The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-06-22
Mary Sharp College.

" The closing exercises of the Mary
SHARP College were well attended b,
.strangorsrand citizens and much inter
est WIS fdt aud manifeetod. I'll,
concerts on Wednesday'and Thursday
nights drew together a large. number
|of Cair women and brave men, and
notwithstanding the fact that the lca'
was oppressive, the music, singing, and
fans kept the crowd in an exoellcn,
humor, and the enjoyment was gcner-
al. An effort was made to keep the
audience IRON indu!ging in social con.
verse In al undcrtone, or any sort OF
tone, but It signally failed. The idea
OF remaining quiet under such circum-
stances was impracticaJle. The abil-
ity Of Prot. ~Steinhagen, as q music
teacher, and the ability of his assistant
teacher, Miss Cable, rs Il vocalist, was
demonstrated beyond question, but we
desire respectfully to observe that we
think the entertainments were entirely
too long. Tie Young ladies sang like
angels, it is true but when the perspira-
ton is running down ones back and
branching off in various directions, it
requires but little argument to con.
vince us OF the superior attractiveness
of fresh air. One young lady in the
audience tainted, but with this cXcep-
ton all went merry as a marriage bell.
The commencement exercises on
consisted Of the reading ofes
says by the grad%uatcs-illtcen in num-
ber ,--award Of prizes in painting sad
comforting Of degrees by President
'f9@
The following are the names of the
graduates, and the subject Of their es-
AfE# BHt
Miss Mecca Holman, Mulberry, Tenn,
"lnwritten Poems" Miss Mary
Dcuprce, Macon, Miss, subject, "Mine and
Miss Addie Jordan, Murfrecs-
ooro, Tenn. subject, "Good Time Com
ny" Miss Ella Mclaughlin, Talbotton,
III, subject, Mental Horizons" Miss
Zoe Bridges, Salem, Tenn, subject, ''Mem-
,ry, the Council Chamber Of Thought :"
Miss Laura Bryan, Shop Spring, Tenn,
"Footprints of God" Miss Car
lie Pearson, Montgomery, Ala, subject, |
Woman Miss Mary Stuart, Decherd.
subject, "WhO shall be Greatest ~
Miss Mamie Miller, Tullahoma, Tenp, sub
Get, "I.iberty-Without it, Life's Flowers
ave Neither Fragrance or Perfume "
Hiss Rosa Brown, %llayneville, Ga, subject,
The Old and the New Miss Jennie
Woods, Winchester, Tenn. subject, "lf."|
Hiss Ada Trimble, Winchester, Tenn,
ubjcct, KNOW Thyself." Miss Kittie
Russellvillc, Tenn, subject, 1.-THE
Nineteenth Century" Miss Ella Thorn
son, Fayetteville, Tenn. subject, "Life's
'cattcred Links" Miss Clara LAW, VAL
dictorian, Tracy City. Tennessee, subject,
The Good Old Timcs.'
The essays were mastery productions
nd were read in an excellent manner
The essay entitled "Woman," was fire.
uently applauded, and Miss Pearson has
indy consented for us to publish it. 1t
ill appear next week.
After the award of prizes in painting,
oil. Colyar was invited to address the au-
fence, and he responded in IL of the
appiest efforts of his life. He paid a high
Dmpliment to Prof. Gueita, but declared
lat President Graves was u greater ar
st than he. because he extracted the
YectneSs from the heart and the intellect
ON the brain and painted it upon the
President Graves then presented Il di.
to each graduate and the exercises
Iosed with Il bencdiction.