Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-11-08
TIE SOGTISEX.S' I.S.STlTITIO.S'
OF EDUCATION.

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last, and is fitted up and organized, under gosd
corps oil Instructors.
Its plan has been in part, laid before the public.
But alethods, once the only known among
people, have completely sunk under the in-
yasons of system oil cap-trap, that II Is necessary
both TO explain aud to vndicate them. In such as
these however the modest but stately matrons, thai
adorned the South III better days were unused, be-
fore vet Short Methods had come in. or the erude
persons who now bring their wares Of Education,
had lorsaken tue Alndcl, but more innocent trade OF
Tn pans and " OGDEN nutmegs.
Instead OF Methods foreign to our manners, our
feelings and opinions aim TO revive system,
domestic and home bred. that shall shun alike fall
laclous instruction aud alien instructors. We
teach then, first indispensable, the solid parts OF
an English EducatIon-things winch all the Sci
ences IN the Encyclopedia cannot make less than
foolish to know completely. We labour TO train
and the Mind before attempting TO decorate it.
The first aud principal points are To read correctly
and expressively To write currently To acquire
tn practical art OF Numbers 10 master that most
noble and useful branch Of owledge History: and
To obtain some familiarity with what Is called Polite
Lettefs in general. These are, in the prevailing sys
ten. s GIFTED order 10 hurryforward the scholar to
the shewy Nothlngs OF pretended Sciences.
ProprIety of Speech we impart. not BY GrammMs
and Dictionaries, but by daily habit, carefully
forced. Composition is taught, not by set rules and
forms, but 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 lie, receives strict atteution.-
Needle work, Cookery, aud the other Household
Ats practised, according the Pupils age pur-
mlts. The Manners, the Temper, and the Con
duet watched and formed with tie utmost soil
ctude, things which Happiness, Responsibility
and even the power of Pleasing depend far more than
on Wit, Learning, or the AcCOmpIls hments. Gen.
tleness OF dcmeanouf, an attachment To Order
OF the Scemy, taste for knowledge needing no
compul.on, and the Sense and the Love oil whatever
/ IN an pIp lielS
tmens, are, with us, the main though oi Education.
1t IS not necessary that all women be learned or
compiished ii Is necessary that all women be anna
Bile.
History the great key to a knowledge Of hu-
man affairs, the School of whatever i, wise
goods taught with particular not by
barren Compends. comprising the facts I'LL every
thing truly instructive is squeezed out OF them but
by Narrative, lively and detailed. far as possible that
oil the Original Writer'S OF each nation. 1t is
panied with its necessary calculations; Geography,
the History OF Literature aud Art: and that of In
sututlons, Manners and Opinions
\ foreign Tongue Che Frcnch) is begun, as soon
as the pupil can read English we'll Ii Is made the
common language OF the House; and is used, part
~ FOR its own sake, but principally the means OF
arriving AT a knowledge of Grammar unatainable
without the study OF some dialect besides our
own. French is also employed as the vehicle f
part OF the Historical Studies and those OF Taste.
The Course, ii will be perceived, is far more
Literary than Scientific one. Its spirit is that
oil idly heaped-up things, unielt. i'll understood or
amassed only tor display. Regarding Modesty as
the first law OF Female Excellence, aud love of
knowledge as the only sound principle on winch to
/ found II, plan avoids every thing connected with
Exhibition, and even heslimulants of Emulation as
usually broug ht to act.
The Discipline Is careful, but gente-copying as
lar possible, that OF welI-ordered Domestic Edu-
Gallon. TO tins, indeed, the whole Plan eudeavours
TO conform itself, as the pucst, the efficient
and capable 1T the best results, whether TO the
Morals, the Manners, the Mind.
To compare IT with the adverse system-thc one
graspng at every thing, must for that reason, fail IN
every thing the other selecting those Letter parts
Of knowledge which tit the Sex and attalnable in
It's Ordinary time OF study, teaches these both well
and modestly. That system desires little but the
ostentation OF acknowledgements nothing but its re
atty. That seeks TO adorn the outside of the Mind
this to inform and nyIoorate 1t within. The former;
enlmoured of tnsel and gewgaws, cares lltte what
poverty may Turk beneath, II can shine confused
and useless lnefy: the latter is studons only Of an
elegant planncss oil the becoming aud the good. The
foreign plan reJoices IN the shrcds the patches the
clippings, the muillalions the trash, of any pursuit
with a long name and passes Common Sense and
! Taste dsdaiulully by. The banished one winch
we would revive, regards Science OF small ac-
count ior womenfrsi, because little applicable to
their occupations Secondiy. because always taught
them lmperectIy Htr{ty because (ke all other false
ledge 1t vitIates, instead OF improving, both the
Understanding and the Taste tourifiY. because
even AZ 10 IT'S only purpose, Display, II renders
woman. IN grown Society, ridiculous, instead of
pleasing: SO that. being useless in ITSELF being
slightly taught. and being laughed at whenever dis
played, 1t is totally eiicGd from the mind Ieav-
ing blank aud barren as If these unhappy pains
had never been taken.
FInay-to state precisely the comparative results
OF the two systems-the is admirable for ma
king marvellous School girls, who will never be any
thing better, in either mind manners; the prod
gles OF a scene, fit only for breeding Actresses-a
Public Examination creatures that have learnt so
much as to be ignorant OF every thing. The other
systemis content to produce Children far less ANA
Eng IN order that II may form something that Shall
iipen into the we-normed, but modest woman, fit
Ion the Household, iii for Society," fit for the serious
duties OF life, and capable of adurning It's leisure.
So much olthe Principals life has been passed
abroad, that he may be pardoncd if out of number
OF like testimonies, he publish the following.
From the Governor q -. Carolina.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
COLUMBIA. S. CAROLINA, Dec. 26th, 1896.
My dear Sir:
nave just leaned, with great regret, that YOU are
about to quit our wnand State, by which a per
sonal deprivation to 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. on may do better trust sincerely
you Will. our distinguished literary taste, wher
ever called INTO reqnison, cannot but secure YOU
position both agreeable and profitable. Accept my
oestwIshes Tor your prosperity aud happiness. With
great regard and esteem, p. NJ BUTLER.
From DIR. Thomas Copper, late Pres. O. the - Chr
OHM College.
MIR. Edward Johnston, Librarian of the s Coro-
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