Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-03-30
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School ExhibiffOn

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with the exhibition Of the Union School, a,
the court house, on the 2sd inst. cannot
refrain from asking the privilege. through
your paper of paying an humble tribute
Of respect to the teachers of that institu-
ton, for tbeir zeal and success 10 teaching
the several branches of sciences, and uiso
to the pupils for their application and the
advancement they have made: and partic-
uiarly in tile art Of speaking. l have wit.
messed many performances tf The kind, in
the eastern States; but never have seen
such powers of memory and orstory mani.
tested by the youth, with 30 short term
for practice; the last two quarters being
the only period in which their attention vas
given to such exercises. The audience
might have supposed, from their proficiency.
they had long been actors upon the stage,
were it not that there were many little
speakers of both sexes, between aad 12
years; this fact must at ence refute the
idea that their talents had been long eulsi-
Vated, Notwithstanding their eloquence.-
They could be viewed only as orators in
miniature, displaying the tact, GESTURE and
enunction-the females, those of a Mad
anne De Stae!. or Roland-the males
those Of Sheridan or Burke.
Il was not less astonishing and pleasing,
to behold the young ladies and gentlemen,
between the ages Of 2 and Is years, COM
ing on to the stage in their turn, the males
pEonouncing several patriotic speeches, with
all the FIRE, pathos. dignity and grace, that
we have imagined The Greeks and Romans
only possessed; the ladies by the sweetness
Of the voice, the sparkling Of the ere, the
distinct and loud pronunciation, demonslfa-
ted that they can even now vie with, if NOS
surpass, any Of the female orators Of the
present day, either in the old or new world,
with all their superior advantages.
What will not genius, intellect and sp-
plication accomplish under good instruc-
ton? From present manifestations, Ne
may be permitted to assert, the young and
advancing classes of Fremont, possess the
requisite talents, and that We hays the
means to improve and call them forth, to
shed lustre on the place and confer bless
ing on our country. ~sss
Of this exhibition, ! have only as yet
spoken Of what particularly sppertained TO
orstOry. There were several comedies aud
dialogues admirably acted, afording much
amusement and showing how vsriobsly
genius may be directed. But the several
pieces of music, sung by the ladies, were
captivating, the melody and harmony with
which they were executed, told the power
of song, thrilling the heart and awakening
the soul to new emotions; We sincerely be.
lieged, IN our rsptures, that Jenny Lind
had been overrated, or that all The Ains
muses. bad now united in their inspirations.
to make this concert surpass any earthly
music that had ever BEEN heard, for. IN
truth. the music Of The spheres could only
equal il. On the whole, the various per-
fOrmances exceeded the most sar guine ex-
pectations, and there was more Of pleasure
and happiness in the house during the time,
than ever before. especially, if each one
had an equal share with myself, for here
could moi have been less than 500 present,
all appearing to be eomplteIy fascinated. and
undergoing the power of enchantment,
during the brilliant scenes. When We can
have such rich entertainments from the
pupils Of our schools, under the supervision
of their talented preceptors. Who would
spend time and money to hear snd see
travelling play actors and jugglers? whose
sordid and spiTitless intellects can produce
nothing edifyiug or amusing, when COM
pared with what We have witnessed in this
exhibition BY our talented and enterprising
youth. Then let US encourage them in
their exertions for science, in their endeaY-
Ors TO acquire general knowledge, which
appears to be their grand aim, for during
their preparation for this display. We have
noticed, their respective branches of science
we're not neglected, on which, during the
three proceeding days. they passed strict
and satisfactory examination, and were pro-
nouneed to be making rapid improvement.
None, then, need fear they viii devote TOO
much time TO public exhibition, it is out Of
school hours their pieces are committed
and their preparations made for our enter
tainmen. By way of encouragement ]. for
one, would be willing to raise sum Of rs
or 100 dollars for their benefit, 10 be equal
y divided among the actors. II might ea-
silly be done at IS cents eaeh-and who
would not give that, or even so cents. and
retrench the amount from bis donations 10
struggling orators and jugglers. whose trash
is always yapid and unsaFory, (aRay with
mountebanks @
Now readers if sou choose 10 make .
donation who viii set the ball rolling? 1
would nominate C. R. McCulloch for Treas
urer, to whom you may hand over the
dimes; and if we only get sum, that would
be an insult to donate, then take our money
back, although we are satisfied they, went
to extra expense for our smasement; ret
for want of little more liberality, we could
only applaud them for their noble and sue
cessful exertions The donation surely
would be more of memento Of public re-
speet than of intrinsic value 10 the posses
sors, il is on this principle alone would
raising it. FREM0NTER