Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-06-24
rRon SEWER couNrY.
CIose of school at Middle Creek Acad'-
my.


recitation: and we must say that the stu
dents acquitted themselves with honor
/ Their promptness and elaboration through
! ont all the exercises showed that no pain;
4 had been spared on the part of the tutor IL
direct the minds of his pupils to q deep
and thorou g b Investigation Of the different
/ branches of science taught in his school
The examination was largely attended
/ by the patrons ana friends of the school,
/ the academy not being sufficiently large
( TO accommodate the audience.
After the classes had all been taken
through their review, Rev. E. B. Clark was
called to the stage and addressed the
school aud audience with feeling and
animation and with great encouragement
TO the students.
The following resolutions, which had
been adopted by the Board of Trustees OF
the Academy were then read by Mr.. A.
w. Trotter ~ r.e ----
MIDDLE CREEK .AoAT May %, 1873.
At "a meeting of the Board Of Trustees Of
tn Middle Creek Academy, the following
resolutions we're unanimously adopted
ReSoLUei, That we consider the cause. OF
education one of the greatest vital import
ance, and that it is one of the highest
duties Of every good Citlz IN to give 1t the
attention and support that the Importance
of the cause demands.
AESUttth,
ing school in our Academy for the last
I fifteen months under the instruction Of
Prof. d. II. Emert, and for the present
his services can not be procured longer,
therefore,
Res9Lrea, That we regret very uch
having to give him up as q teacher.
He came among us, took charge Of our
school, aud Is now closing out his third
term at this place.
His services have been very much APP
preciated by US as an Incorporated Board
of Trustees, and by the people generally.
His gentlemanly bearing has been seen,
felt and appreciated by the people of this
community. His experience as teacher
has drawn 20 our school many nice and
intelligent young gentlemen and ladies
from other neighborhoOds and from other
counties, the school having been so large
part of theIime as to require an assistant
ReS3lUed, That while Prof Emert de-
sire5 to change his field of labor for the
present, believing that it is best for a teach
er not to teach too long at the same place,
to wear down his school, but TO leave it in
a hOurishing condition, as he is doing here,
and while we are very sorry to lose his
services in our academy, we congratulate
the neigh borhnOd that is so fortunate as to
secure him as a teacher. And our kindest
feelings and best wishes for his prosperity
shall go with him; hoping that some day
not far in the future he will return to our
academy again.
ResolUeG, That wetender our thanks and
best wishes to the students from distance
for their patronage, and for t5eir gentle
man and lady-like conduct in our school,
and for their attendance and aid in our
Sunday School. We believe that their
stay here has been one of both pleasure
md profit; so far as we know not single
jar or hard feeling has existed in the chOO
since the common cement. and doubtless
the present hour fills their hearts with sad
ness the time has come when they must
TAX their leave from each other, some of
them, perhaps, for many long months or
wears, but We would recon mend that they
find sUlacc in the cheering thought th at
by Jealous application there is brighter
day just ahead, when they, by continued
{ II ri. rise to emiuence and t, rtune.
ReSOtUed L hat our kIndest fee ings and
be | she accompany them TO their
homes and NAV success and pros perity
!Ulao them through life, and when our
school opens out again, which we trust it
will do soon, we hope that many of them
viii return to Middle Creek, where we
guarantee them hearty welcome.
w. Ii. TRUTTER, Chairman.
\. w. NICHOLS S cretary.
After the resolutions were read, it was |
that the exercises at night |
would be at the church, commencing at u |
o'clock. And long before the appointed |
hour, the spacious church was filed with |
anxious spectators. The nights entertain |
menL cons isted chiefly Of determinations and |
compositions interpreted with vocal music |
Of which the following Is the programme: |
Mr.. Willie Marshall, Welcome; Mr.. /
Gates Marshall, The Good Scholar; Mr.. j. |
q. Trotter, What They Say; Mr.. John |
Marshall. The Happy School Boy; Miss
Mr.. s. w. Emert, Supposed Speech of |
John Adams, MI +. ). Fox, The School |
Boy; Mr.. z. II. Eme-t, The Being and At |
tributes of God; Song. The Beautiful Val |
ley~of Eden: MF. q. ). Clark, Touch Not, |
Taste Not Handle Not; Mr.. Il. S. Bohan- |
an, incentives to Cuture;, Mr.. A: E Wat
son, The Cultivated Intellect; Mr.. j. Il |
Shields, True Glory of u Nation; Mr.. j. |
IL, Whaley, Formation Of Character; Mr.. !
H. 5. Cation, The Grandeur ofthe Universe; |
song, BE Careful of Your Money, |
Boys; Miss A. Z. Trotter, composition, |
For What are We MadeY Mr.. j. S. |
Wear, The American Indians; Miss S. L |
Mars hail c3mpositlcIn n. Light; Mr.. n. ii.
Ogle, The Value of Time and Knowledge; |
Mr.. G.. 5 3. Fox, Good Advice; Miss |
Addie NJ. rrOtter composition, Hope; Mr.. |
5. \. Whaley, Self Culture; Song, To Be |
There; Miss Alma Trotter, composition, |
A Few Words to Our Boys; Mr.. w. A. |
Intellectual and Moral Power: |
Miss s. r. Fox. composition, The Voyage |
u. L
Hope of America; Miss d. V Shuts, |
composition, Memory; Mr.. s. S. Trotter, |
The Progress of Discovery; Song, The !
Glad Forever; Miss. L. r. Trotter, com |
position, Love of Home; Mr. r. NJ. Bales. |
Our Own Work; Miss Mary A. |
Trotter, composition, The Starry Heavens: |
Mr. j. H. Drinen, Benefits of Agriculture;
Miss Sallie j. Bales. composition. Fare !
we'll Song, We're Going Home To-mor. |
row; Mr.. ii. D. Trotter, Valedictory.
The exercise was opened with prayer, by |
Rev. E. B. Clark lie said: Before we |
engage in prayer, l want to remind the |
aud ience that this is the house of God, and |
as the greater part of this Assem- bly, are |
young and full of life and glee, and as it is |
for such occasions, especially where |
here is good music to awaken a spirit of |
eYity, we trust that you will remember |
hat you are in the house of God, and that |
Inc best eff order viii be preserved
These requests were strictly adhered to
and the audience was highly commended |
tor their orderly conduct.
AS for the entertainment by the school, |
It was the browning scene of the occasion.
We have not time TO notice each piece sep
erstely, but the declarations and compost |
lions, like the examination, did |
honor to 1.-THE students and teacher. |
Their performance and the interest /
by the patrons proved clearly |
10 the mind, not only that there is as !
bright intellect in the mountain counties of |
East Tennessee as there is any where, but |