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(For the Occident.)
About the end of December last, our able Hazan, the
Rev. Mr. De Sola called a meeting of the ladies of this congregation, for
the purpose of establishing a Sunday School for the instruction of our
young ones in religious education; and after the preliminary arrangements
were completed, the school was opened, and Miss R. Joseph, Miss Sarah
Solomons, and Miss David were chosen teachers. On the Sunday after Purim
the parents and friends were invited to witness an examination of the
pupils, more for the sake of seeing how the school was conducted than for
any other purpose; but I can assure you, all were surprised at the
improvement and intelligence displayed by the
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short a time; and there was but one opinion among all present how much was
due to Mr. De Sola, and the three ladies above mentioned, for the zeal and
ability they have displayed in thus conquering all opposition, and
convincing every one how useful and important these schools become, when
conducted on a proper footing. The higher class is under the immediate
tuition of Mr. De Sola, and the manner in which they went through the
examination in the Hebrew grammar must have afforded him, as it did all of
us, very great gratification.
After the examination was over, the play of Mordecai
and Esther was performed by the children, and it would be impossible to
express the surprise at the admirable manner in which it was got up by Mr.
De Sola and his young pupils; indeed, the whole would have done great
credit to much larger congregations than ours, and the enthusiasm
displayed on the occasion is another evidence how much Mr. De Sola carries
with him the affections of his whole flock.
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