The High School Exhibition

ïhe Boveral Public Schools of this city ' ,. -.,,,-.1 ilieir last term of the School year on frJay last. The exarninations of the classes I f0r promotion from the Ward Schools to the (jrammar School, and f rom the Grammar to hja lüsh School, took place on Monday, jesáay, and Wednesday afternoons, and on ïhursilay forennon. These examinatious proved as a whole satisfactory to teachers, ■ sdiolars, members of the Board, and the very ' [ai viaiiors present. The exceptions were ■ rectly attributable to the mimber of days of absence marked against the deficiënt pupils, 'and ivliich we hope may be remidied ar.other vear. i The exercises of the week closed with an exbibiton of the Graduating Class of the , igh School on Friday afternoon. Union ( jjl] as beautifiilly tvimmed for the occasion. pictures adorned the walls, surrounded by wreat'is of evergreens and oaks. The pillurs were wreathed, the windows arched, and ever the platform we read in letters of nalure's .ve:i. " No Reward without Labor." The R.QB2 ladies who superinteüded the preparálou"of the Hall are entitled to the thanks o" Ibe lavge anl intelligent audience conveued, for the skill and taste displayed. Theexeriises oponed at 2 o'clock, an appropriate introductory prayer being oflered ju-et. Dr. Haven,. President of the University. The following order of exercises was obseiïei : j. PRAYER. Music. . j'hysical Educaüon, Edward Gordon, Saline. 2. Garibaldi. Aaeon V. McAlvay. 8. The End not yot, Lillie M. Morwick. 4. TrueWorth, Alice M. Keer, Lodi. The Uses of Biography. Dora McCorjiiok. 6. Our School Days, Mart L. Bdbkett. HL'SIC. 7. Louis Kossuth, Emmkt B. Ansis B. lnjustice to Great Men, Thomas Cresweli,, Chicago. 111. Í). ïhe Worth of a G.OÓ8 Character, JohmW. Tue.nee, Chatham, III. 10. The Social Intluence of the Minstrel, . Ella S. Wrioht. 11. Letter Writin2, Claea J. Rodgebs. 12. Ann Arbor Two Ilundred Years Ago, (Jlaüa M. Bakey. 13. Seba), Locy Swift. ML'SIC. 14. Crusades, William J. Cocker. !ó, The Selfreliant Scholar, Zixa G. Ward, Marshall, 111. IC. D, Soto, josEPii B Steeee, Konald, Mich. 1?. ilountain Scenery favorable to Freedoin, " MAc:niE T. McDiriTT. 18, The Inflp'btedness of Eiteraturè to Monastic Institutioris, C'arrie B. Spaffohd. )9. LeapYear, Sarah E. Voorheis. ■20. The MoJesty of True Scholaiship, Alh:e E. Sjiitii. MÜSIC. 21. The Jesiiiis and l.heir laborrs in America, Wm. 6. Dicimnsoh, La Moilie, 111. üi Tlie Associations tf the .Tiaean, AtrRKD E. Wilkihbok, Marseilles, 111. i. Mexico and hei' IJiiiperur. Gall'sua Penxkll, Dixboro. MUSIC. Kxcused. Mre have no desire to criticise individual oráticas or essays. Suffice it to say, that they were well vvritten, spoken, and ïead. - Tbe various subjects were admirably treated, the thoughts well defined and clearly expressed, and a skill in composition manifested creditable to stsk.olars and instructors. The young gentlemen had all completed the Classical Course prescribed by the Board, hile all the young ladies had completed the Eugliwh Coursé, to wnich .-ome of them had addedFrench, ethers -JFrench and Germán, and still otïiers French, Germán, and Latin. At the close of the speaking and reading, írof. Lawtos, with a few appropriate, and happy remarks, presented each member of the class with the beaatiful Graduating CerÜficate of the School, in testimony of their attainments. Mr. Lawtox, was followed by Mr. D'Ooge, "liuliaving resigned hls position as Assistant Principal of the High School- not at all to the satisfaction of the Board, his associate teachers, or the School, - improved the occasion to say a few words to his pupils, giving iliem injunctions they will do well to treasure, and bidding them good-bye. Dr. Haveu, being invited to address the class and. audience, saíd he had only a word o say, that word not as an instructor, nor as Moffieer, but as one of the people, and in 'lléname of the people he wished to thank &hool Board and instructors for the building "P of such a school in our city. It was a chool to be pi oud of and cherished. The excellent music of the afternoon was itiniibhod by Gwhmers' Band. In the evening the Graduating Class had a Pper and a fine time in the Hall. And so closes anoiher school year. L3T" Blacliwoo&'i Ediuhurgh Maga, for June, has the following : Tony But', Part IX ; Liíe of S'l Win. Napier, K. C. B-; Chronicles of Carlingford, Part XII.; Tbe Public Schools Report- I. Eton Letter fro'i the Prinoipalities ; Corrielius O'Dovvd "pon Men and Women and other tbings in General, Part I.; The Crisis of Parties; and Index. 83 a year ; with the Reciñes rePriuted by the same firm, 610. Address fessrs. Leo.vaed Scctt & Co., 38 Walker 8t.,N. Y. r" Gold reached 250 in Wall street n Wcdnesday, with an upward tendeucy. " Sow are you, greenbacks V' LS" The Kepublioan County Con'titioa was held yasterday, to send delegates '■ 'vc Staíe Doainating coneít-oD. L3" The Ailanlic for Juh', tho initial mimber of the 14th volume, is on our table. It has : The W ife's Story, by the "Author of Life in Ihe Ivon Mills;" Glorying in the Goad, by Gail Hamilton ; Saarti, by Emerson ; another part of Wet-Weathér Work, by Donahl G. Mitchcll ; Mexico, by G. Reynolds ; fhe Rim, o&nclluled, by Miss Prescott; On Horseback nio Orctron, by Fitz Hugh LudIoav ; Ico Period in America, by Agassiz ; House ancHIonic Papers, No. VIII , by MisStovrr: HawUic.me.by Oliver Wendoll Holmes; A Scone from the Dolliver Eoinance.by Haw_ thorne; Currency, by Geo. S. Lang; Meyerbeer, by Francis Williams; The May Campaign in Virginia, by "Carleton11 or C. C. Coffin. 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Y. _ 8@„ The July number of the tic Magazine has a choice table of contenta. Tlie articles are tvvonty-onc in number, besides a readable table of miscellanies, selectedfrcm ten of the leading Britisli periodicals. Among them are : Europe and America, Ancient Glaciers and Icebergs of Scotland, The Ploasures of Difficulty, The Jevusalem cf toDay, Carlyle's Frederick the Great, Kirk's Charles the Bold, &c. Tlie illustration of the number is a niagniflcent portrait of Benj. Franklin, engraved in the best style of Periné. $ 5 a year, witli tvvo beantiful premium parlor prints to each subscriber. Address W. H. Bidwell, No. 5 Beekman Sí., N. Y. JÜJ5E" The July uumber of the Ladie's Reposltory has a beautiful landscape, Lucerne, Switz., with Mount Rigi, and a fine portrait of Felicia Hemans. The table Of contents is vsvied, interesüng, iustructive, elevating, just. such a table as is vnonthl? found in the Repository. WiHi this nuraber the Eev. D. W. Clark, for nearly t elve years editor of the Reposilory, but lately elected Bishop, takes his leave of his readers. He has made the Reposilory, a repository of pure literature, and if he succeeds as well in his new position, his church will have reason to congratúlate tliemselves on his adrauceraent. His successor is Rev. Dr. Wiley, for the last five year3 Principal of the Conference Seminary. at Pennington N. J., and Dr. Clark endorses hi'ru as "a man of culture and marked talent." May he keep np the Repository standard. $2.50 a year. Address Messrs Poe & Hitcucock. Giucinnati. Ohio. EP The Peninsular Herald is the name of a semi-monthly paper, just started at Romeo Micli., by Rev. J. Russell & Son. It is devotetl to "Temperance, Literature and Moral Improvement." There is a braad fie'd for such a sheet, and an immense work for it to do. We wish it success. $1 a year in advance. " Ye Drafted Men " once more. - A supplemeutary draft took place at Jackson yeaterday. Büt one toVn ir. this county was "callee! "on. Two meu were drafted f rom Lodi : Charles G. Zalm and Frederick Walker. If either of these sliouid be held Lodi's qv.o;a will be full : if neitlier another draft will tako place. ]LL" A ntimber of fast horses have arrived íor the show commencing to-day.