The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-06-10
Mary Sharp College.

The examination exercises of this ia.
nous institution are in progress. 1t
was our pleasure to be present at the
opening exercises last Monday morning.
The morning was lovely, the heat not
being oppressive, as has usually been the
case at rhe examination exercises Of this
school. In company with several others,
we arrived and entered the grand old
building (Which has turned from its
halls more thoroughly-educated women
than any institution in the South, } half
an hour before the exercises commenced,
and found the chapel thronged with
school girls representing almost every
State in the South. That portion of the
chapel occupied by the pupils during
recitations WAS handsomely decorated =,
evergrccns, intermingled with artificial
flowers arranged in the incest style,
exhibiting the exquisite taste and han
diwOrk of the fair sex. On the wall
fronting the audience was frame con-
tanning the word, "WELCOME," which
has always been the motto of this col
lege.
AT 8 o'clock DR.. Graves, the honored
President of the college, made his APP
pearance, and, after n short lecture
based upon that good book, the Bible,
and an appropriate song by the pupils,
accompanied by Prof. Utermochlen on
the organ, the exercises were opened by
an examination of the Freshman Class,
numbering between 80 and 40 us lovely
and intelligent young ladies and misses
as ever graccd the halls of any institu-
tuition. This class was examined in
Algebra, and the time consumed was
about two hours, and never did pupils
acquit themselves better. The class
was first thoroughly examined in the ru-
diments of Algebra, and the precision
and promptness with which all ques-
lions were answered was remarkable.
Prof. A. T. Barrett, the teacher, then
had books distributed to members of the
audience, with the request that any
problem in the book be given to the
class for solution, and some of the most
difficult problems were given, all OF
which were not only worked on tho
board, but the why's and whercfores
were explained in the most lucid man
ner. Also, several difficult problems
not found in the book were worked anC
explained by members of the class with
the same precision.
Never did we spend two hours more
pleasantly and proftably than ut the ex'
animation of the Freshman Class OF
Mary Sharp College. And We hay,
this to say-and We speak the senti.
timents Of those who were present and
better qualified to pass sentence than
wo--that no institution in the South
can boast n better and more proficient
Freshman Class than the Mary SHARP
College, and that there are but few class
es that can compete with it, especially
in Algebra.
We have not had time to attend thu
examination of all the classes this week
but learn from some of our leading citi
zens, who take prominent part in edu
cational affairs, and who are also verset
in the classics, that the reputation of tn,
school as being the Female Universe
ty of the South il being sustained in
the most satisfactory manner.
The exercises at the Mary Sharp will
] continue until next Wednesday, the
18th, and VIC will give further report
in our next issue. In the meantime w
would advise all who wish to spend al
hour or two proftably to attend thes'
exercises, and guarantee that they vii
never regret il.