Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-24
A Boston Notion.

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one at that, il the private sDCiety lately
organic. at the "HuO of the Solar Sys
lem" for aiding girls IN home study.
II does not stTiVe nor cry, nor life up it.
voice ia Inc street, buI just think wh8
Il Is doing! We take our brief sc on t
Of it from the Hartford ChuTchH1IH
We referred q short time s,Hce 90 Ii
5 ciely ia Boston, working qui@tlSuyDu
n simple paI for the eucuur cement o.
giIls Ia study at hame. We lave re-
,eiv-d several letters asking Tor the
ame Of the secre5 ary Of tue society, and
have al 5 Fered slCh requests Iud'vid
uaaly, since the society, while willing
& extend iLs labOTs, sEuus publicity; We
-hOuld be sorry indeed to sUfj-Ct the
-ecretsTy to tie Inevitable fire OF stve
Using circulars ana impsEtinent i-ttess
which would follow disclosure If the
name. Il ia satisfaction 10 find go
ciery 80 admirable IN It's int ton.
working with so much industry, WIthou
sort to The stimulus of external public
TeSsure. The second annual meeting
As Geid in private house few weeks
ice, and some o. the results reported
ava gratify ing Indications Of fIs ef
lssJivaaess of The slCiety, Twenty
-hrse students were present from various
laC-5 in New England and New York,
Wniie the entire roll OF students nun
pered eigIry.CWO, the most remote
b ing IL Indiana and Tennessee, The
records OF the COMMITTEES are kept il
uuh "a w.y as to show the rank OF the
sc verai sIu ieLts, not IS compared with
one another but with an absolute
standard, and it proves thai there has
eli seventy per ceut. o. sstIsfaC DRY
W Ak, With eight per cent. OftOtsl failure
us,s t. say, d y-uiue sludeu h-yz
.gle W II, twsuty-eighJ taking highest
rank, .birts en- takjHg second rank; seven
luIy had withdraw or f4ii ed 20 report
Csub.a gain Ola The previous term
when there We're only fJrty-tivs naGs eS
md sixty per c5Gt. # satisfactory work
gue choice Of studies by the members
brings Out some inter Sung comparison.
english literature was selected by for Y
uree, history by tbiTLy-OGe, scIe zee y
ixte-D, Grrmsn by ten, FseuCh by
izut, and art b. six. The order OF the
first Two seems natural, but W. should
nave looked iOT greater lumber Of
-LuGsuts in HFI, and we venture the
uess that a familiarity with French
I'd German, through study IL sChuCls
is turred 10 sCcGUIt rather II desutOIy
.aadiug, han in study. AS and Ulu>-
ratio Of special results, We name the
Ills Uf the thee essays read By
udelcs at The me citing; on the political
spelt5 Of Europe at the beginning OF
lie six zenith century; on some works Of
at - ds scrOed by WoTnum, compared
H3lh tbs rules OF LsssiDg; GA the
Witches IL shakespeare Macbeth.
Il may not be amiss to give - more
HE... .
60 lags studies at home, as regards its
piau Of operations. Us purpose, briefly 3,
is to induce young isGies 10 form the
ua6it # devJtirg some part OF every
iGy 70 study # Systematic and thor
OUga Kind Ii is not always possible or
-zD=dieut TO do this under the direct tut
ion Of teacher, and the society, by
means OF the correspondence which it
requires, provides as good substitute as
may be, and besides directly Cultivaies
he habit OF stlf-reiiAnce. 1t aIrangss
curses Of reading, and plans OF work,
from which iaiies may select one or
more according to their taste and lei5-
ure; u lent members must be at least
eyU,ssea years old, and this, with the
payment Of q fee OF two dollars year,
o cover necessary expenses OF postage,
printing, etc, are the only conditions,
Sc believe, Of membership. The term
~ study is from October to June. ana
tie students are expected to try to de-
vote g certain amount OF time each day,
II each week, 10 their work - members
Tnis work consists in following out the
programme OF reading, as laid down By
he comm tee, in making notes and re
porting TO the member Of toe commit
{ e with whom she has been put in cor
dependence This lady, on her part,
gives sdvice and direction. The society
Gss beyun, for the convenience Of mem
ter5, 90 keen a small collection Of books,
mentioned on the programme, ano
Gsse they loan upon pay ment of
-uUUgh to cover postage and wear and
-eaT, whsTe the member is uDRb 60
nUy the books. He 3 is also given, when
$ Cd, in the purchase If books. We
py from the programme IF udy,
cur. e used last year in g neral history,
period 15OO-l550: /, FreemsH's Out
Ines Of History - 2 SeebOhm's Era Of
he Protestant RevolutiOn;" 4. "Pres
crtt's, RoberscU's Charles V;n
Fishers History Cf the R-flrmatiOE ;"
.. "Froude's History If England, from
he 'al Of W0F@ey t. the reign Of Erzs-
beJr, vols LIVE" 6 "Liugari's His
tory OF England, vol. VI" These are
tbs b0 ks which student selecting gen
eTal history, was expected 10 read, and
IN her own aCcOGa5 she YVES to make
charts OF the eminent persons If these
asriods, with dates and memoranda,
white she was also eZpecte to prepare
-oeCisI essay upon some topic included
q the study # tue period. The whole
ebeHe impTesses US a. admirable, and
removed as IL Il from the glare OF pub
.c.ty, II Is especially grateful 10 those
VINO look for education TO fJzufy home