The Panola star. ([Panola] Panola County, Miss.) 1856-1857, 1856-07-23
w EP d R Y
OF THE
BOARD OF VISITORS
OF THE YALoBuSHA
BAPTIST FEMALE INSTITUTE.
OF THE

The Board of Visitors appoint
ed to attend the Fifth Annual Ex-
animation of the Yalobusha Bap-
fist Female Institute, in making
their report would say, first of all,
that they present it, not as mere
matter of form because according
to usage, a place has been assign
ed to it in the arrangements made !;
but that they present 1t, and IN
the high commendatOry character
which they feel constrained to
give it, with great cheerfulness
and pleasure, as a matter due to
the Principal and teachers of the
Institution, in view of the fidelity
in which they have manltestly
performed their duties-due to
the pupils who have given so
much evidence of industry and
proficiency in their respective de-
partments of study-and due also
to the public whose welfare we
desire to promote by an impartial
statement OF facts.
The Board do not deem it ne
cessary to 90 through with the
various exercises of the anniversa-
~ in detail. In scarcely any one
Of the branches Of study pursued
has the exhibition been otherwise
than satisfactory; while III re-
ference to most Of them, the evi-
dence of thorough and efficient III
struction on the part of teachers,
and of uncommon application and
proficiency on the part Of those
taught, has been unusually full
and convincing.
In the Judgment of the Beard
of Visitors therefore, the present
annual examination has not only
sustained the high reputation
which the Institution has had for
some years past, but has clearly
evinced that it is steadily adyanc-
ing, elevating the standard of ed
ucation and widening the sphere
of usefulness, as should be the
case with every Literary lnstitu-
ton in this progressive age.
We cannot omit to commend
to the public attention the means
employed by the Principal for de-
veloping the physical poaoers of
those placed under his care
We are acquainted with no Insti-
tuition in the South which pos
sesses the same facilities for physi-
cal education as are here afforded.
CaGstheniC exercises, as practiced
in the Institution, command, not
the admiration only, but the en-
Iightened appreciation ofevery in
tclligent mind. They ought to
part of the daily duty of every
young lady connected with the
school. Why should not a prop
er physical training be made a
requisite to graduation?
The address of Rev. d. f.
Burns, before the Literary Socie-
ties of the Institution, impromtu
as it was, was chaste and elegant
production, and clearly entitled
the speaker to the reputation he
has attained, of a natural and
brilliant orator.
The concert on Wednesday
night was attended by an over
wheiming audience. The merit
OF the performances may be IN
terred from the fact that although
the house was excessively crowd
ed, not one seemed disposed to
leave until the last piece on the
programme was played.
In conclusion, we would say
that the various exercises of the
anniversary, and the general man
agement Of the Institution, SO far
as it came under our observation,
meet our earnest and unanimous
appreciation. We bid the Princi-
pal and his faithful coadjutors d
hearty God speed in their arduous
but holy work. The constantly
increasing patronage of the Institu-
ton is an evidence that your labors
are appreciated. You have on
confidence and the confidence o.
the community. Go on, sir, il
your noble work, needless of al
the forms of opposition that may
be employed against you, and The
Institution over which you pre-.
side will live in the hearts O
thousands of the daughters of Mis-
sissippi.