Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-06-12
For the Advertiser
Commencement Of heeSyille High
School.

MEssRs EDITORS I had the pleas.
ure Of attending the commencement
exercises of the Leesville High School
on the FIRST and second days of the
present month and desire to give
Your readers brief account Of come
of the pleasant things l eaw, heard,
tFnd experienced.
:. The opening, or commencement,
sermon was preached BY that old
ffgeterar, end able Minister, the Rev.
A. NJ. Chreitzberg, of the South Car
olina Conference. His subject was
the triumphs of faith, as embodied in
the good cid word vi;ctny. He gave
evidence Of belonging to the Church
militant, and of being famili'r with
that good cid wo,d which has been SO
often repeated by dying, as we'll as
jubilant lips: Victory. VICTORY, VIC
TORY! The audience was large and
enjoyed the sermon greatly.
: In the afternoon, the Children and
young people had line upon line
Eby the writer, and several other cler-
ical gentlemen. The representatives
of John the Baptist and John the
Methodist harmonized completely in
that service, as it was not question
OF much or little avater, but of the
necessity Of training children in the
right way. In The evening we ad,
jsarned to the Baptist Church, and
heard an impressive sermon from the
Rev. Mr.. Burton. We considered
the day az one to be remembered by
all who were present. 1t was sue.
cessful and delightful beginning OF
the commencement. The ex4mina-
tons co Monday were of very IN
e esting character, and showed dill
gence on the part of the students and
carefulness and capacity on the part
O. the teachers.
The reading OF compositions on
Monday evening by the young ladies'
tsEd the sweet strains OF music in the
ftervals, added to their gracefulness
sal beauty Git was their hour exclu'
sgely) were enough to make younger
p crazy. -and did SIR up the lug
R. blood OF the gray boards (snd
Here We're many of them) in the
; krge audience. Eleven o'clock found
shs listeners, and the readers, in al
aoat state Of wild excitement. No
10 iy felt like going home. 1t was a
delightful occasion aud grand cue
less.
,, The writer left on Tuesday morn
ing, and does not doubt that the ez:
srcises Of that day and evening we're
. suitable conclusion to so fine a
beginning.
The Academy is under the Super
attendance OF the Rev. Emory j.
Watson. a member of the South Caro-
ina Confereuce-a fine scholar, and
> IN experienced teacher. He is ably
; leconded by competent corps OF as,
tissantp, and the prospects Of eDlarg-
ID success ale very encouraging. l
had almost forgotten to say that the
, school i. called the Leesrii2e Eng
9Sh and Classical institute" 1t is
binder the control of the following
named Board of Trustees. .Messrs.
Daniel Mitchell, J. P. Hardy, ] P.
Bodie, S. R. Crouch, John j.
,, Shealy, Rev. Joab Edwards, Capt
IA. P. West, Capt. John Abel,
Capt. j. S D .rrick, Johu w. Spann,
Henry A. Spann, B. G. W. Matthews
and A. S. Bouknieht. The names of
these gentlemen will be sufficient
passport to popular favor and conf
esdence. They are among the wealth..
'est and nest intelligent citizens Of
5I Lexington County.
Leesville is one of the most beauti-
lful and healthful Of our Railroad
tltowns, and i, rapidly increasing in
wealth and Importance. We can safe
lily recommend the "Leesville Insti-
! tute" to the confidence and patronage
! of the public. Truly, &C.,
SAMUEL LEARD.
P. S.--105 students are reported
| as belonging to the school. They
come from elk Counties. Abbeville,
Spartan burg, Marion, Newberry, Edge