The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-04-29
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CHAPEL HILL, April 81 Jus, now. Nr
CHRONICLE, before your grand College,
and Semlnarics and Institute, commence
their Commcncemcnts Lot uc toll YOU OF
an accidental visit paid thc other day tu i
pialn little every day common school IL
was not Commencement occasion, aud
the visiting party WAS not expected vs.,
stepped in dry SO, and Locked around
The Chapel I'LL school house Is "a fair
sized building has two rooms, is neatly
painted and whitcwashed. and furnished
with blackboards, desks. &c. &e.. aud it
is placed Oh the brow of mll that over
looks twenty miles of valley melting: away
into a pale blue horizon IN the last which
may Indicate NagS Head. for all know
The forests are just IN their greatest beau
" with every shade of green bonding
with the most delicate tawuy tiuts. and
fringcd with PINK and white where the
dogwood and Judas tree spread their
tents Can any land make farcr show
than old North Carolina when She puts on
her Spring or Fall incries
As soon rs | could Withdraw nj, gaze
from the far blue hills and dalcs / took
lady who prcsides over IT. She is AN the
way from the State of Michigan Now
Mr.. CHRONICLE, Michigan was a bowling
wilderness where North Carolina step
ped out in the van of the "Did Ihir-
teen, ana here We are letting Michigan
instruct us. And Michigan can so il too
Does 1t, III fact, very well. Tins Young
lady, has had from - to 90 pupils from
six to eighteen years of age under her
care for the past four months And am
told has had them well in hand the whole
time with admirable discipline and drill,
and better teaching has never bceu done
here.
The school presented fair average spcci-
mems Of North Carolina boys and gr-
freckle faced, barcfooted, sunhurnt an
ingenious looking crowd, neatly dressed,
smiling and orderly. \ class was seated
on a platform at one end of the room writ
ing compositions Leave being given /
went up among them and looked over their
states. They We're writing about North
Carolina: North Carolina is "a good
State, they wrote. North Carolina has
a fine climate and peaches. "North Caro-
lima can raise most everything, AMI Is nice
to live in, and we don't travel much.
'North Carolina IS Il good State a. iItc Iu.
but would like to 20 to South Carolina I"
ed the last sentiment had probably had
some experience of ''mummics already
She was ready to eIHigratc | seized the
opportunity to instruct her that South
Carolina was not near 50 nice u state as
North Carolina, and she must never %
away from her own. II was a pretty sight,
Mr.. CHRONICLE, to see these well b. Aaycd
children, evidently of respectable parcu
tage-plain, but thoroughly respectable
all at work saving something good ol their
native State. They sad everything posi-
bic for her. She has all the corn and all
the fruit; and she has the ocean a well as
the mountains; and She can raise every.
, thing; and she is u good state Blc,- the
think less of her.
After the compositions on North Caro-
lima was shown some on sunday on
this topic our young moralsts were very
fluent. Sunday Is Gods day and wc must
be good on sunday. Some people play
marbles on Sunday, but they are fixing
up for the bad man" I'VE must go to-
church and Sunday school, if We work or
play on Sunday We are going along the
| broad road" And 50 on.
After the compositions We had som, pf
| the larger boys ordered up to show us how
/ they could speak. Eocution come. nat
/ uTdlig To AmelICdU sEiIDDl ftDN~. iHfN ttll
! get up and tear round upon 'Tempc
, and the Wrongs Of ireland pretty mI h
! as the Fresh do in the University chapel.
/ The little girls looked on with deep re-.
| spect. Then we had singing and some
! evolutionary drill which is always pretty
! to see, and III this case was very well per
formed. large map Of North Carolina
1 was on the wall Of the main room which
was further decorated with notices made
of cedar, and 50 we're the white muslin
window shades 1t was all wholesome and
! chccry aud well ordered said some
thing to the lady teacher by way Of com
. piInent "a To the pretty look She had con
trived to confer on her surroundings ~4,
| replied in the tone OF voice - excellent it
woman, soft and low i think It si
essential part Of education soft iosri
as she is ] understand that -it thor
oughly business as your wel TRAINED
Yankee girl is apt 10 BE- ! have hoard =
her leading boy OF eighteen "ho hac
been unruly in school - the door, auC
telling him in her snftest tone Now
YOU must either 70 hDUe and ~tat there
or remain here and behave yourself II,
decided on the whole 10 remain and d
now one of her best speaker.
would like 10 know that there are hy,
hundred schools in North Carolina as wei
conducted and as we'll worthy Of conf
dence as our Chapel llll school. The>
schools, these children arc the very life
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