Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-01-14
TIE SDgTHER.s' Es.STETTTIO.s.
OF EDUCATION.

corps OF Instructors.
Its plan has been, in part laid before the public
But Iethods, once the only ones known among GU,
people, have now so completely sunk under the IN.
vasons OF system OF clap-ap that it Is necessary
both TO explain and 10 vindcate them. In such ms
these however, the modest but stately nations that
adorned the South in better DAYS, were nmscd be-
lore yet Short Methods had come in, or the erudite
persons who now bring their wares of Education.
had forsaken the kindred but more innocent trade of
! Tin-pans and Wooden nutmegs
instead OF Methods foreign to our manners, our
'eehhgs ana our OPINIONS, we aim 10 revive system,
domestic anu home bred, that shall shLn alike fall
laeous instruction and alien instructors We
teach, then, first as Indispensable the solid parts of
! an English observation-disclosures winch all the Sci
ences IN the Encyclopedia cannot make il less than
foolish not to know completev We abour TO tram
and store the Mind, before attempting to decorate it,
The first and principal points are, To read correctly
ana eNptessively To write currently To acquire
the practical art of Numbers 70 master that most
noble and useful branch of knowledge History: and
10 obtain some familiarity with what Is called Polite
Lcteis IN general These are, i'll the prevailing sys-
tenn sighted IN order hurryforward the scholar to
the she"y Noihlngs OF pretended Sciences.
Pfoprlety of Speech impart. not by Grammais
ana 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, as necessary IN
every condition of life, receives strict attention.
NeeGle-wofk, Cookery. and the other Household
Ats aie practlsed, according as the Pupils age pur-
nuts. The Manners, the Temper, and the Con
duel are watched and formed with the utmost soil
cltude, as things which Happiness Responsibility
and even the power ofPeasing depend far more than
on wit, Learning, or the Accomplishments. Gen.
tIeness OF demeanour, an attachment Order a care
OF the Seemly, a taste for knowledge needing no
compnSion and the Sense and The Love of whatever
III Elegant Studies, inspires refined and elevated Sen
lar of T.
ltls not necessary that all women be learned or ac
comPIShed tl necessary that all women be anna
bile.
History, as the great key to a knowledge of hui
man affairs the School of whatever is wise OF
goods taught with a particular care: not by
barren Compends, COMPRISING the facts Til every
lhlnS truly instructive Is squeezed out of them but
by Narrative lively and detailed far as possible that
OF the Original Writer'S OF each nation Ii is accom-
panied with its necessary clucdations Geography
the History of Literature and Art and that OF la
stItntlons, Manners, aud Opinions.
\ lofelgn Tongue (the French,) sbegun, as soon
as thepupIl can read English we'll. 1t is made The
common language OF the House; and is used part
~ Tor It's own sake, but principally as the means of
arriving at knowledge of Grammar, unattanable
without the study Of some dialect besides our
own. French is also employed as the vehicle of
part ofthe Historical Studies and those of Taste
lie Course, II will be perceived, is lar more a
Literary than Scientific one. Its sprit is not tia
of idly heapcd-up things, unfc Misunderstood. or
amasscd only tor display. Regarding Modesty as
the first la" OF Female Excellence. aud a love of
knowledge as the only sound principle on which to
found H. our plan avoids every thing connected with
Exhibition, and even the smuants of Emulation as
usually brought TO act
The Discipline is careful but gentle-copvine as
Tar as possible, that of a we-ordered Domestic Edu
cation. To this, indeed, the whole Plan endeavours
TO conform itself, the purest, the most efficient
and capable Of the best results whether as to the
Morals the Manners the Mind.
10 compare it with the adverse system-fhe one
graspng 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 attanabe in
IT'S ordinary time of study teaches these both well
and modestly. That system desires little, but the
osentation OF knowledge-ours, nothing but its re
Atty That seeks to adorn the outside of the Mind
this, to inform and invIeo II within. The former:
enamoured OF tinsel and sewgaws cares little what
poverty may Turk beneath SO il can shine in confused
and useless fnefy: the latter is sudous only of an
elegant plainness, OF the becoming and the good The
foreign plan reJolces IN the shrcds the patches the
clippings, the mutations the trash, of any pursuit
with long name; and passes Common Sense and
Taste disdalnully by. The banshed one, which
we would revive, regards Science as Of small ac-
count for women-frSt. because little applicable 10
their occupations; secondly, because ALWAYS taught
them lmperectIy Mrdiy because like all othcriase
knowledge it vitates, instead of improving, both the
Understanding aud the Taste; (0urtIly, because,
/ w" 40 " 10 puiy PuiPost, blspdS, IL renters
woman. in grown Society, ridiculous, instead OF
pleasing SO that, being useless in itself being
slightly taught, and being laughed whenever dis
played, ii totally efaced from the mind leav-
ing II blank and barren il these unhappy pains
had never been taken.
tinally--o 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-
gies OF a scene, fit only for breeding Actresses -
Public Examination creatures that have learnt so
much as 10 be ignorant of every thing. The other
SYSTEMS content to produce Children far less anna
zlng i'll order that it may form something that shall
rpen into the e-informed, but modest woman, f.
for the Household, fiji 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 number
OF like testimonies, he publish the following.
From the Governor Of =. Carolina.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
COLUMBIA, S. CAROLINA, Dec. 26tli, 1896. 5
My dear Sir:
1 nave just leaned, with great regret, that you are
about to quit our town and State, by which a per
sona deprivation to your friends will ensne, and the
State lament the loss OF those high literary attain
ments, that YOU have exerted among MS, Tor some
!, years past. lou may do better trust sincerely
YOU will. Your distinguished literary taste, ~her
ever called into requisiton, cannot but secure you
, position both agreeable and profitable. Accept my
best wishes Tor Your prosperity and happiness. witt
rrea, gard and esteem, p. NJ. BUTLER.
From DIR. Thomas G 90 per- late Pres. ofthc y. Car
Oiima College.
Mr.. Edward Johnston, Librarian Of the s. Caro-
lima College, being about to quit Columbia, desir