The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-02-07
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EAST TENNESSEE MASONIC FEE.
MALE INSTITUTE

EAST TENNESSEE MASONIC Fec
MALE INSTITUTE.
This young and Furnishing institution ~
located at MaryviIl", Tennessee. and IS un.
der the control of the Masonic fratPrnily.-
lis first session will close on The 7tfI inst
when the seri.annunl examination Ut the
classes comes off There are sixty young
lady pupils Of the Institute The present ses-
sion, and its prospects for large increase
are quite fatterlng. The Board of Truss
tees - composed of members from different
Lodges. The Board has already procured
splendid super Piano. good Phlosophl>
co and CLcmicaI Apparatus, to which nddi
,ions Will be made as the wants ct the
school may require. A chnice selected LII
brary has also been founded, which is being
constantly increased by the IIbcraIlty of the
friends of female education.
The East Tennessee Masonic Institute
has an accomplished, efficient md talented
Board of Instruction. Rev. +. Pope, A.
NJ, the President, is gentleman OF fine
scholastic attachments, and well cultivated
talents. whose urban'ty of manners, warm
social feelings, unIirng zeal in the cause OF
education, and long experience, are sure
training of the pupils. Miss rowne. the
Principal of the Academic Department, is
lady of excellent disposition, varied ac-
complishmcnts, and fine literary atnIh-
men's. She was educated at one of the best
institutions Of the North; and has been fa-
bly, connected with the cause OF learn
ing as an able and esteemed ins,ructress.
for some time past. in East Tennessee, af
fording universal satisfaction. Miss Cate,
Assistant in the Academic, and Miss Love,
Principal of tho Preparatory Department.
aro young ladies Of eminent worth, finely
cultivated minds, and are well qnaIlied for
The stations they occupy. The B"nrd Of
instruction is one of singular ability. and
we feel 9, ndcnt that it is inferior to none
in East Tennessee for ability. energy aud
| learning.
The mex, session will commence on the
18th Of this month. and will close on the
18th of July n"xt. The annual examination
ut the clnsScs lake place on the ID and Bird
of July, and on the 4th it il expected that
an address will be delivered before the g'a
dnaling class by Mr. Charles A. Fuller,
Grand Master Of the Grand Lodge Of Ten.
nessee.
We feel warranted in snying to parents
and guarjia 8, who have daughters and
ward. to educate. (und they ough, all to be
educalcd) that they can do no better thnn
10 send them to tho East Tennessee Mason
lc Institute. MaryvIIe is justly celebrated
for the purity OF its moral atmosphere. the
sociali,y and intelligence OF its citizens,
and its fine healthy situation; and it is now
IN a rapid state Of improvement. The &C.
commodations are ample and good. The
building occupied by the school is fine,
commndious, three story brick editlce, with
two extensive wings. oil well ndaptc 10 the
purposes tor which it was erected. Bard
ing con be had in the hes, private families
on very rca sonable turns.
| The Institution, though founded md con>
troled BY the Masons, Is not exclusive, or
If you prefer it, .uasonic in its character,
| farther than Masonry and the general dIti'u.
sion Of a high toned literature are ident,.
cal. The great and primary objec, OF ma
sonry is to amcliorlts the condition Of So
cie,y; to elevate and strengthen the moral,
social, and intellectual powers. The peculiar.
| distinctive tenels Of masonry, or any sect.
| or order, we feel authorised to say, will not
be taught at the Institute. The daughter
| of the Ant,.Mason will receive the same
strict and careful attention as the Mason's
daughter. and no effort will be made to turn
her from the faith Of her fathers.
Remember that the second session of the
East Tennessee Female Institute begins on
the 18th of this month; that your daughter
C, n be sent to no better school; n nd that she
should begin with the session. Sill we
haye no war to make on other schools, and
If you prefer sending 10 one of them We
have no sort OF objection. East Tennessee
affords an abundant supply of the very hes,
Young ladies', considered morally, sncially,
and intellectually. TO crowd all our schools
and n. many more. end they should-,hey
must be educated. VERITAS.
February Sd, ISL.