The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-04-25
st james Hall

nj EQ4tOT;
Ii will not be considered embarrassing
news 70 your readers to learn the fact
that in our midst has begun another high
school fer the education of young ladies,
aud surely more those minds are not
contracted by the narrowest partizan fell
ing will not fail to rejoice that our own
people are not behind in the great prob
lem of popular education.
On Monday morning last, was laid with
due ceremonies and in the presence of a
large number of the citizens of IIarde>
man county, the corner stone of the new
building to be erected under the auspices
of the Episcopal Church IN Bolivar, for
the use of public female school. The
ceremonies were led by the Bishop of
Tennessee, accompanied by the Rector
James parish, the pupils and teachers of
the school, and other friends of the in
stitutiOn. This building is to be erected
in the southern part of town Of the Boli-
val, on a most eligible site and surrounded
by large and extensive grounds, ineIud-
ing eighteen acres The building itself,
in dimensions about the size of the court
house, will be in every way made COM
Venient and desirable. Its lofty dome, at
height of near 80 feet, will be seen
conspicuously from the town, and will
indeed be an ornament in architectural
beauty to this community. TIE plan of
the building will enable the school to &C
commodate large number of pupils, and
the position and beauty Of the building
and ground will make it la all respects
one Of the most suitable for school pur>
poses that could we'll have been selected
The whole will be finished during the
coming summer This school will be
known as st James Hall, and from its
beginning it bids fair to become one of
the first scools in Tennessee. With the
corner stone are to be deposited the names
of the Bishop of Tennessee and of the
Rector of st. James parish-the names
Of the VestFymen of the parish and Of
the Architect, and builder, aslo copy
Of the Bolivar Bulletin and of q Memphis
raper-a church paper-ecins, relics, etc.
Al the conclusion of the music and
ceremonies Bishop Quintard delivered
short and appropriate address upon the
subject Of education, which was listened
to with much pleasure and attention.
The Bishop congratulated this Communi-
ty in having commenced so noble O work,
not merely in a religious point of view,
but because it evinced an earnestness
in the cause Of education. He enumer>
ated too the material advantages which
would accrue from building up such in~
situations in any community, and fore
told the many good results that we may
expect from the education of the young
in promoting the civilization and i'm
proyement of the country, and thereby
exereizing a healthy influence upon its
future. Indeed, these sentiments are
worthy Of any people, and such efforts
II the cause OF education ought to excite
the assistance and energies Of all good
citizens It is true this school will be
conducted under the auspices OF one
body of christians, yet, who will say
their efforts should not be extollcd and
encouraged His must indeed be lit
tie soul who can find no good in any el-
fort in behalf of education Would that
the same might be done by all the chris-
tians OF every name, to build up these
temples of learning until in every county
10 Tennessee an institution for that pun =
pose could be founded Then would
lawn on us a new era, and instead OF
jails and prisons, we would substitute the
better policy of school houses, and
righteousness and peace would kiss
each other" CITIZEN.