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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1866
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1866.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 315
to the higher grades of Schools, but from the lower to the
higher classes of each of the grades. The pupils are ex-'
amined and transferred quarterly from the Primary to the
(.Grammar Schools. At. the time of these examinations and
transfers the pupils in all the clashes of the Grammar and
High Schools are examined and transferred from the lower to
the higher classes. The pupils of the High Schools are ad-
mitted, after examination, once a year. They are examined
in July and admitted in September. There are stated exami-
nations and advancement of the pupils of the High Schools
once in six months.
The pupils of the Schools were examined in the studies of
their respective classes, the Schools not having any notice of
the visit of the Committee. The proficiency of the pupils is
remarkable in each of the grades of Schools and classes of
the School-).
The examinations were conducted generally by oral ques-
tion;; outside of the hooka, developing, in an astonishing de-
gree, the intelligence of the pupils and the use they are able'
to' snake of the knowledge they have attained.
The systematic developement of the spelling department
attracted the especial attention of the committee.
It does not consist of an assemblage of words of the same
number of syllables and of like termination, but of the words
in their etymological association, giving the root of the word,
has prefix and suffix, its definition and the family of words
to which it belongs. The words of all the reading books,
the Histories, the geography, and even of the arithmetic,
are spelled and defined, and etymologized in the same way.
In the Central High School, recitations were conducted in the
higher classes and declamation, exhibiting great proficiency
on the part of the pupils, and equal talent and teaching capa-
bility on the part of the professors.
The Female High Schools exhibited a high standard of ex-
cellence in study. That most difficult branch of school edu-
cation, reading, was exhibited in a very high degree of at-
tainment. The young ladies acquitted themselves most
handsomely in its development, reflecting great credit upon
the teachers who are engaged in instructing them.
The singing in all the schools is pursued on a scientific
basis.
The children of the Primary Schools sing by note and are
remarkable in their proficiency.
The committee are of the opinion that the Public Schools
of the Ciiy of Baltimore, are an honor to the State and City,

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