The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-07-24
The OoIumbua Fsrnels Tnsfifute


The Columbus emels Institute
The dull routine of business and politie
las for the last few days been very much re
heved b tie interesting exetcisss 81 lie an
nual examination 81 the pupils belonging I
the above fourisl Institution egnalneneinI
as thoy did On asl tuesday morning nnt
closing on yesterday evening The occasion
called forth all the interest and animation d
our city, and was signaIsed each day by tbs
brilliant congregation u aerowded and fash
ionable audience. In 80 general and hurriee
q notice as the present, It would Be impossi
bic to do full justice to that high and exalted
standard Of scholastic accomplishment, and
female discipline, which equally on the part
Of Principal oad Pupil was disclosedin eve
~ feature Of the rigid and patient ordeal Just
passed, and the eminent success Of which, eli
ci.ed SO largely the sympathy, pride, and pub
lie spirit of our city Suffice it to say that
the most competent and inquisitoriaI critic,
could have discovered nothing calculated to
impair that impression Of neutrality-suspicious.
cy, feminine propriety, or well regulated or
der, which crowned each and every evolution,
and all of which combined, marked the high
est order of moral and intellectual culture
Forgetting however for moment, the
demonstrations of science and the triumphs
of art, such a galaxy of the loyeliest forms Of
nature, was of itself refreshing relic from
the monotonous cares of ordinary life--arieh
theme for poetic study. To borrow an allu.
sion from the science of Uranography-one
by-the-by which they seemed to have studied
with con amore devotion-they were each
"stars Of the first magnitude, 2 and all togeth-
er constituted a Respondent cluster of con-
before the brilliance of which,
Orion and Pleiades would "pale their inefec-
tual fires.
The close of the interesting exercises was
particularly affecting, including as it did the
valedictory ceremonies, wbisEr-wcfo Observed
in honor of the fr3tsgraduating class of the
Institute, and IL members Of which, with
The blessin2Eef Providence, are destined to
; e ,ss-of4ee the heralds and exemplars of
.ong and distinguished line of successors,
gho as the alumni Of anew infant seminary,
viii go forth from this consecrated spot to
dorm the character, and mould the destiny
# our favored land The baccalauriate ad-
lress was delivered by the Hon. GEORGE R.
clayton, President of the Board Of Trus-
ees, after which diplomatic degrees were con
erred upon the graduating class by the same
Gentleman. OF the address we may BE- per-
litted to say thatits beautiful imagery q elias
ic eloquencc, happily blended with the puri-
7, propnety, and pathos of its moral lessons,
icited the unrescryed applause and admira-
ion of all as a chaste, eloquent, and appro-
riate address
What an impcrishable monument is such |
n institution to the public spirited virtue &
eviction of Its chief founder, and how forci-
ly is his memory recalled by the impressive
Genes of the last few days? How proudly
oes the peaceful and benefcent triumphs of
uch an ambition as his, compare with the
trophies of unhallowed glory
While he sleeps undisturbed in his last rest
ng place, his influence, as quiet and as sa-
red as that long repose, and as pure as the
ew drop upon his grave, is gently distilling
IS healthful blessings upon the moral and in
ellectual character of those, who at once
institute the fount, and control the fortunes
national existence. Let every such ami
ersary consecrate the memory Of ANDREW
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