The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1870-03-31

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famous female institution of learning
fully deserves the high reputation it has
so long sustained. Its President, Mr.
z. c. Graves, has few equals and NJ
superior as ateacher, in our judgment,
in this or any other country; and the
assistant professors Messrs. Nash,
Townsend, Steinhayen, Miss. Maggie
March, Miss rannelill, Mrs. Houston
and Mrs Gravcs-need no commenda.
ton from us in this community, where
their proficiency is SO well known.
Besides the above named, VIC should
not neglect to mention Prof Chas
Guita, who presides over the Art De,
partment~-portrait and landscape paint
lng-and who is ever ready to cultivate
and develop taste for the beautitul'n
the minds of his pupils, to walk with
them hand III hand through the aow.
cry fields of imagination and to point
out the way by precept and example
in which they may preserve those ina.
yes which appear so beautiful to the
minds eye. THIS school is of incalcu
liable advantage to the town Of Win
chester. Directly or indirectly it ben
ef,s us all, and hence il beAooves us to
encourage it, to foster it. anti to DO ali
that we can to build it up and make ii
what it was before the war, when there
were about four huudred pupils within
its walls. The Mary Sharp is conduct
cd under TIE auspices OF the Baptist
den9minatiOn, but the only religious
exercise We have. ever Witnessed is IL
simple, externpore prayer in the morn
ing. by the President, to Cod for his
blessing. Al! the denominations Of
religion in this town have patronized
it, aud there is No better place in the
South for young lady to obtain, y
thorough classical, mathematical and
musical education. One Of its most
interesting features is the reading o..
compositions, There are two gran
composition classes-pres ded over by
Mrs. Adelia c. Graves, professor of
rhetoric-whiclI read on al ornate Fri
day afternoons, commencing at two
O'Clock. This exercise.ls OF immense
benefit to the pupil. Just think of it
moment Here are seventy-Gve or
eighty young girls seated in the school
room, looking rs dcmure Us you
please, when suddenly the bell rings,
and the teachers voice is heard
pronouncing the name Of one Of the
class. This is the signal for the one
named to rise, move gracefully to the
stand, make her politest bow. unfold
her composition, and then in voice
81 ear and distinct, 80 as to be heard
all over the room, real the essay
which she has had the whole of the pre-
vious Frida, afternoon at least to pre-.
pare. Having done this, she makes
another bow. refolds her composition,
lays it on the table. and returns to her
seat in an easy, natural, and self
possessed manner. Four young la.
dies are appointed Oh each occasion
to act as critics, and from the moment
girl leaves her seat to read her COM
position until she returns to it she is
watched rs narrowly as hawk watches
the chicken he intends to make meal
of. Ii there lie anything defective in
her walk, hei bow, her reading, her
style of writing, her pronunciation.
etc, the critics make memorandum
of it; and, when all have read, and
visitors have been dismissed, the crit.
les are called upon to make their re.
port, over hich doubtless they have
many jolly laugh, but as that is be-
hind the sceneS, We cant say much
about it. Alter all this, the teacher
takes the compositions home, reads
them carefully herself, corrects SPELL
hy, punctuation, grammar, etc, and
then returns them to their owners, who
are thus enabled to SCI, where and how
they have made mistakes. Thus the
pruning, polishing process goes on 1,
and, after years Of toll. the goal 10
reached, the young lady graduates. and
The accomplished woman, who 10 an
honor to her sex, goes forth into tie
world upon Der glorious missioa W
purity and slesses naskiad