Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-12-06
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THE SOTTEEEfs.V' E.s.s1ITsFTEO.T
GE EDUCATION.

Is plan has been, in part, laid before the public.
Bur sielods, once the only ones known among our
peop'e have completely sunk under the IN.
yaslons of system of clap-fap, that II Is necessary
both 10 explain aad to yiodcaie them. In such as
these however the modest but stately matrons, thai
adorned the South in better days, were unused, be
fore vet short Methods had come IN, or The erudie
persons who now bring their wares OF Education,
had forsaken the kindred, but moro innocent trade OF
/ Tn pans and Wooden nutmegs
/ Instead OF Methods foreign to our manners, our
feelings aud opinous, aim 10 revive system,
domestic aud home bred, that shall shun alike tai
( Iacious instruction aud alien instructors. we
leach then, FIRST indispensable, the solid parts ol
/ an English Educatlon-tbIngs winch all the SCI
ences IN the Encyclopedia cannot make II less Than
foolish not to know completely. We abonr to Tram
and store the Mind before attempting 10 decorate H.
The first and principal points are, TO read correctly
aud eXpressyely To write currently 10 acquire
the practical ant of Numbers To master that most
noble aud useful branch Of knowledge, History aud
10 obtain some familiarity with what IS called Polite
Leuefs in general. These are IN the prevailing sss-
tenn sighted in order to hurry forward the scholar to
the shcwy Nothings Of pretended Sciences.
Propuety OF Speech we impart. not by Grammais
and Dictionaries, but by daily habit carefully en-
forced Composition is taught, not by set rules and
forms, but by the varied and progressive practice oil
several Studies, IN which the daily examinations are
conducted IN writing Arithmetic, us necessary IN
every condition OF life, receives strict attention.
Nccdle-work, Cookery, aud the other Household
Arts praciIsed according as the Pupils age pur-
nuts. The Manners, the Temper, and the Con
duct watched and formed, with the utmost soil
ctude, as things which Happiness, RespecaoIry,
and even the power of Pleasing depend lar more than
| on VII, Learning, the Accomplishments. Gen
tleness Of dcmcanonr, attachment to Order, care
OF the Seemly, taste for knowledge needing no
compulslon, aud the Sense aud the Love of whatever
IN Elegant Studies inspires refined and elevated Sen
tlments, are with us, the man thought of Education
] [ "A he q + a
complished it's necessary that all women be anna
/ bic
| History as the great key to knowledge of hui
man affairs, the School oil whatever Is wise OF
goods taught with a particular not by
barren Compends. comprising the facts Til every
thing trny instructive is squeezed ont Of them but
by Narrative. lively and detailed. far possible that
OF the Original Writers OF each nation. 1t is accom-
panied with It's necessary calculations; Geography.
the History Of Literature aud Art aud that Of Ia
/ situations, Manners, and Opinions.
/ foreign Tongue (the French.) is begun. soon
as hepupl can read English we'll. is mad, the
| common language OF the House; and Is used, part
y for own sake, but principally as tie means OF
arriving at knowledge Of Grammar, unattainabc
without the study of some dialect besides our
/ own. French Is also employed as the vehicle u
part ofthc Historical Studies and those of Taste.
/ The Course, ii will be perceived, Is far more
| Literary than a Scientific Its spn is not that
OF IDLY heaped-up things, nniet Misunderstood, or
amassed only for display. Regarding Modesty as
the first law of Female Excellence. and a love of.
knowledge as the only sound principle on which to
found II, our plan avoids every thing connected with
Exhibition, aud even the a.imuants OF Emulation as
( usually brought to act.
The Discipline careful, but gentle-copying as
far rs possible that OF well-ofdered Domestic Edu
cation. To tins, indeed the whole Plan.eudeavours
to conform Itself rs the pniest, the most efficient,
and capable # the best results. whether as to the
Morals, the Manners, or the Mind.
To compare 1t with the adverse system-the one
graSpng at every thing must FOR that reason fail in
every thing the other selecting those better parts
81 knowledge, which fit the Sex and attanabe IN
It's ordinary time Of study, teaches these both well
and modesiy. That system desires little, but the
ostentation of knowlcdge-ouis. nothing but its re
ally That seeks to adorn the outside of the Mind ,
this, to inform and inyeorate It within. The former
enamoured OF tinsel and gewgaws, cares little what
poverty may uk beneath SO ii shine IN confused
and useless fnefy: the latter studlous only Of an
ee9aht plannesS. oil the becoming and the good The
ioteIgn plan reJolces the shreds, the patches the
clippings, the mulilaons, the trash, OF any pursuit
with long name; and passes Common Sense and
Taste dISdalnuly by. The banished one, which
we would revive, regards Science as of small ac-
count tof women--hrSt because little applicable to
Their occupations; secondly, because always taught
nperIecy; Hiraiy, because dixie all other false
kno"edge) it yitiates Instead of mproynr both he
Understanding and the Taste; touriihi. because
even az to ITS only purpose Display, it renders
woman. IN grown Society, Ridiculous instead of
pleasing: that, being useless in itself bcnr
slightly taught and being laughed at whenever dis
played, 1t Is soon totally efaced from the mind leav-
ing as blank aud as barren these unhappy pains
had never been taken.
fIhaily-to state precisely the comparative results
oil the two systems-the one is admirable for ma
KING marvellous School girls, who Will never be any
thing better, IN either mind or manners the prodi.
gles OF scene iii only for breeding Actresses =
uoile Examination creatures that have learnt so
Wuch as to be ignorant of every thing. The other
systemls content TO produce Children far less anna
ENG, IN order that it may form something that shall
tpen INTO the weil-iniormed, but modest woman f.
for the Household fit for Society," fit for the serious
duties OF life, and capable of adjoining lis leisure.
SO much OF the Principals life has been passed
abroad that he may be pardoncd if out of a number
OF like testimonies, he publish the following
From the Governor of y. Carolina,
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
CoLuMBIA, S. CAROLINA, Dec. Goth, 1886.
Ny dear Sir:
nave just leaned with great regret, that YOU are
about to quit our town and State, by which a per
sonal deprivation 10 your friends will ensue and the
State lament the loss of those high literary attain
ments, that you have eXerted among u.s. for some
years past. ou may do better | trust sincerely
you viii. our distinguished literary TASTE, wher
ever called INTO requsltlon cannot but secure YOU
position both agreeable and profitable. Accept my
best wishes tor Your prosperity and happiness. With
great eglid and esteem, Z. NJ. BUTLER.
Fro m DIR. Thomas Cooper. late Pres of ,hc - On.
OHM College.
| Mr.. Edward Johnston, Librarian Of the s. Caro-
Ina College, being about to quit Columbia, desire