﻿The 
  Methodist 
  Female 
  Seminary. 
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  in 
  the 
  Slate 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  population 
  in 
  point 
  of 
  numbers, 
  

   and 
  we 
  know 
  of 
  no 
  reason 
  why 
  Durham 
  should 
  now 
  be 
  

   considered 
  unhealthy. 
  

  

  THE 
  METHODIST 
  FEMALE 
  SEMINARY. 
  

  

  This 
  institution 
  of 
  learning 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  substan- 
  

   tial 
  and 
  attractive 
  features 
  of 
  Durham. 
  It 
  was 
  founded 
  

   September 
  4th, 
  18S1, 
  by 
  prominent 
  members 
  of 
  Trinity 
  M. 
  

   E. 
  Church. 
  The 
  following 
  gentlemen 
  composed 
  the 
  first 
  

   Board 
  of 
  Trustees 
  apjiointed 
  for 
  the 
  school: 
  

  

  Julian 
  S. 
  Carr, 
  President; 
  Edward 
  J. 
  Parrish, 
  Treasurer; 
  

   J. 
  B. 
  Whitaker, 
  Jr., 
  Secretary; 
  W. 
  Duke 
  and 
  J. 
  E. 
  Lvon. 
  

  

  On 
  January 
  12th, 
  1882, 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Duke 
  resigned, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  

   B. 
  L. 
  Duke 
  was 
  elected 
  in 
  his 
  place. 
  In 
  June 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   year, 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  B. 
  Whitaker, 
  Jr., 
  having 
  been 
  appointed 
  a 
  mem- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  the 
  Durham 
  Board 
  of 
  Education, 
  also 
  resigned, 
  and 
  

   Mr. 
  J. 
  S. 
  Lockhart 
  was 
  chosen 
  to 
  fill 
  the 
  vacancy. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  Julia 
  R. 
  Williams, 
  an 
  accomplished 
  lady, 
  late 
  of 
  

   the 
  AVesleyan 
  Female 
  Institute, 
  Staunton, 
  Va., 
  was 
  elected 
  

   Principal, 
  under 
  whose 
  efficient 
  management 
  the 
  school 
  has 
  

   steadily 
  increased 
  in 
  popularit}- 
  and 
  educational 
  standing. 
  

   Miss 
  Addie 
  E. 
  Hoi 
  man 
  was 
  chosen 
  Director 
  of 
  Music 
  and 
  

   Calisthenics, 
  a 
  thoroughly 
  competent 
  and 
  faithful 
  teacher. 
  

  

  Thus 
  equipped, 
  the 
  school 
  entered 
  upon 
  a 
  career 
  of 
  use- 
  

   fulness, 
  far 
  surpassing 
  the 
  expectations 
  of 
  its 
  most 
  sanguine 
  

   supporters; 
  and, 
  notwithstanding 
  much 
  opposition 
  with 
  

   which 
  its 
  advocates 
  had 
  to 
  encounter 
  in 
  its 
  incipiency, 
  it 
  is 
  

   accom[)lishing 
  a 
  work 
  whose 
  influences 
  and 
  effects 
  of 
  moral 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  intellectual 
  training 
  are 
  achieving 
  for 
  it 
  a 
  high 
  

   standard 
  among 
  the 
  educational 
  institutions 
  of 
  the 
  age. 
  

   Such 
  has 
  been 
  its 
  rapid 
  progress 
  that 
  it 
  became 
  necessary 
  

   to 
  enlarge 
  its 
  already 
  spacious 
  building, 
  and 
  increase 
  its 
  

   able, 
  untiring 
  but 
  over-worked 
  Faculty. 
  The 
  Board, 
  ever 
  

   mindful 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  interests 
  of 
  the 
  school, 
  and 
  anxious 
  for 
  

   the 
  untrammeled 
  dissemination 
  of 
  sound 
  knowledge 
  and 
  

   ethics, 
  were 
  prompt 
  to 
  meet 
  and 
  adequately 
  satisfy 
  this 
  de- 
  

   mand. 
  Hence, 
  Miss 
  Addie 
  Dean, 
  late 
  efficient 
  Assistant 
  of 
  

   the 
  Graded 
  School 
  of 
  Mystic, 
  Conn., 
  was 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  Fac- 
  

   ulty, 
  and 
  assigned 
  control 
  of 
  the 
  Primary 
  Department. 
  

   But, 
  unfortunately, 
  before 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  term, 
  her 
  health 
  

   failed, 
  and 
  she 
  was 
  compelled 
  to 
  retire, 
  carrying 
  with 
  her 
  

   the 
  unfeigned 
  sympathy 
  and 
  esteem 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  school. 
  

  

  