The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-06-23
FEMALE INSTITUTE.
Annual Cofpmencennent, June
18th 1871.

fEdfAlzE INsIIItIE, ts- r
4 Annual Commencement, June
18th 1871.
e The annual commencement OF I'll
Female Institute, took place on Thurs
day June the 10Th, in the Hall of the In
, stitute. Three o'clock was the hour an
nounced on the programme, but Ion
, before that time, visitors began to as
semble in the Hall, which was appro
priately decorated for the occasion. b
three O'clock the Hall was crowded t
: its utmost extent, and the pupils entere'
in procession, headed by RI. Rev. G. Z
Quintard, the Rector aud Rev. DR.
Hoyte of Nashville, and took their seat
on the platform. Seldom is such a Der
Of youth dad beauty seen, as the pupil
of the Columbia Female Institute. I'm
mediately after The pupils had takel
their seats, the ex srcises commenced
with a beautiful chorus, Concone, whiel
was rendered by the young ladies IL
manner eyinciDg both great skill OF
the part of the teacher, and great dill
gence an duplication on the part of the
pupils. $50 -l-s F. - SD -
.fTHE sALUTAToRY
was delivered by Miss Matte Park, In Q
manner which did-~that young lady
great credit. 1t was beautiful piece
of composition, giving evidence of q
highly educated mind. A SeXtette by
Adam, followed, the execution Of which
which was exceedingly brilliant.
COMPOSITIONS
were read by all the members OF the
graduating class. They were all fine
specimens of composition; the various
subjects were well carried out, and were
evidences of the literary powers of the
taH luthoresses. ...Es %. 49,.
The essay of Miss Pointer contained
a beautiful tribute to the Confederate
| soldiers, and her eloquent and patriotic
| remarks were received with evident to-
| kens of pleasure by the audience. The
essay of Miss Lille Dale, was also a
good composition, and showed that her
mind and heart both have been cultiva-
ted.
We regret that our space will not per-
NIT us TO give an extended account of
TIE compositions.
THE NALEDICTORY
was delivered by Miss Mary Dulin, in a
manner which made deep impression
on all DER hearers.
Some strangers in the audience threw
boquetS to one of the young ladies, but
Mr.. Beckett put stop to.all demonstra-
tions by stating that he did not permit
anything of the kind.
THE REV. DIR. CROSS
delivered an eloquent address Oh the
three essentials of female culture"
" THAT education must be" solid, orna-
mental and founded on Christian Prin-
ciples. In his concluding remarks,
which were especially addressed to the
pupils, he said young ladies think not
lightly of your privileges in this favored
place. Here you are led to Parnassus,
but you go by the way of Calvary.
Here you are conducted to Olympus,
but you carry the dew of Olivet on
your sandals. Here you find the foun-
tain of Egeria, but you also find the
living water, whereof if one drinks, he
shall never thirst again. Trained for
your home on earth, forget not your
- CITIZENSHIP IN HEAVEN.
Educated for the family, forget not
your relation to the spiritual household
OF faith. Prepared for your intercourse
with society forget not your interest
in the fellowship of the white robed
host before the throne of God and the
Lamb. Gather we then the good as we
pass, and strive TO avoid the evil, and
all our fellow travellers by the way and
scatter blessings like blossoms around
US, and leave goodly influence like
sweet OdOrS behind US.
"Stil looking 10 that good sublime,
Whose Light remote but sure We see;
Pilgrims OF love, whose way y time
Whose home Is in Eternity"
Bishop Quintard then conferred the
DIPLOMAS on TIE GRADUATES,
and after cffectionately addressing them
upon the duties and responsibilities of
their future life, he requested them TO |
kneel. and lie pronounced the benedic- |
ton over them. 1t was 4 deeply affect |
ING sight TO see those fifteen youYg |
creatures kneeling there to receive the |
blessing OF God before leaving their |
school, and taking their various ways |
lite, and we are sure all present |
silently joined in the words of the |
Bishop when he said, MAY the Lord |
bless you and keep you and make his |
face 10 shine on you, and give you peace, !
now and for evermore
Rev. Or. HOyte of Nashville made !
few very complimentary remarks on !
the merits Of the school, and the bene- !
fits which the pupils received there. |
Thus ended the annual commencement |
of Columbia Female Institute for 1871. |
The following are the names of the
graduates; Misses foytc, Dale, Carter,
Glcaye. Phillips, Pointer, Sowell, Thorn
asOn. ClIybroOke, Park, Lowell, Quit |
man. Dulin, and Scudder.
SOiree Musicale.
At L. ~, the Soirec Musicale took
place. The hail had been unComfortably
crowded in the afternoon, but at night
il was a perfect jam. Punctually at
eight o'clock, the gong sounded, aud
Prof. a. Esteve took his place and his
baton. and the thrilling chorus from
Les Hugucnots was sung in manner
which would have done credit to pro-
fessionCrs, much more TO young anna
tours. In the Hall, which, as we said
before, was crowded TO OVERLOOKING,
there were two kinds of audiences. the
listening and the talking; the latter
consisting mostly Of
BOYS,
who annoyed the former by their crIti-
ciSms of the lady performers, which
criticism extended to everything but
the music. Thanks to the energetic
appeals of the Rector, however, these
were ut length stopped. All
the performances of the extended pro-
grammc were excellent. We would
mention especially fine Mageuenne."
by Halevy, and Early Flowers" by
Concone. If there could possibly be
required it was strength, but
this lack was probably the consequence
of two reasons; first the
LAMENTLBLE Ill HEALTH OF PROF. IS
TIVE,
who was thereby compelled to be more
Il passive spectator than an active insti-
gator; second, the overcrowded Hall,
which considerably checked the power
of resonance.
OF PIANO PIECES,
we greatly admired the Banjo Solo" by
Gottschalk, piece which reflected great
credit on the performer by its brilliant
and pearl-likc execution. The most at
tractiye piece of the Soiree, was, in our
opinion, the "Angelus by CroireZ."
1t did not exhibit such intricate CLASSIC
difficulties, as most of his vocal COM
positions, and at the same time was
charming. The execution was good
beyond criticism.
Tennessee Female College. Franklin,
Fem.
The visiting and examining commit
too Rey,dS II X Brown II l. Moody