The weekly clarion., 1873-07-03
Union Female College, Oxford.
Mississippi.
Ep1ToRs CLARION /:

EDITORS CLARION:
The commencement exercises of this IA
vorite institution not having enjoyed the
smiling attendance of your Col. j. l.. Pow
er, who is wont, on these occasions, to bt
| present and report to the readers of your
| widely circulated and education loving
journal how these seasons of learning pass
over, your correspondent, not deigning to
aspire even to the second round Of that lad
der which Col. Power has built for himsslf
in this high regard, but in his absence to
| give g short sketch of the exercises, pro-
gress and standing of this College, now be-
takes himself to this pleasing task. These
annual festivities OF literature, science and
art have just passed over, and an audience
almost double the capacity of spacious
hall attests the anxiety of patrons and the
appreciation of an enlightened community.
Since the war this College has been grow
ing aud spreading Its influence to a remark
able degree, and with continued effort is
destined to become one of the leading fe
male colleges in the South.
1t was chartered in 1854. aud is now in
the sixteenth or seventeenth year of its cur
ricnlum, the rude hand of war having
closed its portals for three or four years.
Since the war additional buildings, and
such improvements as occasion demanded,
have been constructed to meet all the com
forts and conveniences Of boarders and
scholars.
The various departments are now pre-
side over by competent and efficient in
strIctors. AS to music and painting, the
late concert and art exhibition sufficiently
demonstrates that sound proficiency is
sought after and attained, and not super
fetal display. Taste and refinement in these
accomplishments are especially aimed at, in
contradistinction to the more common
practice OF acquiring quantity.
The French language Is specially taught
here, and the facility with which some of
the students speak this acquired tongue
shows the zeal and ability of the teachers.
The concert on Thursday evening of the
commencement exercises was a splendid
success, containing on its programme some
of the finest pieces in the catalogue of mu-
sic, which was skilfully rendered.
The Graduating Class, comparing with
any of its predecessors, holds within its list
one of the fair daughters of jackson. Miss.
LizzIe j. Wilkinson, who alone received
diploma in Latin.
We look forward to the day when the ed
ucation of woman shall be as thorough and
extended as that of man, and Union Fee
male College will be one of the first avenues
through which this mighty good will be
reached
Too much honor can not be gwen the
aDIc, energetic anu uHuduHttu President.
DIR. e. Fl. Bell. for the active. untiring and
ceaseless part he is acting in the grand and
GOd-written drama of humaniZinV, refining
and elevating the feelings, tastes and mind
of rising youth. May each returning sea
son bear, on its approach, some token of
good accomplished. and these joyous festiv-
tiles becomes the harbiugers of greater and ,
nobler results. To all the patrons of educa-
tion and learning this college now offers in
ducements and advantages which are en-
joyed by few institutions of like character,
We would like to go into some of the de-
tails of the mode and method of teaching at
this institution, but we would commit a
breach upon your courtesy and trespass on
your valuable space. Let it suffice TO say,
that perfect and thorough system of
teaching is here adopted and practiced in
each and every department. This is the aim
and object of the President, Faculty and
Board of Trustees. We need true scholars |
of girls. These the age demands, and these |
go forth from the walls of Union Female |
College. ANXIOUS.