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Colored School Exhibition.l*iflic annual school exhibition of tin* i- (colored) public school, ot Prescott. ^ occurred Hiuisdav evening la*t at White’*. Hall. I here was a large ,! ancl appreciative audience in attend- ^ s anee. and the exercises were most *■ I excellent. anlt;l from the manner in r which tIn v ac»piittcd themselves it 11 proves that l*rof. S. I. Boyd, the ^ principal. cerlainh deserves praise f.»r the thorough manner in which he ‘l prepared his pupils. I he annual j 4 ptihlie examination ot llm school took ,l place on Thursday morning from 1 I!» o’clock a. m., to p.m. I hisfeature of the work indicated thatM HI l . ■ • .... ........ ........each department of the seliool had 1clt;heeii careful I v drilled.being court week tin* attendance I at the examination wa not as large , as it doubtless would have been at j au\ other time.The close ot this session marks a ! period of live \ears since lYof. Boyd t.• ha- tilled the principalship of the . colored public school of lYeseott,, and it can truthfully he. said• that he lias discharged tlu* manyj duties devolving upon him with credit. ami great satisfaction to the coin- p nitlitit v. I'o those who know what (l the condition of the public school was in point of grade and arrangc-■ meul when I'rol Boyd entered upon his work here, it call he nilely said li that tin* contrast js most marked. c 1 New interest ha • been stirred in ed- ^ ueation. the scholarship has beengradually growing better in all the ela-ses. .Mans teachers have been “ t in attendance upon the school from d s time to time, so it will he seen that h . this school i** destined to he a potent factor for good in the near future il its present excellent standard is keptYwtom. Voup.
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Prescott Daily Picayune
Prescott, Arkansas, US
Wed, May 15, 1889
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