The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-06-19

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siiss Paiiic Tosnes ard ME- lluby Jacl.son.
C0nrettnt gu1ces ebo aege I'D sufficient adran-
iaeea Tor forming intelligent opinions. have affirmed
that fhe female mind 8 sprghty than he male
and with equal facilities foE Improvement, girls make
more rapid Improvement than boys, and attain mofe
readily to high standard q scholarship
The examination d fhese two young ladies in Moral
Science IN RhetoTic IL the Evidences Of Christianity
ana n Buffers Analogy q Natural and Revealed Re
ieion Afforded good grounds Tor this opinion tWould
have conferred hrst honors young men Of gradu-
slIng class In any first class college.
Ths concert and commencement exercises took place
Il he City Han Friday evening In the presence Of
large and interested audience. The compositions Of
the Young adieswcre appropriate and beautiful Their
elocution hnd reading were very superior and their
manner on the stage free from embarrassment easy and
graceful
The exercises were closed By the bestOWing OF the
diplomas BY the principal. Rev. B. J. Smith, who dis
closed the interesting incident that the mother Of
Of the graduates was his pupil In this Institute twenty
one years ago.
In former years it was the fashion in southern so
lety for the rich to send their daughters to distant
boarding schools.
Twas distance which lent enchantment to the view
Under the power Of this fashion, some forty girls
from one vicinity AZ one time sent long dis
tanee from their homes. The separation subjected
under the hope Of les being only temporary; one day
the telegraph announced that one Of the girls was
dangerously ILL., her sister and bsOther immediately
-fnrfed 10 her ON their arrival the seminary. to
their unutterable amusement and distress. she had
been dead several days They hurried home with the
BODY where il was Inferred In the family cemetery.
But after the interment the mother reflected that the
case had not been Marked and mistakes were liable TO
occur How was Il known some other case had not
been taken from the vault In place OF the right one.
The thought seized upon her imagination and could
az the grave 20 disnfer and examine the body, but
were deferred from doing So The father and mother
refused 20 be cOnsf0rted and went down TO the grave
mourning their child.
II parents desire 10 endanger the health and life OF
zion n vast expense Of money esrange them from
home, 10 expose them to the trying ordeal Of cruel
temptations, and TO bring upon themselves continual
solicitude and tOrtuFng anxieties, and break down
home institutions. The most eftectual way to ac-
conplsh all this Is to- send on their daughters TO dis
tant fashionable boarding schools The expense will
exceed the calculations Of the most ambitions. The
changes Of climate absence from parental and
Dosure to foreign influences viii incur the most serious
dangers Of loss Of health and other evils.
Those who desire 10 secure for their daughters hap
pfness IN life good health real improvement OF mind
and character aud make them cultivated refined ladies'
and u the same time save their money, do 20 by
keeping them at home. Teachers in Austin can inn
part as thorough and accomplished educaions as any
at distance II any persons dOubtit, the doubt might
have been removed b. attendance at the recent exami
nation.