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After these examinations, it was thought at the South, who wished to have the honorthat the school was sufficiently well known to ary degree of A. M. conferred upon her. He justify their discontinuance; and though the answered her as politely as he could, to the school has ever been open to parents and effect that if degrees were conferred by Brown friends of education, no public examinations University upon ladies of merit, there would or exhibitions have been held for many years. be so many worthy of receiving such a deMr. K. spoke of his methods of awakening gree, that more honors would be showered by the interest of his pupils in study; his mode this University than by any other institution of governing, or endeavoring to govern, so in the country. And he must confess, that that he could hope to appeal from the school in view of the audience before him, he was girl to the woman; and for the want of time, sorry he was not on the platform of the old he stated what he had aimed to make some of Baptist meeting house, ready to do the handthe characteristics of the school, and if the some thing towards the graduates of this result may be regarded as successful, some of school. If any were surprised at receiving an the secrets of success. He closed by alluding invitation from Mr. Kingsbury to meet him to the women he had educated, and said, even this morning in the College chapel, when he if he had nothing to do in producing the re- had somewhat objected, in former times, to sults, he felt a disposition to challenge the his pupils receiving calls from the students, world to produce a more intelligent, a more he would merely say that as it was vacation efficient, a wiser, or a nobler band. In allusion in college, no harm could possibly occur from to his successor, he said, “that while men this gathering of young ladies in Manning die, institutions live. Though I leave the Hall. He then paid a fine tribute of respect Young Ladies' High School to-day, the insti- to Mr. Kingsbury, to his zeal in the cause of tution lives. May he who will assume the education, enlarging afterwards on the influcharge meet with the same favor from this com- ence of woman, well-educated woman, on munity which I have received, and may the the community at large. results of his labor be more successful and satisfactory than mine."

After Mr. Kingsbury sat down, Professor Lincoln read the piece alluded to above as a reminiscence of the class of 1834; after which, Professor Dunn read a poem from a member of the same class. Professor Lincoln then read a poem on Woman from another former pupil of the school, followed by Professor Dunn, who read an amusing and stirring ode written by a more recent member of the institution.

PRESIDENT SEARS' ADDRESS. Rev. Dr. Sears then took the floor, and made an address through which ran a vein of pleasant wit and humor. He said that a little while ago he received a letter from a lady

Then was sung, in the tune of "Auld Lang
Syne," the following

ODE,
COMPOSED FOR THE OCCASION BY HON. WM. M. RODMAN.
Memory wreathes each heart this day,

While old and young combine
To chant a grateful roundelay,
To golden days, lang syne.

To auld lang syne, this day,
We garlands twine;
And sing a joyous roundelay
To auld lang syne.

The school house stands on yonder street,
Where we so loved to rove;

And classic seems that calm retreat,
Our academic grove.

Then to anld lang syne, this day, &c.

Now gently sweep the pensive lyre,
While tears like dew drops shine;
And softly touch each throbbing wire,
To days of auld lang syne.

For auld lang syne,'&c.

And thou, kind teacher, father, guide,

For thee, a wreath we twine;
And place it round thy brow with pride,
For deeds of love, lang syne.

Aye for auld lang syne, &c.

Those days lang syne, when thou wert young,
Like present moments shine;
Then take from lip, and heart, and tongue,
A song for auld lang syne.

For auld lang syne, &c.

And when thy faith is changed to sight,
And years no more are thine;
May heaven be filled with mem'ries bright,
Of earth-born days, lang syne.

And may we all together meet,

Where loves immortal twine;
And gathered round our Saviour's feet,
Chant songs of love divine.

What Kind of Words to Use.

USE simple, familiar Anglo Saxon words, in preference to those of Latin and French origin.

