The Newtown bee., 1893-06-16
ACADEMY NOTES.
The School Year Closes. Standing of Pupils Improvements.-Dright Prospects For Another Year.

The School Year Closes. Standing of Pupils
 Year.
 The Academy closes its sessions to- day for the sumner holidays. The year has been very prosperous one through out, including the spring term just clos ing. There have been l23 different scholars in attendance since the,opening, last fall, and the enrolment for each term has been over 100. The spring term, which usually shows decided failing otf in attendance, has kept up better this year than ever before. The number enrolled for the first half of the term was l0l and the school closes this week with nearly 90 pupils. The pupils from the Sandy Hook and Berkshire dis tricts have nearly all attended the whole school year.
 The Academy will reopen in the fall on September Is.
 The following members of the advanc- ed department have averaged 90 per cent or above on their studies for the - whole year: Bessie l.. Beers, Grace M. Goodsell, Florence A. Warner, Nellie Hubbell, Arthur Moore, Fannie NJ. Beers, Edith l.. Minor, Harry Curtis, Bessie Jonas and Frederic Lyon.
 The above named students, together with the following, have made 90 per cent and upward on their studies during che spring term: Florence Lake, Robert Burroughs, Laura Mitchell, Alice Part ridge, Hobart Warner, James Betts, Em- ma Eaton, Henry Moore and Birdsey Snlllin.
 Those who excelled in Miss Bacon's drawing classes during the last term are: Nellie NJ. Hubbell, Florence A. Warner, Nettie N. Eaton, Bessie l.. Beers, Emma Eaton, Bertha l. Ctollutt, Arthur Reynolds, Roy Platt, Fannie NJ, Beers, Birdsey Snlflin, Grace NJ. Good sell, Bessie Jonas, Frederic Lyon, Hem ry Moore, Harry Curtis.
 The spring term included 2l scholars In the Latin course as follows: : Nellie NJ. Hubbell, Florence A. Warner, Grace M Goodsell, Bessie Beers, Ralph Betts, Edith Peck, Hattie Ferris, Robert Camp, Albert Peek, Fannie Beers. Laura Mitch ell, Bertha |. Cron'utt, Libbie Chambers, Bessie Jonas, Jessie Taylor, Emma Eat on, Maud Blackman, Hobart Warner, Ar thur Reynolds, Beach IIawley, Charles Betts, Louise IIawley, Harry Curtis, Charles Gay; 20 in all have studied Latin during the year.
 The school will have special musical exercises for the closing, this afternoon, conducted by the music teacher, Mrs Platt. The following young ladies have each presided at the piano during the last term Misses Grace Goodsell, Nellie Hubbell, Florence Warner, Bertha Crof- futt, Fannie Beers, Bessie Jonas and Laura Mitchell.
 During the past week men and teams have been at work grading tEe school grounds, and the surroundings are now very much improved in appearance. The driveway has been graded, n new bridge and plank footwalk through the or chard to the Academy, have recently been constructed. This is only the be- ginning of the grading that Is intended to be done in front of the building. IL Is expected chat more will be done this fall.
 The prospects are very bright for tho institution next year. It Is known that quite . number from out of town con template attending the coming year Principal Cliff will continue in charge with the same staff of teachers as al present, with possibly the addition oi one or two more special teachers.