Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-30
Civilians In0uences-The Late
Exhibition In tic Arcadia
College.
BY w. HINCHEY.


In the exhibition just closed we hav
had an illustration of the valuable SCI
vices rendered to humanity by sucl
good women as the Ursuline nuns
Content to seclude themselves from
the life of the outer world, they ar
none the less impressed with the ne
cessity Of educating those who mus
abide in it, to know how to do 80 will
profit to themselves and satisfaction K
their fellow-beings.
We who visited the exhibition are Il
understand that it was only display
Of the lesser and lighter acquisitions o.
the pupils: and to believe that the es.
sential requisites Of knowledge-arith.
metic, history, geography, grammar
&c.-are all equally well attended to-
And satisfied on this point, we need
not hesitate to admire the degree OF
observation-disclosures children have al
ready attained whose instruction and
department have been happily entrust-
ed, for year or two, to the care of the
good Ursuline Sisters of Arcadia Val
ley.
some persons may think that where
there was SO much display of musical,
elocutionary, dramatic, and scientific
talent, there needs must be proper
tionate neglect Of the solid branches of
knowledgs; but I think their fears are
grsundless. since the showings Of
needlework, knitting, srochetting,
darning, patching, cooking, &C., all
go to prove that there is nothing
neglected:to qualify girl for the more
leisurely walks Of life, rs well as max
ing q useful wife for q farmer or
mechanic, self-helping mother for
his children; a. well, also, as an intelli-
gent directress of the manners, tastes,
and conduct of their boys and girls
future citizens of the Republic.
The premiums awarded for conduct
and cooking; for making bread, and
for mental arithmetic; for sweeping .
room properly, and singing song with
taste-for being useful as well orna-
mental-givs evidence of the apprecia-
tien-on the part of the directors and
teachers of the institutional the great
and important difference between the
of q '.lord'sn daughter in
Europe and . citizens wife in Amer
lea.
And although the performances of an
0peTettd, such as that of Wednesday
afternoon, may seem small matter to
those of US who have been in the hab-
it of attending "grand opera" in cities,
we must remember that the object of
instructing children in such perform
ance is fully attained if their attempts
but give them . higher appreciation
and enjoyment in those great artistic
displays that come from a Kelly Or a
Catherine Hayes.
The mind never realizes the great
ness of requirement save in its own
failures to accomplish an equal. And
thus the true way to enjoy the use of
our physical senses, is to cultivate and
train them into harmonious perform
ance Of their natural functions. AS the
true way to enjoy the beauty of Natures
scenery is to sit down and copy in cray
on or colors the impression it makes on
our eye and mind, SO the true way to
enjoy the great musical inspirations of
a Mozart or q Mendelssohn is, in our
humble way, to make the attempt at
painting, by voice or instrument, a
happy confederation of harmonious
sounds. It is only, then, by havin {
our children instructed in such at
tempts that we can expect to cultivate
their minds to an appreciation of the
beauties of Nature or the grandeur Of
Art, and thus fit them for enjoyments
of q higher and more enobling kind
than they could ever attain in the pos
session of all the riches that ever sprang
from ''cent per cent"
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