Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-05-25
LEMOYNE INSTITUTE
The junior Glass Exhibition to be Held
at the Second Congregational
Church Tonight.
Eight Graduates at the Operaheuse
Monday Night-The Encouraging
Work Of the Institute

The junior exhibition Of the Lemoyne Nor
m al Institute, for the benefit OF the Lemoyne
Public L brary, will take place at the Second
Congregational church, 293 Orleans street,
tonight, and from the printed programme
promises to be a very interesting affair.
THE PROGRAMME
includes a number of sprightly musical Sc
lections, recitations, dialogues and gymnastics
by members of the junior clsss of the insti
tute, who have been in training for some
time past. Among those who will parlicl-
pate are Alexander Rivers, A. G. Madame, j.
d. Hill, Charles Shelby, Alonzo Yates, Wash
ington and Dunlap, and Misses Charlotte
Rivers, Lulu Broughtis, Mary Clark, Ida
Pittmap, Ophelis Taylor, Mary Miller,
Luella Morris, Ida Wells, Emma Green,
Wallace, Dun,on and Mccullough, and
Mrs. Nj. Smith and Mrs. Pleasant. Part
second of the programme includes number
of selections from the "Flower Queen"
aud The whole will conclude with q
grand tsbleau.
% Monday night next, the 2Sth instant,
at the Greenlaw Operahouse, the exhibition
Of the graduating Glass will take place, when
eight accomplished members of the senior
class will entertain an audience OF their
friends with excellent original essays, that
will be well worth listening TO. The subject
of the
EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO
is an engrossing one, and the progress made
ia this direction by the Lemoyne Institute
cannot BE- overlooked. The school exercis a
a vast inhusncs in this portion of the South
and its establishment must lead TO the most
important resulle. if tbs nj engagement contin-
ues in as good hauds as it has been since lis
establishment, ia 1871, with funds furnished
by DIR. LeMoyne and the American Mission.
airy Association. The net expense Of the in-
stitute to the association named is about
$4,000, and those who recognize the value and
sim Of universal education cannot fail to
realize that it is money well expended. The
aversge attendance is about 200 pupils, and
over forty per cent. of these are employed
during vacation as teachers in the surround
ing country. The sohool has turned out
about thirty-fve graduates since it began,
and many OF these have secured positions OF
trust and honor. A marked improvement in
the intellectual capacity OF the colored peo-
pie Of Memphis has been noticed since the
establishment of the institute, and further
improvement is constantly being IN ade. The
regular faculty of the school now consists OF
nine teachers, with Prof. J. H. Steele as con.
ductor, and he ia assisted by the Rev. B. A.
Jones and Miss Helen NJ. Andrews, Of the
New York State Normal School. They are
eminenuy qualified for the imPpr,.s.t- ss.i
tionk they occupy, and the exhibitions OF to-
morrow and Monday nights will furnish tan
gible proof Of the work they are doing.
The efforts Of Prof. Steele have been d.
rected toward giving the pupils in his charge
such an education as would qualify them for
the work day world, besides furnishing
them with the materials, which, properly
applied, would enable them 10 rise superior
10 the common level, and make them agents
in the march Of improvement everywhere
going on. Those who are familiar with him
and his school, realizs how well he has sue.
ceeded in carrying out this noble endeavor.