Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-01-07
THE SOETyER.v I.S'STITUTEO.v
OF EDUCATION.
| r TIE FEMALE AcADE

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"A linear Liberty, Val opened in November
last and fitted up ard organized, under coed
corps oil Instructors.
lis plan has been, in part, laid before the public.
But 4elhods, once the only known among our
people have now so completely sunk under the iu-
yaslons of system OF clap-trap, that II IS necessary
both to explain and TO vindicate them. In such as
these however the modest but stately mstrons, that
adorned the South in better days, were unused, be-
fore yet Short Methods had come IN, or the erude
persons who now bring us their wares oil Education,
had orssken the kindred but more innocent trade oil
Tin-paus and Wooden nulmegs.
Instead OF Methods foreign TO our manners, our
feelings and our opinions, we aim TO revive system,
domestic and home bred, that shall shnn alike fall
laeous instruction and alien instructors. We
eaeh then, FIRST indispensable, the solid parts oil
an English Educaton-thngs which all the SCI
ences in the Encyclopedia cannot make II less than
foolish not know completely. We labour to tram
and the Mind. before attempting 10 decorate IT,
The first and principal points are To read correctly
aud expressyey To write currently To acquire
ths practical an of Numbers To master that most
noble aud useful branch Of knowledge History: and
To obtain some familiarity with what IS called Poite
Leltefs in general. These in the prevailing sys-
tenn shed. in order TO hnryorwar the scholar TO
the shcwy Nohngs OF pretended Sciences.
Property OF Speech we lmpart. not by GrammaIs
aud Dictionaries, but by daily habit carefully Gu
forced Composition Is taught, not by set rules and
FORMS but by the varied and progressive practice oil
several Studies III which the daily examinations are
conducted in writing. Arithmetic, necessary III
every condition of life, receives strict attention.
Needle work. Cookery, and the other Household
Arts are pracsed, according as the Pupils ago pur-
mits The Manners, the Temper, and the Con
duet are watched and formed, with the utmost soil
citude, as things which Happiness Respectfully
aud even the power ofPleasng depend far more than
on Wit. Learning, the Accomplishments. Gen
tleness OF demeanour an attachment to Order, care
of the Seemly, taste Tor knowledge needing no
conpulson, and the Sense and the Love Of whatever
Elegant Studies, inspires refined and elevated Sen
tmens, are, with Us, the main thought OF Education.
IL not necessary that all women be learned or
complished III necessary that all women be anna
BILE
History, as the great key to a knowledge Of hu
man affairs, the School OF whatever is wise or
goods taught with a particular care: not by
barren Conpends, comprising the facts TIL every
thing truly instructive rs squeezed out OF them but
by Narrative. lively and detailed. ia possible that
ofthe Original Writers OF each nation. 1t is accom-
panied with its necessary calculations; Geography,
the History Of Literature and Art and that OF In
slltutons, Manners, and Opinions
foreign Tongue lthe 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 as the means OF
arriving Al knowledge OF Grammar, unatainabe
without the study OF some dialect besides our
own French is also employed as the vehicle
part olthe Historical Studies and those of Taste.
The Course, II will BIO perceived, is far more a
Literary than Scientific Its spirit IS not that
of idly heapedup things unielt, i'll understood. or
an,assed only for display Regarding Modesty as
the first law OF Female Excellence. and love of
knowledge the only sound principle on which to
found IT, plan avoids every thing connected with
Exhibition, and even the stimuants OF Emulation, rs
usually brought TO acr.
The Discipline is careful, but gentle--copyng, as
FAR possible that OF a well -oricred Domestic Edu-
e q whole Ian nd on
to conform itself. as the pures the most efficient,
and capable of the best results. whether as to the
Morals, the Manners, the Mind
To compare II with the adverse systematic one
graspng al every thing must FOR that reason, fail III
every thing the other selecting those better parts
of knowledge, which fit the Sex aud alainabe in
us ordinary time OF study, teaches these both well
and modesy. That system desires lutte, but the
ostentation OF knowledge-oufs nothing but its
atty. That seeks to adorn the outside OF the Mind,
this, TO inform and in,eorale II within. The lormet
enamoured OF tinsel and gewgaws, cares little what
poverty may ufk beneath. SO il can shine in confused
and useless 6nefy: the latter is studious only of an
elegant planness oil the becoming and the good. The
foreign plan reolces the shreds, the patches, the
clippings, the mutations, the trash, OF any pursuit
with long name and passes Common Sense aud
Taste disdaintully by. The banished one, which
we would revive, regards Science as of small ac
count Tor women-frSi, because little applicable 10
their occupations; secondiy because always taught
knowledge) it ytates, instead OF improving, both the
Understanding and the Taste; tourthiy, because.
even AZ to its only purpose, Display, il renders
woman. in grown Society, ridiculous, instead OF
pleasing: that, being useless in itself, being
slightly taught. aud being laughed at whenever dis
played, it is totally etaced from the mind, eav
ing blank aud barren if these unhappy pains
had never been taken
Finally-r-to state precisely the comparative results
of the two systems-ihc one is admirable for ma
king marvellous School girls, who will never be any
thing better IN either mind or manners; the prodl-
gles OF a scene, fiji only for breeding Actresses -
Public Examination creatures that have learnt so
much as TO be ignorant OF every thing. The other
SYSTEMS content to produce Children far less ANA
zlng, IN order that II may form something that shall
ipen into the well Uniformed, but modest woman f.
Tor the Household, fit for Society, fit for the serious
duties OF life, and capable of adjoining it's 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 n. Carolina.
EXECUTIVE OrfICE,
COLUMBIA, S. CAROLINA, Dec. Goth, 1886.
My dear Sir
have just learned, with great regret that you are
about to quit our town and State, by which a per
sonal deprivation 10 your friends will ensuc, and the
State lament the loss of those high literary attain
ments, chat you have exerted among us, for some
years past. You may do better: | trust sincerely
you will. Your distinguished literary taste, wher
ever called into requsition cannot but secure you
position both agreeable and profitable. Accept my
best wishes FOR your prosperity and happiness. With
great regard aud esteem, =. NJ. BUTLER.