The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-07-23
From The Guardian.l
THE ATHENEUM.--A BOARDING AND
DAY SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES.

FER ARE:-elegant grounds (23 acres,
Healthy neutrality-suspicious. build
iugs, built expressly for school pur
poses-S1O, 900 Apparatus-Wellse select
ed library of 5000 volumes-Largt
sleeping rooms, we'll ventilated and
comfortable, Abundantly supplied
tabIe-FulI and efficient faculty
Course of instruction thorough and
complete-Prices reduced-No secta-
rianism.
The COLUMBIA ATHEN EUNI is the
result of siXty-three years labor and
experience, as the late Rector began
teaching in 1872. His successors are
carrying out his plans in the present
management of the institution, and
endeavoring to keep fully up with the
times in all Improvements in Educa-
tiOnal matters.
The Athen8um was founded on the
lst of September 1852, and chartered
by the Legislature of Tennessee, with
full college powers. The losses sus-
tanned during the war have all been
repaired, and many improvements
made, 90 that the advantages now of
iered are fully equal to those of any
former time.
LOCATION, ARRANGEMENTS OF
BUILDINGS W. IlS IOCdl1Oll IL Oll
the western margin of the town of
Columbia, Maury County, Tenn, of
easy access by railroad and cOmbin-
ing all the requirements for maintain
ing a school of high order.
Distant patrons will find here pro-
verbally healthy climate, good society
and all the advantages they may
desire.
The Athen8um grounds comprise
twenty-three acres; are situated on an
eminence overlooking the city, with
the buildings sufficiently removed
from the public streets to give all the
advantages of the country. One of
the chief attractions of this beautiful
site is a grove of native forest trees,
affOrding ample room for pleasant
walks and recreation by our pupils,
ana at all times securing fresh and
wholesome air that it is almost impOs-
sible TO attain in towns and cities
Our large vegetable garden during
the season bOuntifully supplies our ia
tie with all that can be desired in the
way of fresh vegetables. This should
be an item of interest to distant pa
irons, as they are assured that we are
not dependent upon the markets, nor
upon vegetables that have been
gathered for days before using.
THE BUILDINGS
were erected especially for school pur,
poses at heavy cost and are comforta-
Die, secure and well ventilated. The
most important are:
"IBe AtheRGeum proper" a two
story building finished in the DOric
style, one hundred and five long,
thirty-five feet wide, with two tran
septs OF twenty by thirty-fve feet.
The second floor is all in one room; is
used as the Study Hall, and the place
for public entertainments; is Orna-
meuted with many fine paintings, and
q large collection of the best steel en-
cravings of distinguished men and
women of the present time, lithO-
graphs, etc, under glass, including a
All set of BOydells illustrations of
Shakespeare; statuary and other
works of art. In this room may also
be found our extensive collection of
Chemical and Philosophical apparatus,
trat cost at first hands over Sc, 900,
which is always convenient and rea iY
for use Our unrivalled Reference
fsibrary is also in the Study Hall, of
easy access to all pupils. Here, also,
s. are al all times ready for music;
j. addition to pianos, harps. etc,
large pipe organ ornaments the SOUTH
.gn end of this room.
The first floor contains the Office of
lie Secre taTy, the Teachers parlOr,
-gve.al recitation and lecture-rOOms,
ltEo large halls with bOOk-boXes for
Inc accommodation of pupils, the OPP
f-0E room for exhibitions with our
solar microscope, the Oleoa and sew
a'ai music rooms,
"IBe Rectory,' Il beautiful cottage
pguee, in tie Eiizabethan style of archi-
lecture, sixty by fifty feet, contains
the principal parlors and reception
looms and is the home of the PTesi-
dent.
"Dpcis Hull, is IA large three story
lr.ck building, sixty by torty-seven
ct The second and third floors are
used as domitOries for lady-teachers
and boarding pupils On the second
floor is q well arranged bath GoOm,
with an abundant supply of water,
which We find adds materially to the
comfort and health of the pupils. The
rooms for boarding pupils are of liber
ai size, comfortable, well ventilated;
each supplied with neat furniture and
every bedstead with both a mattress,
ana feather-bed and as much cover as
the pupils may want. Our arrange
HeLts in this department have met
with marked approval from patrons,
aud It viii be our aim to make all pu-
ri entrusted to our care, as much at
home as possible.
The first floor contains the Reception
room for boarding pupils, and is also
used a. the writing-rOom for the
school. Adjoining this is the Dinning
room, eighty by twenty-siX feet, eigh-
teen feet high, Here teachers and pu-
pills All share and fare alike. The diff
!eTent members of our family and fac
u.ty are distributed among the various
teGfts, and are served alike. We do
not approve Of having separate dishes
tor the faculty, nor of limiting the pu
pills as to what they eat, unless sickness
.trmandsit. Our table is always abund-
antly supplied with a variety of good
wholesome food, and we endeavor to |
make the time spent at meals as
pleasant as possible by encouraging
conversation.
Tie " orient and "IaUaHdes" are two |
wings attached 10 "Davis Hail. each |
thirty by f0rty-five feet, and three
stories high. These with the second |
and third floors of "DaVis Hall' give
ample accommodations for the board
iug family.
slhe "Bltunda' and "PaciIion" are
two octagonal buildings thirty six
fect in diameter, two and three stories
high They are used as recitation
rooms, and the studios for drawing
and painting. The building connect
lug the two is divided into rooms for
the practice of music.
Our buildings are ali connected by
covered walks, so that pupils are not
exposed even in Indictment weather
Our arrangements for water are very
superior. We have convenient dis
.ances from the buildings, three new