Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-09-07
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Some Account Of Great and
Growing School.

Some Account Of a Great and
Growing School.
Among the public institutions
which contributes to the growth and
prosperity of Waco, the WACO Fee
MALE COLLEGE must be placed In the
front rank. Owing to the retiring
modesty of the principal, the Waco
Female College has not attrac.
ted the attention it deserves in the
city. The strides which this college
has made in the past five years, under
the present management, is some
thing phenomenal. The people of the
state seem to have found out the
great merits of this school before the
people of Waco, and from present
evidences the capacity of the col
lege for the accommodation of nom
resident pupils will be greatly over
taxed this year. The new and en-
larged college buildings in new To-
cation is a matter of necessity, the
school increasing in pupilage year by
year, faster than accommodation can
be provided. The EVENING NEWS
from thorough conversance with the
modes, methods and management of
this school for many years has no hes
itation in saying that there is neither
in Virginia nor Tennessee school
where young ladies can be educated
with results more satisfactory than at
the Waco Female College. The course
of study, the appliances for education
the discipline and mental training,
are simply superb. Texas girls are
trained to. be Texas women, and the
education acquired is not only solid,
broad and practical, but it is modern
education. The music and art de-
partments in this school are especially
worthy of notice, both are acquiring
State reputation and adding to the
scholarship. The question before. the
board of trustees just now of most
pressing Importance is not where
shall we get scholars but what shall
we do with boarding scholars with
the present facilities until enlarged
fsoilities oan he had.
They will meet the emergencies this
year, but next year will see new,
grand buildings. While the state
reputation Of the college is filling the
boarding department, the Waco pat
ronage, though very good, is not as
large as it should be, even consider
ing what grand factor this institu-
ton has been in the history of the
city. 1t was the nucleus of city.
Waco has been built around the col
lege as a starting point. Even in
this point Of view, the school should
be crowded with Waco students, but
that point may readily be waived.
The Waco Female College has no SUI
perior in the country for symmetri-
cal, thorough and complete educa-
ton. The young lady graduates of
this school in all that pertains to
lady-like accomplishments and ment
attachments, can stand side by side
with the daughters of institutions
making greater pretense as equals at
ali points. This leads US to this con-
clusioh, and we desire to press it with
force. The young ladies of Waco
should all be edu Gated at Waco Fe-
male College. There are advantages
in home education, which will read
lily suggest themselves to parents.
There is equally an advantage in
uniform education, and the educa-
ion in one school from childhood to a
graduate, has a merit which teachers
can readily understand. If the Waco
Female College could be seen as it
really is, and the people of Waco
correctly appreciated the merits of
this great school as the public of the
state does, the home patronage, which
is already liberal, would be doubled,
tripled and quadrupled. We advise
our home people who have daughters
to educate, to canvass the merits of
the Waco Female College. 1t is a
school without superior.
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