The news & observer., 1897-04-18
A FAMOUS SCHOOL
RECENTLY APROlN fRUS'
TEES HAVE PERFECT THEIR
ARRANGEMENT S FOX IHE
FUTURE CONDUCT OF
ST. MARY'S.

FUTURE CONDUCT OF
ST. MARY'S.
The New Beard is Composed Of Lead
ing Dvines and Successful ara
Mise Business Men 1t Has Fer
Fi.ty-Fivs Y ears K " 30 the
Forefron. os E6uca-
tionai Advances.
The recently appointed trustees oA ~
Narv's School. Diocesan), nave III Sc
rios of meetings held during the past
month perfected their plans for the fu-
trro conduct of the school, and the re-
Suits of their efforts cannot fan TO De
gratifying to the friends of that most eN-
cellent institution. Too much cannot be
said in praise of the admirable way III
which St. Mary's has for the past nifty
five wears kept in the forefront of edu'
cational advance, and the people or our
State will be more than glad to know that
the work so nobly planned by Rev. DIR.
Albert Smedes, and so ably carried out
by him and by his scholarly son. DR..
Bennett Smedes. the present Rector, Is
now made permanent by the Episcopal
church.
OF the work of st. Mary's in the past,
ii is scarcely necessary to speak, so well
is it known and appreciated all over the
South. Thoroughness in all branches
taught and the formation of refined, cul-
hoy hpon =
aim: and thousands of lovely, cultivated
women testify that st. Mary's has sue
ceeded in it's purpose. Besides the work
done in the South in building schools
and semnaries some of her Alumnae
have founded schools of their own in
Philadelphia, in Columbus, Ohio, and in
other we'll known Northern centers; 9TH
ers are successfully competing with the
best teachers in the large schools of the
North: and others still are doing special
and valuable work in art, in music and
in science. From its foundation the pu-
pills of St. Mary's have embraced repre-
sentatiyes from the oldest and best
known of our Southern families. The
daughter Of General Robert Lee was
punil during the troublous times of the
war; the family of President Davis made
their home there for many months, and
daughters and granldaughters OF such
men as the Hon. George Davis. and the
Hon. George Badger are proud to claim
her their alma-mater.
Never has the standard been higher or
the work more earnest that at present.
AS one of the Bishops says: Never
were finer facilities offered, of every
sort, than those now provided IN this
superior and most popular institution.
Surely parents or guardians in North
Carolina will find it difficult to secure
elsewhere better educational advantages
than st. Mary's provides here in their
own State. 1t is not strange that in SO
many of the Southern States this insti-
tuition is held in such honor and esteem"
The large and constantly increasing
day school is 4 witness to the popularity
and efficiency sof the work of ST. Mary's
in Raleigh, aIsa the gold medal awarded
it's exhibit at fhe last State Fair shows
what the best of our educators think OF
the work
The charitable work done by the pri-
vate generosity of the two Rectors of
st. Mary's has been enormous, and num-
bers of women who were unable to pay
for their own education have thus been
enabled to gain their own support and to
help others dependent on them.
By the endowment Of the school and
by other aid which it will receive as h
Diocesan School, THIS great work will be
made even more effective and far
reaching than ever before. The names
of the Trustees are as follows, and they
are in themselves a guarantee Of the flu
ture success of ST. Mary's:
Rt. Rev. JOSEPH e. CHESHIRE.
Rt. Rev. ALFRED A. WATSON.
Rev. FRANCIS J. MURDOCH, d. D.,
Salisbury.
Rev. JULIAN E. INGLE, Henderson.
Rev. JUNIUS HORNER, Oxford.
Mr.. CHARLES E. JOHNSON.
Raleigh.
DR.. RICHARD II. LEWIS, Raleigh.
Mr. WILLIAM A. ERWIN, Durham.
Mr.. DAVID Y. COOPER. Henderson
Mr.. LAWRENCE S. HOLT,
Burlington
Rev. ROBERT STRANGE. d. d.,
Wilmington.
Rev. THOs. NJ. N. GEORGE.
Newbern.
Col. JOHN W. ATKINSON, !
Wilmington.
Col. WHARTON J. GREEN,
Fayetteville.
Rev. McNEELY DU BOSE,
Asheville.
Rev. G. SATTERLEE. Morganton.
Mr.. THEODORE +. DAVIDSON,
Asheville.
Mr.. SILAS McBEE, Lincolnton
MIDGETS TO BE a SUCCESS.