Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-07-02
NOTICE.
TIE SOUTITER.v Lv.STITI7IO.y'
OF EDUCATION.
T TIE BEDFORD FEMALE AGA

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last, and is fitted up and organized, under COED
| corps of Instructors.
| Its plan has BEEN in part, laid before the public
| But hiethods, once the only Ones known among our
people, have now so completely sunk under the in
vasons OF "A system OF cap-trap, that it is necessary
! both TO explain and to vndicac them. In such as
these, however the modest but stately matrons, that
adorned the South in better days. were nulscd be-
fore yet Short Methods had come in or the eru,lite
persons who now bring us their wares OF Education
bad orsaken the kindred, but innocent trade of
! Tin-pans and Wooden nu,mcgs.
Instead OF Methods foreign to our manners, our
feelings and opinions aim 10 revive system
domestic and home bred, that shall sun alike fall
! lacious instruction and alien instructors. We
teach, them first, Indispensable, the solid parts of
an English Edncation-things winch all the Sci
ences in the Encyclopedia cannot make il less than
! foolish not TO know completely. We labour to train
and store the Mind before attempting to decorate it,
The first and principal points are To read correctly
! and cxpressiycly To write currently To acquire
the practical art of Numbers To master that most
bile and useful branch Of knowledge History and
TO obtain some familiarity with what Is called Polite
Letters in general These are, in the prevailing sys-
tenn s GIFTED in order to hurry forward the scholar to
the shcwy Nothings OF pretended Sciences.
Propricty of Speech We impart. not by CRIMINALS
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 i'll which the daily examinations are
conducted nwrng. Arithmetic necessary in
every condition OF lite, receives strict attention.
| Needlo-work, Cookery. and the other Household
Ats are pracsed, according the Pupils age pur-
mits. The Manners, the Temper, and the Con-
duct are watched and formed, with the utmost soil
citudc as things on which Happiness Responsibility,
aud even the power of Pleasing depend far than
| on Wit, Leaning, or the Accomplishments. Gen
tleness OF demcanour, attachment to Order, care
OF the Sccmly, taste for knowledge needing no
compulsion and the Sense and the Love OF whatever
in Elegant Studies inspires refined and elevated Sen
tlmentS, with uS, the main thought of Education
1t IS not necessary that all women be learned or ac-
complishcd it is necessary that all women be am,.
bic.
History as the great key to a knowledge Of hu-
man 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 and detailed. far us possible that
OF the Original Writers OF each nation. 1t is accom-
panied with its necessary calculations; Geography,
the History of Literature and Art and that of In-
sttutIons, Manners, and Opinions.
\ foreign Tongue (the French is begun, as soon
as The pupil can read English we'll 1t Is made the
common language of the House; and is used, part
ly for its own sake, but principally the means Of
arriving ut a knowledge OF Grammar, unattainablc
without the study of dialect besides our
own. French is also employed the vehicle Of
part of the Historical Studies and those OF Taste.
The Course, il will be perceived, is far more
Literary than Scientific Its spirit is that
of idly hcaprd-up things, untclt, Misunderstood,
amassed only for display. Regarding Modcsty as
the first law of Female Excellence, and love OF
knowledge as the only sound principle on which to
found IT, our plan avoids every thing connected with
Exhibition, and even the stimuants OF Emulation rs
usually brought 10 act.
The Discipline is careful, but gentlc--copying as
far as possible, that of well-orlcrcd Domestic Edu-
cation. To this, indeed the whole Plan erlcavours
to conform itself, rs the purcst the most efficient,
and capable of the best results, whether to the
Morals the Manners, OF the Mind.
To compare it with the adverse sys,cm-thc one,
grasplng at every thing must for that reason fail in
every thing the other selecting those better parts
OF knowledge which fit the Sex and are aainablc in
lis ordinary time of study, teaches these both well
and modcstly That system desires little, but the
ostcnta,ion of knowlcdge-ours, nothing but its re
atty. That seeks adorn the outside of the Mind;
this, to inform and lnvgoratc 1t within. The former,
cnamoured OF tnsel and gcwgaws, cares little what
poverty may urk beneath so it can shine in confused
and useless fnery: the latter is studious only of an
elegant planness 1.-THE becoming and the good. The
foreign plan reJolces in the shreds, the patches the
clippings, the mu ilaens, the trash, of any pursuit
with long name; and passes Common Sense and
Taste dsdainiuly by. The banishcd one, which
we would revive, regards Science of small ac-
count Tor womcn-frSt, because little applicable to
then occupations; sceonily, because always taught
them npcrectly; Mlri(Y because dixie all other false
knowlcdge) vatcs, instead of improving both the
Understanding and the Taste t6arthiy because
cNch us ~ us on'y purpose, display, II renders
woman IN grown Society, ridiculous, instead of
pleasing: SO that, being useless in ITSELF being
slightly taught, and being laughed at whenever dis
played, IS totally eiiaced from the mind eav
ing as blan, and rs barren if these unhappy pains
had never been taken.
Fmally-to state precisely the comparative results
OF the two syStems-the one is admirable for ma
king marvellous Schoolgirls, who viii never be any
thing better in either mind or manners the prodl
gles of a scene. fit only for breeding Actrcsses-a
Public Examination creatures that have learnt so
mach as to be ignorant of every thing. The other
system is content to produce Children far less anna
zing IN order that 1t may form something that shall
tpen into the well Uniformed, but modest woman fit
ion 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 pardoncd if out of Il number
OF like testimonies, he publish the following.
From the Governor OF \. Carolina.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, }
COLUMBIA, S. CAROLINA, Dec. 2Gth, 1896. {
My dear Sir:
! have just leaned, with great regret that YOU are
about to quit our town and State, by which per-
sona deprivation to your friends will ensuc and the
state lament the loss Of those high literary attain
ments that you have excrtcd among us, for some
years past You may do better: | trust sincerely
lyon Will our distinguished literary taste, wher
ever called into requisitiou, cannot but secure YOU
position both agreeable and profitable. Accent INV
best wishes for your prosperity and happiness. With
great regard and esteem, p. NJ. BUTLER.
| Il rom DIR. Thon,n, Gamer nj. up..,