Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-09-29
For the Advertiser.

MIR. EDITOR. short excursion, which
recently made to the upper part Of the State,
it was my privilege 10 be the guest of tue EN-.
,erprising founders of the FEMALE HIGH
SCHOOL, AT LIMESTONE SPRINGS. | had thus
an opportunity of observing lhe operations of
this Institution. And it gives me steat plea.
sure to say, that these operations were very
satisfactory. The site Is happily chosen. the
buildings and grounds are admirably adapted
to the object in view, and The instruction is
thorough. Far removed from city, town, or
fashionable resort, with a select society of four
or FIVE genteel families, and CLINE equal in
salubriiY 10 any in the Southern States, the pu.
pills at this seat of learning have no interfering
claims upon their tine. The whsle, therefore,
may be profitably devoted 10 their studies, and
necessary recreation.
Ihod Ihe pleasure of attending the recitation
of a class in Moral Philosophy taught by DR..
Curtis, aud another in Chymstry. Taught by
his SON. The Young ladies answered under
sandngly in their own words, and not from
memory merely in the words of their author.
The explanations Of their Teachers were plain,
and calculated to reuch the capacity Of the pu-
pill. The recitation in Chynislry was in the
Laboratory, which contains Philosophical Ap.
paratus, that the younger Curtis is enriching
with important inventions OF bis own.
The specimens Of drawing, pencilling and
painting were well executed, and the Profes
sors in Music, four i'll number. possess high re-
putution. In this department there are eighty
five pupils, with the necessary instruments,
Harp, Guitar, aud Pano-dll in separate rooms,
and sufficient number for the wants of the
School. 5, -, -.s- -, ~ .s=
Tie fare is bonntrul and good, and the ap.
pliances for hedhhful exelcise anu agreeable
recreation are ample. When the weather is
open, numerous walks invite the young people
to most agreeable promenades, and when it is
gloomy the large rooms and passages OF the H.
s,tllion building, which is four stories high,
with three long piazzas in the front and as ma.
ny in The rear, afford opportunity iol all neces-
sary exercises.
In one end Of the building is Chapel, which
cen accommodate two or three hundred per-
SONS, III which, morning and evening, the teach.
ers and students are assembled i"r devotional
| exercises. And on the Lords Day the Gospel
| is slaiedly preached to congregation formed
| Of the members of the establishment and the
neighbors around. Church has been recent.
Iy constituted in the vicinity, and arrangements
are in progress for the erection Of II Meeting
| House within Il mile or two Of the Institution.
Besides the Principals, there are seven Teach
els in the School, which embraces more than
one hundred pupils, ninety.seven Of whom ar:
boarders in the house. The Principals of this
4" High School" are Baptisis ii is true butI aln
happy TO say that the Institution is not seclaran.
The whole establishment is conducted upon H.
bera principles, with sacred regard to the
rights Of private judgment
When the ability of the Rev. Dr.. Curtis, and
of his son Rev. William Curtis and his lady,
their amiableness, their pains taking, their pa
rental supervision Of the youth under their
charge the competency OF their assistants, the
known saubrity of the CLINE, and the adapta.
lion of the buildings and the grounds to the ob
ect in view are all considered. | regald. TIL f
"FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL" AT LIME.
STONE SPRINGS, S. c., as an important
seat of learning, at which the young females Of
The rising generation may he most advantage
ously placed for the acquisition Of thorough
and flushed education.
WILLIAM B. JOHNSON.
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