Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-06-16


and women better, wiser, and happier. Let Us
not decisive ourselves. We are strong, enough
aud Intelligent enough 10 look facls squarely
| IN the face even though they be discreditabie
/ to Rs. Tie startling fact il that notwith-
standing We live 10 city OF nearly 10000
| Inhabitants, ard nolwiIhsl andiDg all these
evidencss OF material prosperity around u,
We nave never co-operated in The establish
meDt OF puolic library, conservatory Of
mus C, an art gallery, or an Institution Of
| learning for the education OF our daughters.
Nay. We have discouraged and are DOW dis
| c0ursgiug such entsrpri-es by taking our
daughters from under the aegis oftheir moth
Ere pro ection and COILS gning Them to the
| nhcspltab'e tulelage OF distant boarding
schools. Why should the mothers OF Mem
phis be condemned to Gend their daughters
to Vsssar to learn algebra, to Baltimore TO
Learn painting, 10 Cincinnati TO learn mus C,
or 10 New York to learn manner? Why
shou d young lady not become as accom-
pished and brilliant by training 10 Mem
phIs schools snd BY contact with Memphis
social life as elsewhere? Why should she
be torn from her social and domestic co.
yIrOnmenls and rslegaied TO the guardian
chip Of strangers? These are grave quee-
tionH, and the lime has come 10 our history
when they should b. grsveIy considered.
They sff.ct our social life and the moral and
intellectual development of COR people Nav,
more, They sffsSt our stzrIut Pr0-F,7riry. r.
is'wholIy unnecessary for DIE to argue that a
city whose en,erprisIug citizens have pro-
vided all the facilities for Intellectual and
sr.istic training is more Inviting than
one without ibese advantages. Two years
ago Stranger offered donation OF S25, 600
ii we would contrIbute The excess necessary
To SECURE public library for the people Of
Memphis. Neglect TO avail ourselves Of this
benefsctlon would no. only be humili atiDg
and disgrsceful TO US az a community, but a
public advertisement TO our discredit, at once
tending TO retard our growth and affect our
prosperity. Yet, be it said, we hesitated,
uatil pow we are about to be rescued from
this disgrace by the enterprising ladies of
Memphis. l have taken the liberty to call
attention to this condition OF affairs, because
l believe the people Of Memphis are ripe for
new order OF things. The observant mind
will not fail 10 see evidences of advancement
IN the direction OF greater facilities for INTEL
lyctual ard artistic culture. The sterner sex
may be the pioneers in material progress, but
the genter sex are the pioneers in social
growth. Their efforts 10 secure public library,
the Lsste for music and painting so recently
developed and the excellence Of our private
schools for the education OF young ladies,
unendowed and unaided, IS they are, all
point 10 u new era 10 or social life, and are
no less evidences of growlb tha1 the material
prosperity surrounding Us. Alter 50 many
years II war, pestilence' and financial de-
preston the germ has taken root ia orr soil,
and L pretict that as inns progresses Mem
pbIs wall become TO the Southwest what Bos-
ton is to New England. We have in our
midst men OF enterprises, who are setting tie
seal OF their sagacity and energy on the ma
terlal growth OF Memphis. II their cooper
atior can be secured IN the direction OF
higher intellectual, social and arsistic de-
velopmenf, then will she become noted alike
for her culture and her commerce. Then
she VII need no borrowed light. Her social
lie without exir4neoUs assistance will
become elegant, consistent and peculiarly
MeDphian. Her SONS will be toe
companions of books, and her daugh
tiers the companions of their brothers.
Refinement, culture and taste is to be sd-
mired everywhere, but, in my Judgment, the
homemade article is the beet. Ihave no re-
spect Tor that shoddy sentiment and empty
afectation which decries everything at home
and commsRds she excellence OF every thing
transplaDted from abroad. The highest
standard Of a man is be who believes he has
the best wife and children in the world, the
best neighbors in the world, that he lives in
the best community in The world, in the best
Stale in the world, in the best country in the
world and in the best world in the universe,
and who thanks God for his blessings. | am
neither traveller or cosmopolitan, and L still
labor under the delusion, if delusion it be,
that our wives and mothers are the very
Jewels oil perfecii0n sud rtfinemsni. There
- no gentienets like thri.s, no
faith like theirs, no protection 10
tkya ha
Ggis of their love. l am free TO admit
taat there il much to learn that we should
learn, but insist that we should increase our
facilities and learn these things at home. l
would maintain our standard of manhood !;
| would maintaio, forever, our standard Of
womanhood. Cultivate, pfune. and improvs
SO much al you please, but | protest you
must not destroy the type. This can only
be done by fostering our own Institutions and
the promotion of education in our midst.
Now, Young ladies, have said all l in
terded saying 10 the sudieucs in behslf OF
home education. Your proficiency, as shewn
Ly the exercises Of the evening" is a stronger
sppesl than any l can make in behalf OF
Memphis schools. beg you not to under
estimate your advantages. / would have
you TO priz. your diplomas, because you re-
ceived them at The hands of a Memphis
teacher. Your training has been equal 10
that received in any other school, and
you have had all the while the in-
estimable privilege OF the companion
ship of your mothers. You sre
BY association and education peculiarly
young ladies OF Memphis. In society you
will receive your share of admiration, but
| you will win your greatest triumphs in
| the domestic circle. Remember there is nc
| fragrance from artificial flowers. 1t is the
| flower at home instructive with life from the
parent stem and fresh with the morning dew
| that gives forth the sweetest perfume
Happy is the young lady who is crowned
| queen Of the household by the loved one
there. Her crown jswels are the jewels o
| the heart. She swsys her scepter over dc
main where none will dispute her empire
and love is the coin of the realm.
VaIedIetory.
The valediciory, by Miss Rowena Heiskell
wa entitled "What Shall We Do With Ii?
essay IN brisf synopsis. Suffice it to say
was a finished and elegant production ant
possessed the attraction, rare with compost
tious Of its kind, of being timely. The Ell
eTcises concluded with a song by the cla-
and "Good Night" song by Mi sss Matti
McDavitt and Mary Lou Boiling, and Mrs
Grace Weatherford.
MAS. fuckers SCHOOL.
At 10 o'clock Friday merning, the 15l
instan', an elegant audience assembled il
the large, airy pario,s Of 279 Linden stree
TO witness the closing exercises of the Mem
phis Female Seminary, tsusat by Mrs.
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