Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-08-08

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1885, when II Is hRey they VIII all Set out on their travels
togssher.-[N Y. Herald
BUCKINGHAM FEMALE COLLEGIATE Ii,rl,
81 TUrE.
Messrs Editors The this institution
tnok place sth and 9h of July attended;
'hher ny Idle curiosity but because felt interested in The
cause uf Education.
younger would delight TO expaate the beauty
OF the young ladies' and those sowy and elegant
complshments which add such grace and charm 10 the pol
shed females OF countEy but il beconles whose
sllvGred by the trusts Of many winers whose brow
iurowed BY very many of those (which flesh Is heir
to- and who has the vanity, the utter wortrssntss at
mere extena not 10 be carried away by such things bu.
iu look TO more lasting and solid requirements.
Such being my prosac object, at the recent commence
nen paid little attention the music, 10 the speech De-
lore te literary society," ou VIII only 1e dong Ius'Ic 10
the speaker and 10 the young ladies' say that rid hut
one opnIon-shat Of pleased admiration Of their pe:ofm-
ances.
! am Judge Of music, and w,il- utterly deny that
am nj iur treason straagem or spolS VIII ackowirts
that have for it, Yet lar be lrom
one OF the amenities Of lie, because il deli hicth
But prime object ascertain the o study,
and see II came up to the standard which had ofmc IN
my mind; for really thorough institution Tor the education
in this State
| From MY observation and from wha, | have been
told by Intelligent gentlemen residing III the nrighboroo
am induced 10 believe, that the Buckingham Institute sup
plies this deficiency.
like this habit of stud wing abridg"mcnts Of Tex: books
on the sciences Al most female schools. this is MI c
fashion In Natural Philosophy. instead Of using such
works BarlleIt's Opcs, BuncharIts Mechanics an,
Gumlecs Astronomy they have synopsis OF the course
comprised in few hundred pages, from which they !can
mat earth is an oblltc splerod aud the cause al
eclipse OF the but what phenomena tho shc-
roda shape ofe earth viii explain how 10 cacutr the
time Of an eclipse things mot dreint OF N their PM
!usophy."
In Mathematics, they learn little Algebra and lirtc
plain Geometry but the lucid demonstrations Of Anaytc'
beauties Of the Drrenta and Integral Ccaii IL then,
terra iucosnnd
But the friends OF the present system ms:nain that
thorough course OF Mathematics ana Narura! PHILOSOPHY IS
rot necessary for young ladies'. have always thought iai
whatever worth the teaching all worth teaching
we'll The College course int"ncd III the
fD The every day durs lie alone. The dar OF graduation
Is enptat!cLly commencement day The object -! the
training received is 10 develop the mind teach il s powers,
and STOW the student how u study Therefore, IL seems I"
e that however short the time at College cy be- the mind
Should be taught grapplc with difficulties aud 10 rilh
over hem Is il more Important IN physcs To si"! ~"
mind with crude facts, teach by the exercise [" lis
own inherent powers 10 discover iacis
1t urged young ladies have not time, from: their
important studies, 10 devote 10 these things hsh u
IS important 10 learn 10 work on canV"ss-a ye""
prodigal son, returning 10 blue father who Il about TO say
green ted calf-thau the laws which govern ic
motions of countless worlds lmnicnsiry oT spnce j.
il important 10 learn 10 bang on a piano. pro-
curing sounds guiltless Of element OF melody than I"
learn by an extended OF Mathematics reason am!
apply the the matter OF tact practicable ana nh
gi5e Of every day life Such state oi alilfS sh"I eAst
no longer! Too often We find 1t the ease lat Young a'!%'
paid attention music and poetry and w"rscd ""f",
and have omitted the wcshlIcr matte. OF phi1so'y hi't-
lcs and the languages These ought they 10 have donc
and not leave the others undono.
Ii Young ndie had better college course the ultra son
mental class would become extinct. But teach them m
philosophy little music the meaning plus, minus and the
sign of equality and little poetry, and we have class" :"
ucings unfit encounter the storms OF practical LIE Il"
The gided toyboa is 10 struggle with the oush 'io"s o
the Atlantic.
