Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-03-26

IT THE BEDFORD FEmALE ACADEmN,
"A (ncsr Liberty, ~ opened IN November
last aud Is fitted up aud rgauized, un4tr coed
esrps oi Instructors.
LIS piiu has brcn, N pirt, Lad before tn pubic.
But .,e,hod>, puoe the onl, known lruons cut
people, have complrcl, suuk undri the "a.
sAsIons oi system al oip.tap, thdt II :
both .Nplaiu aud 10 sindcatc thcu. la such rs
these. however. the nale>i bot STATED, on. thai
adorned the Soutl ia better DAYS. wtrc uutsrd he
lore yet Short VI. bod, had com, IA. OF lir crn,lue
psrssn> who now brius Is ih,t wares III Education.
had lursahen Ihc kiudcd, but more iuno, ,lde 1
Tit pan. aud Wooirn nutmrgs
Instead al Methods iuteiei 10 our manners. Qua
feelings aud our Unions. ailu TO system.
DOM .tio and home hlrd. lhh shi s.un al.kr tai
Iseious instruction aud alien Instructors. We
icsoh. fh.n first, iuIi-reh,.hlc the sui parts ol
~ English Educaton-thnss ~hIch all tie Set
snces IN the Encyclopedia oauuut unahc II les. Than
foolish not to know completely. " t lalot tam
aud siuIc the Mud, b.iafe alten plug ooratr IT,
The hfs and lrlne pal ponis are II fead ,ofIccil,
snd espressN,ly 10 write cuircuily TO acqulr,
he Practical AIT OF Numners. TO master that most
noble and u,,u brauch Il know ledge, History aud
To obtain lamarli, with VIA, !, called Polite
Letters IN gercidl These are. IA the prevailing s,s,
tenn. Sighed ~ "tri To hurry torHardtl tie Ia r
the she~y Nuilu = oi pretended Sciences.
PInpnei, al Speech W nupar. moi b, t;raInn,aIs
aud Dictionaries. hui BY daily habit. ear.ul, en-.
foIe~d. Composition Is taught not b, set rules and
turns. bn 10y the varied and progressive practice Of
several Sinties, IA winch the dnly examinations a.
conducted mWrillng. Arithmetic, ~ ueoe.sar, II,
ever, condition of life rccsiscs sIIct attention
Nee ie-"ork. Cookery, aud the other House hold
Al. praciI>' d. according the Pupils age pnr-
uns. The Manners. the Temper and the Con
duct watched aud formed, with the utmost soil
euude A. things on winch Happiness. Responsibility
AID wen HE power OF Pleasing depend ar more in ~
gu Wit. Leaning, or IL Accomplishment Gen
- II de MT i4tt
Of the Sermly, taste tur Know ledge needing no
compulson. aud The Sense aud the Love OF ahate, CT
l. Elegant Studies, .spires refined aud elevated Sen.
trnenis. arr. ~u u the nan thou.h oi Education.
IL Is not ,csssary tl1 all women be learned OF ac-
eeupli,hcd /, necessaf, tiiat all women be amt
Bile
History, as The great key tn H. oult,lae of hui.
nan ahdirS, the School OF whatever is wise or
s-"d.-ls iin.hi with particular c,te !: not b>
barren comprnds. COMPRISING the fl,is til ever,
thug irnl, instructive is squeezed out ri them but
~ Narrative, lively aud detailed iar 4. possible tina,
sfihe Original Writer'S ui each nation II is a, com
raI'sd with $ n-eessny elu' laiions; Geosraphy
tbs ili',"r, "i Literature and Art ; aud thai Of In
stnutions. Manners. aud Opinions.
foreign Tongue uhe Frcnch,) i. heguo, Us soon
rs the pupil can read English WELL Il Is made the
common language OF the House; and is used part
~ for lis avn sake. bnt principally as the means at
arriving nj knowledge OF Grammar unattanablc
without the stud, Of some dialect b. sides our
own. French is also employed rs the vehicle at
par oiihe Historical Studies and those OF Taste.
1he Course, II will be perceived, is far more
Literary than Scientific Its spn IS not thai
Of i'll, heap dup things. unieli, III understood. o,
aniassed only for display. regarding Modesty A,
the FIRST la" ol Femie Excellence and a love o
knoSledge as the only sound principle ON Which to
found u, our plan avoids every thing connected W
Exhibition, aud the slinulauts of Emulation a,
usually brought TO act.
The Disc itIline Is careful nj a,
Tar As possible, that oil wel-odcred Domcsiic Edu
cation. To ih,s, indeed, the whole Plan .ndeavour
10 rouorn ITSELF. ~ the purc>t, the lnost efficient
snd capable f The best results, whether as 10 ia,
Morals, the Manners, OF the Mind.
To compare It with the adverse systenl-ihc ore
Eraspng al every thing, must, Tor thai reason fail /,
every thing the other, selecting those better part.
II knowledge. which fin the Sex aud are a,,a,nable j,
It's ordinary iinic III study, tta hes these both wei
and n,odestly. That system desires lntle but th
ostena'ion OF knowledg e-ours, nothing but it. re
nny. That sects TO adorn tie outside OF the Mind
tins. To inform and n,ieoraie within. The former
enamoured of insel ami sew .aws, cares little wha
poverty may Turk beneath. il can slime III conlus,
and useless inel,: ihe latter Is siudions only Of u
&C CANT plainess, fihe Becoming and the good Tn
totrign plan REFUGEES III the shres the patches ia
clippings. the mu ation-. the iraslI OF any pur.i
With a long tame; ard passes Common Sense a,
Taste disdaituliy by. The Lauisicd one wh,c
VIC would revive, regards Science ii sn,all a,
count Tor wo'ncn-hfsf because little applicable
their occupations; Secoa,iiy. because always tang
them impcriectiy; aardy, because like all other tai,
hnosiedsc)i it viiinies Instead OF improving, both Il,
Understanding aud rhe Taste tourthiy, bccaus
even asto ITS only purpose. Display. 1t rende
woman. iB gro"n Sncieiy,- ridiculous. INSTEAD
pleasing: SO tl.at being useless in nscH beiu
Alishly taught. and being laughed al whenerer di
played. Is s0sn totally eiIaced from the mind lea
ing Il as bass aud as barren il these unhappy pan
bad nessr bcea tahen.-
Finaily-'o slate lreeeeiyfhe eor~fasa,iye result
VI the two ss.scns-the ore il. a.imfab4e for M;
k'nS marvellous Scoul girls. who will never be "A,
thing better. IN either mind ox nIaniers the PROD
lifsoi saeUr. IL anly Ter breeding Actresses
fvbbe trahst..,on efe.auYes that have learnt
ns.n alto bs ignorant "i L,cr, thing. The otli
- As'''s .ott'nt to produces Ch,il,en "a, less an
r":. IN o'd'r thai II may foin sometltn. that sha