The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-11-15

D
EDUoATIoNAL.--We were permitted
the pleasure, on last Friday after
noon, Of witnessing the elocutiouary
exercises which are had, at the close
of each week, in the High School
room in the Union School building.
Its in this Department that tho en-
ishing or graduations Of che scholars
take place. It is under the immcdi-
ate eye of the Superintendent, Mr.
Is. ], Kirkwood, aud is conducted Ly
Miss WAKERIELD. assisted by Miss
EBERT. The system Of education a.
dopted in our Public Schools, is now
the most approved, aud Is the result
Of the best experience, All that is
required, nowadays, to secure
sound English education, is fair
stock of Unborn common sense, aud a,
strict attention to the books in use.
and the accompanying instructions of
the teachers. The attracting feature
on Friday afternoon, was debate up
on the questioned oman > influence is
greater than mans Il was admire
bly, conducted; the dcbasers we're all
clearly in earnest; and the arguments
pro and con, were steadily and success
lively brought face to face, to stand or
fall by their own merits.
The arst essayist was Miss LAURA
|dRoEF. She entered into the discus
sion with an energy and animation
not to be mistaken for anything else
than bona fide earnestness; aud hav.
ing g-onlled en- grray Of arguments his-
,torical, classic and modern, she plan.
ted them before her opponents, best
eide to the 'front.'
Mr.. GEORGE ToMBS frsAspeaker for
thc negative, followed. He laborcd
under the disadvantage ofan cxtempo-
raneous speech; but this disadvantage,
considering the very good argument
he succeeded in making, was decided
ly to his credit. There is vast deal
of difference between a written and
an extempore address. This speaker
labored under another disqualification
in his instructive high appreciation of
the female character--for even at the
close of one Of his best points, he
weakened its effect, by the unguarded
admission: "She has an irresistible
influence, that's so.p MreToMB mau-
aged to throw considerable water on
the fire kindlcd by his opponent. The
next speaker was Miss LIBBTE Bow.
ERsocK. Her argument was very we'll
written, she brought new .precedehts
into the feld-some of which were
dangerous to the negative side of the
question. 3A t3 0d dMk d3qJ1
4 Mr.. EUGENE CLARK, then delivered
an address upon the negative. Mr..
CLARK did not speak quite loud 9.
nough, nor with the confidence that
betokeued belief in the cause he advo-
Gated; although his perseverance, was
eommendablo., He ,achieyedr some
additional support to his side. Miss
EVA Gross, then preseetsd her argu-
ment in support of the affirmative.
1t was clearly written, and contained
some of the best reasons for tho asssr-
ton, that woman influence is greater
Lhan man's--the, mothers Glove and
power over her children--her iustinc-
tive faculty of speedily recognizing
right and wrong, and of conducting
herself accordingly. y hst
Mr.. G. w. WIoKAN, close d the ar
gument upon the negative. Although
his speech was also extemporaneous,
his language was good, his arguments
were plainly detailed aud we'll chosen.
Mr.. WIcKAM done considerable to-
ward the demolition Of the formidable
cass made by the Affirmative.
Miss AGRbFF reappeared up
on the platform with additional argu-
ments, and then o,curred some sharp
skirpishipgHI 4alT .qIaaye EIhE
We assure our readers that time
cannot be better spent, on Friday
afternoon, than In a visit to the High
School room. Z ~ Z. :. = s y ~ - y
A PRACTICAL JoKE.-0ne evening