Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-12-20
THE SOETIEER.s' Es'STITUTKO.V
OF EDUCATION.

RI, .,e,bods once the only known among our
,eono. have now so completely sunk under the III
yas,ons of system OF clap-rap that II IS necessary
boih TO explain and to ylndlcate them In such as
these however the modest but stately NATIONS. thai
adorned The South in better days, were unused, be-
fore vet Short Methods had come III. or the ernuie
nefsons who now bring us their wares oi Education
had iorsaken the kindred. but more innocent faue o
TIn-pans and Wooden-nutmegs.
Instead of Methods foreign 10 our manners our
feelings and our iuions aim TO revive system,
domestic and home bred that shall sliuh aiihe ,a-
Iacious instruction aud alien Instructors We
leach then first, indispensable, the soma paris OF
an English Educatlon-things winch all the oci4 |
ences in the Ency copedia cannot make II less tnah
foolish not know completely. we iabouf 10 tia'n
and store the Mind, before attempting TO decorate IL.
The first aud principal points are, 10 read correctly
and expresslyely TO write currently To acquire |
tn practical ART of Numbers To master that mosi
nube and useful branch of knowledge, History and
To obtain some familiarity with what Is called fohe
Lcttcts IN general These are, in tue prevailing sys-
tenn sighed, order TO hurry forward the scholar 10
The shcwy Nohngs OF pretended Sciences.
Proprlety OF Speech impar,. not by Grammats
and Dictionaries, but by daily habit carefully en-
forced Composition IS taught, not BY set rules ano
FORMS but by the varied and progressive pracute oil
several Studies, in which the daily examinations are
, conducted in writing Arithmetic, as necessary IN
every condition of life, receives strict attention.
Nee lie work, Cookery. and the other Household
Ats are practised according as the Pupils age pur-
mts. The Manners, the Temper, and the Con
duet are watched and formed, with the utmost soil
ctude as things which Happiness. Respcca5illty,
and even the power of Pleasing dependtar more than
on Wit, Learning, or tie Accomplishments. Gen
teness OF demeanour, an attachment TO Order care
OF The Seemly, taste for knowledge needing no
compulsion aud the Sense aud the Love o Whatever
in Elegant Studies inspires refined and elevated Sen
tlments are with u, the main thought OF Education.
II is not necessary thai all women be learned or ac
compIished il Is necessary that all women be amla-
/ Bile.
History the great key to a knowledge OF HUI
nan affairs. the School Of whatever is wise or
goods taught with particular care: not by
barren Compends, comprising the fats Till ever,
thing truly instructive Is squeezed out OF them but
by Narrative. lively and detailed. II possible that
/ ol TIL Original Winters oi each nation. 1t Is accom-
panied with lis necessary enciiaions; Geography,
| the History of Literature aud Art aud that OF In
sttuilons, Manners, and Opinions
a foreign Tongue (the Freneh,) Is begun. as soon
as the pupil read English well. 1t is made the
common language of the House; and is used part
" Tor sake, but principally the means ot
,rrsing At knowledge Of Grammar, unattanabe
without the study of some dmlect besides our
own. French l. also employed as the vehicle
part ofrhe II storlcal Studies and those Of Ilste.
/ The Course IL will be perceived is far
Literary tnau Scieunc one. Its spnil is not that
of idly heap dup things, uniet Misunderstood, or
| anlasscd only Tor display. Regarding Modesty as
the first law of Female Excellence. aud love OF
Kno Wedge the only sound principle on which to
found II, our plan avoids every thng connected with
Exhibitions aud even the stImltilnts oil Emulation, as
usually brought to ACT.
The Discipline careful, lnt gente-copying, as
Gar a. possible that OF well-ofdered Domestic Edu-
cation. To this. indeed the whole Plan eudeavouIs
TO conform itself as the pufcst the most efficient,
aud capable f the best results. whether to the
Morals, the Manners, OF the Mind
TO compare 1t with the adverse systematic que.
graspmg at every thing. must Tor that reason, FAM IN
every thing the other selecting those better parts
81 Know ledge winch III the Sex and attainable IN
lis ordinary time of study, teaches these both well
and modeslly That system desires little. but the
ostentaon OF knowledge-ours. nothing bat It's re
atty. That seeks to adon the outside of the Mind
this, to inform and nvieorate II Within The former;
euamOured OF tnsel and gew laws, little what
poverty may lurk beneath. 50 II can SHINE IN confused
and useless hnely: the latter is studlous only OF an
elegant plainncss. OF the becoming aud the good. The
foreign plan reoices the shreds the patches the
clippings. the mn atlons, the trash, OF any pursuit
with long uane; ard passes Common Sense and
Taste dsdainlully BY. The banshed one, which
we would revive, regards Science Of small ae-
count iof women-frSi. because little applicable To
their occupations; secoadtD because always taught
them nperectIy; Airdiy, because (Ike all other false
knowledge) II vates, instead OF improving, bot The
Understanding and the Taste; f0urtIiy, because,
even as To its only purpose, Display. it renders
woman. in grown Society," ridiculous. instead Of
pleasing: thu, beng useless itself, being
slg ally taught. and being laughed 1t whenever dis
played, it is totally enHccI from the mind, leav-
ing blank and as barren these unhappy pans
had been TAX en-.
Fm1y -to state precisely the comparative results
OF The two sy>tems-he is admirable for ma
KIM marvellous School girls, who Will never be any
thing better in either mind or manners the prodi-
gies OF a scene, fiji only for breeding Actresses -
Public Examination creaturest that have learnt so
much asto be ignorant OF every thing. The other
system is content To produce Children far less ANA
in ortpr hat ma ,h,
ipen INTO the einorned, but modest woman, fl
Ion the Household, III Tor Socety, iii for The serious
duties OF life, and capable OF adotDng lis leisure.
SO much ofthe Principals life has been passed
abroad, that he may be parIoned if out of number
OF like testimonies he publish the following.
From t;e Governor ors Carolina.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, .
COLUMBIA, S. CAROLINA, Dec. 26th, 1886 {
Ny dear Sir:
nave just leaned. with great regret, that YOU aye
about TO quit our town and State, by which per-
sonal deprivation your friends will ensuc, and The
State lament the loss oi those high literary attain
meuts, that you have exered among us, for some
years past. Nnu may do better: | trust sincerely
you will. Your distinguished literary taste wher
ever called into requiston, cannot bur secure YOU a
position both agreeable and profitable. Accept my
best wishes for your prosperity aud happiness. With
| great regard and esteem p. NJ BUTLER
From Dr. Ehonias Cooper, late Pres. Of the ~. Car
DINA College.
Nh Edward Johnston, Librarian of the S. Caro-
Ina College, being about to gun Columbia, desire
to say
lhat' as a literary man, acquainted with books IN
Tue various departments OF Literature generally,