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Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
At the close of the day the following was found to be the result of the uieeuuu ¦
;—MALES . SUCCESSFUL .
Chares James Hogg 1511 William Ford I 5 ° i Henry Hart Spratt 1429 Charles James Wood 1395 Matthew Cook 1329 Thomas Riley 1323 DrtVia ^ l- Apmcfrrtnir T -7 t ^
Thomas Lampen ... ... ... 1145 Joseph Ward 112 S John Lockwood 1115 "John Middleton 110 S " Alfred Smith 1062 William Smith 105 S
Abraham Roberts 1016 Henry A . Darby 1003 John Mannington ... ... ... 99 S Thomas William Beale 996 Charles Lomax ... ... ... 991 William Roberts 9 S 6 ^ tLUUC I « J '
ruc L U « JU S wsa ... ... yo ' John Docchar 901 Charles Sutcliffe 7 S 5 John Oatley 754 James J ackson 727 Jesse Banning 719
UNSUCCESSFUL .
Thomas Higson 7 ° 5 loseph Burton 6 S 5 lames Munn 6 S 2 Thomas Maxwell 6 " Solomon Marks 55 ^ Edward Reed 534 FEM Sur . n
Maria Fead-Lambert 16 97 Hannah Grant 1619 1 'hillis Winter 1574 Hetty Booth 1413 Elizabeth Bisco 1270 Ann Perkin 1231 Emma Eliza Appleby 1193 Elizabeth M . Cherrill 116 S
George Worley 372 Joseph Crisp 112 James Hayter 7 8 John Patterson ... ... ... 45 George Ensell 32 Thomas Halliday 2 ALES-. JSSFUL .
Charlotte Diver 1101 Elizabeth Laing ... ... ... 1097 Margaret Wilkinson 1016 Sarah Wright 930 Rebecca Martin ... ... ... 879 Hannah George ... ... ... S 75 Hannah Betsy Eade S 72
' - UNSUCCESSFUL .
Francis Exley 7 S 4 Mary Ann Bentley 7 C 0 Maria Miller 745 Ann Wakefield 735 Elizabeth Francis 735 Eliza Lafittau 724 Elizabeth Mary Mongar 715 Isabella Elliott 648 Betty Moorhouse C 12 Eleanor Elizabeth Dover ... ... 560
Ann Biles 495 Elizabeth Pearson 45 ' Sarah Ann Allen 432 Lilias Greig 428 Harriet Kidd 4 ° S Margaret Rowell 3 ' 7 Mary Nowlan 291 Zelie Emmerson ... 271 Anne Grossman Hambly 261 Elizabeth Mary Thomas 229 Annetta T . H . Wood 205 Elizabeth Mary Ann Child 204 Cecil Cogan 178
Sarah Ann Chrisp 135 Naomi Gambell 100 Elizabeth Chappie 99 Elizabeth Hill 95 Charlotte Muruss 93 Caroline C . H . V . Buckley 90 Mary Smith 63 Phoebe Anne Rumsey 56 Fanny Stubington 29 Mary Geary 24 Eleanor Grecorv ... ... ... 22
Ann Roberts ... 15 Jane Maddick ... 12 May Marianne Rodgers S Sarah Rigarlsford C Sarah Coates ... ... ... ... 4 Charlotte Copeland 4 Sarah Penning ... ... ... ... 2 Harriet Matilda Madeley 2 Jane Greenwood 2 Sarah Greathead 1 Mary Pelton — Elizabeth Isherwood ( Dead ) —
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
¦ The recent Stewards' visit to the Girls' School , and the subsequent successful festival under the Presidency of Sir M . H . Beach , Bart ., M . P ., and Provincial Grand Master for Gloucestershire , have called attention once again to this very remarkable educational establishment , alike unique in its idea , most efficient in its . work , and most successful in its results , that wc think it well to place before our readers a few facts respecting it , which
while they interest them , as we think they will do , in the history and actuality of a singularly admirable Institution , may also please the many friends of good , sound , and useful education generally . The Girls' School is the " outcome" of a benevolent desire of the Masonic body , on a work of true and beneficent charity , to give a befitting education to the orphan daughters of their deceased brethren , or the children of those whom unforseen circumstances have " reduced "in the
world , or who , either by illness or afflictive dispensations of one kind or the other , have been unable to give their children a proper education . The Masonic Girls' School is composed of the daughters of those who fill nearly every conceivable class in society , some the most contrasted , but a common groundwork of care and instruction has been formed , domestic
house work being the basis ; the children , carefull y watched over by one of the most skilful of teachers , Miss Davis , have their talents directed and their powers developed by liberal and persevering tuition in all that is most needful , useful , artistic , and elevating . A short glance at its history may not be without interest .
