
Children-Superintend
Harlan Busy.

Al the oihCe Vi ouptTlutcuueuL llhriau
are neatly arranged over 100 specimens
oil writing from over 100 pupils of the
Public Schools of Wilmington. The
specimens for each school are In one COL
lection tackled up on blackboard sur
face, convenient for inspection by the
parents and friends OF the pupils, who
may call TO examine them, and Mr.. Hars
Ian would be pleased II ali would call.
Nothing would afford him more pleasure
than to show them their children's writ
Ing and the progress they have made.
special examination has been made
this year in language and composition,
aud the gathering OF SO many specimens
is the result OF such examination. ALI
the pupils from the eighth grade In the
primary schools TO, and including the
the sixth grade in the grammar schools,
were required to write something of their
own selection, and they were to do II at
one sitting. That is, they were given one
session o the school 70 do it In, and no
new copy was to be written. The scholars
w,rs required to pay particular attention
to the following points: LIST, arrange
ments; ID, penmaushlp; Sd, spelling; Attn,
capitalization and punctuation; 18Th gram
matical constructions: 9th, thought
These six points governed the pupils in
their work.
1t would be an endless task to go
through all these specimens to see who
exec lied, and Indeed IL would be cruel to
discriminate where all have done so well.
The representative of the REPUBLICAN
saw some splendid specimens OF penman-
ship by children only 10 or IL years of
age, with arrangements perfect, every
word spelled proper, capitals In the right
places, punctuation perfect, grammar
good and thought surprisingly deep.
A wonderful improvement is noticed
over other years, and 1t certainly reflects
the greatest credit upon the tutors OF
these children. 1t would require much
space in which to publish the names of all
these 100 pupils who wrote these HOO
specimens, hence, but few Of the names
are given, but let 1t be distinctly under
stood that those not mentioned are as
worthy of mention as the following:
School No. 2-Tenth grade, Grace Har-
ris, Essie Council, Alice Francis, Prudie
Gordon, Blanche Butler, Florence Carey,
Lizzie Mercer, May Stroud; ninth grade,
Alexis Hart, Ella N. Nichols, Rosie
Simpson, Frank White. Eugene rhomp-
son, May Taylor, Norris Mercer, Lille
Campbell, Harry X. Hyland, Bessie Har-
ris; eighth grade, jennie Heacock,
Mamie Reed, Thomai s. Kemp, Eddie
Danner, Maggie Schrack, Laura Mitchell,
Gertie Kane, May Bates. Haddie Van
Trump, Clara Whitferd.
school No. 3-Tenth grade, Elsie Rosin,
Allan Lewis, Alice Stengle, Lena Ley,
Anna Elmer. Elsie Thomas, Ida
Dougherty, Grace Hargis, Ida Hail,
Carrie Smith, Matte Lamplugh, Lizzie
Wagner, Rose Zimmerman, Clara Law
son; ninth grade, Anna Ringwalt, Josie
ton, Mary Mccain, Clara Bane, Florence
well, Nellie McCarron, Ollie L. Worth,
Aunie Matthews, Nellie Dill, Joe Lynch,
Mary Bsugh, Emma Draper, Gertie
Messick, e sic Joslyn, E,hel Draper,
Alonzo Wiekersham.
School No. 6-NInth grade, Mamie
Kenney, zipple Fouracre, Florence L.
Ruth, Helen l.. Kurtz, Blanche Apple
by, Lille NJ. Russell, Maggie Foulk,
Norris Webh Sallie Croes; eighth grade,
Florence Steward, j. ID. Wainwright,
Mary spath, Florence Chandler, Herbert
Wivsl, Bessie Wilson, Lena Mills, Fred.
Klund, George Couly.
School No. NINTH grade, John
Spahr, Martha Parsons, Eva stoopes,
George Cooper, Emma wilkins, Alfred
II. Hartman, Mabel Hoopes, Lena Nam
mele, Fanny G. Thomas, Charles +.
Allies, Nary Evans. Robert Blodwell;
eighth grade, Kate Lewis, Josie NJ.
Foulk, Anna McCready, Addie NJ. Nor
ris. Willie Conner, Charles Morgan, EN-
ma Link, Ernest II. Hearn, Radon b.
Jefrerls, Orpha F. Engle, Cora A. Robin
SOD.
School No. S-Ninth grade, Helen Tat
man, Maggie Sullivan. Essle Nicols, Her
bert IIendricksoD, Nellie Hanna, Lizzie
McIIugh, George Vaughan, Clarence
White, Bessie Hanna, Mary Herdman,
Isaac Mills, Emma Moore; eighth grade,
Bertha Sparks, Lille Sparks, William
Schultz, Eta Beeson, Joseph Hart.
School mo. 9-Tenth grade, Daisy
Rowe, Eleanor Hammond, Lola Nesslein,
George Boggs, Annie McHugh, Elva
blackiston, Charles Dick, Alfred Ferry,
Leon Walker, Frank MCCausland, Mollle
Lee, Blanche Alnscow, Paul Goslin, j.
Irving II ffecker, Mary McCarter, Della
Quay, Katie Mclntire, Hattie NJ. Wal
ther, Minnie Brown; ninth grade, Paul
Hates, L. Van Wrinkle, Percy Garrett,
MAYNARD Poole, Charles Brown, Maurice
n,, n Louise Whittord, Reba Fuller
ton, Efie Mcp.-~,,el' Hattie 1 lia%mondl 9l
Norris Haisett, Natel ~, as.rd, carllt2h
Hulett; eighth grade, Lottie usrresp
Georgie Hickman, Loren P:e.tsman,
Mabel Morrison, Alice Brown, Maggie
Foulk, Oracle Bower.
School No. l0-Tenth grade, Annie
Cassidy, John W. Wood, Emma Crozier,
Thomas Carlisle; ninth grade, May
Slaughter, Lewis Moore, Mary Rollln, |
Edith Johnson, Harry #. NewliD, Charles !
Austin, Frank Gray; eighth grade, Alice
Beggs, Maggie McGovern, Lizzie Brown,
John L. Wright, David Butler.
School No. 1l-reuth grade, Sadie
Montgomery, Agnes l.. Wier, Louise
Bamber, Maggie Lynch, Elsie Kirby, |
Katie Dougherty, Mary Sweath, Annie |
Turner, James Maloy, Eugene II. Ster- |
rett, John Walsh, ella Judge; ninth |
grade, Frank G., McCrea, Lucy Gregg,
Lorena Crothers, Carrie II. Gregg, Mat
tie Dickinson, Matte BinniX, Samuel |
Fox, Raymond Edwards, James Max
well, Sa 'te Marshall; eighth grade, Ma
bel Il. Walton, Norman Downs, Percy
Wal ace Gardiner, Annie Massig, Jennie
Werkheiser, Willie KeehsD, Andrew
Crozier, John NJ. Gregg, Mabel Way,
Roy 8. Lattmer, Martha Mclaughlin.
School No. 12-TeDth grade, Annie F. |
Pepper, Matte Palmer, Maggie Vike,
Maggie Beale, Alfred TAFT, Jethro Thomp- |
son, Isaac Wilkbanks, Elsie Lewis, Eva |
Thomas, Hannah Rollers, Henry c. Ma
haify, j. @. Kenney; ninth grade, Mabel |
johnson, Annie Maser, Laura V. Palmer,
William Grimes, George Haslam, Clara |
Faldon, Clifford v. Mannering; eighth |
grade, Emma Young, Lizz,e Burton,
Mary Pike, Lennard Winkler, Lucy WIKI
banks, Eddie Palmer.