Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-06-13
WINCHESTER.
Commencement Week at Mary sharpe
and the Male acknowledgements
ExefeIses-Tiie Cfdps.

commencement Week at Mary Sharpe
and the Male COIieges-Interesting
Exefcises-Tfie Crops.
To the Union and American:
WINCHESTER, June u, lST4.-This has
been stirring week in our little mountain
city. -
Although comparatively isolated from the
| rest of mankind, there are two periods at
which we enjoy the society of strangers.
One is during the prevalence of contagious
or epidemic diseases elsewhere; the other
is during the examination exercises Of the
Mary Sharpe College.
This famous Southern institution closed
its examination exercises to-day, and we
propose to give brief and general descrip-
tion Of the same:
The examination commenced last Thurs
day with Miss NJ. Z. March's preparatory
classes. This department acquitted itself
with much credit to pupils and teacher,
who Is graduate Of the Mary Sharpe, and
who has been connected with this institu-
ton since the war.
On Friday the eOllegiates were taken in
hand by their able teachers, PrOfs- Barrett
and Dix, and examined in Arithmetic and
Latin.
Monday, the 9Th, was occupied by the
examination of the various college classes
in Geometry, Virgil, Algebra Botany and
Geology. On Tuesday they were exam
ined in Analysis of the English Language
Astronomy, Greek and Physiology; on
Wednesday, Horace, Homer, Mechanics
and TrigOnometry; on Thursday, Anti
gone, Logic, Mental Philosophy and Moral
Philosophy.
To-day the Senior class eighteen in
fiumberJ read compositions and received
their diplomas.
There are many visitors in attendance,
coming from nearly every Southern State,
most of whom are patrons of the College.
ON Wednesday night the music pupils,
vocal and instrumental, under the manage
ment of Mrs. B. =. Henderson, seconded
by Prof Smith and lady, gave concert,
which is spoken of by every one who al
tended in the highest terms.
We have also an excellent Male College
here. The examination closed last Friday,
under the charge Of Messrs. Clark and
Bledsoe, worthy and competent young men,
and the boys eyineed proficiency in their
several studies that has excited a spirit OF
rivalry between them and the girls Of the
Mary Sharpe. | would right here warn the
young lduicS IIdls III lucl cApctb W mani
tain their former reputation for possessing
equal mental powers With the opposite sex.
they will hate to put forth their best eff
forts, though the general verdict is that
the young ladies and girls Of the
Mary Sharpe, did no diseredit to President
=. c. Graves and his associates. The adj
vantage claimed for this school is that the
pupils are taught in systematic way the
great foundation truths of human science,
and this with such a thOrouglniess
that the principles become fixed per-
manently in the mind. President Graves
compels his pupils to rely on self, and will
not suffer them to shirk duty, or pretend to
understand a principle when they do not.
This accounts for the great popularity ofthe
institution.
Tomorrow, an examination party COM
posed principally Of teachers, pupils and Wis
itors will visit COosa Cave, a noted place
about seven miles from here, in the Cum
berland mountains.
We have had pretty good showers in this
immediate vicinity, but they have been by
no marns general. Our wheat crop is good,
oats short, corn improving where it ralned.
MONTANA.