The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-06-26
CIosing E1ereises OF the Atnens am

Closing Exercises OF the AtheRtS I'm
The Dist annual session of the Athe-
useum closed Thursday evening. 1t
affords US much pleasure to note the
prosperity of this school: The attend :
ance this wear has been larger than at
a3y time last gear. The future of the
school is all bright. The immense
amour tot labor bestowed by the lroprl-
etors in building up first class school,
merits rich fruitiOn. The corps OF
AthenR-um teachers will compare favor
ably with thaS Of any other in the South.
THE E&A8ISATIoN
commenced Tuesday morning. The
exercises were well attended, day and
night. The PestalOzzian class was the
first examined. \ class in French,
taught by Mrs Irwin, and one in &C.
ographv by Mrs. Adams, stood credita~
BILE examinations Several iittis girls
read good compositions. A fine chorus
was sung by the school. On Tuesday
evening, the Junior department was
critically examined; ana 1t was not a
cut-Snd- dried examination either.
THE BANGING SOIREE,
occurred Tuesday night. This part OF
the exhibition is only attended by pa
irons, for the reason that If the puollc at
large were to attend, there would be no
room tor the dancing. The dancing de-
partment is under the splendid manage
InenL OF MISS MCN6llLlt. Inc uhh1AL
which. by the way, is always one OF the
most pleasing features of the public eX-
ercises, was spefs6d with
music. The "Belle OF the Season Waltz
rs " was performed by three; and the
I "Forest Glade Polka" by ten perform
ers- all in perfect time. We heard some
| voices in the 4 eStalozZian chorus that are
| too good TO go uncuitlyatau. we were
especially struck with the beauty of
oil I yV5a n ~
ner's voices.
Wednesday morning the examination
| of the junior department was cnTtin-
ued. The board of examiners was pres
| ent and questioned the girls with n vim.
| One little girl was two sharp tor Prot.
I Bennett, who is justly proud of his
| mathematical attaInmrnts. He asked
her, if five birds were sitting on lin b
and n boy were to shoot three, how many
would be left. To the Professors astOn>
isbment, she quickly replied none.
How do you maze that, enQuired the
examiner. The remaining two birds
would fly away, of course, replied the
girl, quietly; and then the laugh was on
the Professor. Wednesday afternoon
the senior class was taken up. All the
| classes stood good examinations. One
| in French was particularly interesting
THE CONCERT
| at night. was particularly good. The
/ following programme was finely carried
out:
Overture, L'Italienera, performers,
/ ROSSilti: Waltz Song, La Prtmavera,
| TOTrey; March from Puritani, pianos,
| BeVdk: CorO dele Pastorelle, DnOrdh;
| Silver Bells Mazourka, with Harp obhg-
! to, Pane: PestaloZZian Chorus, -; SchOoI
| Chorus, -; Horn of the Alps, with
| Harms and Cornet, tSchuReT; Vocal Duo
| I Pescatori, GubUSSi: Grand Eantaise,
| lombard, S performers, W'GltGcc; Coro
| eDiranide: Sonata Pathetique, OPP. ID
| Beethoven; COrO, Fvviva, ErndHt:
The overture and a chorus by tue chill
dren were both good. The harP music
| is ALWAYS splendid, at the Athen8u M
| The Sonata Pathetique, performed on
the great pipe organ, was grand. Int
| crowd was large, and the order per
| feet. The Hall is so well ventilated
| that il was pleasant, notwithstanding
the large attendance.
| THURSDAY MORNING
the candidates for full diplomas Wer
examined. Some Latin classes Wer'
examined and the audience favored
with some beautiful recitations from Viz
| gil. Mr.. Wilkes, the superintendent o
| Public Schools for Maury county mad
some remarks in which he said, tina
the examination was the best he hat
| ever attended. After noon the exercise
were opened with chorus by tn
school. An address was then delivere,
TO the alumR, by Miss Amanda Nor
J gan, of Durant, Miss. She gradu tie,
asst year. This was followed by an es
say, in French, by Miss Ida Thomas, Q
his place. Next was a saluJatOry u
Miss Henderson. of this place. The val
: I'd ctory was read by Miss Mary Davis
! OF Lynchburg, Va. The Athen8un
: scholars are all good elooutionists.
E PRIZES,
Were awarded to Miss Emma Hudson
: Miss, in English composition. l
the first senior to Miss Mary DaYi:
second senior, Miss Smithwick, of Men
{ phis; third senior, to Miss Agnes Davis
7 of Miss; first juniors, Miss Cox, of thi
= place; second Junior, Miss Lizzie McGav