The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-11


Clifford; singing by the school; piano
duet, Ina and Hattie Brownell; sight
readings; singing. "Switzerland' wand
drill. pupils Of room 4; singing by the
FEDERAL STREET SCHOOL.
4. Miss Meta Potter and leo l.. Flood
won the medals In large class OF excel
lent readers and speakers at Federal street
school The Judges were Mr.. j. L. Z:
Farnham, Rev. M. ). Kaufman and
Arthur p, Sumner. MIR. Farnham made
the presentation Of the medals ana told
the children something about the late
Senator Anthony to whose generosity and
interest In public education they owe the
splendid opportunities offered them each
year by the contests.
PEACE STREET SCHOOL.
At Peace street grammar school Nellie
A. Il. Amsden and II. Il. Hennessy won
the medals and Miss Edith l. Smith re-
ceived honorable mention. The other
contestants were as follows: Grace i.
Intyre, Mary l. Worthington, Leroy V.
Finney, William A. Spencer, Rensalear
0. Eldridge.
ACADEMY AVENUE SCHOOL
There were sixteen competitors at the
Academy avenue school and Nora Mcguire
George Kern, Martha Garland and VIII
liam q. Meaders were the successful read
ers. The Judges were Mr.. John Palmer,
DIR. John Cooney and Percy ID. Smith,
and Councilman George j. West
awarded the medals. The program:
George Kern, "Lsst Charge of Marshal
Ney"; Mena johnson, ''Only shaving; (;
Francis McGovern, "Wolsey's Farewell"; +;
Nora Mcguire. ''fhe Face Against the
DQnaD. kax N
Picture; James McKenna, "The Battle
OF Bunker HIP; Mary McWeeney, "Zen-
obia's Ambition; Albert West, "Sup-
posed Speech OF Regulus"; Martha Gar
land, "Touissant L'Ouverture"; Annie
Prucker, british Rule in India"; Mary
Oslin, 1.-The Hill OF Science'; Maude
Laden, "The Releief Of Lucknow; Will
lam Chase, son the Character of Abra-
ham LincoIn"; William Granville
Meeder, appeal to Arms"; Ira Holland,
"The True Grandeur of Nations; Will
liam Brannan, selection from Webster's
"BunkerIiill Address,"
MEssER STREET sCHooI.
At Messer Street School the competitors
were Arthur w. Boss, Edgar Nj. Bates,
William q. Hoffman, Jr., leopold Bauer.
John I. Coliinan, Edith +. Kenyon,
Maude +. Winsor, Susan T.. Brown. Mira
ii. Flanders and Alice @. Brady; and Will
lam q. Hoffman, Jr. and Alice q. Brady
were the prize winners.
The judges were DIR. George s. Mathews,
Nathan A. Truman and Miss Alice
Vaughan.
Psipcipal Rich presided, and the exer-
ciseuvopeDed with singing the national
hymn of Holland, followed by select read
ings by the boys. The national hymn of
Sweden was asrendered by the school, fol :
lowed by the girls readings. Singing,
HSwitzerland," was followed by the boys'
sight readings and after the pupils has
rendered "The Village Wedding" the
girls com pleted their readings. This was
followed by singing; violin solo, Edgar
Bates; exhibition In physical culture, by
a girl in the first class; singing, by rooms
8 and @; double quartet; vocal solo,
Frances Morgan, and singing "Good
Night" The feature of the afternoon
was military drill by boys from room z.
VINEYARD STREET SCHOOL
Rev. Edward Holyoke, Miss Harriet l..
Hayward and Mr.. Frank Lakey were the
judges at the Vineyard street grammar
Gertrude Carroll and Walter Batcheldeg,
There were Is contestants. 'A' ~ 7"
OXFORD STREET SCHOOL IN
For the contest at the Oxford stree,
school the judges were Miss Susan A.
Dodge, William H. Dutemple and q. III.
Eiswald and their decision was in favor
OF Ruth White, Pansy Holland, Herbert
Davis and George Waterman.