two o'clock
The prize was to be a small gold pencil-case , and was to be awarded at the close of the summer term . The closing day at length came ; there was much suppressed excitement when we were called to order that morning . As we expected no visitors till the afternoon , we spent the morning mostly in reviewing our various studies . By two o'clock our school-room was crowded . We first passed a very searching examination in the different studies we had pursued during the past year . I believe we passed our examination in a manner creditable both to our teacher and to ourselves . The reading of our compositions was reserved , as the closing exercise .