The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-26
TO REST FOR A WEEK.
THE SCHOOLS CLOSED FOR THE
SPRING VACATION.

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Determinations, Dialogues and Songs
Galore "A Large Delegation of
Teachers TO attend the Columbus
Convention Next Week.
The public schools closed yesterday for
the spring vacation. The term examina-
tions have been in progress for the last two
days, and the closing exercises yesterday
were Of more than ordinary interest. The
schoolrooins were crowded with visitors,
and the pupils looked their best. The high
school and Chatham Academy grammar
school. and the Massie, Barnard Street,
st. Patrick's Cathedral and South Side
grammar schools, and the East and West
Broad Street colored schools had special
programmes Of exercises after the morning
examinations.
The closing day of the schools may well
be called flower day. The schoolroom
decorations, always elaborate at the end of
| the spring term, were more elaborate than
ever yesterday. The teachers desks were
covered with flowers, and there was no
end of bouquets.
The board Of education met in the morn
ing at the Chatham academy for the pur-
pose OF visiting the several schools. The
entire board present, accompanied by Supt.
Baker, visited all of the rooms in the
Chatham academy. After that Messrs
Hunter, Bleun, and Estill, and Supt. Baker
| visited the schools west of Bull street, and
Messrs. Schwarz, Myers and Assistant
Superintendent Bogart those east of Bull
street. The schools were found in excellent
order. In some of the grades, however,
there was marked falling off in the at
tendance, which was accounted for by the
approach of warm weather. At the st.
Patrick's school the school commissioners
had the pleasure Of meeting Rt. Rev. Bishop
Becker and Father McMahon.
One of the interesting exercises at st.
Patrick's was the states of our union, by
forty-two boys and girls, in which the pop
ular name of each state with its motto
were given and its principal characters
tics were described. During the writing
exercise, the pupils recited Bulwer's "The
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At the Massie school the cantata, "Rebel-
lion of the Flowers" was given by the pupils
OF the first four grades
At the academy aud at the Barnard
Street school the comparatively small num-
Der OF visitors was marked, though both of
those schools have large attendance aud
are well kept, and the teachers had their
rooms nicely arranged. After the EXAM
nation at the Barnard Street school, the
commissioners invited Miss Muslin, the
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sic school, to witness tne exhibition there.
At the Cathedral school there was the
usual number of visitors, and the exercises
were deeply interesting
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
The public exercises of the high school
took place in Hunter hall. AS is always
the case at the closing exercises, the hall
was crowded. Principal Train and Profs.
Thigpen, Ashmore, Cannon, and
Carson were present The exercises con-
sisted OF Determinations, readings, and dis-
logues. The first reading was "Curfew' by
Miss Carrie Carter. Miss Katie Mehrtens
followed with recitation "Virginius and
HIS Daughter Master David Porter de-
claimed Through the Tunnel"
Miss Josie Collins recited 1.-THE
Dissecting Room" and Master Rufus
Richards followed with Bernardo Del
Carpio." Master George Beckett acclaimed
"The Prayer and Miss Rachel Chapman
recited ''The New Organ" Master Jake
Smita came next with 1.-THE Blind Man
and the Elephant and Miss Gussie Alex
ander with ''Tne Soldiers Pardon" Master
Harry Richardson detained upon very
unpopular subject LA Grippe" Miss An
mic Griffin followed with Chameleon" and
Master Lacy Norwood with "Brutus over
the Dead Body of Cesar"
Miss Marina Fulford's recitation "Christ-
mas Night in the Quarters" and Miss Bessie
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the best Rotations Of the exercise. Each,
wholly different from the other in style and
character, was given with excellent effect.
| Master Ed. Mercer read a speech upon the
Irish Disturbance Bill,n aud Miss Helen
Smith recited most effectively, and with
much expression, Aunt Terminals Court
ship" The closing Rotations were "Absa-
iom," by Miss Mamie Platshek; "a Domes-
tic Tempest" by Miss Dora Muhlberg, and
the declarations, the "Game of Life" by
Master Maurice Meyer, and Hunting
the Mouse" humorously acclaimed
by Master Julian Hexter. A feature of the
exercises was the dialogue in costume
'The Expected Visitors" by Miss Ruthie
Kayton, Miss Estelle Pease, Miss Lila Cab
anis, Miss Florence Olmstead, Miss Annie
Sllverheld and Miss Nellie Reynolds.
The exercises lasted until 2 O'Clock. At
ter the closing of the grammar schools,
many of the visitors and pupils went to the
high school, and during the latter part of
the exercises Hunter hall was so crowded
that 1t was almost impossible to hear a word
OF The recitatlons at any distance from the
stage. The high school graduating class this
year numbers Observation-Disclosures girls
aud ten boys, although Principal Train does
not expect to graduate that number.
TEACHERS GO TO COLUMBUS.
The schools will reopen the first Monday
in May. Next week the Georgia State
Teachers Association will meet in Column
bus, and delegation of Savannah teachers
will attend. w. R. Thigpen, president of
the association left last night for Columbus,
accompanied by Mrs. Thigpen.
Supt. Baker. Principal Train and Messrs.
Ashmore and Cannon, of the high school,
Principal OHara and Miss Bowling and
Miss Catharwooi, of st. Patrick's school,
Miss Muslin, Miss Collins and Miss Miller,
Of the Barnard Street school; Principal
OBrien and Mrs. O'Donoghue, Miss Grady,
Miss NJ. Killorin and Miss L. Killorin of
the Cathedral school; Principal Spencer
and Mrs. BraceTell and Miss Miller of the
Chatham Academy grammar school; Prin-
cipal Way of the Masse school, and Miss
Turner of the South Side school, will leave
Tuesday morning. The association will
meet Tuesday and will continue in session
until Friday. The Savannah teachers will
return Saturday.