Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-07-04
FEMALE COLLEGE
Examination and Commence
ment Week.
Interesting Ceremonies.

LAGRASGE, TENN, June 80, 1865.
Editors Memphis Appeal:
Having sent you report OF the exam
ination and exhibition exercises ~ IN
" Lagrange High School FOR Boys an
Young Men, under the charge OF hle :.
MiIiken and Scott, which came on OF
Tuesdav. "Wednesday and Thursday o
Isst week, have thought that brie
and condensed account Of the commence
! mani exercises of the LsGrange Female
! College would not be inappropriate, o.
unaeeeptsble to your columns. rms
J College is under the supervision OF me
I Rev. J. D. Meredith, assisted by MIS-
I Meredith, Mrs. Dew, the Misses nlOAnel
( Wiser and others, presenting an aOle anu
/ faithful corps Of teachers.
The first day friday OF the eXamlha-
ton at the Female College was devoted
to recitations, compositions and musical
performances of the Preparatory, Sopno-
more and Junior classes, which were Oh
vsrsified and crowned az IL O'Clock, a. m,
nv ar address on q The Moral and Intel
leetuaI Progress of Modern Times" by
the Rev. I. w. Knott, Of Memphis, who,
for over an hour, held the audience spell
bound by his eloquence.
The second day, Saturday was devo-
ted TO the examination alternately Oh the
Junior and Senior classes, and in the az
tsruoon exclusively to the examination,
COMPOSITIONS and commencement eXer-
cises of the Senior or Graduating class,
relieved or rather sandWIched by aPpT0-
pirate speeches from Rev. +. Z. Mullaly,
Of Bolivar, Rev. Prof. Johnson, OF Ma
con Masonic College, and MAJ L. >.
Marye, Of Memphis, late OF trederlcks-
burg, and Of Lees Immortals, VIZ
ginia.) Mr.. MulIaly, at II am, deliV-
cred q striking an original oration on
- Female Education Mr.. Johnson
gave US an od-hGnd address on the Edu-
catorIs profession generally, which proved
him a man of experience and an accom-
olished Teachers profession OF which
he is Justly proud. Maj. Marye's address
to the graduating class was tasteful ana
full Of Jhat wise advice which experience
of the world alone can give.
The exercises OF the second and last
day we're wound up b. the presentation
of Diplomas, the ValedictOIy address TO
the graduates, by Miss Willlamsl OF
Tenn, and the Baccalaureate
address, in Latin. by the President, Rev.
J. d. Meredith. Miss Williams vale
dictory left almost the entire audience 10
tears, and the Baccalaureate was rem
dered with great eaTnestness and 2ppro-
pristeness.
Throughout the exercises both days,
the rscitatious and compositions OF me
Young ladies were agreeabiy interSpersed
with we'll selected and admirably per-
formed pieces OF music by the lair stu
tents, who we're occasionally accOmpa-
MED and assisted by the magic violin Of
Prof Baldwin, Of New Orleans. E2ch |
;ay, thst numerous assem- biage OF the /.
trends Of the institution and The public |
Il large, we're beautifully entertained, I
Without money and without price, at .
plendid barbecue-dinner, spread IN the /
grove in front of the College. /
The crowd, which was very large on
he first day, was swollen much on IHe
econd by fresh arrivals every hour and
" II O'Clock am. the bone ana slneW,
,Outh and beauty Of the surrounding re-
ion had gathered there. Every NOUN
ain had sent its rill, every valley Its
tream, and 10 ! an avalanche Of people,
( fair women and brave menI was
ere 20 Never before we're there half 50
many beautiful women seen IN our little
own, long famed for its beauty never
efOre was a single week crowded with
D many sensations OF pride anu pleas
re.
All the classes, from the highest to the
1west, acquitted themselves with credit
9th to themselves and to their teachers,
and collectively.
The following is q list Of the gradua-
n9 class of 1868: Bette II. Hunt, o:
ippah county, Miss, who carried oil
le hrst honor Miss Mary +. Ayres, Of
lississippi, and Miss Sallie A. Jones, of
ennessee, who divided between them
De second honor; and Miss Maria De
NTH, Of Lamar, Miss Miss N. Thom-
ia WORKMAN, Of Marshall county,
Lies, Miss Jennie P Wiser, OF Oxford,
Liss and Miss Sallie 4. Williams, OF
aulsbUry, Hardeman county, Tenn,
10, being elected by her classmates,
tied SIS ValedictOriaD. 2.