Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-06-27
GAINESVILLE FEMALE ACADEMY.
From the Nashville Advocate.)

7 From the Nashville Advocated
So long and favorably known in tn
South, has closed its first session unde
the Presidency of the Rev. j. N
Wright, A. NJ The fact that he ha
manipulated successfully this institu
ton augurs well for his future il
Clarksvilie. He took charge of it il
the midst of great financial panic
when there seemed no assurance o
success in any enterprise. Added tt
this the fact that the free-schools o.
the country were opened in every direc.
ton, taking many young ladies that he
would otherwise have matriculated
and his success is truly remarkable
When our Senior Bishop Paine visited
our District Conference, last summer,
he said: Il take great pleasure in re-
commencing to your confidence and
patronage my friend, Brother j. NJ.
Wright. / regard him as one of the
purest Christian gentlemen, and one Of
the best educators in the South" The
Bishop was right. Such thoroughness
in scholarship and aptness to teach are
seldom combined in one man. His
corps of teachers. some of whom have
been in the Academy for years, have
exhibited rare qualities in their re-
spective departments. The Art Levee,
on Friday night. MAY 20, under the
especial management of Miss Kate
Carney, was beautiful indeed. True,
the design of this levee was to indicate
the embryo artistic powers of the
students; but the amount of work,
and the rapid improvement made in
ten months, as manifested by the dis
play upon the walls of the large hall,
did great credit to the school, Miss
Carney, and the young ladies. Indeed,
as it was my first insight to the labors
of the school, l had some misgiyings,
fearing that art had been made a
speciality to theneglect of other studies;
but in this 1 was mistaken, for the sue
cess of the classes in every part of the
curriculum was even as great as in the
arts. The Commencement-ser
was preached by President Wright,
Sunday, May 81, to large and atten-
tive audience. 1t was filled with rich
est stores of gospel truth, and present
ed with an earnestness that evinced
the fact that the Interior design of the
good mans heart was to disciple the
young ladies In the school of Christ.
The concert, on Monday night, June
1st, under the management of Miss
Abbie Spur and Miss Sallie Hughes,
was grand success, the teachers and
pupils exhibiting great proficiency.
The graduating exercises, on Tuesday
night, were deeply impressive. Eighteen
young ladies were launched upon the
ocean Of letters, having the degree of
Mistress of Arts conferred upon them.
Their old President, whose heart, |
doubtless, beat warm toward them. |
passed many and high encomiums upon |
them. To many who will read this
communication there was matter of |
deep interest connected with this class. |
Four of the eighteen young ladies
were daughters of itinerant ministers,
viz: Miss Blanche, daughter of the
Rev. Wellborn Mooney; Miss Mary |
Bell, daughter of the Rev. Alpheus
Mizell Miss Lizzie, daughter of the
Rev. w. j. Cooley, deceased-all ofthe |
Tennessee Conference and Miss
Florence, daughter of the Rev. An
drew Hunter, ID. D., of Little Rock
Conference. 1t filled my heart with
gratitude to God to feel that, though /
our brethren make heavy sacrifices of |
worldly interest to preach the gospel, |
their children, through the good proyi-
dence of God, are blessed with educa-
tional advantages in common with |
those of more lucrative employments. |
Clarksville Female Academy, so justly
the pride of many, is destined to be- |
come one Of the leading educational
institutions of the South. The health
fulness, social and religious advantages
of the city itself, together with the
fact that the munificence of Presby- |
has located great Univer- i
sity for the education of young men /
there, augurs well for the future of the
Academy. Clarksville may well be
proud of Brother Wright, for he brings
into the work richly-stored head,
and warm, earnest, Christian heart.
He has secured the services of an ex-
cellent corps of teachers for the next
session, into whose hands he is willing
to commit the educational interests of
those who favor him with their pat
ronage. He also informs me that he
designs adding normal department to
his school, where his teachers. may be
taught methods of instruction as
models for imitation. This will be a
addition to the excellent or
ganization already effected for thor
Oughness in mental culture.
L. J. DUNCAN.