Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-10-18
TEE SOUTHERN Ls.STFTgTzO.v
cE EDUCATION.

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yasons Of 4 system OF cap-tfap, that it is necessary
! both to explain and 10 indicate them. In such
these however, the modest but stately mitions, that
adorned the South in better days, were unused, be-
fore yet Short Methods had come in or the orudite
persons who now bring their wares OF Education,
bad orsaken The kind ed but more innocent trade OF
/ Thu pans and Wooden nutmegs.
+ Instead oil Methods foreign to our manners, our
feelings and our Opinions we aim to revive system,
domestic aud home bred that shall stun alike fall
Iacious instruction and alien instructors. We
teach, then, FIRST indispensable, the solid parts oil
an English Education-things winch all the Sci
ences IN tile Encyclopedia oanno make II less than
foolish not 10 know completely. We labour to train
aud the Wind before attempting 10 decorate il.
The first aud principal points are TO read correctly
and expfessiscly To write currently 10 acquire
til practical art of Numbers To master that most
noble and useful branch Of know ledee History; aud
To oJtaIn some familiarity with What Is called Polite
Lctets in general. These are, in the prevailing sss-
TEN. s -hled IN order 10 hurryiorwarl the sdhoaI 10
the shewy Nolhings OF pretended Sciences.
Prppuety OF Speech we impart. moi by CRIMINALS
and Dictionaries, but by daily habit, carefully
forced. Composition Is taught, not by SET niles and
forms, but by the varied and progressive practice oil
several STUDIES, in winch the daily examinations are
conducted ~ writing. Arithmetic, as necessary in
every condition OF HE, receives strict attention.
Nee, le-Worh, Cookery, aud the other Household
Arts pfactiscd, according the Pupils age pun
mlts. The Manners, the Temper, and the Goa
duct watched and formed with the utmost soll-
cnde, as thlngs on which Happiness, Respectahty.
aud even the power Of Pleasing depend far more than
on Wit, Learning, OF TIE Accomplishments Gen.
tlencSS OF drmc1uouf, attachment to Order, care
OF the Seemly taste for knowledge needing no
compulson, and the Sense aud the Loyeol whatever
II Elegant STUDIES, inspires refined and elevated Sen
tmcns, are, with IL, The Walu tloug n Of Education.
lis not aecessdry lh3 all women be- learned or az
eomplished it's necessary tiIat all women be amt
bile.
History, the great key Ia knowledge of hn-
affairs the School Of whatever IS " lse or
gpod-Is taught with particular carc: not BIZ
barren Compends. comprising the facts Till ever,
Thug truly instructive IS squeezed OF them bat
by Narrative. lively and detailed. ldrIs possible tla
oil the Orginal Writers OF each nation 1t is accom-
panied with its necessary clucdalions; Geo -raply
the History of Literature aud Art: and that If la
slituIIous, Manners, and Opinions.
foreign Tongue CHE Freneh,) is begun, as soon
Is tn pupil can read English we'll. 1t Is made the
common language OF the House; and is used, palt-
~ for ats own sake, bnt principally the means Of
arriving II knowledge OF Grammar, unattamablc
without the study OF some dialect brsdes our
oVn. French is also employed !, the vehicle u
pau oflhr II storica Studies and use Of Taste.
The Course, ii viii be perceived, is far more a
Literary taan Scientific lis spflt IS not thai
OF idly ueapad-up things unfelt, Misunderstood, or
amused oay for display Regarding Modcsty is
the first law of Female EXerlencr. aud a low oil
kno elge as the only sound principle ON inch to
found 1t, orr plan avoids every thing connected with
EXh bllloa and even the stimuants of Emulation, as
usually broug MT to
The Discipline careful, hut gcutlr--cupving, a.
lar posslble that OF welI-o1defcd Domestic Edu-
cation. T9 ths, indeed, the whole Plan endcavonrs
10 conform ITSELF is the quest the most efficient,
and capable the bfst results. whether as to the
Morals, the Manners. the Mind.
10 compare It with the adverse sysein-thc one,
graspng At every thina must for that reason fail IN
every thing the Other selecting those better parts
ii knowledge winch III the Sex aud are altainable N
lis ordinary time OF study, teaches these both well
and modestly. That system desires lite but the
ostentatl0n OF hnowIedge-oufs, nothing but its lie
ally. That seeks To adon the outside OF the VI ind
thS to inform and nfleorate II within. The former.
enamoured of tnsel and gewsaws, cares llttle What
poverty may LUX beneath. soitcan shine IN confused
aud usele tinetN: the latter Is studons only of an
elegant planness oi the becoming aud the good. The
foreign plan reJoices IN the shrtds the patches tue
clippings. the ma llatIouS the trash, OF any pursuit
with long name; AID passes Common Sense AID
Taste dIsdalniuIIy by. The banishcd one, which
we would revive regards Science pf small ac-
count ior WoncnHfSt because little apple able 10
their occupatious seeoadiy. because ALWAYS taught
them imperccly thirdly because dixie all other false
knowledge) vltates, instead oil improving, both the
IND landing aud the Taste: toHrtkly, because
even rs to ITS only purpose, ID ispiaN II renders
woman. III grown Society, ridiculous, instead OF
pleasing: 50 that, being useless in itself being
shg uly taught, and being laughed at whenever dis
played, soon totally ciIcrd from the mud leav-
ing blank aHd as barren II these unhappy pans
had ne, been taken.
Fmty-to state precisely the comparative results
OF the two sy~tems-ihe one is admirable for ma
king marvellous School. girls, who viii never be any
thiHg better, IN either mind or manners the urod
gies of Il scene. iii only for breeding Actlesses-l
Public Examination: creatures That have learnt so
much rs 10 be ignorant Of every thing. The other
system IS content TO produce Children far less ANA
zlns, IN order that II may form something that shall
tipen lnto the " ell informed but modest uoinau fit
lor the Household, tit for Society," fit for the serious
duties OF lie, and capable OF adjoining lis leisure
SO much olIhe Principals life has been passed
abroad, that he may be pardoned if out of number
oil like testimonies, he publish the following.
From the Governor Of 81. Carolina.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, !
COLUMBIA S. CARoLlNA, Dec. 26tl, 1896. I
VI dear Sir
nave Just leaned. with great regret that Won are
about 10 qat oar tow0and State by which a per
sonal deprivation to Your friends viii cnsue and the
State lament the loss OF those high literary attain
mcnts that you have eXcred among u.s. Tor some
years past. on may do better: | trnst sincerely
YOU Will. Your distinguished literary taste. vhrr
ever ctledlnto rcqnlston, cannot but secure YOU a
position both agreeable and profitable. Accept my
best wishes for your prosperity and happiness. Win
great regard and esteem, Z. NJ. Bi TIER.
Eron Dr. fhonas Cooper, late Pres. of the y. Car
oiinn College.
Mr.. Edward Johnston, Librarian of the S. Caro-
Ina College, being about to quit Columbia dcsire
to say
That, as literary man, acquainted with books IN
the various departments of Literature generally