Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-01-30
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H9A4NA4t All EXAMINATION. Z
MEssk Rs. EpiToEs lit was my good fortune to
attcndon Thursday, the examination at the Sem.
mary, conducted by Mrs Hannah and her corps
of assistants. I went to the examination acci.
dsntally, aud candidly may say that expected
bat little, knowing as / did the fact that for a
broken session only had Mrs. II. been connected
with the Institution. The examination in The
forenoon was. mainly confined to the junior de-,
Partme'its The class in arithmetic, both in
rule and practice, acquitted themselves with
marked credit The class in Instrumental Music
was much commended by competent judges,
the writer being ''know nothing on such mat.
tiers, but still was taken by the sound. Then al,
essay, written by Miss Lam6din, was read by
Miss Culbcrson. The subject was the golden
age of nations" 1t was well handled by the
writer, evincing an accuracy of expression COM
bined with a comprehensive view and well poin-
ted moral which made it an admirable ESSAY. l.
was well read by Miss Culbcrson. Then came a
class in vocal and instrumental music from
whom we heard .'Prairie Home' With much
pleasure. The examination in Astronomy was
full and comprehensive and exceedingly credit
able to the young ladies, who Travelled through
the twelve signs of the zodiac with much more
rapidity than old Sol, equaling the speed of
Iadys tongue even. A beautiful ode, the 'song
of the winter sprite," written by Miss Dixon,
and well read by Miss Sanborn, came next in
the exercises. Indeed we were forcibly remin-
ded of Eliza Cooks similar productions, by
its smooth and elegant simplicity. It should
be published by all means. The last class
i'll the forenoon was the one in English
literature, in which more marked prof.
cheney was manifest than in any of the pre-
ceeding ones. The cassifcations of English
epochs of history, the selections of leading Eng
lish authors, for note, the close and accurate
sketch of their lives, together with the selec-
lions from their writings, well repeated, made
this examination very interesting. Vaudeville,
Wickliite, CHANGER, Milton, Spencer, Shak-
speare, and Pope, were well described, though
1 may be pardoned for entering my protest to
the pronunciation of Chaucer by a teacher and
of the Dunciad by pupil; the former being
made military character and the latter, by
hard c, bearing 10 relation whatever to Ounce,
from which it evidently derives its origin. The
whole examination was most crcditahle to teach
ers and pupils, and five may be allowed to
make single criticism, we venture to suggest
that the answers of the young ladies were too
often those of the author rather than the schol-
ar, exercising the memory rather than the un-
Outstanding. Apupil should always be required
to give her own language when expressing her
own understanding of proposition. 1t is
common fault, of which We complain, and one
which we would gladly see corrected. We
make no special mention of young ladies in
any given class. Comparisons are odious,"
and we make but one and that is that this
Institution, under its present management, will
compare with any in the country. Allit needs
is fair trial and its own merits will ensure the
rest. Were it not that the writer is bachelor
he would make some more special note about
the young ladies, but his timidity prevents.