Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-04-30
TIL SOUT'IlEK.J' 1.s.sTITUTIO.S'
OF EDUCATR0y.

4 (near Liberty, Val opened N November |
last aud is now fitted up and organized under COED
corps oil Instructors.
lis plan has been, in part, laid before the public
But methods, once the only ones known 1mong our
people, have now 50 completely sunk under the in
OF system OF cap-tlap, that II Is necessary
both to explain and to sIndicdte them. In such
these however the modest but stately natrons, that
adorned the South in better days, were unused, be
fore yet Short Methods had come IN, or the eruditc
persons who bring their OF Education,
had orsdhcn the kindred, but uare innocent trade OF
fin-pans and w ooden-uutmegs.
Instead OF Methods foreign to our manners our
feelings aud our opinions, we aim 10 revive SYSTEM
domestic and home bred, that shall shun alike fall
lacous instruction and alien instructors. We
teach, then, FIRST indispensable, the solid parts of
an English Educatlon-thlngs winch all the Sci
ences III the Encyclopedia oannot make it less than
foolish not to know completely. We labour TO train
aud store the Mind, before attempting TO decorate it,
The first and principal points are, To read correctly
aud expressivey 10 write currently; To acquire
the practical ant OF Numbers To master that most
noble and useful branch Of know ledge, History and
To obtain some familiarity with What called Polite
Letters in general. These are, in the prevailing s,s-
le lighted, III order to hurry forward the scholar
the shewy Nohings OF pretended Sciences.
Propncty OF Speech we lnIpar not By Gfammals
and Dictionaries, but by daily habit, carefully en-
forced. Composition IS taught, by set rules and
FORMS but by the varied and progressive practice OF
several Studes IN which the daily examinations are
conducted IN writing. Arithmetic, as necessary in
every condition Of life, receives strict attention.
Needle work, Cookery, and the other Household
Ats practsed, according the Pupils are pur-
mlis. The Manners, the Temper and the Con
duet are watched and formed, with the utmost so-
ctude, as things on winch Happiness, Responsibility
and even the power OF Pleasing depend far more than
on Wit, Leaning, or tie Accomplishments. Gen
tIeness OF demcanour, attachment to Order a care
OF the SeemIy taste Tor knowledge needing no
conpulsOn, and the Sense and the Love of whatever
IN Elegant Studies, inspires refined and elevated Sen
tmens, are, with u.s. the man thought of Education.
1t necessary that all women be learned or &C
compishcd it is necessary thatall women be anna
Bile.
History, the great key to knowledge Of HUI
mlu affairs, the School OF whatever is wise or
goods taught with particular care not by
barren Compends, COMPRISING the facts Till every
thing truly instructive Is squeezed out of them but
by Narrative lively aud detailed, rs far possible that
oil the OrlLnal Winters OF each nation. 1t is accom-
panied with its necessary elucidalons; Geography,
the History OF Literature aud Art aud that Of In
sututons, Manners, and Opinions.
\ foreign Tongue (the French,) is begun as soon
as the pupil read English we'll. 1t Is made the
common language of the House; and is used part
~ for its sake, but principally as the means of
arriving at knowledge OF Grammar, unattanablc
without the study OF some dialect besides our
own. French IS also employed as the vehicle Of
part oil The ii soncal Studies and those of Taste.
The Course, it will be perceived is far more a
Literary than a Scientific Its spirit Is not that
OF idly heap dup things, unlelt Misunderstood, or
amassed only for display. Regarding Modesty as
the first law of Female Excellence, and love Of
knowledge as the only sound principle on which to
found II, our plan avoids every thing connected with
/ Exhibition, and cyen the stmulants oil Emulation, as
usually brought to act.
! 'rhe sclpIle IS careful, but gentle--copy ing as
far possible, that OF well-oidered Domestic Edu-
cation. 10 this, indeed, the whole p Ian endeavours
/ To itself. the II pfir
and capable # the best results, whether as to the
! Morals, the Manners, the Mind.
To compare it with the adverse system-the one
grasplng every thing, must, Tor that reason, fail
every thing the other, selecting those better parts
OF knowledge Which fit the Sex and are atalnabe in
lis ordinary time of study, teaches these both well
and modestIv. That system desires little, but the
ostenta,ion Of kuowledge-ours, nothing but its re
atty. That seeks to adurn the outside OF the lind ;
this TO Inform and IuyIgorate II within. The former
euamoured of tinsel and gewgaws, cares little what
poverty may Turk beneath, shine in confused
and useless hneIy: the latter Is studlous only of an
elegant paInncss, ot he becoming aud the good The
foreign plan rejoces the shreds, the patches the
clippings, the mu ailons, tile trash, of any pursuit
with "A long name aud passes Common Sense and
| Taste dlsdantuIly bv. The banished one which
we would revive, regards Science of small ac-
count for womcn-frSt, because little applicable to
their occupations; SecoHdly because always taught
them imperectly; Hrdiy because dixie all other false
/
Understanding and the Taste; toarthiy, because,
even as to It's only purpose, Display, it renders
woman. III grown Society, ridiculous, instead of
pleasing: SO that, being useless III itself being
slightly taught, and being laughed at whenever dis
played, 1t is totally elced from the mind leav-
ing it blank aud barren these unhappy pans
had ne, or been taken.
Finally-to state precisely the comparative results
! oil the two sy>tems-the one Is admirable for ma
king marvellous School girls, who will never be any
/ thing better IN either mind OF manners the prodl-
Sles OF L scene, III only tor breeding Actresses-a
Public Examination creatures that have learnt
much as to be ignorant OF every thing. The other
SYSTEMS content to produce Chidlen far less anna
Eng in order that it may form something that Shall
Ipen into the weniormed, but modest woman, fit
lor the Household, fit for Society," tit for the serious
duties OF life and capable of adjoining its leisure.
So much Otthc Principals life has been passed
abroad, that he may be pardoncdil ont OF number
ol like testimonies he publish the following.
From the Governor Of =. Carolina.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE }
CoLuMBIA, s. CAROLINA, Dec. 26th, 1886.
Ny dear SIR
nave Just leaned, with great regret, that YOU are
about to quit our town and State, by which per-
sonal deprivation your friends will ensue and the
State lament the loss Of those high literary attain
ments, that you have exerted among us, for some
years past. You may do better | trust sincerely
you will. Your distinguished literary taste, wher-
yercalled into requsilon, cannot but secure YOU
position both agreeable and profitable Accept my
great regard and esteem, p. NJ. BUTLER