New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-12
SECOND pAy-MORNING SESSION.

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Hall, Newark, at 9 A. NJ. yesterday. The attend
ance was much larger than on the preceding day
Prayer was offered by Rev Mr. KINNEY
or Newark.
The minutes of the previous day were
read by the Secretary and approved.
The discussion of the subject OF Femalo
Education was resumed.
The President called upon Mr.. j.
KlsesBURY, Of Providence, Il. l., to address thc
Association.
Mr.. KINesBURY remarked that he found
himself In sn awkward position-onei in which speech
was expected and yet none was prepared. de pro
ceeded however, to say that the report Of Mr. Cooke
In is general features meriied hs high appreciation
In report tba. wss full of general truth, there might
bs,mnortapt executions. One or two Of these were
non.ed ont Yesterday By bis friend Mr. Emerson. He
would take the liberty OF naming one or two others II
il true that there defects in female education, which
have arisen from the want Of richly endowed instltu
TONS wherewth ample means that education might be
eopduced without fear favor II IL also true there
are private semnaIies In country which can chal'
lepge a rigid comparison with endowed institutions
In regard to s questions Of independence, fahidlnes
and perpetuity. 49, $500 . .,
male education the entrance upon high school studies
at TOO early age; and consequently greater fault
that between these points OF tne-he entrance into
and the leaving Of schOO-paTents often allow their chill
dren to be drawn away after things so that the shoit
tine OF attendance is almost useless. Yet great in,
movement has been made Ia portions OF our land
within the last 90 years. 1t would not be difficult TO
point you 10 q community where an advance OF Two
years In the time OF entrance and three or tour years
In the time of leaving schoo, has taken place. where
more young ladies remain at school till ~ and ~
years old were 20 yeers ago who remained
in they were Is and 10 years Of age. But Mr. Pres
dent TIE question which you brought before the Asso-
citation yesterday, whether the education OF tue sexes
should De the came, and how far the Same, Is OF
the deepest importance. Errors have sprung up from
this very point 1t formerly thought tna women
needed accomps only III order 20 be educated.
Hence many giri has left school under the impress
sion that she was edud.ted merely because she could
paint the parting OF Hector and AndrOmacle, or EN-.
broider a weeping willow over the tomb OF some
friend-or even Napoleon Are we not however liable
to different extreme now, aud to suppose that Ia every
respect woman is % DO educated man Is IL not
proper 10 inquire Row far the feeling regard
claiming the elective franchse has arsen from this
csuseH Allow int, Mr President, TO say that the e5uca-
ton of the should be the same, far may be
necessary to give woman perfect attention, concensra
ton Of Bilthe faculties Of the mind and full command
OF the reasoning powers provided that we do not
lose eight OF tnat playful ency, hst Susceptibility Of
feeling OF delicate emotion, which are the grooming
glory OF woman, and without which she could not exc
cute her mission on earth. ALLOW me briefly 10 alude
TO three particulars IN winch theT0 should be, N my e5
tims,or q dit,e renee in the education OF The sexes
Fret The education Of gals should not 30 So pup
lie. ls there danger by Bringing girls before the
public In unnecessary display at exhibitions, OF exciting
that very feeling which leads women 10 demand the
forum their sphere OF scon The education OF girls
should be parental as possible, while ut The came
time they should have adv antages Of that discipline
which comes from contact Of mind with mind Ia the
sehoOroom. do not mean, by parental, education az
home Because II girl Is educated az home, she loses
thar great lesson by which she is to be hed to live with
Ia, uisp N al
the duties OF life.
Second The Imagination should receive different
cultivation: That OF girls Is more susceptible, more
easily msdiTected and when 40, ends Ia sickly senti
mentsy. That Of boysis less easily excited, and It's
eXtravogant tendencies readily corrected by the
every day realities OF life Now, in what way
lind that couDerpose to the Ina inaon of girls which
boys find In the roughsn tumble of life answer, in
the cultivstionyes, cuiti1atORof common sense. 1t
may be said that common sense 10 the gift of God So
lie the memory; and common sense, whether IL be a
function power of the mind is not lese susceptible of
cultivation than memory. 1t due regard therefore, be
paid to common nse you may educate women In tbs
whole circle of science and literature and she will
never disturb you With her pedantry The more
thoroughly and extensively sha ia educated, the
fully che will be fitted for al the oreseen and uniore
seen duties OF HE.
Third. There should be difference in the manage.
ment and discipline The government which is adapted
to boys may be unsuitable 10 girls II Ia nore difficult
To govern girls than boys; that 10, more persons Will
fail in the government of the former than OF the latter
Some suppose that they so amisole they need no
government They soon ma Out tntlf ulftAke SUI
then proceed by harsh and measures to correct
H. Thus proceeding from one extreme 10 the other
they lose their influence their patience, and make ship
wreck Of their school Let say then tina. no teacher
requires irmnefs ard decision than he VINO d.
reefs female education Therefore, he Sho would as
pe ~ the highest results ia female education should
know how TO blend hrmness and tenderness together
go that neither the one or the other should lead him
astray.
Mr.. Smith, of Ohio, made some ObSer-
vations on the relative merits of male and female
education. He held that females labor under
many disadvantages. They have not teiore them
IN Interior aim, something to live for and hence
the stimulus which the human heart requires is
wanting. They fail not in the world for want of
ability, but because society, in its present cond-
tion, gives them nothing to aim at. The Pres-
dent of the Association had referred to the Ques-
tion Of Education in our Public Schools. The
speaker believed, with the gentleman who had
read the paper to which the Committee had al
ready listened that emulation is instinct Of our
nature, and We cannot 60 without it.. To meet
sbe evil Of which we complain, we must have united
education. II we keep the sexes separate, we shall
but make matters worse We have Shen at once mon.
Astery and nuunery. The speaker argued the impor
lance and necessity OF instruction OF the In
nnon There should be education also both for males
and females, from male and female teachers. de be-
heved tina, there are departments OF instruction In
which woman Is better Instructor than msn.
Mr.. COOKE, the Secretary, said he would
not draw any comparison OF the intellectual capacities
of males and females he thought that the peculiar
mission Of woman was to be teacher When the
sehoolroom 10 closed, and she enters upon other
spheres Of life, she 10 still teacher The great aim OF
'he education Of woman is 10 qusy her for that sphere
.esefns that culture OF the rising generation with
~nieh abe must be intimately connected Bu.
sAsse, other sphere of life she may bs called to ILL.,
h.,svs nevertheless be thoroughly educated that
ana 20 the true interests Of the human race.
Mr. GEORGE b. EMERSON, of Boston,
followed In q speech Of eons,da,stl0 ,o.... .-s.,
larry In regard 70 The irano.s.-. 80, F