Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-05-28
THE SOI1JEER.S' L.yS7I2U7IO.v'
OF EDUCATION.

A THE BEDFORD
"A (near Liberty, Val was opened in November
last, aud IS now fitted up and organized, under a good
corps Of Instructors.
Its plan has been, in part, laid before the public.
But .,ethods, once the only ones known among our
people, have now SO completely sunk under tue in
vaslons of a system Of clap-tfap, that ii is necessary
both to explain and to vindlcate them. In such as
these, however, the modest but stately matrons. that
adorned The South in better days, were nu,sed, be-
fore yet Short Methods had come in. or the erudite
persons who now bring us their wares Of Education,
had lorsaken the kindred, but more innocent trade of
Tin pans aud Wuoden-nutmegs.
lrstead Of Methods foreign to our manners. our
feelings and our opinions, we aim 10 revive a system,
domestic and home bred, that shall sllun alike fall
lacious instruction and alien instructors. We
teach, then, first, as indispensable, the solid parts Of
an English Education-tlines winch all the Sci
ences IN the Encyclopedia cannot make IL less than
foolish not to know completely. We labour to TAIN
and store the Mind, before attempting 10 decorate il.
The first and principal points are, To read Correctly
and expressivcly 70 write currently To acquire
the practical ant OF Numbers To master that most
noble aud useful branch Of knowledge, History and
To obtain some familiarity with what Is called Polite
Letters IN general. These are, in the prevailing sys-
tern, sighted, IN order to hurry forward the scholar to
the shewy Nothlngs oil pretended Sciences.
Proprlety oil Speech we iInpari. not by GranmaIs
and Dictionaries, but by daily habit, CAREFUL, en-
forced. Composition is taught, not by set iul.s and
forms, bat by the varied and progressive practice of
several Studies, IN which the daily examinations are
conducted in writing. Arithmetic, as necessary in
every condition of life, receives strict attention.
Needle work, Cookery, and the other Household
Arts are practisrd, according as the Pupils age pnr-
mis. The Manners, the Temper, aud the Con-
duct are watched and formed, with the utmost soil
citude, as things on which Happiness, Respectfully,
and even the power Of Pleasing depend Ear more than
on Wit, Learning, OF tie accomplishment Gen.
tlcncss ofdemeanour, an attachment To Order. care
of he Seemly. a taste for knowledge needing no
compulsion, and the Sense and the Love OF whatever
in Elegant Studies, inspires refined and elevated Sen
timents, are, with Us, the main thought oil Education.
IT is NOT necessary that all women be learned or ac-
conplished it is necessary that all women be anna
BILE.
History, as the great key to a knowledge Of hui
man affairs, the School of whatever Is wise or
goods taught with "A particular cnre not by
barren Compends, COMPRISING the fats ill every
thing truly instructive Is squeezed out oi them but
by Narrative. lively aud detailed, as Ear ds possible that
Of The Original Writers OF each nation. II is accom-
panied with its necessary calculations; Geography,
the History of Literature aud Art aud that of lu-
stitutions, Manners, and Opinions.
4 foreign Tongue Qhe French) Is hegun, as soon
as the pupil can read English well. II Is made the
common language of The House: and is used, part
y for It's own sake, but principally as the means of
arriving at a knowledge OF Grammar. unattainablc
without the study of some dialect besides our
own. French is also employed as the vehicle OF
part oCthe Historical Studies and Those Of Taste.
The Course, it will be perceived, Is far more IA
Literary than IA Scientific one. lis spirii# Is not that
of idly heaped up things, unielt, Misunderstood, or
amassed only for display. Regarding Modesty as
The first law OF Female Excellence, aud a love OF
knowledge as the only sound principle on which to
found II, our plan avoids every thing connected with
Exhibition, and even the stimuiants OF Emulation, as
usually brought to act.
The Discipline is careful, but gent'e-copying, as
far as possible, that OF a well-ofdered domestic Edn-
cation. To tins, indeed, the whole Plan endeavours
TO conform itself, as the purest, the most efficient,
and capable ct the best results, whether as 10 the
Morals, the Manners, or the Mind.
To compare 1t with the adverse system-the one,
grasping a every thing, must, for that reason, fail in
every thing the other, selecting those better parts
Of knowledge. which FIT the Sex and are a|italnable IN
ITS ordinary time OF study, teaches these both well
and modestly. That system desires lutte, but the
ostenta,ion OF acknowledgements nothing but It's re
alIty. That seeks to adorn the outside OF the Mind
this, to inform and l%nvigorate II within. The former,
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