The following extract from the original book of the rules is interesting , as pointing out clearly the admirable intentions of those who presided over the inception of the scheme "for training young females destitute of parental care and attention to industry and to virtue , to social and reli gious duties " : — " At a numerous and respectable meeting of the Governors , held at the St . Albans ,
Wednesday , the 10 th July , the Right Hon . Lord Macdonald in the chair , it was unanimously resolved—That , as it appeared to the gentlemen appointed to investigate the accounts that the annual subscriptions were considerably more than sufficient to defray the estimate of the annual expenditure , a house be taken in an eligible situation for the reception of fifteen female orphans , and children of necessitous Freemasons , proper objects of this humane and benevolent establishment , according to the original plan of M . Ruspini . "
The original list of subscriptions , including H . R . H . the Duchess of Cumberland , the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire , was a few hundred pounds . The School was founded in 1788 , the originator of it being the well-known and benevolent Chevalier Ruspini . It speedily obtained the patronage of the Royal Family , the then Duke and Duchess of Cumberland being its early patrons , so that the School was orig inally called the Royal Cumberland Freemason School .
Among its ori ginal patrons were , as we have just said , H . R . H . the Duke of Cumberland , Grand Master , and H . R . H . the Duchess of Cumberland , patroness , and Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales , the Duke of Vork , and the Duke of Gloucester .
It would seem that the ori ginal settlement was so early as 1788 , 111 a " spacious and airy mansion , late Mr . Lochce ' s military academy at Little Chelsea , " and where provision was made for fifteen children . It subsequently received the approval and support of other members of the Koyal Family , and is now under the special patronage of the Oueen and their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales , while Tt also
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
has the warm support of H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught and Prince Leopold , Duke of Albany . It was then set up in a small house in St . George ' s Fields , in 1793 , and some of the children were taught at neighbouring schools , but " m 1851 , when the old house had quite outgrown the wants of the slowl y growing Institution , about three acres ot freehold land were purchased at " Battersea Rise ,
Wandsworth Common , on which a building was erected , not all at once , indeed , but as necessity demanded , which may vie with all other similar institutions both in ornamental appearance and scholastic arrangements . Thc House and Building Committees , always solicitous for the practical improvement and real utility of the School , have successfully added some adjoining land , an infirmary , and a laundry , and the Alexandra Wino-, while not long ago , a most judicious purchase , and at the outlay of £ " 6500 , of
Lyncombe House was made , and which is now termed the Junior School , by which this great and most important educational Institution second to none in its need and blessing for many a poor child , and most " thorough " in its good and loving work , is safeguarded happily for some time to come from "building operations , " or the creation of edifices injurious to its existence and safety as a great female School . Indeed , the governing bod y would be fully justified in securing any other portions of land which mi ght in any way interfere with its privacy , or be used in any way to incommode its inmates ..
There are now 229 children receiving the benefits of a most thoughful and admirable system of careful education , and probabl y in October next that number will be still further increased . Since its foundation it has successfully educated 1254 g irls , though it is but fair to remark that it is onl y during the last twenty years that the extraordinary rise in its actual numbers
has taken place . No one can see that numerous band of health y , rosy , cheerful , happy children without feeling persuaded that a most successful system of education has been followed in the Masonic Girls' School , or without realizing how wise and how judicious , while how truly praiseworthy , are those liberal efforts of the Masonic Order , which keep up with such singular efficiency and energy so valuable an educational Institution .
As the last report mentions , an enlarged system of education has for some time past been in operation , and the benefits resulting from this extension can be referred to with the most lively feelings of satisfaction , many of the girls being enabled on leaving the School to gain their livelihood as governesses . In connection with this important subject , the Committee take the opportunity of stating that they have never been anxious to make a
display of exceptional talent shown b y individual girls , believing that the real interests of the Institution are better served b y careful solid teaching throughout , than by any effort to develope the ability of a few to the injury of the less talented . Nevertheless , for the purpose of obtaining an additional test of the standard of instruction , it was resolved that the names of some
of the girls should each year be entered as candidates for the Cambrid ge Local Examination . This practice has been continued with advantage j and the Committee refer with pride and satisfaction to its success , in the fact that in nearly every instance honours with prizes , or certificates of having passed * with credit , have been obtained .
