Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-06-25

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School. under the charge Of Miss Julistis
Cairns, trrminstsd ths year work with
a very pleasant aud sgressble order Of
exercises At . little sflsr ten o'clock,
the two departments we're assembled 10
the lower room. Exercises 10 vocal mu-
sic, recitations, compositions aud dis-
logues appropriate to the occasion wore
listened 70 by the visitors aud we'll re-
eeived. Miss Kate Klein read very cred.
table essay on knowledge. Miss MolIie
White reciisd an apropos poem Of vel.
come. Miss Kate J. Bryan closed the lite
rary exercises Of the schools with well
written valsdictory, which possessed the
rare excellence Of being short and 70 The
rois. II vas model. Col. J. 7. Leath
then took theplatform. Re commsnced BY
saying that since coming TO the school
be bad learned that il was his duty to
make . speech. His remarks we're sd-
mirably suited to the time and place. il
Is to b regretted that fhere we're not
more of our citizens preieut to hear him
and see the school de remarked that
be had not heard Of any Of the leading
taxpayers visiting the schools AND
learning what was going on. de feared
that II Memphis rested on the leading
men Of wealth 10 support our schools,
we would be worse OF than Sodom and
Gomorrah, which did not have hye right
eous men 70 save them from DESTRUCTION
he thought that the.work which was GO
ing on 10 the schools was Of more impor-
lance than the Nicolson pavement. IT
was work which would last longer than
decade. In fact, it was of more value
to the city to build up her intellect than
her wooden streets. He regretted to state
that there was so much Ignorance among
the people in regard to the excellence Of
the city schools. He had been somewhat
intimately connected with the education
Of the young, and knew what thorough
work was, and he was bod and proud to
say that he had never seen more solid
work in any schools, or that reflected
so much credit on the worthy and accom-
plished teachers then giving theM their
time and talents While our streets were
receiving the Nicolson pavement, the
minds of the young ladies' before
him we're improved by the Hig-
bee and Cairns pavement, which
would be as enduring as time. We have
not space to give more of Col. Leath's
speech. As the representative Of Miss
Higbee, at the close of his remarks ne
presented Miss Kate Bryan gold pen
and pencil as prize for excellence IN
penmanship, to Miss Pauline Reudel-
huber beautiful gold cross, the first
prize and the highest testimonial
awarded in the Memphis city schools,
On one side was beautifully engraved;
Pauline Reudelhuber- First PRICE
on transverse side, the motto I'D fdeE,
este fdelis." These prizes were given
at the expense Of the teacher, Miss Jen-
ME Higbee. Miss Juliette Cairns,
through Col Leath,. presented several
volumes to her pupils, viz: Miss Mary
Round, for excellence in department;
Miss Mollie White, for excellence in
scholarship; Misses Bridget Howard and
Ella Welsh, for excellence in attend
ance. After awarding the prizes,
by the teachers, Mr.. Fl. II. Higbee, who
had been afrequent visitor of the schools,
and knowing that the contest for the first
prize was very close, said that he
noticed that BY the record Of the Hign
School there was but the small a'nerehee
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