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- Mr. Editor Absorbing to promise, we sSS
tended the Annual Examination OF thos,
taught st Clear Spring Academy, held on ths
2sth June, 1851.
To.pnr high qualification, we found there g
collections Of such pupils as might call forth
thearost effcisht energies OF any tencher; ant
taking thssehtire performance, Of that day a,
an evidence. we.feel authorized to say that til,
teacher Miss Putnam. has given her most as
siduous attention to advance all committed t.
her charge
Her classes ranged sfrom orthography
through the various departments Of female
education. including Rhetoric and Algebra, in
all of which, we have never witnessed more
satisfactory evidence of the proficiency of the
taught and efficiency of the teacher.
The deneanor Of the entire school must hav,
convinced all present that the capacity q
Miss Putnam ms disciplinarian is fully compe
tent TO her profession aud Mis, we regard
the most important of the several requisites oi
a teacher.
The mode of examination was somewha,
novel and peculiar. To the questions proposed.
the entire class responded very audibly, and
when the questions were put individually, il
was very apparent that the classes were as
well advanced individually MS collectively.
The Musical department is we'll guarded in
this Academy. and We were much delighted
not only with the progress Of the more nd
Vanced classes in the study of music proprr,
lao vii
the junior members in the study of vocal music
Composition and Elocution have been made
to assume nm important place in the studies at
this Academy, as evidenced by the style and
manner of reading the pieces exhibited on
that dny-nll were distinctly heard and concise
ly written.
In short. Mr.. Editor, everything connected
with the legitimate exercises of the Institution
were performed and passed off so Interestingly
that all must have arrived at the same conclu
sion with ourself. to wit. that there is no bet.
ter School in our District, standing on the same
basis. and that Miss P. is not excelled in her
devotion to her profession and her efforts tu
elevate the standard Of that profession to it,
proper hight.
But Mr. Editor, must close this prolonged
narrative by alluding to one of the practicn a
affairs of life, which was made appcrtinent to
this intellectual feast namely, Dining ant
Suppi"g Picnic. In rany affairs of prncti
cal Use, mankind requires training. but on th
occasion, the, steel was used with dcxtrou
skill and capacity innate. Tile fac. is. if the
hospitality of those in that vicinity, had NO
been large, and the preparation bountifu The
combatants would have Terminated the outset
in half All hour instead Of consuming spac,
Of two hours. 1t was day Of gayety ant
mirth. engaging the attention of the old
,niddle.aged aud the young. 49,,
The exhibition after nightfall gave full scop.
for hilarty. and great vent was opened for Ill,
exercise of the laughing organ. Woman'
Rights Associations, Model Schools and simila,
burlesques were arranged and performed will
increasing zest until a late hour of the night
when all retired, with evident signs of sntisfac
tion Of having spent day in which they hat
enjoyed more than "a feast of reason and a flow
| Of SOUL n.