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  History 
  of 
  Durham. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  S. 
  C. 
  Anderson, 
  a 
  thoroughly 
  competent 
  teacher, 
  was 
  

   appointed 
  to 
  fill 
  the 
  vacancy. 
  

  

  Daring 
  the 
  scholastic 
  term, 
  from 
  18S2 
  to 
  1883, 
  Mrs. 
  Wm. 
  

   Lipscomb, 
  an 
  accomplished 
  and 
  experienced 
  educator, 
  liad 
  

   charge 
  of 
  the 
  Musical 
  Department, 
  and 
  Miss 
  Minnie 
  Moore 
  

   the 
  Calisthenics. 
  Miss 
  Moore 
  was 
  a 
  graduate 
  of 
  the 
  Wes- 
  

   leyan 
  Female 
  Institute, 
  of 
  Virginia. 
  She 
  possessed, 
  to 
  an 
  

   eminent 
  degree, 
  the 
  essential 
  qualifications 
  of 
  a 
  good 
  

   teacher 
  — 
  amiabilit}', 
  fidelity 
  and 
  firmness. 
  But 
  the 
  charms 
  

   of 
  Minerva 
  were 
  not 
  adequate 
  to 
  retain 
  her 
  sweet, 
  gentle 
  

   spirit 
  in 
  its 
  tenement 
  of 
  clay, 
  when 
  the 
  precious 
  lips 
  of 
  Je- 
  

   sus 
  beckoned 
  her 
  away. 
  How 
  sad, 
  that 
  hopes, 
  just 
  budding 
  

   and 
  filling 
  the 
  soul 
  with 
  ineff^ible 
  sweetness, 
  should 
  be 
  rudely 
  

   blighted 
  by 
  the 
  dread 
  fiat 
  of 
  inexorable 
  destiny 
  ; 
  but 
  oh 
  how 
  

   comforting 
  to 
  feel 
  that 
  

  

  " 
  Angels 
  guarded 
  the 
  immortal 
  

  

  Through 
  the 
  wonder-teeming 
  space 
  

   To 
  the 
  everlasting 
  portal, 
  

   To 
  the 
  spirit's 
  resting 
  place!" 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  scholastic 
  year 
  1883-84, 
  Miss 
  Lessie 
  Southgate, 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  gifted 
  daughters 
  of 
  Durham, 
  has 
  been 
  chosen 
  

   as 
  Director 
  of 
  Music 
  and 
  Calisthenics. 
  This 
  young 
  lady, 
  

   being 
  the 
  soul 
  of 
  music 
  and 
  possessing 
  other 
  rare 
  accom- 
  

   plishments, 
  is 
  pursuing 
  her 
  responsible 
  duties 
  with 
  an 
  effi- 
  

   ciency 
  and 
  fidelity 
  which 
  is 
  eliciting 
  the 
  admiration 
  and 
  

   engendering 
  high 
  expectations 
  in 
  the 
  hearts 
  of 
  all 
  who 
  are 
  

   directly 
  or 
  indirectly 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  school. 
  

  

  The 
  system 
  of 
  teaching 
  observed 
  here 
  — 
  and 
  we 
  esteem 
  it 
  

   a 
  very 
  commendable 
  one 
  — 
  is 
  a 
  plenary 
  explanation 
  of 
  the 
  

   text, 
  with 
  a 
  required 
  analysis 
  of 
  the 
  same. 
  The 
  teacher 
  who 
  

   fails 
  to 
  impart 
  thoughts 
  beyond 
  the 
  dull 
  routine 
  of 
  text 
  

   books, 
  loses 
  golden 
  opportunities, 
  and 
  fails 
  to 
  discharge 
  the 
  

   duties 
  of 
  her 
  high 
  calling. 
  In 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  subject, 
  

   oral 
  and 
  written 
  instructions 
  are 
  given. 
  In 
  this 
  way 
  the 
  

   mind 
  is 
  elevated, 
  its 
  faculties 
  enlarged 
  and 
  the 
  recitation 
  

   becomes 
  both 
  pleasing 
  and 
  profitable. 
  

  

  The 
  Primary 
  Department 
  is 
  taught 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  im- 
  

   proved 
  plans 
  of 
  the 
  Normal 
  system, 
  the 
  ample 
  experience 
  

   of 
  the 
  Principal, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  Normal 
  School, 
  

   crowning 
  her 
  services 
  in 
  this 
  Department 
  with 
  the 
  most 
  

   beneficial 
  and 
  gratifying 
  effects. 
  The 
  Collegiate 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  is 
  conducted 
  on 
  the 
  plan 
  of 
  first-class 
  institutions. 
  

  

  