The latter may seem finer and more high sounding, but the former are stronger and more expressive, and you will be able to set forth more clearly in them what you have to say. If your thought is a great one, simple words will well befit it; and if it is trifling or commonplace, your grand phrases will only make it seem ridiculous. Father, mother, brother, sister, home, happiness, heaven; sun, moon, stars, light, heat; to sit, to stand, to go, to run, to stagger, are Anglo Saxon words; as are most of those used to express habitual actions, and designate persons and objects familiar and dear to us. We may say in Latin English, "Felicity attends virtue," but "Well being arises from well-doing"-Saxon-English-is a far better wording of the same idea. Mark the strength, expressiveness and majestic movement of the following lines from Byron's "Destruction of Sennacherib," in which nearly all the words are Anglo-Saxon: "For the Angel of Death spread his wings on

the blast,

And thus ended this pleasant gathering, for pleasant and genial it was, though a tinge of sadness was thrown over the occasion from the fact that he who had been Principal of this institution for thirty years was now to end his connection with it. As changes occur oftener now than they did when the world was not so stirring, it will probably never occur again, at least not in our city, that the pupils And their hearts beat but once, and forever lay

And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill,

still!"

The French and Latin elements of our lan

of a school shall assemble to bid farewell to a
a teacher who has presided over one institu-
tion thirty years, who has had two genera-guage,

of course, have their place and use,

tions, the mother and daughter, under his in- and cannot be left out; but the Anglo Saxon should furnish the staple of our common writand talk.-How to Write.

struction.

In the afternoon and evening, a large num-ing ber of citizens, both ladies and gentlemen, paid their respects to Mr. Kingsbury at his house.

EACH day brings its labor, and happy is he who loves his duty too well to neglect it.

REPUTATION is rarely proportioned to virtue. We have seen a thousand people esteemed, either for the merit they had not yet attained, or for that they no longer possessed. St. Evremond.

FIRESIDE DEPARTMENT.

ANSWERS to the Geographical Enigma in the February number have been received from "J. W. C.," Fall River; "M., A., R., A.," "Manfred," and "Raymond," Providence.

Answer:-Arno, Smyrna, Okeechobee, Boston, Antioch, Campeche, Nahant, Newport, New York, Snow, Henry. My whole-A person is known by the company he keeps.

For the Schoolmaster.

Enigma of Natural Curiosities.

We wish to ask our readers, one and all, to send in the answer, if they can get it, to the following enigma. It is not our intention by this department simply to furnish amusement for the children, but to instruct as well as amuse, and that too, the older readers as well as the children.

We venture to say that there is more real instruction in the following enigma than in the ordinary reading of many persons for a week.

We guess (?) this will puzzle some of our readers. Will every one who is fortunate enough to get the answer send it to us?-ED.

I AM COMPOSED OF NINETY-NINE LETTERS.

My 77, 31, 62, 54, is an island in the Pacific Ocean, under the entire width of which extends a tunnel navigable for boats.

My 77, 82, 23, 85, 12, 30, 2, 90, 16, is the port where the above curiosity is found.

My 79, 86, 39, 94, 6, 84, 19, 27, 21, 71, is a noted curiosity in Virginia.

My 70, 80, 24, 18, 68, 34, 84, are singular phenomena in one of the islands of the At

lantic.

My 73, 37, 58, 70, 87, 43, 15, 40, 57, 21, 46, is a natural curiosity on an island west of Scotland.

My 7, 53, 65, 8, 13, 1, 27, 81, 22, 29, 73, 95, are small islands of coral formation on the coast of North America.

My 88, 17, 10, 49, 55, 26, 97, 75, 87, is a picturesque waterfall in Minnesota.

My 15, 76, 57, 48, 7, 81, 2, 32, 11, 84, is a singular rocky curiosity in one of the mountains of Germany.

My 70, 13, 97, 58, 28, 95, 36, 9, 42, 84, 55, 96, 92, 24, is a curiosity in Ireland.

My 49, 92, 33, 42, 6, 57, 53, 45, 8, 37, 59, 70, 22, is found in Virginia.

My 93, 9, 88, 93, 65, 38, 61, is a cave in one of the Southern States.

My 91, 87, 21, 27, is an island in the Pacific on which is a valley where no living creature can exist.

My 65, 42, 9, 40, 61, 13, 50, 99, 92, is the name of some hot springs in one of the United States.

My 15, 77, 22, 47, 74, 81, 80, 78, 7, 99, 61, 46, 45, 6, 41, 11, 68, 49, is a phenomenon often seen from one of the mountains of Ger

My 18, 72, 53, 83, 27, 25, 87, 6, 92, is a many. lake of hot-water in Italy.

