Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1879-09-13


4 make such a statement as will pre-
3 clude the necessity of supplement
: tary account hereafter. The grear
: Instructions to travel occasioned By
S, the rigid quarantine which block,
/. AIDES our communication with the
e Southwest has caused delay in the
: arrival of students from that guar.
? ter, and the University has yet con-
| siderable delegations to arrive from
Texas and Louisiana, and the Acad-
t envy from Arkansas. The present
indications, however, are those OF
great prosperity in all of our leading
establishments.
S. w. p. UNIVERSITY.
, The arrivals up to this day are
about sixty, with a number from
. Louisiana and Texas yet to hear
from. Nearly the whole of these
are bona tide University students,
} the preparatory department includ-
ing not more than three or four of
the new arrivals. A new feature is
the presence of two postgraduate
students; Messrs. Cox and Johnson,
who graduated at the last COM
mencement, are again at their desks
making preparations for graduation
as Masters of Arts.
In order to carry out the increased
range of studies embraced in the
new curriculum, the hours of teach
ing have been largely increased,
continuing till P. NJ, and a large
number of the students have recita-
tions on Saturdays, as well as other
days. In addition to the regular
exercises, Prof. Dinwiddie has or
ganized the students into a military
company, who are regularly drilled
by him in infantry tactics every
afternoon at five.
A very satisfactory change is OBJ
servable in what may be called the
physiognOmy of the University
students this session. They present
the unmistakable appearance of
young men who have plenty to do
and are doing it. The lounging,
listless expression hitherto Observa-
bic is altogether thrown off, and
such a thing as a student loafing
on the street corners is not to be
seen. The motto, as visible on
every face as if it were written
there, is ''NO time for fooling good
morning." A rapid increase in
reputation and numbers cannot fail
to result from so happy an improve
ment in the morale of the Univer-
sity.
THE GAINESVILLE FEMALE ACAD- |
ENVY
already numbers more than eighty |
on its list, of whom thirty-nine are
bOarders. and a considerable addi-
tiOnal number from Arkansas is eX-
pected as soon as the lines of travel |
in that direction are open. The |
number of advanced students affords |
the prospect of large graduating
class next summer. We have omit |
ted heretofore to notice the accession |
to the faculty of Miss Murray, in |
the art department. She is a niece |
of the late Butler P. Anderson, of
Memphis, and has been engaged in
art instruction in that city. Some |
of her paintings which we have
seen are exceptionally skillful
efforts. Prof. Meininger and his
accomplished lady are again in con-
troll of the music department.
THE BROADHURsT INSTITUTE
numbers already over eighty. We |
had the pleasure there of being in
troduced to Prof. Hery J. Fusch,
who has been engaged for the CLASH
cal department. Prof. Fusch was
engaged in studying for the EpiscO-
pal ministry, but was interrupted
in so doing by an affection of the
eyes. He brings high testimonials
of scholarship from Bishop Dudley
and the Rev. Mr.. Craik, of Louis
vile. Mr.. Ledden, Professor Of
Calligraphy, was engaged in giving
instruction to a large class. The
musical department is now in the
hands of Mrs. N. Catching, the rest
of the corps being the same as last
year.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
These valuable institutions are
thronged beyond all expectation,
and the work cut out for the able
corps of teachers has grown upon
their hands and increased to such
an extent as to make it inevitable
that either additional teachers must
be employed or an additional num-
Der of hours given to teaching. The
latter for the present is the only
remedy available, as the funds of
the schools have been drawn upon
so abundantly as to make it impos-
sible to increase the present ex
penditure. An afternoon session
will, we think, be soon heard of.
The excess of white scholars over
the numbers of last session at the
same date is more than sixty, and
the colOred schools are so thrOnged
as to make it difficult to find sitting
accommodation for them.
The Catholic schools of
ST. AIOYSIUS,
under the careful guidance of the
Sisters, keep pace with the other
seminaries and already number be-
tween eighty and ninety, with
additions every day. New build
ings, we think, will soon be neces-
sary for this establishment, which
occupies an important place in our
educational system.
The private schools are all well
attended and busy as bees.
Tax for 1875.
John S. Neblett, County Trustee, |
was charged on the tax books for !