The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-06-01
CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Pupils Promoted to The High
School.
The Most Successful Year in the History
OF tho Roanoke schooIs-One Great
Cause OF tho Excellence Is the Num-
Der of College Bred Mon as Prinoi.
pais-A shors Sketch on This Line.

The city public schools completed
their final examinations yesterday and
after the announcement of promotions
for next session the children were dis.
missed and sent to their respective
homes for the summer.
The examinations on q whole are ex-
ceedingly satisfactory. the percentage
OF promotions from one grade to the
other showing good general work for
the entire scholastic year.
This Is the first year that the exams
nations have over been made uniform
for the city, and barring few dis.
crepancies in those schools where the
mum Der OF grades were, ON account of
overflow OF pupils, more than in the
smaller schools, the examinations were
made to harmonic very we'll. Seventy
per cent is the standard for promotion
from one grade to the next, and the re-
suits will show fully seventy per cent.
promotions throughout the city.
7 The following pupils CT the grammar
schools, hsTing passed q Satisfactory
examination, are promoted for next
session 10 the high school: Commerce
Street School,C. E. Kregloe, principal
Boyd kefauver, Lizzie Bennett. Minnie
Pfoiht, Percy Vaughan, James Rideout,
William Addison, John Clemmitt,
thompson Ware, Thomas Reynolds,
James Stone, Horace Brown, Augustus
Crum pecker.
Melrose school, R. a. Irving, princi-
pal-Edgar Shumate, Walter Masincup,
Joel Carleton, Lacy Rice, Rebecca
Skeggs, Georgia Cunningham. Emma
Jamison, Maggie Shumate, Blanche Nc
Nance.
Belmont School, e. R. Shank, princi-
psl-Bennie Mays, Arthur Piisbury,
Earl Denman, Octavla Muse.
~ Gilmer Stree. School, j. w. Miller,
principal-Lena uart, Csjeton MorsacK =,
IN an Interview with Superinte1 n.
Rust 1t was learned that this has been
by far the most successful year In the
annals OF the Roanoke schools, and thar
their general excellence Is being real
lied by our citizens Is proven by the in
creased patronage In every department.
from the primary to the high school,
What is needed, and badly needed, is
more money, in order to better accomo.
date the pupils in some sections of the
city and to increase the force of
teachers. 1t Is possible that many Of
our people are not informed as to the
superior excellence Of the corps of
eo1ShSio thot superintendent Rust mas
gathered around him. Every depart
ment has bee n filled with especial
regard to the wants OF that department.,
and the result has told in the solid
character OF the work done.
1t Ia safe to say that no schools in the
State have better equipped corps of
college-bred men as principals than the
Roanoke schools. They are, without
exception, men who have not only had
exceptional college advantages, but
have proved by years OF successful ex-
perience In the school room their fit.
ness for the work. Prof j p. Mauzy,
OF the high school, is an A. B. OF RAN
dolph- Macon College. Prot. R. A.
living, OF Melroee, is an A M. of
Hamptou-Sidney. Prof. c. E. Kregloe,
OF Commerce Street School holds diplo-
mas from Randolph Macon College and
Washington and Lee University in
Latin, Greek, French, German. English
Saxon and Gothic), moral ard mental
philosophy and chemistry, whilst Prot
j. E. Williams, first assistant in the
same school, Is an A. b. OF Hampton
Sidney Prof. j. w. Miller. of Cline,
street school, is q full graduate OF the
normal school at Lebanon. Ohio Prot.
Shank, OF the Belmont school, is an A.
M OF Wittenburg College, Ohio.
The board will meet to day or proba.
bly, early in the week for the purpose OF
electfnR teachers and will at that time
put on foot some plan for new build.
ings.
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