Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1884-06-20
C0LLIERYILLE. TENN.
Commencement Exercises Mt Miss Hold
ems Seminary Address by the Rev.
Br. Daniels. OF Memphis.

| ".
Br. Daniels. OF Memphis.
CORRESPONDENTS OF THE APPEAL.l
CoILfERvILLE, June 1S.-It was my
| good fortune TO be present yesterday at
| the close of the commencement exercises
| OF Miss Holden's seminary, in our town,
| and knowing that many besides our own
| citizens feel an interest in this growing
| institution Of learning, l feel that l may
be pardoned for troubling you and the
public with an outline of the exercises on
| this occasion. The day was lovely, every
| body seemed to be in good humor and
| the expectation of a rare treat brought
| together as fine an audience as We ever
| saw packed in the same amount OF space.
To give particulars OF everything that was
done and said would demand more space
| than you could Afford and hence without
any grand flourish l hasten to the main
| points.
The exercises were opened by a selec-
ton from the Barber of .SeUiile, which was
rendered in fine artistic style by Misses
Clara Taylor and Pinkie Mitchell. After
this followed the salutatory, by Miss
Pinkie Mitchell, which was conceived in
happy style and read with fine effect.
Following the programme We have next a
piano solo by Mise Eta Allen, and an
essay by Miss Katie Wilson, entitled, ''The
Loom OF Life" which would do honor to
| an older and more cultivated head. The
! musical exercises were continued with a
list OF fine selections by Misses Jenkins,
Phillips Katie Wilson, Willie Mitchell,
and also by the class of some twelve or
fifteen pupils in concert in two or three
excellent and appropriate pieces with such
effect that the strains seemed to come as
it were from a fairy band. Interspersed
wit0 these musical selections we're an
L. L. -
and Wait" by Miss Annie Lauderdale;
and one, "Siepping-Stones by Miss
Pinkie Mitchell also, addresses by Misses
Lauderdale and Wilson-all of which
were presented in a. style which evinced
careful training and q thorough knowledge
of the subjects discussed.
At this stage of the proceedings the Rev.
Eugene Daniel, DID,, of Memphis, who
had been selected to deliver the address of
the occasion, was introduced. and for the
space of fifty minutes he held his auditory
spellbound by such flow Of oratory,
coupled with such graceful diction, as is
rarely enjoyed on such occasions. As
thinker q philanthropist and laborer in
the service of his great Master and OF his
fe'low-man he added to his well earned
laurels and made many friends who will
ever bid him God-speed in his great mis-
sion for good.
The address vas on the general subject
OF educators, and the speaker considered,
first, the peculiar difficulties under which
they labor in the prosecution Of their
work; second, the importance and moral
grandeur of the work itself; third, the re-
wards of those who are engaged ia it.
Under the first head was mentioned the
trial the teacher undergoes physically in
devoting himself 10 calling which de
i'm ~ end
else; the difficulty he experiences in the
various mental distractions of the school
room; the trouble he meets in adjusting
the regulations of his school to the indi-
vidual temperaments and dispositions Of
his scholars; the impossibiity of satisfy
ing the Capricious demands of urreason-
able parents.
Under the second head he argued the
Importance OF the work from the essential
nature of it las dealing directly with the
mind and moral nature), and also from the
fact that it lays the foundation cf all the
subsequent usefulness and greatness which
may be realized by the most distinguished
poets, philosophers, jurists, physicians
and theologians.
Under the third head it was stated that
the teacher need not expect his reward
either in the accumulation of wealth or in
the enjoyment OF popular praise, but must
look for it rather ~ in the pleasures of a
cultivated mind, (2) in the consciousness
of solid usefulness ss a member of society,
and (3) in the gratitude and love of those
he has taught. A special tribute was paid
to the band of noble women who have de-
voted themselves to this work.
At the conclusion of the address DIR.
Daniel presented diplomas to the three
young lady graduates, Misses Annie Lau-
derdale, Pinkie Mitchell and Katie Wilson,
accompanying the presentation with a
beautiful and paternal address eminently
befitting such an occasion.
The exercises were closed by a piano
solo, "Valse de Concert" by Miss Lucino
Crenshaw, the junior address by Miss
Charlotte Field, chorus by the class and
piano dnet by Misses Mitchell and Will
son, and thus passed away most enjoy
able season, in which we wish you, too,
Messrs. Editors, could have been partici-
pants. s.