New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-03-25


H,onths Her class, which,. pwing to the iil-health
Of her predecessor, had beerosomewhat stationary,
excited the admiration of aF who were present.
The branches therein taught arg grammar, Farsng,
geography, arithmetic and U. S. history. Some
small compositions were read, tae names OF those
authoresscs | was not able to ascertain.
Next came she class of Miss r. Chevaerr the
First Assistant. Miss R. ChevaeT is, understand,
the pride of the Thrd District. Born there, raised
there living there, and resolved toad, assist AID
promote the intellectual revolution in her district
which the system Of public education has so mu.
nhcently inauguratsd, she has ever declined ana
she now declines airy promotion pro5sered to her.
thorough examination in geography, arithmetic,
United States history, English history, and III uni
versal hlstoryrln translation and mythology, was
gone through, to our great admiration.
Mrs E. Matthy, the Principal of the French
class, succeeded in winning from those familiar
with the French language. honors which were well
merted. Andrew Jackson was right when he eX-
claimed, the plains of Chalmette, II would
give my little finger could speak the language of
these brave men "--meaning the French language.
For my part, would readily do the same.
Miss Chasc's class, to wind up the grand exhibit
ton, ventured in a loftier sphere, and measured
the distance existing between the heavenly bodies;
their course, shape and revolution; how they at
tract and repel one another; and, in word, how
the harmony of the universe is produced by d:8-
cordant principles. That class in algebra, geoIl--
etry, history literature and belleletters, cannot be
surpassed
Several compositions were read among Others
justice requires that should mention the name of
Miss Mary V. Anderson and that of Miss Mary E.
Glidden; the first as the authoress of Love- and
the second as the authoress Of " Life" These two
pieces would have been sent you, had it not been
that the modcsty of the two young ladies declined
that honor.
Miss Ermence Lewis, also Creole of the Third
District, read q composition Of her own on
. Thought" | obtained it surreptitousy must
confess, to send to you; but, upon reading it,
| think you will pardon my dishonesty, and give
your readers the benefit of it. 1t reads as follows:
TuouGur.
Thought is the action operation of the mind
Every man is endowed with more or less intellec-
tual power and this intellect should be improved by
| thought. Our minds are as well adapted to think
ing as eyes are TO and our ears to hear.'
The power of eXerting the mind forms one Of the
distinctions between mankind and the brute crea-
ton. By we are enabled to make observations,
and thus to derive knowledge from every object
that surrounds us. Thus, in observing mankind in
general, VIC become acquainted with their manners,
habits propensities and characters If a man is
void Of moralRprincipe, we detect it Immediately;
if given to any vice, it is easily seen by comparing
him with who has been carefully trained in the
path Of virtue and by marking in what they differ,
we are able to form just estimate OF til char
| acters.
| Everything which we see in our daily walk of
| life should be subject for our contemplation.
For instance in the study of nature we find an III
eXhaustble store for those of inquirng minds, and
vast scope for the exercise Of the imagination. In
following the course of one of our streams through
all its meanderngs we see how like it is to the life of
! man. Now smooth and tranquil, like mans happy
hours; and now, driven with force and rapidity
rocks and stones, like the days of mans trib
ulaton. In contemplating the vast vault of Heaven
studded with the mighty and brilliant orbs which
| give light we feel our minds elevated, as it
WERE above the present world and if we listen to
the dictates Of hearts, at such moments, we are
| taught lesson of the greatness of God. When
we the vast fields stretched before us, over
which sown the may flowers of Spring, we
| think how great and good must be the Creator
thus to surround as with every thing calculated to
| render our lives happy.
| The difference between a thoughtful and q
thoughtless person is one of intellect alone. It is
| the lack of object or purpose in thought which in
| duces the habit called thoughtesness. A man o
| thought progresses each day in wisdom and under
standing, while men of no thought remains liS'
one under the effect Of opium, in state of stupor
An object which would afford man of though
with many hours Of meditation would be passed b.
Il thoughtleSS man with the greatest Indifference
He walks through life with his bodily eyes open
but, like the somnambust, with his mind dormn1
and inactive. His life, instead of being full c
instruction and interest, becomes burden wit
nothing to vary its monotony. However much h
reads, he will never be instructed. For instance
in the study of history he may remember name
and dates and the dry detail of facts but, with til
man of thought, all these things, the minor we
as the more important, are links in the great chai
of Providence, from the teachings of which W
may wisely be prepared for the present and calnl
accept the future, feeling ever sure that ii we liv
the true life here we shall enter without terror upo
tie life hereafter. II. l..
| New ORLEANS, March y, ISL
At the close of the examination, Mr.. Lombard
with visible emotion, addressed the school and til
, | spectators. He paid most deserved tribute t
the school and its teachers, and upon concluding
presented to Miss Chase a document expressive
the good feeling and gratitude Of the Board Of D
rectors. VISITOR.