Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-02-04
TME SCHOOL.
FOR YOUN.G L.4DYES.

lem, Va.
THE SCHOOL founded by the subscriber at
l. Liberty, will, on the first Of March, be trans
fersd to the very pleasant Watering place, original
" established by his uncle, Mr.. Charles Johnston,
and lately kept by Mr.. Daggs.
The quistness and beauty OF the place tho ele-
rance and exten, of its accommodations the bene-
frfor the young. of Its excellen, Mineral Waters !;
the fer,ility Of the region the fineness of the See
nery around ; the command which the Situation at
foris, of Walks, Shades. Gardens, green Fields
Of whatever makes the country httest To breed up the
Young in-adapt this place SO singularly FOR an
Establishment Of Education, that the sub
scriber has been induced to purchase the properly, in
order to devote it permanently 10 that exclusive rur-
pose.
Experience has shown him thar, in the difficult work
of giving an Education, such as Education should be
high and pure, every influence capable OF aiding
In an elevated result must be courted that, for this
purpose, Situation is an agent sure TO work great
good or decisive i'll that the Associations which
you bring TO act on the yonng-the circumstances,
the habits, the very objects of external Nature, with
which you surround them, enter into the Education,
along with the studies, aud either powerfully assist,
or perhaps totally defeat them that to breed up
girls to any thing solid in knowledge or correct in
Manners is impossible. in situations where a PERM
cious Indulgence Offers them the ruinous delights Of
mixed Society, fit only to spoil the very young, rs
they spoil il, : that not only the access Of Company,
but It's distant sight, or even the notion that II is at hand,
must be excluded, as certain TO put TO flight the
quiet tastes, the pure thoughts, the steady disciplining
ofthe mind, which should make the sole business
Of this part Of life that out of this period Of youth,
(aiready rendered but too short, by premature intro
duction into co'npany,) there is nothing to spare to
mere Vacuity or Frivoity, TO occupations that teach
no good, and Amuseinents that steal the affections
from all knowledge or virtue that, in a word, ii is
only in the midst Of Nature, far from all bus,le, out
ofthe way OF ldleness and Dissipation, in the centre
Of a quiet, animated only by improving studies, and
the healthy and innocent pleasures Of the country,
tina, woman can be properly brought up-at least by
Schools.
TO such ideas as these is the system adapted,
which the Principal is labourlng to set on foot
Without the privacy, the tranquility, The simple
tastes, the raiional occupations ofthe country, 1t can
be carried into only very imperfect effect. With
their assistance, one may keep out Nonsense and
preea,ious Folly long enough TO allow some Sense
" be put into the Mind, some serious Virtues into
the Character, some unaffected Graces into the Man
4ers. Wi,hou, this help OF Privacy, little can be
dsns against the prevailing faults OF Education !;
which lie almost as much perhaps, in the extreme
Indulgence, Of hich children ale the sacrifice at
hsms, as in the Quackcry of which they ate SO often
the victims abroad.
The plans pursued in the original establishment o (
the School, have satisfied Of their advantage, all (the
Principal believes) who have seen their operation.
They will ofcourse, he continued, with every i'm
provement which the Public Encouragement prom
isss at all to rcquite. 1t will be the Principals aim
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School, than it is agreeable, as a residence.
Visitors will for the future, be excluded, except
The married or female connexions Of Inn ates. The
Institution will form. with its teachers and pupils, a
little community Of its own. A Post Office IS at
uched TO il but no Store nor place Of Entertain
ment. The transfer of Pupils TO The present School
will be made without cost to their parents.
N. B.-New Pupils must endeavor to be ready
10 Join their classes on the 4th of March. when the
School will organize itself.
T.,,,e a, arotoGnr u,bi.lol with nrly one
-hange-that those who have, in the School, learnt
French well enough to begin to make II the medium
OF other Studies, will be taught Italian, without any
additional charge. Such a class will be set out, at
the term now beginning. The arrangements as TO
Teachers remain vet unchanged. An additional
French Master will probably be employed. The
Farm attached to The Institution contains near 500
ncres. The Stage from Fincastlc 10 Salem passes
the place 3 times a week. The main Building (o'
HoteD is OF brick, and large enough to accommodate
60 pupils, in an excellent manner The Cabins are
Hkcaf brick. and will be used as School and Music
Nh s,s, and as lodgings for Teachers. Pupils will
aotsleep in them, except under the care OF married
persons. Dress and Expenses will be regulated as
heretofore. Pupils must bring a Table and Tea
Spoon each ; 6 common Towels 6 each of every
article of dress, except Under Frocks and Robes :
Of the former, four Summer and two Winter; of the
latter two Winter and three Summer. Outer Dress,
good Calico. of small pale blue stripes or vines, for
Summer, with Cspes aud Pantalets of the same
Winter Dress, plain bottle green Circasslan, with
Capes, &c. ALI Clothing marked. Two pair OF
good leather Shoes; one or TWO Of black Kidd, Mo
rocco. or Prunella. Bonnet. Cane or Chip, Nuns
pattern, trimmed with sky blue for Summer, and
crimson for Winter.
N. B.-The School at Liberty will pass into the
hands Of the Reverend Nicholas H. Cobbs,a gentleman
in whose care it G ratifes the late Principal to leave
the children Of a place, to which he owes much kind
ness and esteem.
EDWARD WIN. JOHNSTON.