Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-07-04

losOPby--Rbetouc-C0m posiioo--Lecic and
Whiting. The second. IN Grammar-Ge1gtaphy
'sopay-ComFosi'iou aud WHuas. The
u.rj,n G'ammar-Geoct Phy--Hlsioty-Spe.l-
,ns-Nuurg and Au.hma.c
Tho plan Of education adopted hy Miss Run
de Is that Of the justly celebrated Troy FE-
NALE AcApENY, where Miss K. received her ed
ucauoa. The principal feature Of this plan Is,
lhaiIhe student j. not overhurdenea wiiha multiple
city Of studies, which in impossible foi the youth
FOL mind 10 comprehend Al once, bit Is confined
at hrsl 10 few requirements that are deemed
most essential IN hte, and these they are kept at
untll thoroughly understood. THIS plan u based
on sound praCical views, and Il i somewhat SIN
gllar that so few teachers are gulded IN the DIS
charge OF so important trust, as the develope.
menl Of the youthful minj, by this dictate OF com
mon sense,
The success vih which Miss RundgS efforts
were attended IN her arduou> duties, could best
bs CLEANED from the delighted countenances OF
the parents as well as those Of dsiulefested spec
/ taloIs, AT the prompt ard correct answers OF the
! scholars Ia the many questions proPounded' not
only by Miss X. but by the spectators else; show
me cesrlv they had not learned to teclte Parrot
/ !ke-vhich Is TOO often the case--bul understood
/ thoroughly what they said as the Illustrations they
| gave were 40, contained in the books ltom which
they reced. Such was the correctness with
which the members of each class answered cues
tons propounded. in the various branches of IT.
erature and science in which theywere instructed
that /, would be inyidious TO designate any one as
superior 10 the rest,
The kindness OF Miss Runde's Kramer TO-
wards her scholars and the anxiety eyinced by
them to please her show she ~ conscious that
loye--not fear, as was formerly the belle(-ls tn,
best incentive Of the youthful mind, towards III,
requirement Of knowledge.
The examination continued from so'c'oek in III,
morning untl six O'clock in the evening, with al
ln,ermisson of two hours, when the examination
was closed by the Rev. Mr. Armstrong with al
appropriate address on the importance Of educa
ton to the whole human family. He dwell witt
peculiar felicity on the paramount Importance o
female education, illustrating II by an appeal To th'
early impressions made on the minds of all h
hearers by the character and conduct Of their mo
theirs. After Mr. A. concluded the assembling
dispersed, aud, to oil appearance, each turned to
wards their home under the consciousness tina
the day was well spent.
IL is somewhat Incomprehensiole TO ne Mes
srs. Editors, why so little interest is generally fe
IN School examinations. Nothing can be NOR
interesting to the philanthropIst, moralsi. OF pat
riot, than to witness the Development Of III
youthful mind The subject of education is on
which must ever be interesting 10 all who desr
that the human family should enjoy, as rationa
Beings, the nnumerable blessings with which tn
| great ruler of the universe has surrounded u
or who desire that the blessings enjoyed undo
our Republican Government should 20 down 4
tho most remote postary as pure as the Trainer
Of the constitution intended they should. Tn
fact, too, that our cherished Republic IS based W
on opinions alone and that on the general INTEL
gence Of the mass depends It's permanency, shoul
sink deep il the minds Of all, but particularly G
those whose Phan,hrophy does not extend be
yond the limits Of "the Union' VERIrAs.
Columbus, June lSth 1870.