The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-10-04
EDUCATIONAL.
Stroll In and Around Our School
Houses and a glimpse nj our
Educators.
The Educational Facilities Of Dallas Unes.
celIed in the State Her Schools and
Colleges Number Thirteen and are
UDder Intelligent and Earn.
est Guidance.

Ten years ago there was bat ON
school within the corporate limits O
Dallas, and the slender support nc
corded it was wildly expressive Of tn
feeble concern taken in II matter q
such sacred and prodigious Importance
Whether this debllitated sense Of So no
Die II syStem grew out OF the INSULT
cient endowments and cultivation o
those offering services Rs instructors
or the crude provisions made tor place,
of scholastic drilling, ia not especially
german to this SUBJECT, but il pre-
scented only to establish contrast be
tween the inhrm opportunities pre-,
scented the youth of our city n decade
ago, to the glorious privileges Of til,
current time.
To-day, in every ward in this city,
there Is not less than one, aud oftenel
rs many as two or three schools with
an average attendance of twenty-five
Of each gender, and Mt their head are
educators of a stamp who have tut few
peers in the United States. Below we
present list OF these places of instruc-
ton, with reference TO the teachers in
charge, wherein it will be seen that
no city in the whole State of Texas
offers more splendid educational hcil-
tiles than does the metropolis of
Northern Texas:
MRS. COuGHANouR'S SCHOOL.
The elegant apartments Of this insti
tute ARE confined in the very prettily
located building, which is AN architec-
tural cOnceit, very chaste and charm
ing, on the corner Of still and
Griffith streets. II was erected at a cost
of five hundred dollars, and is supplied
with the latest improved school lurni.
(ure, capable of seating with comfort
seventy to one hundred scholars. Mrs
Coughanour, the very cultured lady in
charge, il the wife of Mr.. r. ID. Cough
amour, one Of the most highly regard
ed Of our citizens, and lawyer who
stands in the front rank of the pro
fession in Dallas. Mrs. Coughanour il
n graduate of one Of the leading sen. j
naries of learning of the State Of Ken
lucky. This lady possesses in pre-
eminent degree all those exceptiona
qualifications for successful precep
tress. A parent herself, she intuitivc
ly recognizes the sympathie,
sought by the youthful heart,
aud appreciate, as only n mother can,
the impulses and emotions of that
period when life is call feeling, not
yet shaped into Thought" and the
cravings and aspirations of unfolding
minds. Hence, with a disposition of
infinite sweetness, and an unfailing
patience, she achieves gentle mas
terry over her charge, which is an
swered by a loving submission, result.
ing in stndiOusness, diligence and de
corum. And no young lady, after
passing from the perfecting hand of
this greatly beloved teacher, to whom
she principally owes the etliorescence
of those graces and virtues which are
to render her useful woman and no.
BILE wife, but looks back upon her asso-
citation with her teacher AZ beauti-
rul reminscence, endeared 10y feelings
very little less than those between
mother and child,
The course of instruction in this
school is both primary and prepara'
tory. Apart from the literary depart.
ment, musical instruction is furnished
by Miss May Murphy, the accom-
plished daughter of one of our mer'
chant princes, Captain William L.
Murphy. Miss Murphy does not teach
music to be employed for frivilous dis
play, but with grace, spirit and feeling
interprets, 10y her divine art, all thai
therein is of the good and beautiful.
DALLAS SPRINGS SEMINARY.
A graduate Of Madison college, Penn
sylvania, from whose portals the eff
cient rreceptress Of this school passed
with high honors, Mrs. Miller's sue
cess as teacher of youth, has beer
easy and thorough. Her school, larg'
and earthly ventilated building occu
pys an elevated spot with ample AM
beautiful play grounds in that attrac
tive part of our city, known as Cum
berland Hill. There are now in attend
ance at this school eighty-Hve pupils
male aud female. For assistants w
ind educators ottalent and experience
viz: Miss J. j. McCord, Miss +. Whit
tenberg and Miss Kingsbury. The lat
ter an instrumentalist and vocalist o
rare requirements. 1t will be prope
to add that Mrs. Miller was for man,
years principal of the young ladie
collegiate institute, Forest Hill, nea
Memphis, Tennessee, the responsible
and delicate duties of which she dis
charged with unexampled merit.
MRS l.. NJ. DAKE's SELECT SCHOOL.
The finished accomplishments {
Mrs. Dake, her energy, ability, taC
/ 4 u.,, Al, An 30 olnr rAnhns hos aaan.t