Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-06-04
TIT; .sOTIlFEge.Y E.s,STITExFO.y
OF EDUCATION.

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(near Liberty Na.) was opened IN November
last and IS now htted up ana orgaled under good
corps oil instructors
It's plan mas oeen' IN part ldid before tie public
But Me'houS' once me only ones known among our
people, nave no" 50 completely SUNK unaef the IN
yasons oil system OF ciap-tTap that It Is necessary
bOth 10 explain ana 10 indicate iheh' In such as
these, however the modest but stately matrons, that
adorned lie SCUM III oettef days, were unused, be-
tore yet snort Methods had come H. or the erudite
persons VINO now bring US theIr wares oil Education,
bad iorsaken the Kindred but more innocent trade oil
Iin-pans ana Nooden-huimcgs.
Instead OF neillodS iofel9n 10 our manners, our
feelings ana our opinions, we ann 10 revive system,
domestic ana home bred, that shall shun alike tai
laclous instruction ana alien instructors. we
teach, then, inst as indispensable, the solid parts oil
an Enghsh f.daeiuon-thIhgs "hicll all me SCI
ehces III tle Ehcyclopfaa cannot make IL Tess tliah
foolish not to know completely. we labour to tram
and store the Mind, before attempting to decorate H.
Inc llfst ana llhcIpl points are read correctly
ana eSpresSiVely 10 write currently 10 acquire
me pf1ctcal an OF Numbers 10 master that most
NOPE ana uSeii ofancn ei kno"ease' History; and
TO obtain some familiarity with what Is called Polite
Letters III general. Hese are, III the pfeyang sys-
tenn s2hed III ofdcl 10 llully forward te scholar 10
the shewy Noihlngs OF pretended Sciences.
Propnety OF Speech we lmpar not by eirammafs
and Dictionaries, but by daily habit, carefully
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
conducted in writing. Arithmetic, rs necessary IN
every condition OF life, ceISes strict attention.
Necdle-work, Cookery. and the other Household
Arts are pracsed, according the Pupils aye pur-
mits The Manners, the Temper, and the Con
duet watched aud formed, with the utmost soil
citude things which Happiness, ReSpecla5ilIiy
and even the power of Pleasing depend lir more than
on Wit, Learning, or tie Accomplishments. Gen.
tencss OF dcmeanour an attachment to Order a care
of the Secmlv, taste for knowledge needing no
compusion, and the Sense aud the Love oil Whatever
in Elegant Studies, inspires refined and elevated Sen
tments, are, with U.s. the main thought Of Educaliop
1t necessary that all women be learned or ac
compshed it is necessary thar all women be anna
bic.
History, as the great key to a KNOWLEDGE OF hu-
man affairs, the School of whatever Is wise or
goods taught with a particular care: not by
barren Compends COMPRISING the C,trs till every
lhng truly Instructive IS squeezed ont of them but
by Narrative, lively and detailed as ft as possible that
OF the ongnal tlters OF each nation. II Is accom-
panied with lis necessary clucidailonS; topography,
the History OF Literature and Art and that of la
stitutlons, Manners, aad Opinions
a iofeigh tongue Vhe reneh) Is begun, as soon
as m2P can le"u fn2liNh we'll 1t Is mlue TIE
common language OF ihe ii"uae ana IS used, lhft-
y Tor lis own sake Out Prncipa'iN as tAe means 9i
arriving al knowledge OF '''2nm'r' unal'amabie
without the STUDY ol some ditert bestheS our
own ieHIa Is "So e1'W"!ea as ''e venice III
P'tI@l 1le i'7'oiie' ,iiiaIe7 ana iHoSe oil i'9'r'
he course, Il VIII be r'teeRcd' Is i3f more
'."el1S t'"" ae''"a'e one IL. SP'ii Is nor that
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