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dren urc uow taught the English and laire t!ic son. It is rare to find in the 



I'Vcnch languages, and the elements of same school all the advantages Which 



matiicmatics, — chiefly by means of are lieic united. Order, propriety, 



teachers from Europe. Besides these, and rcgul;irity, arcevery where visiijic; 



schools were cstablislicd iii every vil- and the confidence wliieli the disciples 



la^c of the kingdom. have in their master, witiiout abating 



The present republican government the least from their respect, gives to 



appears to be equally aware of the their manners that free and graceful 



importance of education; in proof of air which is but too generally stilled 



which we give the following Report by severity ; independent of the checks 



fruni the oflicial gazette, published which harshness of conduct neccssa- 



at I'ort-au Prince on the 30th of 

 March last. 



Jereniic, the 7tli of Jan. 1823. 



jTIte Commissioners of Public luslruction 

 at Jcremie, to Gen. B. Ivyinac, Secre- 

 tary-general to his Excellency the 

 President of Hayti, and President of 



the Board of Public Instruction of j^j observed 



rily oppose to the improvement of the 

 character, as well as lo the develop- 

 ment of the faculties, of childhood. 



Reading, with citizen Hilare, is very 

 carefully attended to: the proper pro- 

 nunciation, the inflexions, and all the 

 rules of spoken language, arc admira- 



the Capital. 



Citizen General, — We have again to 

 fulfil our accustomed task of render- 

 ing, to the Board of Public Instruction 

 of the capital over which you preside, 

 an account of the state of the schools 

 that are entrusted to our supcrin- 

 tendance. 



We have great pleasure in being 

 able to announce to you, that the 

 teacher.s who have the direction of the 

 seminaries of education in this place 

 continue, in every respect, to show 

 themselves worthy of the useful pro- 

 fession to which they have been 

 aj)pointed. 



On the 20th of December last, in 

 conformity with article 17 of the law 

 of the 20th of May, 1820, we, in pre- 

 sence of the authorities of the place, 

 made a public examination of the 

 pu|)ils of the national school. We 

 were astonished at the progress made 

 by these young men, who all conduct 

 Ihcniselves with the utmost propriety ; 

 and among whom wc particularly 

 distinguished the following. 



[Hi-re follow from thirty to forty nanios, 

 distinguished, according to their different 

 classes, in the several departments of read- 

 ing, writing, arithmetic, and grammar.] 



Writing is not less an object of his 

 particular attention. All his scholars 

 write a fine hand ; and, however unim- 

 portant it may seem, this accomplish- 

 ment ought by no means to be neg- 

 lected ; for, should the iiupil turn out 

 to be but scantily provided on the 

 score of intellect, he ii;ay still be use- 

 ful in the cosiuting-lKUise, and other 

 places, for the keeping of books, &c. 



Lastly, arithmetic, on the plan of 

 Bezout, and the elementary grammar 

 of L'Homond, are likewise taught with 

 much success in this establishment; 

 which recommends it still more to tho 

 public, and to the attention of the 

 governnient. The yoinig men who 

 have gained the prizes in the different 

 classes arc — 



[Here follows a list of about forty 

 names.] 



The school of Messieurs Aubert and 

 Roustau is particularly distinguished 

 for arithmetic and grammar. Many 

 of the pupils have analyzed verbally, 

 and with perfect precision, adisctmrse 

 dictated to them at the moment. They 

 are also good arithmeticians; and, 

 what is particularly valuable, they join 

 rapidity with correctness. We therc- 



, ., , , , . fure render to this establishment that 



I h<sc children have been crowned justice only which it deserves, when 



with the most lively api)lause, and the 

 commission, which has already t(;sti- 

 fied to citizen Plot the son, their 

 •lirector, its entire satisfactitm, has a 

 pleasure in here repeating, that he 

 de.s<'rvcs the highest praise. 



On the 24lh of tht; same nK)iith, wc 

 \ isitcd, along with the saute aiilhoii- 

 lies, the cslablishmcnl of cilizcji lli- 



we recommend it to the consideration 

 of all those who are interested in tho 

 edncatiori of youth. The young men 

 most distinguished are — 

 [Here follow eight or ten names.] 

 Wc have procured a list of the 

 names of the pupils in each of the 

 schools, which we have enclosed. 



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