Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-27
A Good Record in Drawing.

Good Record in Drawing.
For the first time in the history of the
High School examination there are no rail-
ures in drawing, and but three pupils to be
re-examined. In fact, this is the only
branch in which 100 per cent was made,
four pupils making this standing. The re-
suit in drawing is quite a relief to the
teachers, because for years the drawing ex-
animation has been bugbear to the assist
ant principals and principals at the time OF
the preliminary examination, and the new
order of things is due to the supervisor OF
drawing, Mrs. Van Waggoner, who has
made drawing uniform in the schools.
In the report of the High School exam
ination on Christmas morning Stella Schu-
man, of the O'Hara School, was credited
with averaging 65 per cent, but Il per cent
is what she averaged.
Death of Prominent Teacher.
Those interested in education in this city
will be sorry to learn of the demise of Mrs.
Samuel A. Copper (nee Miss Lizzie Gard
ner, late of the Bloomfield SCHOOL, at her
home in Roanoke, Va. As teacher she
was one of the few gifted with the genius
to lastingIy impress the force and
worth of her character both as
a friend and guide on the theory
road to learning. Her reputation as teacher
was not confined to this city alone, but,
through the fine results attained and de-
monstrated MANY times at the Institutes
held here, became we'll known to many
abroad. Those best able to Judge recognized
in her one of the foremost in her sphere.
The many pupils of the Bloomfield School
who attended in body to see all that was
mortal of her for the last time, showed that
they sympathize with the family and mourn
the loss of a true friend. Among the
teachers generally it seems hard to realize
that she is no more. and universal feeling
of regret prevails
The Roll OF Honor.
The following are the names of the pupils
who stand first in the highest grammar
rooms of the various ward schools:
Thad Stevens, Lizzie Foley; o'Hars,
Mamie Tussey; Wickersham, Jessie
Sankey; Colfax, Will W. Kable; Du-
quesne, John Heineman; South, Lulu
Turburgh; Highland, Eleanor Reid;
Minersville, Harry Sailing; Hancock,
Alice McAndrev; Lawrence, Lizzie Kenn-
gott; Humboldt, Gertie Reineman; River
side, Jennie Hobbs; Forbes, Alice Tyler;
Moorhead, Stanley McCaskey; Homewood,
Lois Whitmarsh; Lincoln, Emma Stocks;
Sterret, Charles Lipphart; Howard, Rose
Pickering; Bedford, Maggie Shade; Allen,
Walter Eichleav; Mt. Washington, Nellie
Bown; ST. Clair, Nellie Berg; Morse, Bessie
Davis
Pretty Performance for Parents.
At the Grant school Wednesday afternoon
an elaborate entertainment was proffered to
the parents and friends of the school.
There were songs and speeches, the mimic
plays of Cinderella, ""Red Riding Hood"
an umbrella drill with the regulated
Japanese costume, and "Autumn Songs"
by the pupils, the latter introducing the
stately minuet. All the pupils of the
lower rooms each received picture book,
the gift of the directors
Thursday morning the Moorhead school
pupils gave in the school hall a musical
and literary entertainment, while GYM
nsstic drills was also made feature on the
programme.
How the Holidays Will Pass.
Only a very small majority of the teach
ers will spend their mid-winter holidays
out of the city. Among them Miss Flor
ence Cook, of the Moorhead school, goes to
Washington, D. c.. Miss NJ. A. Stevenson,
to Cincinnati; Mrs. V B. Bennett, to War
ren; Miss Annie Lowry, to Beaver Falls;
Miss Houston, of the Birmingham, and Miss
Mcclure, of the Grant, will be found at
Wampum; Miss Wallace, Of the Allen, will
visit her home in Ohio, and Miss Gallagher,
of the Grant, will go to Little Washington.