Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-06-19
GAINESVILLE FEMALE ACADEMY

We clip the following, in reference
to the examination exercises, from
the Louisville Courier of the 10TH
All who read it will endorse what the
correspondent says:
This institution, under the MASTER
ly hand of the Rev. Joseph b. West,
has arisen ont Of the wreck in which
the war left it. The building, once SO
beautiful and well adapted, was all
but u ruin; nothing but money, I'M
firing energy and brains could have
brought it to its present proportions.
With sure steps it has moved along
until it stands among the first ofsuch
institutions in our country. Having,
as he deserves, the perfect confidence
of the people ofTcnnessee and South
ern Kentucky, ii is no matter Of Won
der that the school under the govern
ment of Mr.. West, at the end of its
second session, should number near
$50 pupils.
The examination of the classes on
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
evinced to the attentive audience the
watchful care and earnest zeal which
characterize the teachers in the insti-
tuition. From text book to text book
the different classes were carried,
showing the same familiarity with
the problems ofEuclid as with the (sc
thought more simple principles OF
natural philosophy.
On yesterday the graduating class
consisting of ten young ladies, read
before a crowded house their essays
which were, in the reading, from SIX
TO ten minutes in length, beautifully
worded, rcpletc with information, and
well read. So touching were the tones
and words of the valedictorian, that
not only the class but portions of the
audience were moved to tears.
After the presentation of the diplo
mas in most appropriate address BY
! Mr.. West, the audience forgot all else
under the eloquent voice of the Rev
John w. Hammer, of the Tennessee
/ Conference. | wish il We're possibl,
/ for me To give YOU some idea of thi
address, or rather that you had il en-
tire to lay before your readers. Hi
subject was, of course, female educa
ton, but ne found ii no hackneyeC
! theme. In the "ante-eternity" h,
viewed Jehovah, perfectly happy ant
perfect in all His attributes, befor,
man, the world dny tooriis, haC
been created. For his glory. II,
creates the world, man. Lonely wa
man until that deep sleep out of whicl
lac woke to find by his side loye
ny woman. Her ne recognized n
(, Gods gift, and he cherished her a
his life, yea, more dearly thun life IT
self, for when she comes with dealt
in her h00d he ,cH,fUiy accepts 1t t
die with her, rather than live withou
her. "Ilclovcd wen, but not wisely
Ont from amid the woes cntailcdup Ol
the world by the great transgrcssion
society must be led by the same han,
that Offered the tempting fruit t
-, Adam. Woman, educated woman
must mould the mind and heart &
society If we are cVcrtO see ruin aver
, ted, Her claims to her right position
, had in other hands and in other dag
been too lightly passed by. Greece
Rome, France in the fcudal ages, ha
> all failed To recognize that her power
, rightly exercised, must rule the world
| Woman Is mans ally, not his rival
All this he told Us in his own inimitu
ble style, but when became to what h
, styled the "Plutonian Philosophy" {
/ the unequal distribution Of wealth
, the marriages, not of the heart
, and the efforts of some women i'm TN
"h0rcal rcgiousn 10 leave her sphcr
5 and E-urp the prcOgativcs of man, n
+ rose above himself in bitter sarcasm
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