The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-12-29
FOR THE HERALD.
WILLIAMSON Female College.

In this age of advancement in every
branch of human culture-an age dis
tinguished by the rise and progress Of
schools and colleges all over the land
1t is truly gratifying to know that Will
li,mston Female College is not behind
her sister institutions in the march of
improvement and the use of those APP
pliances which will commend her to
the favorable consideration of educators
everywhere.
Rev. Samuel Lander, the popular
President, is a ripe scholar and lifelong
instructor Of youth. He has associated
with him seven efficient assistants (and
soon another will be added whose aim
it is to enable every one committed to
their charge to acquire knowledge of
not only the practical byanches, but
those other attachments also, which so
highly adorn and beautify the female
character.
The institution is now established
upon a permanent foundation. BY ref.
erence to the catalogue of 1875, it will
be seen that the College was opened in
February, 1872, at the end Of which
year there were only Is matricElates7 :;
and at the close Of the last session there,
were 139-an increase Of nearly one
hundred per cent. in less than three
years. To meet the demands of this,
Increasing patronage, another building
has been erected, containing a chapel
~ by Ga feet, recitation rooms and ac-
commcdations for seventy boarding
pupils. Near by are spacious grounos
for the recreation of those who struggle
in the race of letters and "worship at
the shrine of the muses." In this pleas
ant retreat is found the far-famed;
Chaly beate Spring-''the Fountain Of
Youth''-which many a luckless adven-
turer, in the oiden time, sought in vain,
because he located it in the everglades
of Florida, instead of the uplands Of
South Carolina This fountain may not:
convert gray hairs into raven black, OF
change the decrepitute of age into ''thes
sparkling vivacity Of joyous youth"
(as it was once believed,) but it will
surely restore to health and vigor all
who will partake of its healing stream.
On the 18th inst, the seventh session
closed with a reception given by the
young ladies. At an early hour the
guests had assembled ''from a near and
from afar." In one room were the
school boys, with their shining faces,
and the little misses, wreathed with
their rosy smiles, all enjoying their in-
nocent amusements. In the chapel and
other apartments the young men from
the counting room and college halls,
and those of ripper years, forgetting 1.-The
sterner duties of life," had come to
greet and to cheer the fair contestants
in the rivalry Of letters. Then came
the music, the promenade and the tete-
a-tete, in which the practiced eye could
easily discover, in some far off corner.
"Two souls with a single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one" :
Amid all this scene, however, in
which side-long glances and "the ogle
of the roguish eye" played sad havoc
with many futtering heart and filed
the fair actors with the assurance sf
present sway and dreams of future
conquests, the dear creatures did not
forget to supply abundant refreshments
for the inner man. Thus the hours
sped swiftly by, till pale Cynthia, cat
high noon," looked smllingly down
upon the happy throng. And as a. each
signing youth spoke his fond adieu' he
felt what the poet aOrote:-
Our little comedy is Played
The actors bow and pass away,
The epilogue must now be said:
Our love has lived its little day,
And here the sweet delusion ends.
And doubtless he said in his heart,
that those happy moments would long
prove a green spot in memory's waste
an oasis in the desert-to gladden.
him in the weary pilgrimage of life:
GUILLAUME.