Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-06-09
From lie National INT ggeneer.
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9 OF. youth throughout the wsde extent OFT
: Uni,ed States. Colleges, Academies, and
Schools are every day and every where Be.
5 coming more numerous. Although much
-4ood viii flow from the multiplication ol
y these institutions, still more may be 7.ex'
Il rected from Improving the mode Than from
increasing the places of instruction. lhere
is no one, VINO mas seriously devoted ms
; thoughts TO this subject, bar must Lament
.rhe imprrfecslons OF our existing systems
! of education. This subjsct has long ensag-
ed the attention of mrn OF benevoieaI
: and enlarged minds on this as well as the
osherside ofth Atiantc. Among Others II
appears TO have engaged the thoughts OF
IN. Pestalozzi, a native OF Zurich, who,
after successive efforts, attended with va.
) rioos success, has AT length established at
: Rerthoud,~ town within lew lsagues OF
bern, Seminary, conducted on tbs Prin'
: ciplss. and win success, which form a
new era In the annals OF education. For a
Knowledge of the existing situation otNthis
Seminary, OF the essITalion lo2which It is
held, Of the plan GA winch it is conducted,
and ltsseFeCts OBJ the young mind, We are
8 indebted 10 friend az Paris, 4 who has Ter
several years past employed nueh OF the
leisure he enjoys 10 Advancing tne>genetas
interests of useful knowledge, aud IN trans
{ S3erring lis beoe 6ts 10 the Ualteo States, OF
which nc had previously been an inhaol'-
ant fer any years, and In which hs &C.
CURED an ample fortune. TO which he is
isisbtea for his leisure and many OF his
.otner meaus OF acquiring and extending
s inlormation. Having read the works OF
Pes,alozzl, and his disciples, his curiosity
was SO far awakened as to lead him TO Der.
; rRoua where, from very minute- inVes.
figation, he became convinced OF the So,
perior excellence Of Pessalozz's system.
Anxious to- extend It's bsneh.s 10 the Y
States, he has engaged On OF his profess
ors, Mr.. Meet, TO establish a Seminary 10
shis country, undertaking. himself 10 .PaY
all the expences attending his removal, and
assuring him a salary OF at least i've nun
dred dollars year. Under these auspices
MIR. Necf has embarked tor Philadelphia,
where, it is probable, his institute Will b.
opened. MIR. Meet is said 10 beIa good
mathematician, and perfectly 10 under
stand French, German, Italian and Lain.
: He reads Enghsh. boz does not speak IL.
Those who feel "a interest in this sub
! iecs (ass what enl2 gcd mind does not y
will loo" with soileisude 10 every progfes.
sive s,ep taken In the establishment OF THIS
institution 10 this country ~eesf exhibit the
claims it has on lts general pat oaagr by
he ,napp eciab!e advantages
: that may be derived from Us Successful
establishment M ,hs country, We will pro-
coed to lay before our readers, In the first
place, few extracts from the letters we
$ have received, and then submit 10 them
some extracts from tract, wrItlen by DR..
Chavenues, laying down " The >Eleme
ay Method of De II. Pen, alozzi accom-.
panied by an account of the labors OF that
man, OF his insthute, aad 9th 6
principal coadjutors-" We will meeeiy
!. previously premise, that rhe geeat anu
CHARACTERISTIC principle OF the system OF
s Sestalazzi, Is TO bring bis instruction.
>,Gown 10 level with the underestimate s .cl
the pupil, 10 convey them in the aloSt Gear
and persPcuous manner, TO ensure which
= effects he has adopted the mode which will
be described. Another Distinguishing trait
er,in which be differs fromeper 0 her teacher,
:. is TO retard, rather than hasten 1.-The pro.
gress of his pupil, never presenting al ldea
-~he cannot fully comprehend, and never al
lowing him to leave it-until considered in
all its various relations and aspects. We
have Ito regret our-inability, without The aid
of plates, TO givean adequate idea of, per
haps, the NEST interesting as well as orr
.ginal and profound .part-oE the work 90 The
relations OF numbers and forms. We sha!
only attempt general notice of this ssctl
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