Marietta Female Seminary

 The Marietta Intelligencer, August 6, 1846

Mr. Editor: Permit me through your paper to express the great pleasure felt at the examination of the above mentioned institution during two days of last week.

At an early hour on Monday the exercises commenced in presence of the whole school, numbering nearly 100, and of a larger number of citizens and strangers than usual on similar occasions, and all seemed deeply interested and much pleased. For one, I can truly say that I have never witnessed any examination in any other Female Seminary more thorough and satisfactory, and more complimentary both to pupils and teachers, as this was from the beginning to the end.

After attending for four years in succession, the Annual Examination in this Seminary, we feel assured that "it is the settled policy of the teachers to do the work of education well" for all who shall become their pupils; and the determination of the pupils to do themselves justice, and their instructors honor. And we cannot but regard the Superintendent and Principal and teachers as having already redeemed their pledge implied in the following "Miscellaneous Remarks" in their last Annual Catalogue: "This Seminary, in its plan, comprises an entire, thorough and liberal course of School Education, beginning with the first elements, and embracing not only the Languages and appropriate Sciences, but the ornamental branches."

In addition to the very gratifying intellectual improvement of the pupils, as evinced in their examination in their class books, compositions and scrap books, we had the most pleasing evidence that their daily Biblical exercise, together with their study of Natural Theology, Moral Philosophy, Evidence of Christianity, Butler's Analogy, Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation, and Edward's History of Redemption, were tending greatly to sanctify their literary attainments and consecrate them to the Lord. During the year just now closed the pupils of this Seminary have devoted $30 to the cause of educating a heathen youth for the ministry. Calisthenics also, for securing a better physical education, have been introduced in this Institution during the same time, and under the superintendence of Miss Rice this exercise has succeeded well.

The work which this Seminary is performing for this city, and for the community at large, also entitles it to the high regard and decided patronage of the public. The many goods teachers that have gone out from it already are blessings indeed wherever they labor, and are at once an honor to the school that trained them, and a praise to Marietta that first established it, and thus far has aided so much in sustaining it.

Our earnest prayer is that the fostering hand of this growing literary and pious community will mete out to this very valuable institution its ample patronage, and that God himself will make it a lasting blessing to us and to the whole world.