The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-07-09
Sheridan's School,.

Court House, commencing Tuesday
22d and ending Thursday 2dth >5ule,n
and was quite an intesting occasion,
for the community of Orangeburg. j
On the first day quite number of vis.,l
itors from both town and country
were in attendance, and all tue classes
passed through the ordeal with credit
to themselves and 10 the different
teachers under whose tuition, they had
been during the gear. "Wednesday,
the second day, witnessed larger
gathering Of our citizens, both ladies'
and gentlemen, ana the classes as.
signed for the daysaseresexamined as
on the previous dey, pleas
ing variation if the. exalcfses sSS3ss had
in the examination oy.seYeraI tlasAes,
especially Latlns4 by iisrof. Iliam
Stokes, of Ienncssee, WHO 3aubj ecled
the pupil 10 a3searchingitess sschol.
arship. TAesalack board. was freely
used and uitder tie skilIfulhapl ,of.
the examiner was made to bring aat
the thorough%Er trimming aud exeeilenGs .
teaching Of Ahe. stud en- 1sEiis lutcrs
esting exercises of the preyioas day
broughta cut astill larger npmbe df
visitors on Thursday 10 witnessythe
examination in! Ieiletorir, Gramfnar,
Composition, and Mental anHWrit-
ten Arithmetic. The standard and
reputation of the school were fully
maintained. We would especially no.
tice the Rhetoric class as exhibiting
more than ordinary proficiency, and
a Grammar class OF little children
taught by the lady assistant, Miss Il.
J. Mackay. Tie ready answers and
seemingly perfect comprehension Of
the principles Of Grammar by these
little ones were surprising 10 every
spectator. Thus ended one of tile
most interesting examinationno oGca-
sions ever witnessed in ,Orangeburg.
The entire test in Greek and Latin,
as we'll as the English, from the rudi.
mcnls TO tue highest branches Usually
taught in our, schools, was a most
gratifying and encouraging SUCCESS to
the patrons Of the school, Tie prihci.
pal and his worthy assistants, Mr..
w. l.. Glaze and Miss l.. j. Mackay.
On Friday the Court, House was
very tastefully decorated by the la
dies assisted by the scholars of the
school for the annual exhibition att
pointed for that evening. On this
occasion the capacious room was I'LL
ed with the largest crowd we ever
saw congregated there. Before the
hour for, commencing, half past 8 /
O'Clock, in spite Of the .inclemency of
lhe weather the citizens had Sled the
room TO it's utmost. capacity! Tie
rostrum was occupied by the patrons
or the school and the pupils. The
exercises were opened with prayer by
the Rev. .. A. Darby, after which
the Edis' Brass Band, led sby Mrr.. u.
b. Owens, furnished its choicest MUS
sic. The speeches were well solicited,
and delivered in excellent style ibN9
the boys, especially the younger ones :,
exhibited very thorough training and !,
at the same time, the needMl applieaL
tion 10 render their Improvement emil
nently noticeable. Many of these ex-t,
ceeded the most sanguine expectation
OF their friends, others came fully up
TO the standard, whilst the young
men acquitted themselves in the most
handsome manner. 1t is impossible
TO determine who did the BEST where,
eNcellency so generally prevailed.
The last exercise on the programme
was Congressional Debate, intendss
ed to represent some OF the disgrace-;l
full scenes of the Radical rule.,,, The /,
young men who participated in this
debate performed their parts well,
very foruiLly representing ;.iei. sew sew :
eral characters.
The principa' of the school took oc-
casion dnring the evening to give a.
statement Of the progress and success
OF his school. During the year sew
enty eight students were linn attend- 1
aDce; Of these, fourteen were ifronls!
the country, and six from other, Coun,
ties. AT no time had there been less
than forty six attending the scliooi.
Quite u lumber OF young mcI sIe It;'i
preparing for college some Of whom
will enter upon thel collegiate course
next year, ''.' N@ 80 ''""
The system Of instruction advocta-
ed and practiced by Mr.. Sheridan Isl
successful in imparting knowledge aa
any we have known. From eHperi>
ence we know that the college course
is made, hy it, comparatively easy,
and tue habits of study here acquired
apd the foundation for future prog
ress laid here are aids that will place
final success i'll easy reach of the stu-
dent. u' STILToNrAN.
GREENvILLE, Texas, Herald snyss
Mr.. }. NJ. Morgan and Miss Sarah
Barnett, of Collin County, were mar
ried on Wednesday,, in the New Or
leans Store, by Justice Ragsdale.
Fhe course of true love did not run