Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-09-27
TssE S0UYEFEgs.s. Es.sIETUzT0.s'
OF EDUCATION.
I TIE BEDFORD FEMALE ACADEM

n (near Liberty, Na.) WAS opened In November
last, aud IS now ilel up aud organized, under a go.d
corps Of Instructors.
lis plan has been, in part, laid before the public.
But 4ieihods, onceth only ones known among our
people, have now 50 completely sunk under the IN
vasIons OF 4 system OF c%lap-ttaP, that 1t IS necessary
botlI 10 explain aud 10 vindlcale them. In such as
these, however, the modest but stately rnatfons, thai
adorned the South IN better days, were unused, be-
fore set Short Methods had come IN, or the erudIte
persons WHO now bring US their wares OF Education,
had iorsakcn the kindred, but more innocent trade OF
TIn-pans aud Wooden-nutmegs.
Instead oi Methods foreign to our manners, our
feelings aud our opinions, we 10 revive a system,
domestic and home bred, that shall shun alike ial-
laclous instruction and alien instructors. We
teach, then, first, as Indispensable, The solid parts oil
an English Edueatlon-thlngs winch all the Sci
ences IN the Encyclopedia cannot make II less than
foolish not To know completely. We labour to tram
aud store the Mind, before attempting to decorate II.
The first aud principal points are, To read correctly
and expressiyely To write currently 10 acquire
tn practical ant of Numbers ; 10 master that most
noble and useful branch Of knowledge, History aud
To obtain some familiarity with What Is called Polite
Letters in general. These are, III the prevailing sys-
tenn, sighted, IN order to hufrylorwarl the scholar To
the shewy Nothings OF pretended Sciences.
Proprety of Speech we Inpart. not BY Gtalnmais
and Dictionaries, but by daily habit, carefully en-
forced. Composition is taught, not by setlulcs and
forms, but by the varied and progressive practice oil
several Studies, IN which the daily examinations are
,ya,u coali,n,n a. IL. ,acai,o, ,,ra, ,,t.n,;aa - -
Nee3Ie. vo,E Coole,y and iEe Ohio, unnsebal1
ATS are praetIsed, according as the Pupils aye par-
mlts. The Manners, the Temper, aud the Con
duct are watched and formed, with the utmost soil
cltude, As things on which Happiness, Responsibility,
and even the power ofPlcasing depend far more than
nm W. e,r,i,g NJ tho rSon,,lubmcnt Gan.
,leoess If dennnnnny an ,,1,chnan, ,o 9GrIe, oc,re
OF the Seemly, a taste for knowledge needing no
commission. and the Sense and the Love nj whaiqyer
in ELEGANT Studies. lusuircs refined and elevated Son
timenfs. are. with rs. the main ,houolt of Educ,,ion.
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complishel :; lis neccssar, than al women be anna
BILE.
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hnoH'euGe 's thc oHly SCUM PfihclPie oh"Hich It
iouhu IT. oar Pi'' AVOIDS every liiihS connected WITH
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c"''on, io'n'S, 'i'''C"' ''c """Ie l IAN ehucdNoli'
'o coN'o',i i'sc'', is '"e iaicS', IWo most efficient
ana cap1ple = Tue pe't results whether us to tht
Nlot''-' ''e " 'u"ets' OF me 'iiud'
It compare II "ltl'he adverse systematic one
SIasP'hS III every iill@' must Tor that reason, tan II
cFci9 iHl13 'ile otitel' sefectluS tiiosc better part
81 Nlo"'c'Se' winch III me sex ana are attainable II
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ana "'oue'ty' ma system desires little, but th'
osteht'tion OF hno"lcdse-oufs nothing but its re
any. nal seeNs 10 "dotn the outside OF the Mind
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