Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-04-28
mo. IL.

his children, in their tender years, much
more than he can find time 10 do, even II 10
had tho patience aud the tact, and In this war
she will give a decided bias TO their minds, .
tinge and shape IN tlIeir whole characters
through life. Take the women of any gem
oraticn you please. and they do more 10 ele-
vate or depross the character OF Che neI, age
than the mcn.
When ] say that females ought 10 be ~
well educated as males, | do not mean that
they ought 10 attend the same schools, nor
that they should be confined 70 the aame stud
les; hut that daughters ocght 10 be ss VOL tit
ted, by education. for the sphere which they
arc TO I'll and adorn, as sons. All the cle-
mcntary studies, Of course, will be very much
alike; and under teachers uf enlarged and Hi,
ernl views, even in the niger branches, thcrs
will I've much less dissimilarity than many arc
apt 10 suppose. Girls are quite as capable
as buys, of studying ancient and modern Ian.
guales, and Of mastering grammer, logic. al
zebra, the elements Of geometry, philosophy,
botany, chemistry, and mincralopy. do not
say that every young lady should be taught
Latin and French, nor be carried through all
the other branches which ! have Just speci-
fed; but neither should every young man.
The circumstances Of the greater part Of bd,h
sexes, preclude them from spending much time
upon liberal studies. But where the condi.
'lVl VI plFtits VIII hliOW tltin W give RoOn
opportunities TO their sons, they are bound, in
my apprehension, to give equal advantages 10
their daughters, Perhaps an exception should
be made in favor If n public classical educa.
tion, for the professions; because these in
volve higher and more ouerOus duties than
females will be called 10 dis barge. II may
he your duty to educate your son for the pulpit,
for t,e bar, for the professors chair, or for tho
halls Of legislation, 5u, "even nature teaches"
that you owe no snch duty 10 your daughter.
And where a public eductlon is not con en-
plated for sons, they viii wan, 10 master somo
studies. TO tit them for business, such as book
keeping, surveying, navigation, civil cngin-
eering. and the like, which, in most cases. Il
would be preposterous for daugterst to pursue.
But on the other hand there are certain or
namental branches and polite accomplish
mcnls, which are essential to a finished ic-
male education, and which demand even moro
time and study: as the most precious gems
not only admit Of the highest polish, but re-
quire it. Among these may be meniioncd,
ornamental needle work, drawing, and mu-
sic. ] cannot, indeed, put these, and much
less those superficial accomplish meats which
SAVIOR more Of vanity than good breeding, up
on n level with the solid branches OF "a thor
ough female education. Mental discipline,
mean that which is acquired by patient
thought and hard study, Is almost as necos-
slry Tor a lady as for a gentleman. know
this doctrine may be quite too masculine Tor
some delicate cars, but why give the wings ni
a mere bultctfv 10 woman's immortal intel
lcctl Why, since God hath 'made her but
a little lower than the angels, AMI crowned
her with glory and honor why treat her as
if she were incapable Of high resolves and
liberal atainmentsi Why not, ia your sys-
TENS Of education give her every advantage
for intel @ rtual culture, which experience
proves her to be SO capable Of apprc l ling
and improving: and which alone can prepare
her for the ten Ter relations and highly re-
sponsible duties, which God m,niiestiy In.
ten led she should sustain and pcrforn'
Way not. since she is to no mans mist i0ti-
mate con lanion AMI conf lentIal advisef,--is
to he VITA him IN sickness and IN health, IN
afiuence and IA poverty, Ia Joy and in sorrow,
why not m Ike her a. great a blessing TO him
as posi- de, by putting her uGIer the ablest
teachers, thai nef mind miy he enriched with
various knowledge, IN connection with that
inward 'alomi " OF a meek ami quiet spirit.
which in tic sight of God Is OF greii prcc''
Bot Wilde | plead thus earnestly for "wo-
mans rights - IN the school-house AMI IN the
seminary, ! DO not think the females OF any
community, ought, IN general, 10 be better ed
ucated than the m lies. TINS may mol ini-
probably be regarded, by mbst OF your read
ers. n, a very needless caution, bat is 1t en-
tir.l, uncalled ,orl Let me ask them 10 look
round ADD inquire. For myself, ! think ]
, could me Iilon quite a number OF towns, with
Ia the narrow CIR j. oi my own acquaintance,
4, whore il Is actually the case. and the way IN
when ~ fIaPf5rns - t,'s In~w Is a flourish
log academy or fem ale cminar ~ the "
II it's an aiadcny, the young men, 10 s0fne
extent, avail themselves, Ia WINTER. OF adyan-
/, tages which il affords; bot as soon as the
: spring opens, they are wanted on tho farm,
! and thus Obliged ~toledve, perhaps IN the md
r die Of a term, and do not return MI the crops
: are all gathered % and winter again releases
, them from their tolls. Ia the mean time, be-
sides enJnying equal advantages ia winter, the
daughters OF the same families attend school
all the rest Of the year, and are studying la
+ tn. French, rhetoric, history. logic, algebra.
philosophy, a., while their brothers are
/. hauling Oh. "a nurc, making stone wall, cul-
tiyaiing the soil aud gathering the sheaycs.
. And whist is .e effect Of this disparity upon
tie best and dearest interests OF s0cleiy'
! Conscious of their own iIienorliy ~ point OF
I education, these youag men ca mot aSsoriaie
/. with ihei female acquaintances OF the same
& age and ~stalIinZ, on any thing Ike equal
/, terms. They are nbarfasscd-ibeir PRIDE
1 is touched-they keenly feel their own iDie-
' noniy-ihey descend from the rank which
I the ought 20 bold. and from connections for
4 he, much below tle families 10 which nIey
? belong: or II any Of them marry young ladies'
( 50 much better eJucaied than themselves,
2 It becomes a source Of modification on both
5 sides, perhaps Tor life. Few husbands i be-
- iieye, can be happy under tts oppressive con
+. seiousness Of beng gteal ecispsed by
p their wives ia general Information, and Il must