The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-05

ascertain the quantityof corn for the sew
| eral contestants for said premium, and
10 report to future meeting of this club.
The Pork Factory question was again
! brought up and postponed, as no one
knew anything about the matterI A
| committee composed of Joseph Fl. Dew
! w III. Timmons and VIM. Hamilton,
| was appointed to furnish statistics in
regard to the subject by the next lregu-
lar meeting. - itk4IA -
Major Sykes then mafea very prac-
teal ard logical speech Ito the clubs
after which IL adjourned.s W
CuIIeSka school Conn ence ment
| Exerciscs.2$
The examination and conimencemept
exercises of Prof. Webb's school occur-'
red at Culleoka last week. For the
benefit of some who donot live in the
! county, we will state that the above
named place is beautiful and healthy
little village of some two or three hun
| bred inhabitants, located on the, Nash
vile and Decatur road, twelve miles
below Columbia. The people are .cour-.
teous, social, hospitable, Intelligent and
religious The school was inaugurated
several years ago under the able and
| proficient management of Rev. A.. @
| Dinwiddie; aud though smallpox,
measles and other sinister agencies
seem to have initiated against him, the
last session was full. Prof. Webb is a
Christian gentleman and highly Guilt
waited scholar, and We felicitate the. peo-
pie in that vicinity on being able to in
| ducc him to locate in their midst. If
| they consult their own interests they
| will assist him in bulldog up school
that will be known all over the land.
| The common cement sermon was
preached Wednesday. by DIR. r. X. Har-
grove, President of the Tennessee Fe-
male College, franklin, one of the
ripest scholars. in the Sentb; and, per-
| haps, the best pulpit orator in the Ten
DIR. A. l.. P Green, of Nashville, de-.
livered the address to the school, and
very large audience of the citizens,
Thursday morning. His speech was
splendid, and just such an one as nobody
but DIR. Green could deliver He first
addressed the male portion of the house
| on the honorableness of mental and
physical labor, then the female portion
! ON matrimoDy and domestic duties.
Both topics were skilnlly, and pleas
ingly touched upon. We were present
at part of the examination, and
warmly congratulate tes cheers and pu--
pills. The scrutinizing tests 10 which.
the students were subjected only tended
to show how thoroughly they had been
taught, and how diligently they had
applied themselves.
Prot. Webb was assisted in the lit
erary department by Miss Bette Bur
CESS, one of the most amiable and
accomplished ladies in the land.
The concert occurred Thursday night.
The musical department was under the
management of Miss Annie Ransom, OF
Murfreesboro. Though all her pupils.
were beginners, and most of them had
received only five months instruction,
the concert was a charming entertain
ment, and gave better evidence OF Miss
Ransom's skill and talent as a must
clan, than more advanced pupils could
have done.
| l'i Afheneum Closing Exercises.
The commencement exercises at the
Atheneum constituted the most fruit
full source of entertainment ia the city
| last week. The exercises were not on
| ly largely attended by the citizens OF the
city, but by visitors from abroad. The
| institutionrs under the excellent man.
agement- of the Smith Brothers, wor-
| tby successors of the revered Rector
| +. G. and Mrs. Smith; and under their
! already is, one of the leading institu
tfons Of learning in the South. In
! addition TO having had tie finest educa-
| tional advantages the country Affords,
and having good business QUALIFICATIONS,
great energy and vim, the present man.
| ayers of the Athen8um were raised in
theinstItution, with all the advantages of
their Illustrious fathers experie' ce of
almost bali q century. The eXamina-
| ton, which has just closed, only served
as renewed evidence of the competency
and thoroughness of the Instructors.
| TIE examination commenced on
Wednesday and closed Friday, to the
satisfaction and pleasure of all parents
| and patrons, and pride of the people,
1 Tie SCir0e DanSante occurred Wednes-
| day night, and was eng %. Tia most
pleasing features of the week. The
elfin forms of the little girls moved
around with such enchanting grace and
cas-. that the spectator felt that he was
almost realizing ~ the, word painting
that Spenser ever wrote.
The grand concert of vocal and in
strumental music, under the manage
ment of Prof. Won Adelung, came off
3hu-sday night, and the highest COM
plimerit that ca1 re bestowed, is simply
| to saw, that 1t was equal TO these usually
given by the Athan@um, the character
of which is known as widely as the in
J stitution itself. The programme pre-
l scented LWecty-four pieces of music,
some of which were eyeSuted by ten
performers with such perfect tTnle' that
the ear could not detect that more than
one performer was playing. re-
The exercises were opened Friday
evening with the Atheneum Grand
March, composed for the OCCASION; fol-
lowed by beautiful salutatory by Miss
| Anna Hopson, of Mississippi. Miss
Belle Adams, of Mississippi, then read an
address to the Alumn2. We unhesi-
| tatingly say that it was the finest pro-
| duction of the kind we ever heard, and
was read with force, distinctness and
a diction rarely ever attained by her
sex. She graduated at the Atheneum
three years ago, and is graduate of
which the Institution may Justly be
proud. Long may the Athenaum sur
| vive to prepare such corner stones,
| polished after the similitude Of a palace. :"
After a touchingly beautiful yaledictory
by Miss Carrie Warren, the Hon. James
| HI. Thomas, President of the Board of
| Trustees, conferred diplomas on the
| following young ladies: Miss Anna
! Dobbins, Tenn, Miss Mollie c. Files,
! Ala, Miss Anna NJ. Hopson, Miss,
| Miss Carrie Warren. Tenn, Miss Min
ME Mitchell, Ala, Miss Hattie Stewart,
| Ala, Miss Hattie Thompson, Tenn.
The able and eloquent speech OF Prof.
| w. A. Smith on the subject of "Study
as fine art" and the address OF the
President to the graduates, were listened
to with undivided attention and mani
fest interest.
During our short life, we have never