Bu, languages old better suited for Young Ia
tics lhun sciences We certainly have no VISA I"
disparage the Classics and knowlGse o 'enen Is nIS
pensabIe every well educated lady. But what s"i OF
Hn9' dnG h ihGy.ncp uj1 nl-Lain and Gldhu itrf fa
omns gala dirisa in tres pdrcs and probably they read
purrn Of Virgis 4niad OF Horace tho
smooth cIoqucnce Livy and The imposns strength Of
Tacus 10 them unknown. French is scarcely taught
any better and we are frequently relnsa py 'hS young
ladies' Of the present day Of OF Chduccrs Characters
"rrcnche she spake tulI iayre and fe'sely
After the schoe o Stratiurd Bowc
Fol Frenrlc Paris her unknown"
But one grund defect in the present system is that The
English language is not properly taught II Is n" uncom
thing ladies' graduates OF fashionable Acadet
who talk vouby of wOmans rights, the equality oi the
sexes and who eloquent on the text that all men are
born with certain equal and unaenabc rights one oi which
is 10 wear Boomer desses- is uncommon lhlne u
see such lady unable spell the simplest word right and
openly violating every rule Of Murray. Such ladies at
school study not neither do they learn yet Solomon IN all
his glory had not the vanity Of one OF these
"Shal things hc and overcome like summer cloud
Without special wonder"
In TRUTH much attention is paid TO merely rvia ac
compishents and too little to the real cultivation Oh me
mind Now think that ;he faculty o the buckingham IN
sttute teach and thoroughly teac not only the pacuch
and useful Sciences but oil elegant and necessary ac
complIshmenls.
/ was particularly pleased with the compositions Of the
vouno laoies The ease freedom and gIaccfuness o their
ction showed plainly they composed often and care
fully and the subjects of which they treated were NOT such
as usually occupy time and attention OF schoolgirls pn
well worthy Uf careful thought by Mghy cultivated
minds.
1t is an error which hope corrected TO sup
that young ladies' s"u'd skim along the ho%eT pas
OF literature and science and leave the roushcr and more
rugged ways to The graduates OF this In
sutiun whilst they ,mnently fitted by their le'ennc
and graceful accomplishments TO adorn the highest slhoh
in s0ccty are vet prepared by the more practical part 81
their education battle with the world IN INC ho' Vi "d
versty. -. .4
A, the recent commencement there was only ore gradn
ate This consider heathlu sign; ior, whenever
very large graduating GLASS; conclude tha1 1e s"'
dard Of graduation Is low. -,
lis not surprising that this Institution should be very
popular. There more than hundred young ladies'
within its walls. ~
those graceful accomplishments which give HE is poetry
md charm add such culture 10 the mind, 'ha' IKE 'e
inught from the fablcd I'll Irado, Tue recipient c'Jo'
tally, eternal youth ,, I
gious instruction is carefully attended TO- ana ser
mon is preached in the Chapel every Haooaui. VII b,ien
we'll the principal cmnently pions man, ana "he o
fits his pupils for with this world lie points The way
10 better Such Messrs Editors are my opinions OF he
ind the opinions Intelligent gentleman OF the n.iih2'-
nood with whom conversed on the subject. ohNE>'
KENTUCKY ELECTION.
TorrsvuLE Arc 5-The city of Louisville gives Mar
shall, (Whg) for Congress 21 majority '% mnn'a u
81 last sffH& & Me
boz ,. " The cy elects one VIII and one Dcin'cr",Ic
be elected h,sr Wigs and one Democratic Representa-
tive. c.--,,, oen has minority of $50
II -, VIZ county and $50 in Campbell which Is eh'h ~
~ n, ,s last Congressional election Stanton l. IN III
probability reelected r ,ho ..,te for G. ,vernor,
The following The returns OF me ToS 40
compared with the last G,.r'nors e'sc"oh' lsag
''Nr 1851 i070.
nixnn Powell CIittendeI. ro"ei'.
W. tDem.) !M.) !!so !D-"'''
Louisville, ZVo 9so f05
kennn os1 291
Campbell,
ooo eco l6o 7U5