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(Communicated.)
Mr. Editor,—
The semi-annual examination of Dr. Lilienthal’s
Boarding School took place on Sunday, the 13th of
April, at his residence in New York, and we learn
with much pleasure that it passed off to the great
satisfaction of the parents of the scholars and all
others who were present. The children had all a
healthy and cheerful appearance, and thus proved
that the discipline pursued is conducive both to the
development of their physical and mental
improvement.
The exercises were commenced with the overture from
Fra Diavola on the violin by one of the scholars,
and after a prologue, spoken by another pupil, Dr.
L. began the examination, which took place in the
following order:—Religion and Hebrew; Arithmetic;
Book-keeping; Mechanical Problems; Piano; English
Recitation, German ditto; History of the United
States; Geography; Piano; English Recitation, French
ditto; German Language; Commercial Letters in
German, French, and English; Violin; French; French
Recitation, German ditto: Violin; English Grammar,
Parsing, and Writing; Farewell Address by Eli M.
Arnold of Philadelphia, after which Premiums were
distributed to all the pupils. Specimens of Drawing
and Penmanship of all the scholars were exhibited in
an ante-room.
It
would occupy too much of your space, were we to name
every one of the scholars who deserved especial
notice; suffice it however to say, that they must
have used their best exertions to excel; and that
they reflected much credit on themselves and their
teachers.
After the conclusion of the Farewell Address by
Master Arnold, the Reverend Doctor presented every
scholar with a premium according to his merits,
addressing each one some words of praise,
encouragement, and admonition in a manner which
showed that in this institution the teachers make it
their duty to study the aptness and disposition of
their pupils, by which means alone instruction can
be successfully imparted.
In
conclusion Dr. L. offered his thanks to Almighty God
for the blessing of health, which had been
vouchsafed to all the children under his charge. He
next presented Master Arnold with the first gold
medal awarded in the school. In thanking his
audience for their kind atten<<105>>tion he remarked
that after Passover he would procure in addition to
his present teachers one for the Spanish language,
and another to give instruction in gymnastic
exercises, for which there will be arranged a hall
in the new building he is now erecting, 25 by 46
feet, and 16 feet high. The new house in Eleventh
Street is under roof, and is nearly finished; and
the school will then be able to accommodate nearly a
hundred boys, though the number to be received is
never to exceed seventy, in order to afford full
opportunity to attend to the moral and physical
training of the scholars by the Principal himself.
The teachers now engaged are Dr. Mayer, German and
Arithmetic; Mr. R. Long, English, Geography,
History, and Mechanics; Mr. Mouhot, French; Mr. S.
Shuster, Drawing, &c.; Mr. Gaffre, Violin; Mr.
Wolfsheimer and Mr. Saar, Piano; Hebrew and
Religion, by the Principal.
We
congratulate our friend Dr. L. on his success as
pioneer in establishing a Hebrew Boarding School in
this country, and hope that he may not alone diffuse
all possible good through means of education all
over the country, but also realize all the bright
anticipations for himself as the reward of his
arduous labours. |
