The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-06-25
EnGlesIde Academy

| The public examination of Mrs. S. b.
| Mack 5 school was held on the 18th inst.
and witnessed through the entire day by
large audience, who express much in
tere5t in what they saw and heard Dur
ing the morning session classes were ex.
| amined in primary studies, up to the
higher mathematics and languages, sus-
| tanning themselves we'll in all depart
| ments. Specimens of penmanship.
| co IMPOSITION, books, &C., were on exhi-
bition, aud were highly creditable to the
writer's. The record showed fifty names
who have been in attendance during the
past year, and the pupils were not only
from our town and county, but from other
counties and States. In the afternoon it
was rather Literary exhibition--Music,
Defamation, Dialogues, Reading, and
Composition succeeded each other with
rapidity, aud with so much variety, that
though the programme was long and fully
carried out, the exercises were not felt to
be wearisome by the delighted audience.
lst, Greeting" sung by the school, was
well rendered. I'd, Speeches by Willie
Edsall. John Brooks, S. Holding, W. V.
Thompson, G. Myers, G. Gamble, and W.
Latta. The manly little fellows spoke
very well indeed. Sd, Compositions by
nine young ladies, several Of which were
of especial merit among these we're
"The World Moves" by Miss Nina Ar
nell; Revenge as illustrated in the char
acter of Shylock," by Miss M. Arnell;
Structure of the Body" by Miss NJ l..
Rainey; "a Roman Triumph by Miss
NJ. Myers. 4th, Vocal Trio by NJ. Whit
thorne, L. Hendley and =, Mitchell,
which was. nicely performed. Next we had
had Humorous heading from Sage, by
l.. Myers; Miss Lena read well. We had
a pretty little dialogue by seven of the
Junior Glass, in which the principal part
was sustained by Miss;Nettie Dew, sup
ported by J. L. Holding, L. West NJ.
Wilson and others. "BecitatiQns in Poe
try" by Fl. Latta, F. Cooper, and many
others. Humorous song, "Woman's
Rights sung with spirit by the boys, and
responded to with equal spirit by the
younger girls, Select reading, Mona O.
Waters" BY M. Myers. REGULATIONS in
English Poetry by F. Philips; French |
Poetry, by B. Hendley and Fl. Thomp-
son. Then for many minutes we were
deeply interested in a colloquy called |
"The Fairy Sisters" acted BY eleven |
girls of the Senior Glass The chief part |
was acted by Miss H. Thompson, assist
ed by Misses Myers, Rainey, McCrady,
Braden, Cannon, Chafin and others. A |
prize was given to George Myers for thu /
number of distinctions in spelling. Re |
wards were deseryedly presented to all |
of the little folks, and prizes to four for |
composition books, viz: n. Dew, i. My
ers, E. Philips, and p. Heudley Re-
ports of scholarship and department were
read, from which it appeared that several |
had attained high rank in both. Miss |
a. J. Braden, Of Giles, was announced |
as having the most faultless record in
Department (for WHICH she afterward |
received g silver medal. B. Hendley |
and H. Thompson the highest number of |
perfect recitations. Vacation" was
sung by the school, Miss Laura Chafin at |
the organ, after which was a closing Po-
ehcal Address, written for the occasion,
and admirably delivered by Miss Flor
ence Cooper. Thus closed another term
of one of the best preparatory schools in
the South, Mrs. S. B. Mack is undoubt-
eddy one of the best educators in the
whole country. She has few equals and
no superior. She is firm though gentle
in acting, and persuasive in manner,
which soon wins the confidence ola child
More than half OF the graduates at the
Athenaum owe much of their success to
her. The debt of gratitude due her from
this community can never be repaid.