The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-11-10

or thFee-fourths are suD-dtVtded into 81
rooms. Half of the third story is divid
ed into four rooms; In the other hall
there is no hall, and the space is divided
into two large dormitories. All these
rooms are now in most excellent condi
ton. The light, ventilation and means
of warming cannot be surpassed.
| The east wing is fifty feet long, thirty
feet wide. and three stories high. The
flrst story i the only one completed In
this wing. The two upper stories are
not pIastered. The windows and aoors
are completed.
The west wing is the same in dimen-
siOns, but four stories high, there being
a basement, formerly used for dining
room. The second and third stories are
divided into two rooms, 25x38 feet, for
school rooms. The fourth story Ii all
one room, and the large dormitory, or
sleeping hall. The plan Of the present
control is to divide this into rooms Of
reasonable size. Attached to the west
wing is an ell eOx3s feet, three stories
high. The first floor was formerly used
for q kitchen, now for q laundry. The
second and third stories each contain
two rooms. rR EEEA
Twenty feet from the main buildings
two-story building, with a cellar. This
is now used as q kitchen. Inrear OF the
building, extending the length and half
way across the end of the main building,
the west wing and ell is a porch twelve
feet wide, three stories high, and one
hundred and ninety feet long.
The walls are all in good condition.
All the windows have been refilIed with
glass, and the window blinds repaired or
remade and newly painted.
THE BOARDING HOUSE.
This important department has fallen
into excellent hands Mr.. n. j. KidweH
and his lady are the managers. Mr.
Kidwelps family at present is a large
one, numbering, all told, something over
fifty members; and yet everything moves
on with the regularity and order of a
well-regulated private family. The ia
bles are beautifully supplied with nutri-
cious, healthful food, the private rooms
of the boarders are kept in neat and ex-
cellent order, while all the wants and
comforts Of the girls are looked after
with the same vigilance and christian
kindness which could possibly be exer-
cised by sensible, good parents at their
private homes No fears need be enter
tanned by those who contemplate send
ing their daughters here but what they
will be cared for with all the affection
and kindness that can be bestowed by
high-minded, honorable man and q good
Christian woman. Mr.. *. and his wife,
az well as the President, seem to sympa-
thize with the girls in their little, sad
home-sickness, and are even ready to
soothe, encourage and animate their
young hearts back TO cheerfulness and
contentmenE
THE GROUNps.
Here, to our age, is the cTowning beau
ty of the institution The front yard
consists of two acres, systematically laid
out in walks and squares. and adorned
with the finest selection Of shrubbery in
this part of the country There are one
hundred and sixty-five punches of box
wood, and three hundred and fifteen |
trees, nearly half of them evergreens.
Rose bushes and other Towering shrubs |
abound on every hand. These trees. &C.,
are the growth Of twenty-five years,
have recently been pruned and trimmed, |
making lawn of unsurpassed beauty |
and elegance. There, on some Of these |
pleasant autumn afternoons, among the |
dark evergreen trees and shrubs, and the
leaves of the naples and
elms, with the grand College buildings
and the rugged hills in the background,
and here and there groups of bright, hap
py young girls dispersed among the
green trees and shrubs, gaiIy chatting of
their lessons, their teachers, and their
various little matters which occupy their
youthful minds, is indeed pleasant pic !,
ture
All this has been done at n cost, first
and last, of about $40, Goo In addition
to this large sum has been placed in
the institution in the shape of voluntary
of various kinds, such as
books for the Library, musical instru-
ments, scientific apparatus, &c.
And this is the institution to which
the people of the South are now invited
70 send their daughters TO be educated.
Everything Is prepared FOR them. The
terms of board, tuition. &C., are as low
rs in any school of like grade in the