Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-07-10
Bonneville, Tenn.


Knowing that you take a lively
Interest in oil enterprises that
look to progress and develop
ment in our country induced
me 10 ask a place in your col
umns for this communication.
This evening happening in the
I"Model School Of this village j
was agrecably surprised to find
myself just in time Ito witness
thc beautiful ceremony of the
presentation OF the blue knot Of
maitto the boysand young men,
and rosetts OF honor to the young
ladies, who arc prepared to enter
the sophmore class next term.
Unlike all other schools that i
have been acquainted with, ]
found in this the spirit for dis
play and public notoriety not
only wanting but ignored BY
both teachers and scholars, al
though the last afternoon Of the
term, all was ;is quiet as ON or
binary days in the school room.
Directly my attention was d.
iected TO the fact that self-gov-
eminent to the pupils had been.
most etfectually taught !; and
learned in answer to my qules-
.tions that the public examina-
lions had been ereay day Of the
term, and before as many Of the
parents, guardians and friends
of the pupils as found it conyen-
lent to be present at the regular
daily recitations of all the class
es, thereby avoiding all that
loss of time required to pre-
pare students for a public ex-
animation at the. end Of the term,
the effects upon young character
consequent upon public display.
While engaged for a moment
in conversation with one of the
students, and in reply to ques-
ton, | was Informed by him that
the system of this school was diff
ferent from all others that he
had attended; here, said he, [
govern myself, | find it perfectly
easy to do so and take great
pleasure i'll doing it, in other
schools like other young men |
required the teacher to, govern
me, 2but | cannot do that here, /
was told upon entering the school
that the true character of a gen
tleman must be sustained by
each. student or that the system
of the school would necessarily
work the pupil out of it, and /
find it to be 50. The governing
principles of the school are IN
reality kindness, the highest gen
tlemanly consideration and truth,
and such is the perfection of the
system that the idle or lazy pu-
pill cannot stay in it, he viii in
val'iably find a very modest apol-
ogy for Withdrawing; thus you
see the school necessarily main
tains its high-toned character.
just then my attention was at
tracted by seat and desk elab--
orately and beautifully dressed
with flowers, it being the only
one in the room my curiosity led
me to ask the student the cause
Of the elegant decorations, he re-
piled that it is the desk and
seat occupied by Miss Mamie
NJ, of Fayetteville, and which
has been freshly decorated every
day during the term since her
change from living on earth inI
the natural body, to the life in |
Gods world Of spirits in the
spiritual body preparing, to wait
there instead Of here in a state
of preparation for the life of |
heaven, and in honor of her
most excellent and lovely char
acter it will continue to be thus
covered with flowers to the end !
Of the present term. Oh, sir,
there is spirit infused into this
school that makes the student |
govern himself in spite of HIM
sell, it becomes the height Of /
each ones ambition therein to
excel. We were interrupted in |
this private converse by a call
from the judge for the attention.
of those students who, by a years
close attention to studies had
earned the blue knot. The pre-
sentation was short and uncere-
the students being re-
that they were trophies
to carry to the home circle, to
make glad the hearts of father
and mother, brother and sister,
and not for vain, public display.
The presentation Of the rosetts
of honor to the more advanced
students and the short address
by the president was most earn
est and impressive, all pointing
to the kind of solid education
that makes men and women that
educates for the nation.
SPECTATOR.
@ The following is the
law governing the August cleo
ton:
Sec. 8. BE it further enacted,
that the voferS at sail election