The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-07-10

The following is the sseay Of Miss
Laell. J. wittenmysr. delivered june
ls:h. 1850, at the Territorial University
in this city. on the occasion OF heI
graduation in the normal oourse:
Mary Lyoa Vas born in Bucklsnd
Frsnklin county. Massachusetts,, Feb
ruAry 2s, ii97. Her ancsstors had
been among the Arst settlsrs st Ash.
field. sn adjoining town. They bed oil
been rsmar Abls tor their ardent pisty
and some Of them had sssisted in oe.
ganizinR . Baptist Church st Ash6eld.
Here Aaron Lyon, 4ary's father. and
his wife, always attended divine ssr-
vice. Aaron Lyon was . kind and
"bliging man. grratly brloved by hia
{. lends, while his wife was On exeoilsnl
xoman. snd. being 6rm in aiscipli"s.
Vas fJiiy capable oe trsisiag hss no
m rau. family N Tbs paih of duty.
Mary GAS one sf ssves childrea.
R.r parents. being for frs6 wealthy,
we're compelled to labor continuslly for
tts supp.rt If their family. They lived
On . smsll faru. and after their father
died. in 1902. they were oil obliged to
as>is, III obtaining . livelihood.
In her youth Mary's opportunities for
obtai.iDs an tducasion were few. Uo>
til she WAS six or seven ye~rs Of sge
:herr was district school about miis
tro.n her nome. and from the time sue
wa first able to walk that distance she
attend. 4 regai.rly; but the school w.s
tacn removed two miles from there. and
.hs @ uld attend only . smsll part Of
the season She sftsrwsrds attssdsd
sch oi . part II the time NJ Buckland
and part Of the time at Asbteld, liv-
i"g ~ith some Of her relatives. or stay.
ing Ut nsiyhbor's aud doing housswork
in psymens f.r her bard Hut in spite
OF sll her dificulsies. Mary ,oa Il great
progress in ali her studies; Tor, when
she had % oppostuui.ys Ot stteudins
school. she applied her whole mind to
her wcrk aud spent the greater part Of
her time in studying
In lSie her mother again married.
sud removed to A.hfield. taking With
her Mary's younger listers; bat Mary.
being then 6f:s-n ycars old. remsined
st the farm with her brother. who paid
her for her services while she ramained
with him. From the time Of her
brothrrs mat riAge. until 1917. bat lit
tiei. k.swn OF Mary. exc p, that she a;
Tel ded ,chOol y portion OF tue tims.
and occasionally taught the District
school. $50 Is
In 1919 SHE entered Sanderson Acad-
~my. at A.bfisld. aud during the short
time shs remained there. she made
great progr.s, in her studies. She 1T
terward attended school ut different
places, fnr the purpose of making her.
self thorough in particular branches OF
study. in the knowledge OF which shs
copsiieryd herself deficient; but in this
way the money she had earned BY
teaching. spirning. weaving and work
ing for her brother. was soon exhausted.
and she Was about ia return 10 her
work when the trusters of ths academy
gave her free access t0 all the sdvsnt-
agcs il could afford She then resolved
to prepare h.rselt thoroughly tor
teaching. :.
She went % Byfield. Aassachusstts.
IN 1921. to attend Mr. Emors~n's school.
where she remained . year. and while
ct this place she formed . lasting at.
tachmsnt for one Of the teachers. 4iss
z. p. Grant. In the spring Of 1882 che
complied with Miss Grant's reQaest 70
assist her 10 tssching at Londonderry
a at Ipswich; and il the winters, ct
Bucslsnd OF Ashiisld. Her tsechiag
was generally succsssfpl. though at 0ns
time she said that che vss aluost ~
solved never sgsin n engeeo " teach.
Jog on account OF Ill success. The Buck.
land school. which vas really the foun-
dation Of The Mount Holyoks Seminary.
became very popular institution. -
was svidsuced By the fsos thss sleoo1sh
the..drst year Miss Lyon taught there
she had bat twenty y.6vs psptis. stbe -
year sbe had one haDdSs4 pupdb. Tui.
tion va only thres dollars . quarter.
and board. with some Of the fa,ail;ss
rssiding sesr the school. oos dollar sna
one dollar and twenty-five cents . week.
Niss Lyon gave her attention wholly
to those who wished - prepare thsa-
selves for tesching; ana sucn was nef
success that. having stssoded Mis-
Lyou's schssl one sF two winssrs was
sufficient recommendation ios anyone
desiring tU obtain sshs position g
ts.cher
The brsushes OF study which Aacs
Lyon made nost important wsTs rad.
ing. writing. msnsai and writtea esiee-
snetic, geography. grs9mar. spelling
and the Scripsoses. And this - ~