My 95, 35, 58, 69, 8, 68, 71, is the name of

My 4, 78, 66, 97, 67, 35, 70, 41, is a water- a fort in Hindostan which was submerged by fall in Georgia. the earthquake of 1819.

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Truth.

THE following beautiful illustration of the simplicity and power of truth, is from the pen of S. H. Hammond, formerly editor of the Albany State Register. He was an eye witness of the scene in one of the higher

courts:

A little girl nine years of age, was offered as a witness against a prisoner who was on trial for a felony committed in her father's house.

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Now, Emily," said the counsel for the prisoner, upon her being offered as a witness, "I desire to know if you understand the nature of an oath?"

"I don't know what you mean," was the simple answer.

"There, your Honor," said the counsel, addressing the Court, "is anything further necessary to demonstrate the validity of my objection? The witness should be rejected. She does not comprehend the nature of an oath."

"Let us see," said the judge, my daughter."

"Come here,

Assured by the kind tone and manner of the judge, the child stepped toward him, and looked confidingly up in his face, with a calm. clear eye, and in a manner so artless and frank, that went straight to the heart.

"Did you ever take an oath ?" inquired the judge. The little girl started back with a

look of horror, and the red blood mantled in a blush all over her face and neck as she answered,

"No, sir."

She thought he intended to inquire if she had ever blasphemed.

"I do not mean that," said the judge who saw her mistake, "I mean were you ever a witness before?"

"No, sir; I never was in court before," was the answer.

He handed her the Bible open. "Do you know that book, my daughter?" She looked at it and answered, "Yes, sir, it is the Bible."

"Do you ever read it?" he asked.

"Yes, sir, every evening."

"Can you tell me what the Bible is?" in

quired the judge.

"Do you believe this?" asked the judge, while a tear glistened in his eye, and his lips quivered with emotion.

"Yes, sir," said the child, with a voice and manner that showed her conviction of its truth was perfect.

"God bless you, my child," said the judge' "you have a good mother. This witness is "Were I on trial

"It is the word of the great God," she an- competent," he continued. swered.

“Well, place your hand upon this Bible, and listen to what I say;' and he repeated slowly and solemnly the oath usually administered to witnesses.

"Now," said the judge, you have sworn as a witness, will you tell me what will befall you if you do not tell the truth?"

for my life, and innocent of the charge against me, I would pray God for such witnesses as this. Let her be examined."

She told her story with the simplicity of a child, as she was, but there was a directness about it which carried conviction of its truth to every heart. She was rigidly cross-examined. The counsel plied her with infinite and

"I shall be shut up in State Prison," an- ingenious questioning, but she varied from her swered the child.

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Anything else?" asked the judge.

"I shall never go to heaven," she replied. "How do you know this?" asked the judge again.

first statement in nothing. The truth, as spoken by that little child, was sublime. Falsehood and perjury had preceded her testimony.

The prisoner had intrenched himself in lies, till he deemed himself impregnable. Witnesses had falsified facts in his favor, and villainy had manufactured for him a sham defence.

The child took the Bible, and turning rapidly to the chapter containing the commandments, pointed to the injunction, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor." But before her testimony, falsehood was scat

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"I learned that before I could read."

"Has any one talked with you about your being a witness in court here against this man" inquired the judge.

"Yes, sir," she replied.

"Mother heard

tared like chaff. The little child for whom a

mother had prayed for strength to be given her to speak the truth as it was before God, broke the cunning devices of matured villainy to pieces like a potter's vessel. The strength that her mother prayed for was given her, and the sublime and terrible simplicity- terrible, I mean, to the prisoner and his asssociateswith which she spoke was like a revelation from God himself.

they wanted me to be a witness, and last night she called me to her room and asked me to tell her the Ten Commandments, and then we kneeled down together and she prayed that I might understand how wicked it was to bear false witness against my neighbor, and that God would help me, a little child, to tell the truth as it was before him. And when I came up here with father, she kissed me and five years old, to a smaller one of only three. told me to remember the ninth Command-"I can't," was the reply. "Well, then," ment, and that God would hear every word continued the youthful mistress,

that I said."

SPELLING." Spell cat," said a little girl

can't spell cat, spell kitten."

if you

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