The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1852-03-26
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1t must be gratifying to the heart of every
well wisher of his country to see the many
efforts making to extend the means of educa-
ton to all conditions of society, high and
low, rich and poor; and it is still more graft
flying to see the great and incalculable bene-
fits that the young of both sexes have alrea-
dy derived from the new impulse that has,
within few brief years, been extended to
them. 1t is fortunate for us that the long
prevalent idea that an old field education
was abundantly sufficient for all the purposes
of life, is now completely exploded, and no
longer remains on the statute book. It is
fortunate too, for us, that an education, and
a classical one too, is amply within the reach
of all, rich and poor These ideas have been
forcibly impressed upon me by witnessing
the close of the winter sessions of our two
most excellent and almost uncquallcd Insti-
tutions, the Madsonyllc Female Academy
and the IIiwassce College. Mothers who
were present ut the examination of the Fc-
male Academy, no doubt, went home rcoc-
ing that they had selected that school rs a
suitable one for the education of their dlugl-
tiers. They must have been delighted to
hear their daughters answering. without
hesitation or embarrassment, all the various
and complicated questions put TO them The
audience too, We're more than delighted with
the great success ofthiS most excellent school.
Nor was the musical ear disappointed. The
proficiency by that class upon the Piano. sur
priscd all who witnessed its perlormpnce.--
The infant daughter astonislel the listener,
while those of ripper years made sweet sounds
that will not shortly be forgotten. The song
of :SchoOmistress was inmitatcly performed
BY the whole school. Miss Melville, with her
three very appropriately selected young lady
Assistants, will continue in charge Of this In
stitution. About the PrincipNliti is useless to
speak character rs Il successful lnstruc-
torcss is known throughout the land. OF
her three very interesting Assistants it is
proper that ] should say that it is exceeding
" rare that have ever seen better selections
made for the sphere in which they are acting.
The evenings entertainment WAS closed
by presenting to the eyes and taste Of the
partakcrs, one of the most beautiful, tasteful
and abundantlv spread tables, in the Academy,
ter to partakc of. Mrs. Montgomery will
long be remembered by those who hid eyes
to see and tongues to taste. = (rhc writer is
not aware that any Of the ladies' were def
.cicnt in the latter) Yet this was not ALL
The young gentlemen of Nladisonyillc, pro-
verbal for their high moral worth and gen.
tlemanly department, very generously deter
mined that they could not formally part with
the young ladies by mere formal shake Of
their very delicate hands, for their sacred lips
they We're not permitted to touch, gave them
parting entertainment in the evening at
Mrs. Houston's, where all the daintics and
good things We're in eXtravagant proiusion -
and it will be doing Mrs. Montgomery 10 in
justice when say she found Il formidable
competitor in Mrs. Houston, for really things
could not have possibly been better done.
For modest and unassuming Hiwassce
what can say? She better speaks through
the medium of the many finely educated
young gentlemen that she is constantly dis
tributing through the land she is unceasing-
" dispatching them throughout the country
as pioneers of the uncducated They arc
constantly taking the places Of that og6uS r
ful and heretofore Indispensable Glars ssIs5iS
field teachers and have given entirely
anew spur and new life to the subject of ed
,,cation. You do not only find them teaching
.the Young idea how to shoot" but find them
shooting arrows to the heart of the sinner,
from that fatal old magazine, the Bible
You find them too, at the bar of your courts
of Justice, adjusting the rights of the inno-
eent-and dealing out punishment to the vlo-
Iator of your penal statutes. You find him
TOO, at the PHYSICIANS Office, administering to
the sick and teaching the blind to take up his
bed and walk. You find him too, in the field,
not the field Of battle, but that of the hus-
bandman applying his chemical knowledge to
the amelisration and improvement of the soil.
You find him too, in the mechanic shop. APP
pyinc the principles OF mechanism, that has
been so well taught him at Hiwassce. to the
Improvement of that highly respectable and
INDISPENSABLE occupation. You find him too,
in the merchants counting room, keeping
with exactncss the account between man and
man. Yes. and You have found him too, in |
the battle field. The plains of Mexico have
witnessed his proficiency in some the arts
of war, and while too he was well taught the
art of writing he had not forgotten how to
make his mark.
The father that was present at the eXamn-
alton, would rejoice too ut the rapid advance
mcnt of his once untutored son. know can
in truth and with entire propriety say, that at
no school in the State can young gentleman
be better instructed, and it will continue to be
so as long as the unassumlng, and untlrlng,
and interchangeable President Doak continues
at its head. Young gentlemen 60 there to
study. ard study is rigidIy exacted from them.
They go there to learn and the country
throughout gives undeniable evidence of their
success. The examination was closed with
many speeches from the students. II the
reader of this communication had been
present, know he would unite with me in
saving that they have not been surpassed by
those delivered in any other Institution. This
is true and all present will confirm it. Ii.