Academy for Young Ladies
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, Monday, 28 June 1858, page 2
NEWPORT
We inadvertently omitted notice of the Exhibition of the pupils
of Prof. Lyman Harding's Select School for Young Ladies, which took place last
Friday. This school enjoys a very high reputation. It is what its name imports,
a "Select School" but a limited number of pupils being admitted. To them, Prof.
Harding and his accomplished assistant, Miss Hurd, devote unremitting attention
and meet with admirable success in giving the young ladies under their charge a
thorough training in both useful and ornamental branches of education.
Mr. Harding is the director of the school, and is the instructor in mathematics and the more solid branches, and Miss Hurd supervises the general training of the pupils in mental and moral discipline. The exercises of Friday consisted of the reading of essays by the pupils, the preceptors reading instead of the pupils. Many of the compositions were of a very superior order of merit, those in prose being especially meritorious, the Final Farewell being a very beautiful production.
Remarks were made during the afternoon by Rufus King, Esq. President of the School Board, who expatiated upon the splendid school system of Cincinnati and maintained that the prosperity of the Common Schools promoted the efficiency of other educational institutions. The Public Exhibition will take place tonight at Odd Fellows Hall.
PROGRAMME OF EXERCISES
Prayer by Rev Mr. Sprnell
Salutatory-Miss Hannah Purser
Composition-Evening Thoughts-Miss Louisa Skinner
Composition-Pride and Vanity-Miss Mahala Fowler
Composition: Words-Miss Mary Harrop
Composition: Sleep-Miss Kate Goddard
Composition: Miss Julia Hayman
Composition: Prayer-Miss Christiana McConnell
Composition: Pleasure of Piety-Miss Matilda French
Composition: Old Age-Miss Sarah McDermott
Composition: Beauty of Truth-Miss Cornelia Piner
Composition: Facts-Miss Eliza Kennedy
Valedictory: Miss Christiana McDonnell
Music by Menter's American Cornet Band