Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-05-31
MARYvILLR COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT.

MAkYyILLE FENN., May II, 1881.
Mr.. EDITuR: Maryville HIS been asLir
for near two weeks. l nave been thinking
that if CORES ondent attempted to give
full and true report of our happenings he
would split himself to pieces, and scarcely
a fragment would be left of where he had
been! Ours is Il town of schools as you
know, and commandments exhibitions,
public demonstrations and displays have
been the order, while lectures, speeches
and the circuit court have served as side
shows l cannot give detailed report-it
is impossible. La the first place, the pub
lie examinations and exhibitions of the
Freedmen's Normal School are said to be
pralseworthy in the extreme. In fact,
when school is under the supervision OF
| Prof Hastings, the publIc may well know
that 1t must accomplish good and prosper.
| He is one of our finest teachers and the
| best disciplnarian | ever saw Every hing
| In his school room moves AID works with
| tn g prerisIon of the military. TIE eel
| ed people of East Tennessee cannot do
better than to place themselves in this in
| stitution.
Following close after this was the clcs>
ing exercises of the Mar vile Normal
School. This is another fine Institution
operating under the au> pIces of the Society
of FrieL DIS, aud has bee under the inn
mediate control of Pr f. Is S Coppock.
The professor Is an earnest Jealous teach
| or, dearly loved by all MS pupils and all
who know him, but unfortunately his
health has been failing until he was forced
10 aban on teaching for the time, and is
now g"ne to some of the Eastern states
1t is hoped that his heal may be rapidly
restored, and that he may ell JOY strength
and pr sperity many yeaIs to come.
But it Was the school l started to write
about lti very popular and deservedly
so. Prof Spray Was left IN charge of 1t
and the examinations, as well as tn pub
tic entertainments are mentioned with the
greatest praise. 4ouOg persons desiring an
English educatioE and thorough prepara-
LIon for teaching will do we'll 10 patroniZe
this institution.
xt came the school taught by Misses
Salie Smith and Maggie Henry. This
was II private school, tor children, beirg
la charge of tirst-class teachers who de-
serve the highest enconiums s.passed upon
their lab ,rs. Their work could not well
be supplied by Others
Last, b not least, came the commence
ment extrc ses of Maryville Col eye, which
closed last light by the ions of the
graduating class. The exercis. have been
interest NJ an the examinations satisfnc-
tory, but l cannot particularIze. The
grad uating class reflects honor upon their
alma mater 1t consists of the following
names: Charles F. Gates, Jr, of NJ ary-
vile; James d Crumley, of Sherman,
Texas; Charles E. Ensign, of Concord,
Tenn. Miss Carrie Lord, of Maryville;
Horace McB4th, of Rockford; w II.
McNutt, of Kingston and Russell Roberts
| Of. All exceedingly Intelligent
| and promising young persons.
Last fall at the meeting OF the trustees,
| Professor Lamar wa appointed as agent
TO solicit an endowment fund for this in
stltutlon, and he met with unexpected
success. He secured the promise OF over
sixty thousand dollar- on CONDITION that
one hundred thousand could be raised
du ing the year. At the meeting OF the
a ANNA on Thursday last, this matter Was
brought up and it was proposed to raise
one thousand dollars then and there. 1t
was done, and more than the amount run
ming several hundred dollars over the
thousand proposed
| The above is very brief synopsis of the
school work. 1t could not be otherwise,
for the writer could be present at but little
| or any OF the entertainments.
Circuit court met last NJ onday with Hon.
| d. q. Trewhitt, judge of the fourth circuit;
presiding by interchange with the Hon: s..
A. Rodgers, judge, &C, Judge Trewhitt