Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-11-06

II NliE subscriber, late Librarian aud rc,cb,, -
u the Modern Languages in f'ic State roller,o ~,
South Carolina Will ON tic 15tlof November me-,
re-opesI the Institution, situated N Lberiy and m
deavur TO 1--WE it examination and a,rtilod. ii, ,
revive for il the public favour. nhiei, ii onre .noy.d
The plan, which he will give effect is. in II.
main outline. as loilows: lst. To 90 back To ,h.
palmer, less uuiuiois eincalea. which formed ,h
Virginia lady, some sixty years 20, before Nortb.,
Improvements came in. ely. 10 Danish whatever If
pretended sciences, taught onl, in nanc, viiiacs in;
stead OF either strengthening OF adornng, the female
mind. 3rdy. Teaching only what fit, the charac,,,
and the pursuits Of Woman, to tcac. it tI,oronpb,
it 10 make the frs, aim of Education. the -.
curing of that sort OF knowledge which trains til.
mud the best, and best fills it with things truly ussf,
ard graceful: 9TH To leave nntauaht all that is les.
worthy in itself less fit for the and less capab
ofbcng learnt with soilny: 9Th. To do whatever
is done upon methods which will leave tho child III.
feelings. the opinions, the manners and the priuc;
pcs proper southern birth. and fit to be the basis
ofaa ERucation purely Southern.
Women not destined to be Navigatois nor Os
ticans, nor Almanac makers, nor Practical Mcoh,u
les, nor Miners, nor Engineers, ror Doctors in Me-
define WHY give them hafor quarter proiccp
CIV, ia that of which awhole knowledge would be use
less 10 them OF all futile things, hali-scirncc i.
surely the paltrcs AMI IN 1i. worst taste. SO, too
Metaphysics, Logic. Political Economy, belong to the
Masculine offices and pursuits ONLY, aud cannot bs
brought into female education, without wasn. the
time and njuing the perceptions, which SHOULD bt
employed in feminine things.
OF History. and Of whatever bright sing nlar OK.
ampl, it offers Of her land and It's fortunes:
OF her own tongue aud its literature: of The cuva..
ed Modern dialects and their authors Of the Manners
and Arts OF ali countries. = woman oannot know too
much. She should understand Practical Arithmetic,
tho not Mathematics and much more of Cookery
than Of Chemistry. She should also learn to spya,
and write English with precision and puri'y--bet this
ollhc good authors, and IA familiarity with ,hrn
not from systems of Rhetoric. that are mere rgm,-
role TO such put At learning the AIT of Compo-
,lon. before they have read Book.
Books upon lhc method OF Set Question aud An.
swer, and all tcraie compilations in general will
be excluded from the sclipnl with every other plan
whatever OF patcni-relrt Teaching. So will the
teaching of English Grammar. In lis place French
will be taught 40 every scholar "a plan by WHICH
more English, rs we'll as French. is learnt Public
Examinations, there VIII be none. II women only
be simulated TO learn, BY being to exhibit them.
selves the stage, they had better remain in isuo-
The Pupils will be dressed in uniform; will, cyery
attention a simple graceiulnrss al appearance; but
plainly, cheapy, without le"elry, and with the s.t
prohibition of whatever might mark difference o
fortune. The Morals aud Manners will receive all
possible Parents will be expected to direct IL
what church their children shall be regularly taken.
PRICES.
Tuition in the English and French, $50 per an-
mum, (thcsc, every Pupil must learn; the remaining
branches voluntarvl Music SO, Italian Spanish,
$40 Embroidery, So No extra charges for use OF p.-
no. Plain Sewing, Fires DESKS Entrance money q
the like. Clothes and Books tie only expenses, be-
sides Tu,on. Board my be had good houses
at SO per mouth. The Academy buildings can, be
ma lc to lodge % pupils in the beSl mnntr. Bo,id-
ers placed there in the Principals family will hav"
every possible the oi good library, aud thu
tlyaniarn of sneak mo French el,abitu i hnc u,p.
ot his houscholl.) and oil practising either iurh.t
tongue they may learn
BudrdcrS viii ro9ide each, >nric Naia~s Vi
Hair or Shucks: theirown Bed linen md row.is:
Silver Table Spoou and i Silver Tea Spoon. They
will uot on ;ntn nuhl,, exfepl To chur, and n,tL.r
visit nor receive visits exorm by partic r,rn
The ordinary trcitl.iea. nj ie School Nri al""t-b be
open to the Attendance al parents, ~ in 81
commented visitors
80 81,
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