Thc girls remain in the School till sixteen years of age , and are employed by turns in all the domestic duties of the house , and great care is taken to make them expert in needlework ; the Committee have also instituted a class for the education of the girls in practical cookery , and have appointed as teacher a lady holding a first-class certificate from the School of Cookery , South Kensington ; so that , whilst cultivating the more purely educational branches of study , the humbler , but equall y useful , qualifications , so necessary to fit them for their several stations in life , are not forgotten .
The establishment consists of a Matron , a Governess , a Sub-Matron of the Junior School , a School Mistress of the Junior School , five Assistant Governesses , an Assistant Matron , a Needlework Mistress , and five Junior Teachers , a gardener and his wife , and thirteen female servants . There are also a drawing mistress and a teacher of cookerv .
We may observe that for some time the girls have all been carefull y taught cookery , and take their part in domestic service ; and Sir Michael Hicks Beach alluded with much emphasis and ri ghtly to the fact that the winner of the prize for cookery had also won the prize for music , and those who heard her execution on the pianoforte will feel that if she excels as much in cookery she must be a real " cordon bias . " As the healthy appearance of
thc children is favourably remarked by all as striking in the extreme , the following dieterary table may be read with interest b y some . Breakfast * . Daily . —Bread and butter , milk and water . Dinner : Sunday ( summer)—roast beef , vegetables , bread , and fruit tarts ; ( winter)—stowed beef , dumplings , vegetables , and bread . Monday—roast mutton , vegetables , bread , rice pudding , with treacle . Tuesday—roast or boiled mutton ,
vesretables and bread . Wednesday—beef steak pies , vegetables , and bread . Thursday—roast beef , with vegetables and bread , plain pudding . Fridayroast or boiled mutton , vegetables , and bread . Saturday—stewed meat , vegetables , bread , and baked rice pudding . Beer to those requiring it . Occasionally when in season—pork , fish , peas , beans , plum puddings , fruit pies , and salads . Tea : Daily—bread and butter , tea or coffee .
The rules and regulations for the School are also very simple and thoroughly sensible . There is surely plenty of work , but yet not overmuch . The Girls are to rise in summer at 6 o ' clock a . m ., winter 7 a . m . ; morning prayers in summer 7 . 30 a . m ., winter 8 . 45 a . m . ; breakfast 8 a . m . ; morning school commence 9 . 30 a . m ., close 12 . 30 p . m . ; dinner 1 p . m . ; afternoon school commence 3 p . m ., close 5 . 30 p . m . ; tea 6 p . m . ; evening prayers 7 . 4 s
p . m . ; to be in bed by 8 . 30 p . m . Holidays—Five weeks at home in the summer , three weeks at Christmas , Easter-Monday , Whit-Monday , Michaelmas day . Half-holidays—Wednesdays and Saturdays . Girls to walk once a week , and take exercise in the garden every day , weather permitting . The subjects of instruction makeup a full and good " syllabus , " beginning with Bible history and religious instruction , going on to housework and
cookery , much plain needlework , and all that makes the careful and useful housewife , and embracing arithmetic , geography , French , English composition , grammar , parsing and analysis , zoology , theory of music , practice of music , English history , map drawing , drawing , English literature , all carefully graduated for the classes , seven in number , so that the "all round teaching " of the School is most satisfactory , and one of it most distinguishing 1-characteristics .
To show the really practical work of the School the following ii the list of needlework done b y the girls during the year 1880 : 241 blue sluff dresses , 384 brown holland pinafores , 70 diaper pinafores , 312 chemises , 151 ni ght dresses , 200 flannel petticoats , 128 flannel vests , 10 flannel bathing gowns , 97 Iinsey petticoats , 82 petticoat bodies , 157 pillow cases , 60 bolster cases , 156 sheets , marked and hemmed , 227 comb bags , made and mailed , 230 washing flannels , marked and looped , 236 towels , marked / 23 bath towels ,
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Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution.
