Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-05-28
HOWELL SCHOOL.
Preparations for the Graduating
Exercises.
A Tie Between Contestants for the Hon.
ors-The School Greatly Depleted
by the Large Number Going
Out on Marks Of Dis
tinction.

The work of the Howell School, a.
the close of the session draws near
exhibits a marked degree of progress;
during the term, showing hard work
on the part of both teachers and pu
pills. The rule allowing all pupils tC
go out on the average distinction o.
eighty-hye has had a most happy
effect in stimulating the children tC
extra exertions, and the school il
now greatly depleted, fully half o.
the children having gone out on
the eighty-five average two weeks
before the close of the session. Still
the work goes on with great energy
some preparing for the commence
ment exercises, June 9th; Others are
engaged in the final examination,
and some are still in the regular
work.
There are very few pupils left on
the third floor, or high school, pre-
sided over by Miss Jennie Jackson,
assisted by Misses Bette Garland
and Eva Bailey. In this department
the contest came up yesterday
morning in the graduating class for
the honors and was very spirited.
The. graduates are Charlie Cooke,
VIM. Daniel, Jesse Ely, Ed. Klee-
man and Ben Williams, and the
young ladies are Misses Margie
Byers, Gertrude Clifton, Kate Hern-
don, Georgia Ingram, Ethel Hurst,
Jennie Larkin and Maggie WEIGH,
The contest for the honors of the
valedictory and salutatory were
close and spirited between Misses
Kate Herndon, George Ingram and
Willie Daniel. Willie Daniel won
the valedictory, his per cent. of
scholarship being 97l. Misses Hern-
don and Ingram tied ON the saluta-
tory, their percentage of scholarship
being 96. The young ladies agreed
that neither would take it and 50
there will be no salutatory.
Mrs. Shackleford has charge of the
second floor, or grammar depart
ment, assisted by Misses Mamie
Bates, Anabel Major and Willie
Ligon. The number in this depart
ment is reduced to very few, the
larger per cent. having gone out on
the eighty-tive mark. The spelling
contest here for the medal was most
exciting and interesting. There
were three in the sixth grade who
stayed to the last, spelling through
the whole years work twice and
breaking the teacher down. They
were Annie Rutherford, Susie Tate
and Yetta Katz. They will all re-
ceive medal, as will Phineas Katz,
in the fifth grade.
Miss Kathleen O'Brien presides
gracefully over the hall of the pri-
mary department, assisted by Misses
Kate Rogers, Hattie Lee Yancey,
Madge Graham, Minnie Shackleford,
Kate Wilson and Clemmie Atkins.
There were 100 pupils enrolled in
this school, but they are nearly half
out on the eighty-five mark. This is
the school that furnished the excel
lent entertainment last week, which
was repeated last night by request.
Howell School has done we'll this
year. Prof. Graham has demon
strated his ability as a superintend-
ent. His scholarship is of a high Or
der, end has conscientiously worked
for what he conceived to be the good
of the school.
A notice of Howell School would
be incomplete without mention of L.
Bloch, the efficient secretary of the
Board Of Education, whose soul is in
the work and whose attentions are
with watchful eye ever
over the welfare of the school.
The board of directors will soon be
called upon to elect the faculty for
the next term. Three of the present |
it is understood, will not be
applicants for reelection, but there
are already some fifteen new appli-
cations in for places. Six of these |
ire from the city and the balance
rom abroad.