The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-07-27

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anna lhG commencement exercises Of
this institution at the close Of ils last
session, it Is due that | should say
something Of the Impressions which
were madr upon me.
las TO THE PLACE,
No location, it seems TO me, is more
favorable % physical, intellectual! aud
moral development, a thousand feet
above Nashville, and yet Winchester
stands under the shadows of the Cum
hcrIaud mountains, Still towering in
magnificent am]yAilhcatricNl galleries
Ia thousand feet above her, Every
breeze is fresh, pure, and distilled III
hcallEfuI abundance over those eIeya-
ted table lands which constitute here
the seat for one Of the most famous
and excellent Institutions Of learning IN
the South, or in tic whole country
In addition to the mere physical ad-
yantngrs of this location, there IS that
OF natural mold, from lofty and piclu-
RESCUE scenery, upon the soul, 1t Is
scarcely possible for II girl to spend
several years in such a section Of
country without receiving some degree
Of impress from the maud Of Higher
NalNrG.
SO far as the town Of Winchester is
concerned, it resembles most classic
retreats | have ever visited. 1t is Il
simple, mprclcuding town Of n couple
Of thousand inhabitants, exclusively
devoted to educational interests, and
free from the alluremGnts and vices Of
more commercial aud fashionable
points. Classic ground is almost al
ways unprctcndIng however naturally
beautiful. 4 people who look wtthin
scarcely ever look much W'lho"t, either
rcligiously or intellectually, It. is said
that the high developments Of art tend
to educate, This may be true; but
vice has cvcr lourishcd most under the
rich traccrles Of sculpture, poetry,
painting and architecture. ! don't
know that it has always been so, or
that it ought So to be; and yet the
history Of Rome, ancient and modern,
Of Greece, Of Baby lon, OF Paris and
other places distinguished for what is
and has been called the highest devcl-
opIncnts Of civilization, prove what
say to be true. The purcst days Of
society, churches and nations, are il
their primoval and unprctcnding,
though classic, simplicity, in every age
and country.
U,-A8 TO TUE COLLEGE AND ITS WONE,
| must admit that | va wonderfully
impressed with the developments of
this institution. ! had often heard of,
Mary Shatp; but the half had never
been told me 1t is like 4 ~tircIcss man
Urac,ory in wor&iu1 trim and at the
close Of each years toll it turns out
spccimcus Of the finest and best mate
rial, as the pcrSoacSic and accomplish
mcnts Of the graduating classes, il all
were like the present, would demon
stralc. In short, Mlary Sharp is q lc
malc university in many respects, with
a curriculum OF lhG very highest elias
sic and scientific standard, and is act
in" upon the hitherto daring assump
ton OF DR.. }. Il. Graves, who seems
to be The founder, and OF DR.. Z. G.
and his able corps of profes.
,ors, that 4 girl can learn Just what u
10Y can, and reach as high a scale Of
rue development! This institution,
Indcr the leadership of its president,
las stood n proud testimonial Of this
act Tor just a quarter of q century !
md the women whose hearts and |
minds have been moulded under the
trong hand and the severe system Of t
Aima Mter will, ere long, tell the
truth Of which | speak upon
he history Of this country and Of the
denomination. But give it
Imc, and pcrpctngtc this institution
nder its present and past auspices, and
he world viii sGc--lf not fully ut J
,reaent-the future force of what ! {
ay. ;
| had the pleasure Of witnessing the
examinations of the several classes in
many Of the branches OF study taught ,
n the Institution. / never before wit
Icssci such lengthy, fair and satislac- :
DRY public examinations. The teach $
RS Of the Male Institute Of Winchester I
by the by. the best perhaps in the
'tatc) were present with their best
cloIars. Besides this, quite a number
4. listing teachers and scholars, the !
east Of whom WAS your humble ser.
ant, were present, and everything 6
'hich could be done TO detect the eli d
iency Of these classes was done, to the p
satisfaction of the examiners and n
large audiences which attended. c.
ONE classes were examined from two
four hours, and the exclamation of Il
very one was. "Wc ell, did you ever {
anything like i'll" The examiua. 4
ons in Homer, Horace, Antigone, Il
rcnch, Trigonometry, Mechanics, An
ysis, Mental Philosophy, Logic, and
.llcr higher branches OF study, were
denounced most excellent, though :,
and sometimes wcarisome to the !
ihausted classes. There was not the b,
igltcst evidence of craming and the 81
udents were examined by any who Sc
lose, at length and upon any part Of 81
&c branches studied, selected at ran. 10
IN in the books. as III the classes. c,
he examination of the junior aud Sc. %,