At the close of the day the following was found to be the result of the uieeuuu ¦
;—MALES . SUCCESSFUL .
Chares James Hogg 1511 William Ford I 5 ° i Henry Hart Spratt 1429 Charles James Wood 1395 Matthew Cook 1329 Thomas Riley 1323 DrtVia ^ l- Apmcfrrtnir T -7 t ^
Thomas Lampen ... ... ... 1145 Joseph Ward 112 S John Lockwood 1115 "John Middleton 110 S " Alfred Smith 1062 William Smith 105 S
Abraham Roberts 1016 Henry A . Darby 1003 John Mannington ... ... ... 99 S Thomas William Beale 996 Charles Lomax ... ... ... 991 William Roberts 9 S 6 ^ tLUUC I « J '
ruc L U « JU S wsa ... ... yo ' John Docchar 901 Charles Sutcliffe 7 S 5 John Oatley 754 James J ackson 727 Jesse Banning 719
UNSUCCESSFUL .
Thomas Higson 7 ° 5 loseph Burton 6 S 5 lames Munn 6 S 2 Thomas Maxwell 6 " Solomon Marks 55 ^ Edward Reed 534 FEM Sur . n
Maria Fead-Lambert 16 97 Hannah Grant 1619 1 'hillis Winter 1574 Hetty Booth 1413 Elizabeth Bisco 1270 Ann Perkin 1231 Emma Eliza Appleby 1193 Elizabeth M . Cherrill 116 S
George Worley 372 Joseph Crisp 112 James Hayter 7 8 John Patterson ... ... ... 45 George Ensell 32 Thomas Halliday 2 ALES-. JSSFUL .
Charlotte Diver 1101 Elizabeth Laing ... ... ... 1097 Margaret Wilkinson 1016 Sarah Wright 930 Rebecca Martin ... ... ... 879 Hannah George ... ... ... S 75 Hannah Betsy Eade S 72
' - UNSUCCESSFUL .
Francis Exley 7 S 4 Mary Ann Bentley 7 C 0 Maria Miller 745 Ann Wakefield 735 Elizabeth Francis 735 Eliza Lafittau 724 Elizabeth Mary Mongar 715 Isabella Elliott 648 Betty Moorhouse C 12 Eleanor Elizabeth Dover ... ... 560
Ann Biles 495 Elizabeth Pearson 45 ' Sarah Ann Allen 432 Lilias Greig 428 Harriet Kidd 4 ° S Margaret Rowell 3 ' 7 Mary Nowlan 291 Zelie Emmerson ... 271 Anne Grossman Hambly 261 Elizabeth Mary Thomas 229 Annetta T . H . Wood 205 Elizabeth Mary Ann Child 204 Cecil Cogan 178
Sarah Ann Chrisp 135 Naomi Gambell 100 Elizabeth Chappie 99 Elizabeth Hill 95 Charlotte Muruss 93 Caroline C . H . V . Buckley 90 Mary Smith 63 Phoebe Anne Rumsey 56 Fanny Stubington 29 Mary Geary 24 Eleanor Grecorv ... ... ... 22
Ann Roberts ... 15 Jane Maddick ... 12 May Marianne Rodgers S Sarah Rigarlsford C Sarah Coates ... ... ... ... 4 Charlotte Copeland 4 Sarah Penning ... ... ... ... 2 Harriet Matilda Madeley 2 Jane Greenwood 2 Sarah Greathead 1 Mary Pelton — Elizabeth Isherwood ( Dead ) —
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
¦ The recent Stewards' visit to the Girls' School , and the subsequent successful festival under the Presidency of Sir M . H . Beach , Bart ., M . P ., and Provincial Grand Master for Gloucestershire , have called attention once again to this very remarkable educational establishment , alike unique in its idea , most efficient in its . work , and most successful in its results , that wc think it well to place before our readers a few facts respecting it , which
while they interest them , as we think they will do , in the history and actuality of a singularly admirable Institution , may also please the many friends of good , sound , and useful education generally . The Girls' School is the " outcome" of a benevolent desire of the Masonic body , on a work of true and beneficent charity , to give a befitting education to the orphan daughters of their deceased brethren , or the children of those whom unforseen circumstances have " reduced "in the
world , or who , either by illness or afflictive dispensations of one kind or the other , have been unable to give their children a proper education . The Masonic Girls' School is composed of the daughters of those who fill nearly every conceivable class in society , some the most contrasted , but a common groundwork of care and instruction has been formed , domestic
house work being the basis ; the children , carefull y watched over by one of the most skilful of teachers , Miss Davis , have their talents directed and their powers developed by liberal and persevering tuition in all that is most needful , useful , artistic , and elevating . A short glance at its history may not be without interest .
