Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-10-25

corps Of Instructors.
lis plan has been, in part laid before the public
But .ichods. once the only ones known among our
people, have completely sunk under the in
yasions OF system Of elap-trap that is necessary
both 10 explain and to ylndicate them In such as
these. however, the modest but stately matrons, that
adorned The South ia better days. were nuised, be
fore yet Short Methods had come IN, the erudite
persons who now bring their wares Of Education,
had lorslken the kindred but more innocent trade OF
Tin pans and Wooden nutmegs.
Instead oil Methods foreign TO our manners, our
feelings and opinions, aim to revive a SYSTEM
domestic aud home bred, that shall shun alike fall
lacious instruction and alien instructors. We
teach then, first as indispensable, the solid parts Of
an English Educaton-thlngs winch all the Sci
ences in the Encyclopedia make 1t less than
foolish not to know completely. We labour to train
and the Mind, before attempting to decorate it.
The first aud principal points are To read correctly
and expressIgely To write currently To acquire
the practical art of Numbers To master thai most
noble and useful branch Of knowledge History: and
70 obtain SOME familiarity with what Is called Polite
Lcitets IN general These are in the prevailing sys-
tenn, GIFTED order to- hurry forward the scholar
the shewy Mornings of pretended Sciences.
ProprIcy OF Speech we impart, not by Gfammafs
and Dictionaries, but by daily habit. carefully en-
forced. Composition is taught, not by set rules and
forms, but by the varied and progressive practice OF
several Studies, in which the daily examinations are
conducted III writing. Arithmetic, rs necessary IN
every condition of life receives strict attention.
Neede-work, Cookery, and the other Household
Ats are practlscd, according the Pupils age puf-
mlts. The Manners, the Temper, and the Con
duet are watched and formed with the utmost soli-
ctudc, as things on which Happiness, Respecta5ity
and even the power OF Pleasing depend far than
on Wit, Learning, or the Accomplishments Cen
tleness OF demeanour, attachment TO Order, care
of the Seemy, taste for knowledge needing no
compulSion, and the Sense and the Love of whatever
III Elegant Studies inspires refined and elevated SEN
tmenls, arc, with US, the main thought OF Education.
1t is not necessary that all women be learned or ac-
. complishcd II IS necessary that all women be amid
bic
History the great key to a knowledge Of hui
man affairs. the School OF whatever is wise or
goods taught with particular care: not by
barren COmpcnds, comprising the facts till every
! thing truly instructive is squeezed ont of them but
by Narrative. lively aud detailed, i as possible that
OF the Ongina Writers of each nation. 1t is accom-
panied with It's necessary calculations; Geography,
the History of Literature and Art; aud that of In
+ stlutlons, Manners, aud Opinions.
y foreign Tongue CHE French,) is begun rs soon
! as thepuph can read English well. 1t is made the
common language of the House; and is used part
y FOR It's own sake, but principally rs the means of
/ lrriving at knowledge of Grammar, unattaInable
without the study of some dialect besides our
own. French is also employed the vehicle
part the Historical Studies and those Of Taste
! The Course, 1t will be perceived, is far more n
Literary than Scientific Its spui, is not that
OF idly heapcd-up lungs, untc Misunderstood, or
amassed only Tor display. Regarding Molcsty as
the first law OF Female Excellence, and love of
knowledge as tue only sound principle onwhlch TO
found 1t, onr plan avoids every thing connected with
Exhibition. and even the slimuants of Emulaon as
usually brought to act
/ The Discipline IS careful but gentle-copying as
far rs possible, that OF we-ordered Domestic Edu-
cation Tins, indeed, the whole Plan endcayours
10 CONFORM itself, as the pufcst, tie efficient,
and capable Of the best results whether as to the
Morals, the Manners OF the Mind.
To compare 1t with the adverse systematic one,
gtaspng al every thing, must, for that reason fail
every thing the Other, selecting those better parts
of knowledge, which fiji the Sex and are attaInablc in
its ordinary time of study, teaches these both well
| and modestly. That system desires little, but the
ostenlalIoh oil hnowledgc--ours, nothing but its
atty. That seeks 10 adorn the outside OF the Mind
tins, 10 INFORM and lnylaorate 1t within. The former;
enamoured oil tlnsel and gewgaws cares little what
poverty may luih beneath SHINE in confused
and useiei nery: the latter is studous only of an
elegaht plnneSs, oil the becoming and the good. The
'oregn plan reJolces IN the shreds, the patches the
clippings, the mutations, the trash of any pursuit
with long name; and passes Common Sense and
Taste disdalninlly by. The banished one, which
we would revive, regards Science of small ac-
count Tor women-frSt, because little applicable To
their occupations; Secoadig because always taught
them mperiecty; Hir8iY. because Dixie all other false
knowledge ii vates. Instead of improving both the
/ Understanding and the Taste; tourtiiy because,
even as to its only purpose, Display, ii renders
woman, in grown Society, ridiculous, instead of
/ pleasing: that, being useless in itself being
slightly taught aud being laughed at whenever dis
played, 1t is totally cilaced from the mind eav
ing as blank and barren if these unhappy pans
had ever been taken.
Finallyto state precisely the comparative results
of the two systems--the is admirable for ma
king marvellous School girls who will never be any
thing better, IN either mind or manners the prodl
gles OF scene, fit only for breeding ActresSes-a
Pubic Examination creatures that have learnt SO
much as to be ignorant of every thing. The other
system is content To produce Children far less anna
zng, IN order that 1t may form something that shall
Ilpen into the well Uniformed, but modest woman fit
Ion the Household, iii for Society," fit for the serious
duties OF life, and capable of adjoining its leisure
SO much ofthe Principals life has been passed
abroad that he may be pardoncd if out of a number
OF like testimonies, he publish the following.
From, the Governor =. Caroline.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, }
/ COLUMBIA 5. CAROLINA, Dec. 2Gth, 1896. {
NJ, dear Sir
nave just learned, with great regret that Won are
about to quit our town and State. by which a per
sonal deprivation to ourtriends 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 since relv
you wal. 1our distinguished literary taste, wher
ever called INTO requlsiton, cannot but secure You
position both agreeable and profitable. Accept my
oost wishes Tor your prosperity and happiness. With
great regard and esteem, p. NJ. BUTLER.
rom Dr. Thomas Cooper, late Pres. of the y. Cnr
| DINA College.
Mr. Edward Johnston, Librarian Of the S Caro-
Ina College, being about to quit Columbia, desire
| To say