The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-06-20
MARY A COLLEGE.

This is a promising class.
Wednesday, Sophomore Botany
Freshman Algebra, Sophomore Virgil
and Freshman Analysis examined
Both these classes to-day gave every
evidence of proficiency in their studies
so far as they have advanced, and al
ambition and ability TO give a good &C
count Of themselves in the future
These classes were examined or
Thursday with as much credit to them
selves as on the preceding day-tht
Freshman inArl.hMetic and the Sopho
m ore in Greek and Trigonome,ry. Or
the evening O fthis day Thursday J the
Senior Class first made its appearance
on the stage-in Method. This is O
very fine class-twenty.two in number
we believe. AS these girls are about
leaving school and going out into the
world, in their various ways, we could
but remark that they are 6ne- looking, in.
teliigent, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ladies'.
The examination in Method was very
satisfactory.
Friday morning the Junior Class
first made its appearance and covered
itself with glory in Horace as it also
did, later in the day, in Physiology and
Physical Geography. This is a splen-
did class.
or the Concert Thursday evening we
are not able to say very much, for the
reason that we we're called off early in
the evening and did not hcal much OF
it-and for the better reason that we
are not a good judge Of music when
we do hear it. But we think the gen
eral opinion of those who did hear it
was in the highest degree approbatory.
Teachers and pupils were all applaud
ed in ]unneasured terms.
The Concert Saturday night-con-
Quoted by Mrs. Van Hoose-was very
entertaining and very amusing. Miss
SQUIRE Lee Van Hoose, read the "Com.
menvement Day. most admirably.
MissMaggie Jarman sang Leap for Life
sweetly. Miss Dancey lost her heart
on the load of hay in a most 6ewitching
manner Miss Ida Crisman and Miss
Bette Martin acted the parts assigned
them so successfully as to bring down
tile house. Sallie Tsliafcrro, Mimic
Uzzell, Kcren Kellum, Ida Dulin, Efie
Greer and Mary Houghton also acted
we'll their parts. The "Calisthenics'
was q success. Lizzie Embrey read
we'll. Dolly Dix and her doll were
a great success-she did extremely well
for 50 small a girl. Dimple Dix's fare.
well remarks were gracefully spoken.
The music was good-the whole thing
was a success, most creditable to Mrs.
Van Hoose.
The Commencement Sermon was
preached Sunday morning by the Rev.
Mr.. Nelson, of Edgefeld, from the
text Ephes. 9TH chap. 1st verse: 'Be
.ye therefore follower Of God as dear
Children The sermon, in q word,
was an excellent onc-good for school
girls, and good for other people too.
He also preached a good sermon Sun
day evening.
Monday morning again, l7th).-
Junior Astronomy and Sophomore
Analysis. We were not present in the
morning, but in the evening we heard
the Junior Homer; and Homer WAS
never read better by any class in the
College than by this. And we heard
the Senior Rhetoric. Many of this
class had not been in this study
Rhetoric-but a short while, and IL
looked for a time as if it would not
sustain itself very we'll; but it improy'
ed as it progressed, and came out all
right, and was pronounced, by Rheto-
ricians present. entirely successful.
The Concert of this evening-Mon
day--was pronounced q grcat success
by an amateur in music. The audience
was largo and attentive, Prot. Utcr-
moehlen and Miss Mollie Bledsoc more
than sustained their high reputation.
The young ladies' all played and sang
well. Special mention was made of
Misses Maria Norman, Lucy Bowen,
Anna Baker, Mary Abercronbie, Min
ME Campbell and Annie Bell Harvey.
The exercises Of this evening were
closed by an amusing play called The
Professor at Home from which it ap
pears that Mr.. Azor Van Hoose has
learned at an early age to act the
bachelor--a bad omen for Azor. And
Miss Abercrombie has evidently some.
where had a glimpse of an Irish Do
%meslique.
Tuesday morning the Junior class
in Mechanics was examined, and &C
Quilted itself handsomely. This class
was much praised by visiting teachers
by all who heard it. We here,
for the present take leave of the Jul
Nor class of this session, which will
be the Senior Of the next scssion-and
we predict for it the highest honors OF
the school when its time comes.
The Senior Class was also examined
this morning in Logic. The examina-
ton was very thorough and critical.
The class sustained itself very well. In
the evening it was examined in Antig
one, and Mental Philosophy and Eth
les, Notwithstanding the severity of.
the ordeal through which it had to
pass, it successfully finished its course.
This is the largest and finest class eve
in the College.
Wednesday morning. As the paper
goes to press early this morning, we
can only give the names OF the young