The following extract from the original book of the rules is interesting , as pointing out clearly the admirable intentions of those who presided over the inception of the scheme "for training young females destitute of parental care and attention to industry and to virtue , to social and reli gious duties " : — " At a numerous and respectable meeting of the Governors , held at the St . Albans ,
Wednesday , the 10 th July , the Right Hon . Lord Macdonald in the chair , it was unanimously resolved—That , as it appeared to the gentlemen appointed to investigate the accounts that the annual subscriptions were considerably more than sufficient to defray the estimate of the annual expenditure , a house be taken in an eligible situation for the reception of fifteen female orphans , and children of necessitous Freemasons , proper objects of this humane and benevolent establishment , according to the original plan of M . Ruspini . "
The original list of subscriptions , including H . R . H . the Duchess of Cumberland , the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire , was a few hundred pounds . The School was founded in 1788 , the originator of it being the well-known and benevolent Chevalier Ruspini . It speedily obtained the patronage of the Royal Family , the then Duke and Duchess of Cumberland being its early patrons , so that the School was orig inally called the Royal Cumberland Freemason School .
Among its ori ginal patrons were , as we have just said , H . R . H . the Duke of Cumberland , Grand Master , and H . R . H . the Duchess of Cumberland , patroness , and Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales , the Duke of Vork , and the Duke of Gloucester .
It would seem that the ori ginal settlement was so early as 1788 , 111 a " spacious and airy mansion , late Mr . Lochce ' s military academy at Little Chelsea , " and where provision was made for fifteen children . It subsequently received the approval and support of other members of the Koyal Family , and is now under the special patronage of the Oueen and their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales , while Tt also
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
has the warm support of H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught and Prince Leopold , Duke of Albany . It was then set up in a small house in St . George ' s Fields , in 1793 , and some of the children were taught at neighbouring schools , but " m 1851 , when the old house had quite outgrown the wants of the slowl y growing Institution , about three acres ot freehold land were purchased at " Battersea Rise ,
Wandsworth Common , on which a building was erected , not all at once , indeed , but as necessity demanded , which may vie with all other similar institutions both in ornamental appearance and scholastic arrangements . Thc House and Building Committees , always solicitous for the practical improvement and real utility of the School , have successfully added some adjoining land , an infirmary , and a laundry , and the Alexandra Wino-, while not long ago , a most judicious purchase , and at the outlay of £ " 6500 , of
Lyncombe House was made , and which is now termed the Junior School , by which this great and most important educational Institution second to none in its need and blessing for many a poor child , and most " thorough " in its good and loving work , is safeguarded happily for some time to come from "building operations , " or the creation of edifices injurious to its existence and safety as a great female School . Indeed , the governing bod y would be fully justified in securing any other portions of land which mi ght in any way interfere with its privacy , or be used in any way to incommode its inmates ..
There are now 229 children receiving the benefits of a most thoughful and admirable system of careful education , and probabl y in October next that number will be still further increased . Since its foundation it has successfully educated 1254 g irls , though it is but fair to remark that it is onl y during the last twenty years that the extraordinary rise in its actual numbers
has taken place . No one can see that numerous band of health y , rosy , cheerful , happy children without feeling persuaded that a most successful system of education has been followed in the Masonic Girls' School , or without realizing how wise and how judicious , while how truly praiseworthy , are those liberal efforts of the Masonic Order , which keep up with such singular efficiency and energy so valuable an educational Institution .
As the last report mentions , an enlarged system of education has for some time past been in operation , and the benefits resulting from this extension can be referred to with the most lively feelings of satisfaction , many of the girls being enabled on leaving the School to gain their livelihood as governesses . In connection with this important subject , the Committee take the opportunity of stating that they have never been anxious to make a
display of exceptional talent shown b y individual girls , believing that the real interests of the Institution are better served b y careful solid teaching throughout , than by any effort to develope the ability of a few to the injury of the less talented . Nevertheless , for the purpose of obtaining an additional test of the standard of instruction , it was resolved that the names of some
of the girls should each year be entered as candidates for the Cambrid ge Local Examination . This practice has been continued with advantage j and the Committee refer with pride and satisfaction to its success , in the fact that in nearly every instance honours with prizes , or certificates of having passed * with credit , have been obtained .
