Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-06-25

the common acceptation Of the term, are no
doubt over for most of you, and you have now
to assume the practical duties and cares Of
life.
Although you may have mastered all the
knowledge within the books that has been
placed before you, or possessed by their
authors and your teachers, you have yet an
inexhauEtibie store to gather from experience
and the great book Of nature which lies open
before you. It is always at hand, iaViting
you to store your mind with its truths.
In the study Of nature your education is
net nor can it ever be completed. We have
done little more than prepare your minds
to commence its study. May God give you
strength, will and long life to accumu-
late Its stores for eternity.
It has been cur province to see that you
were taught to read and understand. 1t ia
yours now to learn to feel and to do. Know
ledge Is power, power is wealth, but power,
wealth and knowledge is not happiness, the
great end and aim of man. To command
this you must school your hearts to love your
neighbOr, your oitys your whole undivided
country but 6rst of all, and above all, learn
to love Him from whence sll blessings spring,
and to initiate the sentiments and actions Of
his blessed Son, Oar Saviour.
CITIZENS Ok CLEVRLAND: Our Common
School system iS q platform broad enough for
all Of US to stand upon. Let US lend it our
united energetic support,
A word in conclusion in regard to our
City schools. During the past year, the
eighty teachers who have been lAboring
faithfully have done the city excellent SER
vice. Though the teachers is q noble calling,
it often gSs unrewsrdsd, and is very labor
iOus. Very few persons who have not tried
it for themselves, know what trials the fsith-
full teacher enduss. During the past year
prices have greatly advanced, and it is as
much as many teachers can do to live on
their salaries. The City Council of Cincin-
natl have advanced the wages there. Ought
it not be done here in Cleveland? We be-
lis7s that the City Council should do another
thing. The city is in need of number Of
new SchOOl-hOuses. They should be built
Immediately, If Cleveland is to maintain her
standing for liberslity and spirit in the sup
port of our schools.
Mr.smythe, who has performed the srduous
duties of Superintendent, has won for him
self an excellent name among our citizens
He is both efficient and popular, and these
are the qualities essential to success.
CLEVELAND FEMALE EPISCOPAL SEMINARY.
The folIOWinglstter to the CincinatiG Gazette
from the Rev. John McCarty, Rector Of
Christ Church, Cincinnati, and one ofths EE-
smining Committee of the Cleveland Female
Episcopal Seminary, pays the following de.
served tribute to the intellectual training sx.
hibited there:
EDs. GAZETTE: am Verymuch graft.
fed at the great interest you man
ifest in the Educational Institutions of oul
State, and which is amply proved by the
space you allow them in your valuable
columns.
Will you permit me to state, therefore
that, having visited the Cleveland Female
Episcopal Seminary, was constituted al
Examiner to fill vacancy in the Examinina
Committee and desire to testify that nsvel
have been privileged to witness sucf
thOrOughness in intellectual training as upOI
this occasion. In every case, where the ex-
aminer departed from the mere textbook tC
the subject, it was at oncs seen that the
| stuuent was LaugnLJ lot only TO study the
book, but to think upon the subject.
The graduating class was small in com.
parison with the numbers reported by others
but graduates who bear the Diplomas of thai
Institution may be proud of the fact that
they are evidence, not merely of years al
school, but of proficiency in all that cOnsti-
tutes a sound education.
I was also struck with the remarkably
successful system Of discipline, which pre-
walls in the Cleveland Seminary. In itself,
it must go far in developing that high moral
tone 80 essential in g well educated lady.
The building and surroundings are such as
Cleveland can afford, and, for those who are
acquainted with this beautiful city, that is
saying enough. The same may be said Of
the fresh and pure air which Lake Erie so
abundsntly affords.
might say great deal more, but feel
must not tresPAss on your valuable space.
Sincerely yours,
JOHN W. MCCARTY,
Rector of Christ's Church.
Cincinnati, Ohio, June %, 1854.