Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-04

| Tn MFNPHIS CONFF RENCE FEMALE IL
/ sTITrTE will open Monday next, and we
feel satisfied under most favorable omens.
Not less than ono hundred students will
attend the first day, which number will
be doubled before the month closes. The
building has been refitted from garnet to
cellar, and new furniture put into every
room, and each room i a complete home
in itself, being fitted with wardrobes,
washstands, bureaus, and all the para
phernalia necessary for the comfort Of
| the student. The floors have been car
! peted anew and proper care has been Civ
| en- to the ventilation Of all the rooms,
and parents have every assurance that
| their children will be protected alike from
the rigor Of winter and the higher tenn
| perature Of the summer months IN the
/ faculty of this school we note but few
/ changes, the old corps Of teachers re-
manning in their respective positions.
/ In a word, We see no reason to doubt
/ that the Institute i entering upon the
most prosperous session Of its career, and
that students from all the States south,
at least, will thrOng its portals.
The PRESBYTERIAN FEMALE COLLEGE,
This well-known and popular institution
under the direction of DR.. J. f. Bright,
assisted by his accomplished lady and
daughters, opened on Monday with an
attendance Of sixty pupils. DR.. Bright
is one of the most thorough and success
ful educators in the country, and in all
the branches that most adorn and accom-
plish woman, his assistants stand as high
as the highest.
OUR PRIVATE SCHOOLs.-In addition to
our larger anymore wideIy-knOwn insti-
buttons of learning, there are in Jackson
4 number of private schools that stand
high in the estimation Of our people.
Miss Kate Stark's school Will open on
Monday next, a does the High School of
DIR. Patton. We understand that Mr..
Harper, who has always been regarded
as fine teacher, opened his school on
Monday last with an attendance of one
hundred pupils. There are also several
other schools that deserve especial mem
ton, and among them are those of Miss
Callahan and Mrs. Still. We are glad to
state that all these institutions are likely
to receive generous support, and we are
gratified nj the fact. Taken rs a class the
teachers of jackson will compare favOra-
bly, OH the score of worth, ability and So
cial standing with those of any city in
the United States. Success to them all,
SoUTM-WEsTERN BAPTIST UNIVERSITY.
We are glad to learn that this institu-
ton has opened with flattering prospects
and that young men are daily arriving
from abroad to enter its walls. The
building has been thoroughly repaired
and now presents quite am attractive ap-
pearance The Trustees have purchased
an entire outfit Of elegant furniture, con-
sisting of desks, chairs, settees, tables,
etc., at Il cost of several hundred dollars.
We cannot too strongly urge upon our
citizens the importance of giving this in
stitutiOn hearty and united support.
Prof. Jones, the Principal of the Prepar-
atory Department, has been for several
years connected with the High school of
Nashville, and will inaugurate such sys-
tenn and discipline as cannot fail to meet
the appreciation of parents who desire to
lave their sons correctly taught.
We call on the citizens of Jackson to
remember the pledge we made little
more than a year ago to the locating COM
mittee of the Baptist church, that if they
would give Us the location for their Uni
versity We would give it our undivided
support. Now in its infancy it needs it
more than it will at any future time.
The trustees have selected as teachers
men of large experience and wide repu-
tation, whose interests win be identified
with us, and who will not fail to give en-
tire satisfaction