Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-01-13

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ssfsAins, f. Grover ""' D.
"a sss;.,si. Jan. .. 1887,
.v on FEMALE EDUCATION.
-. Richmond Lyceum Dec 22"d'
.a1-Rv CALVIN wEsr, NJ. d.
- have been the views .. G'no !,
..,;n, the Education Of 'Fcm1ies- Al
IssA s..i:.yed. that tho minority OF man
~. Keen, AMI probably now are ayers 80, ~
", ~, sdacsiion Of the female NM. .,"
- 49, -, Z s,.ions generally, 1t appears ina. Il
% -,:,isv 4 the male population 90 10. pIa
lags ~ :3ocation, and OF course inc! c'a.'
~ .s..eted 10 contribute largely !" the ao-
- Sss n fsmalc requirements. Ahc 1'e
-, = sskcd, why have not literary M"
n1 .,h;,s 10 advance their icma'e '''cl''S
dSs $50 Es certain /, it is, that IN proportion
$3.50 1I..-..,ent Of female improvement, IN
W ~. "a the nearer they hive been rae 81
81 s.S IN ,hoir lori and protector, NAN, IN
80. q men,al requirements; and wherever
-. 80, considered rs companions, AMI
$500. and tscatcj as sach; those nations
-. ~. becn, and always will be dlstin-
't'a fan tho rest Of the world, by the intei!i-
~. .r.h.;, ms, bifan.s, the liberal endowments
4 -, Etec,rv and scientific institutions, ana
-. .seramcnfs have become changed from the
s,m and dark rule Of Despotism, to those
~ - kss, civil, political, and religious. =,
49, aces. with few exceptions, the world
-. al,,eous: AMI tho fem, Nc was considered
:. h,,.lv = hclpmate, 60 obey the con'nand Of
~, - = = his pleas IRE, submit to the degra-
|GI9( RI drudgery, in short, she was little
! 40 tk,a &c mcnial servant, AMI indeed VI we
1890 INTO the condition Of m,ny nations oil
|,,u, . this o,rd,y, VIC sh,il find, that IN all
IsI,s~n ,,tion,. the intellect of woman Is DIS
rud,d. frustrated, tsamp!cd upon, and abused
- az this assembly cpnvcrsant with history
|, vcu avare Of the fact. that IN China, all
mi ;m,r,vcment is lost sight of, and the
4. ,,,cn,;on becomes directed TO tho small
N Va, arc also aware, TINT in most OF these
| a,r,n n,,,ous. fem,les arc not allowed I. ap-
lar ah.o,d, excep, in company with their nus,
lsi,. AMI with their face vcilcd- Hn'ec"
Lss been c:ojibiy ia:o--ncn, ny -""", r~.-..-,
10 hlve visited anJ tlrricI sometime IN New
\ds,ss, that when merchluts AMI business men
lEm homo, their women bee ono prisoners
n pi i'll: 6r thc. hIsbnnls hue iocHca
knja an they hive n ch,ncc OF tfccio!n, IN
= h thrpwinc themselves 'wn fs,n the house
y "a isk Iis.,n. themselves - II 1aIs Oh 'ht
nnsnts.
b perhaps sonc fem nc present asks how
-, q 10 be brought about in the intellectual
II nrL coniition Of the fcn,lc sex! We
ben IN i,nI Of liberty. civil, p ,!iticaI, and
kgn,s. Tsis psr!s rps is the oa.y country
hiss lbs vhis canopy of heaven, where the
,hss of le.saes have been fcir.os>ly asserted
- pu1vcnnviy m ,iutaincl. The only coun-
Al al
)xa hsve The same means %; oiuca'In, AMI the
Psnsn hills of htcrlturc thrown open ~ the ic-
kIc na 7; e.. in the eastern stltcS, an some OF
b. sessess, fem slc a. ,lcmics have been opened
ri essll:,ci with spirit, cn,c fpris,, AMI prosper
"; nd s1.h ,s been tho inh renee of fcnIlc cd
nina in the Uai,cl States OF America, TINT now,
nas bnst VI fca,alc literature, rs well as ic-
fas editors.
NJ legislature, in their wisl,n, have adopted
aa cole Of laws Oh the subject oi Elncation,
ST the female mini be properly directed, she
nk be; inlust:y AMI attention, acquire such
ssslcdgc Of the va:ious subjects OF science,
Fiurc, and tho fine arts, as to emerge at once,
inm o5lisios, from that dark and almost I'M
assablc veil Of obscuri,y, in which, for Sd ml-
kves, the ijolatrous and sordid c'Ipidity Of ig-
nace and dcspo.i,m hid plunged her; and
Re Tins emerged, she finds no great difficulty
e'n'en ling the palm with nun. who was 50
(sse'as'sercd to possess the more gigantic pow
fsa mind, and n weld the destiny of nations,
cs.7icss Il icm,le intellect.
10 assa'a this desirable gra1ition in the scale
advancement, IL will be necessary th't fe-
aaes = wsl . miles be particularly well in
['s'ed 70 lhe primary branches Of education,
H' |" spelling, reading. writing. arithmetic,
s"pay, and tho grammar of their own Ian
IS without . knowledge Of grammar, few
save ever risen 20 cminencc in any of the
- OF lille. and Of course have been but i'll
&c TO direct the infant mind into the open
literature, science, and the fine arts. In
ss Of the world knowledge has been consiI-
aeecssary in order to become c,od and great: