The western sentinel., 1895-09-12
A SPLENDID OPENING.
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION OF SA-
LEM FEMALE ACADEMY.
The Attendance Twenty Per Cent.
Larger Than Last Year-A Hand
some Chapel-Two of Sam
Jones' Daughters Coming.

One hundred years ago, less seven
years, the first principal was called to
take the work of Salem Female Acad-
emy in hand.
Since that time there has been no
break in the history of the work of
the Institution. Wars have been
entered upon and finished; great
changes have been witnessed in the
world at large and yet the quiet, steady
life of the Academy has gone on.
The past vacation has been no time
Of rest but season of busy prepara-
tion for the opening of the fall term.
The number of letters received dur
ing the summer was unusually large,
and indications seemed to be that the
attendance would be very satisfactory.
In addition to the office duties, the
buildings have called for changes and
improvements Two changes are
worthy of special note. The one is in
the large porch in the rear of main
hall. Here the roof has been removed
and a SPLENDID glass roof, the entire
length of the porch, will take it's place.
The roof will be made of sheets of
glass ten feet long, and will make
great improvement in the seventh and
eighth rooms, as well as furnish fine
This work has not yet been finished,
but will be ready in about ten days.
THE ACADEMY CHAPEL.
The other change is that noticed in
the chapel. This hall IS one which is
a great deal, and is quite popular
place for concerts on account of the
fine acoustic properties. Up to the
present time the walls and ceiling
have been white. During the summer
they have been in the hands of the
"Reuben Rink" Company, and the
plain white walls have been trans
formed into most beautifully
frescoed place. The prevailing tints
are the various shades Of terra Gotta,
though the ceiling is so light and
delicate that it blends almost into a
cream tint. A vetilator has been
placed in the center Of the ceiling.
-Four panels fill the greater portion OF
the ceiling space, while one large
panel incloses the four smaller ones.
Two header panels contain beautiful
pieces of art work, in the form of
groups of musical instruments, rest
ing upon a background Of flowers.
The cove also contains two art panels,
similar to the two on the ceiling, and
these designs have called for the much
admiration. The remainder Of the
cove is ornamented with Byzantine
figure, shade darker than the back
ground on which the figure rests. The
fringe below the cove is very fine.
Beginning with blue and gold
border it is continued with bold
scroll work pattern to the picture
mold, when the plain tint of the wall
begins. The entire design is as heauti-
full and satisfying as one could wish,
plain and simple, but at the same
time as artistic as could be desired.
The art panels were done by Mr..
Mich, who Is an expert in all his
work, but unusually strong in this
line.
The renewed chapel will be great
pleasure to the school, and none the
less to the community, which, by Gus
tom, has gradually made this room
the resort for very many OF the refined
winter entertainments. One of the
pleasing features of this work is that
Messrs. j. Gilmer Kerner and Henry
Kerner, who form the members of the
"Reuben Rink Co." have donated
5000 of the work rs a memorial to the
Rev. Lewis Rights, for many years
the President of the Board Of Trus-
tees and staunch friend of the insti-
| tuition.
It will thus be seen that the me-
school-the Vance memorial window,
| the Emma Moore memorial steps, the
| donation in connection with the frescO
work in memory of Rev. Lewis Rights
| and the memorial pipe organ, to be
| erected by the class of '95 during the
| present year.
THE NINETY-THIRD SESSION.
In regard to the prospects for the
| coming year in numbers, Mr.. Clewen
e. f1,o l,a hi
| the increase will be about twenty pei
| cent. as compared with last year. He
| has something over three hundred
/ registered, half of whom will board in
| the school, and half at home or with
relations in the communities. There
| are fully thirty more boarding pupils
registered at this date than was the
case last year, and the present pros
| pect will certainly take the number n1
pupils to between 400 and 500 for the
year. The large number of pupils
| from town is a source of great salts
| faction 10 the school since it shows
| that where the school is best known
| it enjoys the most pleasing support
| and confidence. One of the features
! of the last days has been the great
| distance from which many of the
pupils come. Registrations show
more than twenty from Texas; besides
| this we n0Glce names from Brazil
| New Mexico, California, Arkansas
Pennsylvania, ard almost every State
within the limit given above. All o.
the members of the faculty are a
| their,post of duty, and on the list W,
notice two new names-Miss Lou
Siddall, of Salem, and Miss Lewis, ol
Georgia.
OPENED THIS MORNING.
The opening exercises were held thi
morning, Principal Clewell presiding
He was assisted by Bishop Rond
thaler and Rev. James e. Hall, mem
bers of the Board of Trustees, ant
Rey. S. B. Turrentine, pastor o
Centenary M. e. church. 1
number of the patrons and friend
were present and the entire exercise
betokened hearty and happy open
ing.
The opening Of the school is synoni
nous with the opening of the fall in
terestS, and we trust our communitie
may enjoy the prosperity which seem
to have been accorded this old educa
tional institution in our midst.
Two More Rioters Arrested
Walter Bullocks and William Brio,
who claim Danville and Lynchburf
Va, as their home, but who have bee
at work in Winston for some time