This face, this heart alone can boast a charm To please just Reason's eye, And this can stern Adversity disarm And even Time defy. --Margaret. The annual commencement in the early summer was a great occasion. An elaborate notice of the same, which embraced Aug. 21st, 1829, was published in the papers of the young state--"_the first detailed account_ of such an event in Mississippi." The essay of Miss Anna W. Boyd, who graduated with the honors of her class, appears in full. It will be interesting to many yet living for me to give the names of the graduates, and those distinguished in the several classes: Miss Anna W. Boyd Ireland. Miss Susan Smith Adams County Miss Mary C. Hewett Washington, Miss. Miss Mary J. Patterson Port Gibson, Miss. Miss Sarah R. Chew Adams County Miss Eliza A. Fox Natchez, Miss. Honorary distinctions were conferred on the following pupils for proficiency in study and correct moral deportment: _First Class._ Miss Ellen V. Keavy Pinckneyville, La. Miss Martha D. Richardson Washita, La. Miss Mary A. Fretwell Natchez, Miss. Miss Maria L. Newman Washington, Miss. _Second Class._ Miss Martha Cosby Wilkinson County Miss Sarah M. Forman Washington, Miss. Miss Catharine O. Newman Washington, Miss. Miss Susan C. Robertson Port Gibson, Miss. _Third Class._ Miss Mary Scott Alexandria, La. Miss Charlotte C. Scott Alexandria, La. Miss Mary E. Gordon Alexandria, La. Miss Emily Vick Vicksburg, Miss. Miss Emily Smith Adams County _Fourth Class._ Miss Charlotte Walcott Vicksburg, Miss. Miss Mary A. B. Chandler Pinckneyville, La. _Fifth Class._ Miss Mary E. Roberts Washington, Miss. Miss Matilda J. Nevett Adams County _Sixth Class._ Miss Laura J. A. King Adams County Miss Martha B. Brabston Washington, Miss. In that list of young ladies will be recognized a few honored matrons in the Southwest yet living, and many others will recall their grandmothers who have long been among the redeemed in heaven. A Board of Visitors, consisting of such distinguished men as Robert L. Walker, J. F. H. Caliborne and Dr. J. W. Monette, attended that commencement, and made report as follow: