Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-02

| ington school. are making an excellent record.
Lulu Duff and Alice Skillen stand at the head
Of the commercial department. Howard Zach
| arus OF the academical and Birdie Craft, of
! Washington School No. 2 of the normal.
THE many teachers who knew Miss Tilie
| Carey, of tie Morse School before she became
! Mrs. Stolzenbaugh, just year ago will be sad
| dened to hear of her death, which occurred on
| Friday. Her two sisters. Clara and Emma,
| teach in the Morse and Humboldt Schools.
| Miss ANNIE NJ. ADAMS WHO a year ago re-
signed her position as assistant pr neinal of the
| Thad Stevens So as TO recuperate her failing
| health, has since been remaining with relatives
| in Missouri and Iowa. The report comes to her
friends that she is slightly gaining in health.
THERE are many applicants for the position
of principal at the Lawrence School. The School
Board meets on Tuesday night. but the election
of a successor to Prof Stephenson will probably
be postponed till June. Miss Fuudenberg. the
assistant principal. having charge. Among the
candidates for the position are Prof LAYERS,
of New Brighton; ]. Arbuckie, I. 7. Taylor,
and Prof. Young.
THE programme for the benefit concerts for
Prof. Stephensons family, dated for March
13 and IA. at the Lawrence School Hall is being
arranged by Prof. RinelIart. Each even
ing two choruses will be given By some 50 pupils
from the Lawrence School. Among the per
formers will he Mrs. Dr. Miller and Mr.. Cal
houn, of the Soathside: Mrs. DR.. FrIcke, the
Basler brothers and Prof. Thomas, OF lawrence ent
=
Emma Bingler-Wolf The tickets Tor the con-
cert are now being sold.
The funeral of Miss L. \. Laughlin, the as
sistant principal of the Hnmewood School,took
place yesterday from ST. Peters Church. Ihe
teachers of the school, the pupils of her room
and number of the directors were among the
mournerS. The most noticeable floral oher-
ings were one from her associate teachers ana
one from the pupils of her room. About three
months ago Miss Laughlin's i'll health COM
nn nlQ1h hart tO s.gl- for. In1ya DFe nh
never assumed her duties again. Her death
occurred last Thursday. She was held IN high
esteem by all who knew her. The HOmewood
School Board holds its regular meeting tO-mor-
row evening and will fill this vacancy. Miss
Davis has had charge of Miss Larghlin's room
since her illness.
The following are the names of the pupils
who stand first IN the highest grammar rooms
of the various ward schools: Forbes, George
Schafer; Morse, Anna Highley; DuQuesne. F..
wood, Anna Z. Mckee; Mt Washington.
August UIrich; NIT. Albion, Therese Jell-
nick; Liberty, Bertha Young; Moorhead, Ella
B0yce: Thad Stevens Nellie Farrel; Grant,
Mary Morgan: Springfield. F. Armstrong;
Riverside, Nellie Dugan: Monongahela, Jerome
Herman; South, Mary Evans; Howard (No. ~,
Agnes Robertson; Howard (No. q, Robert
Creighton; Birmingham, Eldie Kn0ell; Bed
ford. w. Stone: Hilaud Robert o. Fulton:
Hancock. Blanche Kelly: Luekey, Fannie
Trinbe; Washington Verona Graessle; North
May Mckee; Humboldt, Freddie Wenke;
Soho, Lizzie krschbaum; Wickersham, Lnnie
Isler: Kalston, Stella Scott; Lawrence, John
DriscOlI.