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^•rtla Cartllaa aai Calrarj SchMLDear Democrat t In company with your townsman. Col. D. McOiU, I bad tbe pleasors on 21st nit., of attending the examination exercises of Calvary High School at Higdon’s Store, in what is commonly known as the North Carolina District. As I saw much to please and interest me, I hare thought it might interest your readers alSo. It certainly should invite them to emulation, and encourage them in the hard struggles with adverse circumstances.This school is situated 20 miles from Bain-bridge and 12 from the railroad. The lands are no better than the average pine lands of the county. The community, though out of debt, is not wealthy; yet the moment you enter this prosperous neighborhood yon are made aware of it by the good roads ; bridges in repair; old time, ante bellum, twelve-rail fences, enclosing abundant corn crops, now weighted down with twenty-five to thirty boshels of golden grain per acre, and ootton promising a heavy yield. Fat stock, including that rara acts, the hog. The homesteads, almost without exception, are neatly framed and painted, the snrroandings impressively denoting woman's refined and cultured taste and handiwork.To my surprise I found the Academy a large aod imposing frame building neatly painted, and equipped with the most improved appliances in the way of black-boards, spring-bottomed seats, Ac. And on tbe same grounds a music room for pupils, furnished with a richly toned piano and all the facilities for instruction in that most refining art. From the instructress in this department I was glad to learn that aeveial boys were among her pupils.The Academy is und«r the supervision of Rev. Bobt. H. Harris* I knew him as a lawyer, and he was a good one ; more recently as minister, and here he was an improvement upon the lawyer; but judging from his examinations on the 21st, which were evidently bona fide and without previous drilling or cramming and the readiness and proficiency of bis pupils, I am constrained to say he is a born teacher of yonth*Hiss Biddy, an estimable pleasant-toned lady, presides over the musical department, who readily enters upon her dnties con amore. One has but to hear her dilate upon “My Chidren to ascertain that fact. It was with sincere regret that sickness of one of my family denied me the pleasure ol attending the entertainment given by her pupils on tbiq evening.Among the striking features of this occasion was the assembling together of an audience estimated at from 750 to 1000, from this county, Thomas county, and Gadsden couiity, Fla. Think of that. Are there many communities which would manifest so mnch interest in a purely educational occasion. Large as the assembly was it was fed with princely generosity and rarest culinary skill by the matrons of North Carolina.I hope the trustees and patrons of Calvaiy High School will acquit me of any predetermined purpose to “spy ont the land” when among them, when I venture the suggestion that Bainbndge could do no better than to secure the services of these accomplished educators and on snch terms as will permanently identify them with our educational projects. My word for it they would instil new life and %iake success.Mobal—This community makes its own bread and meat, looks to the useful, while not dis-egarding refined cnlture ; lives for its own comfori aDd not for other people’s eyes; does its own work, instead of lamenting unreliable or scarce labor ; therefore, their lands have a value, houses are made attractive, fences, roads and bridges are in apple-pie order; thrift and plenty are the rule; Academies are built and equipped and such teachers as referred to can be secared to train and bless their children. What has been done can be done. Truly, C.
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Bainbridge Democrat
Bainbridge, Georgia, US
Thu, Aug 03, 1882
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