Thc girls remain in the School till sixteen years of age , and are employed by turns in all the domestic duties of the house , and great care is taken to make them expert in needlework ; the Committee have also instituted a class for the education of the girls in practical cookery , and have appointed as teacher a lady holding a first-class certificate from the School of Cookery , South Kensington ; so that , whilst cultivating the more purely educational branches of study , the humbler , but equall y useful , qualifications , so necessary to fit them for their several stations in life , are not forgotten .
The establishment consists of a Matron , a Governess , a Sub-Matron of the Junior School , a School Mistress of the Junior School , five Assistant Governesses , an Assistant Matron , a Needlework Mistress , and five Junior Teachers , a gardener and his wife , and thirteen female servants . There are also a drawing mistress and a teacher of cookerv .
We may observe that for some time the girls have all been carefull y taught cookery , and take their part in domestic service ; and Sir Michael Hicks Beach alluded with much emphasis and ri ghtly to the fact that the winner of the prize for cookery had also won the prize for music , and those who heard her execution on the pianoforte will feel that if she excels as much in cookery she must be a real " cordon bias . " As the healthy appearance of
thc children is favourably remarked by all as striking in the extreme , the following dieterary table may be read with interest b y some . Breakfast * . Daily . —Bread and butter , milk and water . Dinner : Sunday ( summer)—roast beef , vegetables , bread , and fruit tarts ; ( winter)—stowed beef , dumplings , vegetables , and bread . Monday—roast mutton , vegetables , bread , rice pudding , with treacle . Tuesday—roast or boiled mutton ,
vesretables and bread . Wednesday—beef steak pies , vegetables , and bread . Thursday—roast beef , with vegetables and bread , plain pudding . Fridayroast or boiled mutton , vegetables , and bread . Saturday—stewed meat , vegetables , bread , and baked rice pudding . Beer to those requiring it . Occasionally when in season—pork , fish , peas , beans , plum puddings , fruit pies , and salads . Tea : Daily—bread and butter , tea or coffee .
The rules and regulations for the School are also very simple and thoroughly sensible . There is surely plenty of work , but yet not overmuch . The Girls are to rise in summer at 6 o ' clock a . m ., winter 7 a . m . ; morning prayers in summer 7 . 30 a . m ., winter 8 . 45 a . m . ; breakfast 8 a . m . ; morning school commence 9 . 30 a . m ., close 12 . 30 p . m . ; dinner 1 p . m . ; afternoon school commence 3 p . m ., close 5 . 30 p . m . ; tea 6 p . m . ; evening prayers 7 . 4 s
p . m . ; to be in bed by 8 . 30 p . m . Holidays—Five weeks at home in the summer , three weeks at Christmas , Easter-Monday , Whit-Monday , Michaelmas day . Half-holidays—Wednesdays and Saturdays . Girls to walk once a week , and take exercise in the garden every day , weather permitting . The subjects of instruction makeup a full and good " syllabus , " beginning with Bible history and religious instruction , going on to housework and
cookery , much plain needlework , and all that makes the careful and useful housewife , and embracing arithmetic , geography , French , English composition , grammar , parsing and analysis , zoology , theory of music , practice of music , English history , map drawing , drawing , English literature , all carefully graduated for the classes , seven in number , so that the "all round teaching " of the School is most satisfactory , and one of it most distinguishing 1-characteristics .
To show the really practical work of the School the following ii the list of needlework done b y the girls during the year 1880 : 241 blue sluff dresses , 384 brown holland pinafores , 70 diaper pinafores , 312 chemises , 151 ni ght dresses , 200 flannel petticoats , 128 flannel vests , 10 flannel bathing gowns , 97 Iinsey petticoats , 82 petticoat bodies , 157 pillow cases , 60 bolster cases , 156 sheets , marked and hemmed , 227 comb bags , made and mailed , 230 washing flannels , marked and looped , 236 towels , marked / 23 bath towels ,