Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-05-14
TIE SOUTNERv L1.STxTETYOv.
OF EDUCATION.

a L THE BEDFORD FEMALE ACADEM
IA (near Liberty, Va.) WAS opened in November
last, and is now ftted up aud organized under coed
corps OF Instructors.
Its plan has been, in part, laid before the public.
But aethods, once the only ones known among our
people, have now SO completely sunk under the in
vasons OF system of clap-rap, that necessary
both TO explain and TO vlndcate them In such as
these, however, the modest but stately matons that
adorned the South in better days, unused, be
fore yet Short Methods had come in or The erudltc
persons who now bring us their wares of Education.
had orsahen the kindred. but more innocent trade OF
Tin pans and Wooden nutmcgs.
Instead Of Method, loreign to our manners our
feelings and our Opinions, we aim to revive system,
domestic aud home bred that Shall stun alike tal-
laclous instruction aud alien instructors. We
teach, theu first, Indispensable the sold parts OF
an English observation-disclosures winch all the Sci
ences IN the Encyclopedia cannot make IL less than
foolish not TO know completely. We abour to tian
and store the Mind, before attempting decorate II.
The first aud principal points are, To read oonecly
and expresslyely To write currently To acquire
the practical art of Numbers TO master that most
noble and useful branch Of knowledge, HISTORY and
To obtain some familiarity with what Is called Polite
Letters in general These are in the prevailing SIS
tcm sighted, IN order to hury forward the scholar
the shewy Noihlngs OF pretended Sciences.
Proprety 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 aud progressive practice OF
several Studies. in which the daily examinations
conducted IN writing. Arithmetic, as necessary IN
every condition of life, receives strict attention.
Neetle-work, Cookery aud the other Household
Arts are pracilstd according us the Pupils aye pur-
inl,s The Manners, the Temper, and the Con-
duet are watched and formed, with lie utnloSt soil
.uude a. thugs on which Happiness Re- pectablhy
and even The power OF Pleasing dependfr more than
on WI. Learning, OF tie Accomplishments. Gen.
iencss OF demcanour an attachment To Order, care
OF the Seem'y, taste for knowledge needing no
compuston, AMI The Sense and the Love OF whatever
III Elegant Studies, inspires refined and elevated Sen
umenis, are, with Us, the main thought OF Educalion
It's not necessary tai all women be learned OF ac
compshed II is necessary thai all women be amil-
bic.
History, as the great key To IA knowledge Of hu-
man affairs, the School OF Whatever Is wise or
goods taught with particular cafc /: not by
barren Compends, COMPRISING The facts I'LL every
thnS truly instructive IS squeezed out OF them but
by Narrative. lively and detailed far as that
oil the Original W nters OF each nation. 1t is accom-
panied with It's necessary calculations; geography
the History Of Literature and Art and that Of In-
situations, Manners, and Opinions.
foreign Tongue (the French,) is begun. soon
as the pupil can read English we'll. 1t Is made the
common language OF the House; and is used, part
ly for Its own sake, but principally as the means of
arriving al a knowledge OF Grammar, unaitaluablc
without the study of some dialect b. SIDES our
own. French Is also employed as the vehicle Of
part ofthe Ii storlcal Studies and those Of Taste
ne 1oufse, III VIII be perceived, TAR
Literary than Scientific one. Its spit is not that
OF idly heap.d-up things, untet Misunderstood, or
amassed only for display. Regarding Modcstv as
the first law OF Female Excellence, aud a love OF
knowledge as the only sound principle on Which TO
foundn, our plan avoids every thing connected with
Exhibition, aud even the silmuants OF EHula ION as
usually brought TO act
The Discipline Is careful, lut gcntle-cup, iug as
far as possible, that OF "A we-ordeIed Domestic Edu-
cation. To tins indeed, the whole Plan rudea,ouls
to conform Itself. as the putest, the most efficient
and capable the best results whether as to the
Morals, the Manners, OF the Mind.
10 compare 1t with the adverse systematic one,
graspng every thing, must, Tor that reason fail IN
every thing the other, selecting those better parts
OF knowledge. which fiji the Sex and are attanabe in
its ordinary time Of study, tea hes these both well
and modestly. That system desires lltle bur the
ostentation OF knowledge--ouIs, nothing but its re
atty. That seeks to adorn the outside OF the Mind ::
TINS, to INFORM and invigorate II within. The torme
enamoured OF tlnsel and gewgaws, cares little what
poverty may Turk beneath. SHINE in confused
and useless fney the latter studlous only Of an
elegant painness, OF the becoming and the good The
foreign plan reJoces IN the shreds, the patches, the
clippings, the mu iatons, the trash OF any pursuit
with long name; and passes Common Seuse aud
Taste disdalnuly by. The banlshed one. winch
we would revive, regards Science of small ac-
count tor womcn-frSt because hide applicable To
their occupations; secondly. because always taught
them imperectly Mirdty because Nhe all other false
VltldteS, Instead Improving, DOh the
Understanding and the Taste; lourttty, because,
even as to its only purpose, Display it 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 soon totally elfaced from the mind leav-
ing blank and barren as if these unhappy pains
had never been taken.
Finaly-to state precisely the comparative results
Of 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 prodl-
gies OF a scene, fit only for breeding Actresses-a
Public Examination creatures that have learnt Sc
much as to be ignorant OF every thing. The Other
system is content to produce Chd,en far less anna
zing IN order that ii may form something that shal
Ipen into the weinfonned. but modest woman, Fl
Tor the Household fiji for Society, fit for the serou:
duties OF HE, and capable of adjoining It's leisure.
SO much OF the Principals life has been passe,
abroad, that he may be pardoncd if out of a humble
ot like testimonies, he publish the following.
From the Governor Of y. Carolina.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
COLUMBIA S. CAROLINA, Dec. Goth, 1886.
My dear Sir:
have Just learned, with great regret that YOU ar