Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-11-01
Fashionable Female Education.


Fashionable Female Education.
On Saturday last, about MONDAY, very beautiful
and sweet looking young lady, about seventeen years
DID, was leaning her rosy cheek on her soft little
| hand and looking out Of a window from small
apartment in large house in the outskirts Of Troy,
| on the banks Of the Hudson.
She saw several young girls walking at full liberty
among the wild plants and flowers at some distance.
They rolicked and sported like many lively, lnno
cent Maids on the banks Of the Eurotas. Some of
them picked up the and stuck them IN their far
ringets-others shook the apple trees and made the
fruit come down in clusters.
The young maiden, Matda-that is the name
was still at the window. On sudden she sighed,
got up clasped her hands, and sweet pretty tear
stole down her beauteous check, which only made her
the more beautiful
The angel of love flew down from heaven, entered
unseen that apartment, kissed the r2dlent from
Matidas cheek and carried the treasure back par
adse to become pearl for the Queen Of Heaven in
that happy realm.
81 will" said she musingly-"I piH write him."
said Matilda /" piH positively write dear Bennett
don't care what they say"
"Do," said the Holy Virgin.
Around the little room a naked wall, with
few common prints of the Crucifxion-the Departure
into Egyptian Atlas, Wizards Modern Geography,
&c &c. Matilda sat down. took pen put the pen
in the ink, threw back her clustering ringles, and
began on sheet of Huds ms ineleterpaper, thus:
"DEAR Mr.. BENNETT"
She started up in amazement at what she had
written. Looked round TO see that no one saw her.
fastened the door--and putting her soft hand on her
heart, found il beating like the first pusalions of
new existence.
"Oh !! said she, what am going to do? Write
to a gentleman
"No harm my love-" said the Holy Virgin, whs-
perng in her ear and throwing the sweet girl into that
state Of eniellectua magnetism, which is only the
feelings ofheaven itself. Matilda sat down composed
herself took her litile pen smiled like angel she
is, and wrote thus =
Troy Oct 20. 1897.
for dear,g but see some Of your CORES
them. am the inmate OF boarding school
II might well called snunnery were school
MUGS are more closely confined within doors
dows Our number betweenone hundred and hur
how w was lat er class they have 80 much more ill.,
erty But what am prating about am always thinking
an" he very sn your dear lille adyoeang Or
a,s 10 the G e1 .a% o S %
she could help rroftng by IT, especially by anarce
judgment she deficient branch you
yourself say could all assembled
eoscomb whs chooses drop in.
Mrs W makes it imperative on every member of her
school he at examinations and s., there for egh,
days never shall live through u, and begnto
airy. Now my dear Mr. Bennett could you not ceme and
spend day or two IN Trey next February and ate nd Mrs
hiags although have some very lovely girls among Us who
b"p of mye sure You will be able to suggest sons
great inr.ov,men,s which hrs W might a!ort when fully
Now believe you are the only person who will be abe
to st"pe AIS Hf ma
much Of precious umedo give one werd OF encour
may have 6e light OF your
,on and vi very mu.h Contribute 70 the peace anS napp,
r. y If Won wills say a word in the Wednesday paper will
get SEINE friend NewYork send Your paper is
distributed city but do not get H. Oh I'll send
catalogue Of ourschooL W.
ANswER.-I have received your catalogue sweet
Matilda, and from il / extract the following pas
sage
advance esra branches the advance required
cesar r, with H. lodging washing
fuel &C. and tuition IN all Of the branches con
Enra charges made for Music Piano, SIS per quarter
ss q 81 Muse Q" as Music cShs src a.
Guitar eli the French Language $50 the Spanish Ian
s sus p.s.e s sSs Of rsD s oil Painting sic LEG
Natural phoopby and Chsmstrys and Botany ~
s Ply made %sde e'' mary" N"''e = -
the second class Ma
are Woodbridge and WIZARDS Modern Geography; Wizards
Ancient Geography; Burrips Geography ehe Heavens Will
Universal History, Wizards History oihe UnitedSta,e
Wedges Logic; NewSaas Rheoric Legal Glass Ksimes
Elpne Criticism Alison Tas,ei Euclids Elements
OF Geometry; Days Algebra and other branches Of Msthe
Gr Institutes of Natural Philosophy Tor thos. who
died Nationwide otherwise Mrs Phelps Natural Philosophy
Philosophy OF the Mina Waylands Elanenls OF
Moral fences Pal moral Philosophy, Natural Theology
Evidences Of Christianity. Extra branches the same as
for boarders-
We wonder what Mrs. Willard, the Principal of the
famous Troy Seminary, imagines that women were
intended for. FROM this list Of studies, should think
that, according to her system of education, she be-
licves that woman was only meant to be philoso-
pher, an nlgobraist, a mathematcian-nny thing but
a daughter, a wife, or a mother of great nation.
What's strange infatuation has seized upon the ia
theirs and mothers Of the present age! Here IS an
establishment containing nearly 300 young ladies'
trained up like 40 many auiomatons, in studies only
iii for certain classes Of the male SEX bat all the pc
culsr duties feelings, sentiments, so appropriate to
female excellence entirely neglected or hardly no
ticed
This system Of Female Education is founded on
sad and melancholy error. Woman is the mother,
the insruc,ress the great parent Of the next genera
ton. Her feelings her heart, her sentiments are en-
trely neglected, and show, fryolity, and nonsense
dru.omed into her head dav after day The confnc-