The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-07-01

Kate Nc Jsuley, Of Cambridge City,
Indiana Miss Annie Tr'anor, OF Mil
ledgevllle, Ga; Miss Kate Sbeshau,
OF San Antonio, Texas, and Miss
Ccriuue Cherbonnier, OF San Antonio,
Texas.
Miss jamie Quinn, of Savannah, Ga.
deserves to be honorsbly mentioned ior
fidelity 10 school rules and lsdy-like
dep riment. Her stay in the Academy
beir Of too short duration to entitle
her 10 the bonors
After the Coranation ode the Bishop
returned thanks to the audlerce Tor
their attendance and good attention,
when the exercises were closed and the
audience dismissed
These exercises were certainly treat
after the tiresome essays one generally
hears at commencement exercises. The
pupils excel in musical proficiency, and
special attention seems TO be paid to
the study OF the French language.
We learn that three Parisienne ladies
reside in the school and conversations
between teachers and pupils are carried
on during recreation and at all times,
thereby giving the pupil extra oppor-
tuuities OF acquiring the pronunciation
OF this language.
Giving a TASTY look through the
building we find the dormitorIes cool
and pleasant, and sll the rooms seem
perfect in their arrangements for the
com tort OF the pupils. The study rooms
are large and airy, atfording every &C.
commodatiou. The library contains
large and carefully selected assort-
ment OF books 10y all the standard au-
thors OF science, art, books OF history,
travel, and general literature. The
apparatus for the demonstration o.
astronomy, chemistry and philosophy,
I is unusually large aud good. We
were shown through the room where
were hung paintings and
drawings by the scholars. These were
remarkably fine, many OF them show
ing much talent, If not genius, on the
part of their executors We regret
much that space lorbds our making
special mention OF many OF them. The
chapel with its altar, cruclhres and
fine paintings is a beautiful place OF
worship, aud sacred influence seems
10 abide within its walls.
Mount de Chsntsl with all its sur
roundings seems to US particularly III
ted Tor the development o. pure moral
and mental characters, shut off from
all Outside Influence calculated to take
the mind from research and study ater
knowledge, il seems calm and cure
retreat where even nature is presented
in its most beautiful form, the grounds
being laid out carefully, and being
under the superintendent OF
scholars and teachers, and
the views from the windows OF the
building are UNSURPASSED Tor beauty OF
scenery IN the country. We shall even
look back at the part OF q day there
spent as a green spot in our pigrmage
and envy, the pupils the discipline they
receive at the hands OF the Instructors
and managers OF the school
The school was founded in lS4S, in
Wheeling, butin 1865 the present build
ings, which are abyut two hundred and
fly feet 10 length. and were designed
By Bishop WheIan, were completed and
tue school was moved there. The
grounds around comprise about one
hundred acres, and are located about
three miles from Wheeling. The last
year ninety three scholars have been in
attendance, and came from every State
i'm the Union.
We will state for the benefi
OF our ady readers that the young ladies
we're, with the exception OF a few who
were 10 mourning, dressed in white
with pink sashes aud flowers or rib
bon, Many OF the dresses were elSb-
made and trimmed, and all
looked so well it would be impossible to
note any especially handsome
ones Among the exercises we noticed
no affected or boarding school alr-, all
the parts assigned them Elm
ply and naturally, which is high Prsise
for the institution. l.. Il.