Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-05
GIRL GRADUATES.
REGULATIONS, Essays and Good
Music at the Opera House.
Graduating Exercises of the Clarksv lille
Female Academy Witnessed by a
Large Audience.

Miss Matte Neblett.
Miss Annie Peay.
Miss Bessie Carlisle.
Miss Mabel Wood.
Miss Birdie Hopson.
Miss Ethel McCauley.
rhe above is the class Of young
ladies that graduated from the Clarks-
vile Female Academy last night, the
graduating exercises being held at
Elders opera house. The class was
ranged in q semi-circle on the stage
and made a lovely picture under the
bright rays of the electric lights.
Col. House at the curtain rise call
ed for the trustees of the Academy to
occupy seats on the stage. The trus-
tees responded and the program of
the evening was opened by the school
repeating in concert the twenty
fourth Psalm. DR.. West then offered
prayer and made a touching appeal
for the young ladies who were just
crossing the threshold OF the school
room and beginning new life.
Misses Carney and TURNKEY and
Mary Edwards and Anne Neblett
then rendered Rossini's Overture to
William Tell in creditable manner.
Miss Bonnie Gill delivered the invO-
cation and Miss Corrinne Northington
followed with the Salutatory.
The voice quartette, Correcting to
Spring" was rendered in an excel.
lent manner by Misses Anne Neb-
lett, Leonora Byron, Kate Carney
and Maggie Morrow. Miss Leila Ed
wards recited "CatO's response to
Caesar" in Latin, and completely cap
tivated the audience. Miss Matte
Neblett read an essay on "The Moth
ers of the Great" Her conception
of the subject was good and historical
facts bearing on the same were woven
together in such way as TO make
the essay almost poem in prose.
She covered the whole ground, how
ever, in one sentence: 1.-THE history OF
great men is only the history of great
mothers" 1t was a successful effort
and the audience showed its appre-
citation by a hearty encore. The
essays by Misses Carlisle, Hopson,
McCauley and Peay, were also mer-
itoriousIy written and revealed a
depth of thought worthy of older
heads. There was an absence of
those shallow, meaningless phrases,
platitudes and adjectives-fustian-
which school girl graduates usually
inflict upon an audience. They were
couched in good English, replete
with sound thought and sparkIed
with information that can only be
gained by a close study of sound
authors.
The recitation by Miss Mabel Wood
was one of the happiest selections on
the program. 1t was "The Story OF
some Bells" by Werner, and was
recited in such way as to pronounce
Miss Wood an clocutionist of good
The various musical selections
were also fine and served to impress
upon the audience that the young
ladies had been instructed by com
pctent hand.
Miss Leonora Byron, the valedic.
torian, read her vlledictory in an
easy and dignified style, winning
completely the admiration of the
audience. She is the daughter of
Rev. G. S. Byron, pastor of the
Antioch circuit ON the south side,
and is young lady Of rare attain
mcnts.
The school here blessed the Billie,
and after piano seXtette Col. House
conferred the diplomas in his best
style.
Mrs. Buford explained to the audi
nnce that Hon. Wilbur Il. Browder
had failed to make railroad cOnnec
tons and could not get here to
deliver the graduating address. She
then spoke of the work of the
Academy and showed that the school
was in prosperous and gratifying
She impressed upon the
strongly, the necessity for
Dettering female educational facilities
and urged them to stand by the
Academy. Mrs. Buford is a strong
advocate of female education, and
he city is to be congratulated at
having so faithful worker identified
with the educational interests of the
The school then sang an anthem,
Praise We the Lord" and the bene
LECTION was pronounced by DIR.
West.
The Art Levee at the Academy to-
hight closes the exercises, and it
night be we'll to add that the public
5 generally invited.
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