New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-12
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1852

mind liz faculties are virtually represent ho i''o
10 The faculty of government on the part OF teacneI
he thought that If found himself not properly GUAM
ssd IN tha particular be ought to turn aside Into some
cher nrofessIop or calling And In the exercise oil this
sutborty there should be at the same time M appeal TO
the affections IN order 10 convince the student TIA au
,hov was not exercised for tyrannOus purposes but
for The highest good Of the individual Tbs speaker
thought that many OF the plans OF treatment adopted
for beys altogether united for fenales de FUR
Their discussed the efec; Of proper degree OF Kindness
In school dscplne and enforced the Idea that children
should bs made to realize that whatever Of severity
might be administered YVES for their ultimate benefit and
happiness. He urged that teachers should make the
child kno~ that they loved her that they sought no per
sonsl benefit, but the real welfare OF the pupil. he
would diminish materially the periods Of time auoteo
10 certain studies Ia arithmetic where many OF Ias
processes usually studied mi hit be dl'Pensea VIII y.
advantage. But II girl mad mucn lime 70
study, he would give her clear knowledge Oh
mates II tor no other purpose, 70 resu sle anu uoP
line the mind. or course be did not ehpss' ICY
woman 10 measure the earth and compute ui.eauS
stars; these higher branches OF eeonys n;,h ,ba
left 10 the other sex. lie was impressed riSS no
parsmount imnortance OF careful stuny ol Insri,,
olosy II that important science ~ oo s'uueu
ana thoroughly Understood oy any ohe' % y
ira, heir who stands at the por'ah OF Cieaioh and
Sirs into existence and 10 maturity the human
rscs He would have every female thoroughly yerfed
IN the true principles Of Physiological EciencG 10 know
al that be known OF inc avs OIL me 1l pnys,CIa
cnIure of proper training Of the body. He would
GTther require that female education should be perfect
in the matter of understanding and n aching perfect
system OF morals based upon the Word oil God ii
any one can SOW the good seed OF morality 10 euch
manner and such time. TO produce righteous fruit,
III the mother che teaches With power that no one
else can possess, one else can command lie closed
by repeating the points he had made, and urging their
importance.
Rev. DR.. SEARS, of Boston. wa, the next
speaker. lie would view the matter Of Female Edusa
ton both from he Divine and the human point of view.
lie scarcely knew sry which required so much
knowledge and practical talent The good book says
OF woman that she IS TO be keeper at homo She 10
also be the mother ard teacher OF the These
point, have been discussed, and he would pass them
over But she is 10 be the companion of man tho pre-
siding genius of the social circle He thought wo need
not discuss whether the nights and privileges Of women
and men are equal these matters were foreign 10
The objects Of this Convention 20 long az the t"o
sexes keep in their appropriate spheres man wiz Al
ways give to more than she could even hsk 10
nde pe ndeDt condition. Let her lean upon inc love
and the galantry CT man and she VII need no Le"
riQnts and privileges Tie speaker proceeded 10 de.
pict the sbsurdty OF making females the ones 10 near
all the details Of crime and inquiiy in our Courts, aud
the effect of such mental experience on the part OF
those we love 10 lock upon sc angels. How detshum
TO see females struggling for Office in toe dirty neid OF
politics TO see Ia the language Of ADDISON, pair OF
stays ready TO burst with sediaon.' Laughter Bat
we ina radical difference ia the Datura strength o
enduring strength There Is also wide difference Ia
the natural minds OF either There 10 certainly PEI
cuGr feminine tone In the mind OF woman Of winch
man never part6kcs Though the minds of both ara
approached by the came means, there should be "a df
ference Of treatment Men prone to seek the higher
arc more abstruse pursuits OF science. He thought
that should study things in concrete exh
bdon-rnan might pursue me more abstract lGvestgs
hone. Women's quicker perceptions iii her more for
observation than for research But there many dit
fcut problems 10 be solved in regard to the relations
Of tine sexes ard IN solving these have ia view
high of the truths aud influences OF ChrsiiHnity
He referred TO the degradation Of woman In early tines
her colzston in the MIDDLE ages the days OF chiv
airy, Of Der remarkable devotion TO education III tho
sixteenth century Ia that latter Time there
learned mot better educste,D than
There were more who understood Latin, Greek,
Arabic, &c. But they were not well edu-
Gated. They. figure well in history, put did
they made good Wives He thought i would be hard
to show the Affirmative lie REFER ed 10 the scholastic
e'tsinmepts OF certain women Of Germany in the six
tenth and seventeenth centuries. In France, unOcr
the old regime Woman had higher position than any
where else de was sorry - sag that 40 now have
some women who ought TO be 1nen, and come men
who ought 70 be women. Lao hter.l These French
female politicians were the Inesrs OF destroying the
family circle, the home Look 81 the result. the
home fell and all other iDstt atoms folio ged in lis
train. In England 1t the same time, Woman treat
ed as an inferior being openly and undeDiaby so.-
There, II is said, she made her home paradise,
but let ado, a paradise without soul, an
Eden Of the body only Ignorance universal
s:srcely sny OF the nsbie ladies' of England could
WINE note without desecra'on Of grammar and
logic and she knew Just enough 30 listen TO comph-
meuts and read loose plays But the necessity of edu
cation had been felt and disputes the rights
Of females 20 knowledge. Here, ia America, woman
has nObGr sphere gander opportunity for develop
ment; here fhe must and will be educated in liberal
AND noble manner. IL may be that we Roryiaq In our
freedom have made too high standsrd-that We are
tending toward the making Of woman merely inellcc.
tual being perhaps retire slightly from this
nj not al
Intellectual but moral and physical education make
her the thoroughly educated companion of man.
Mr.. THAYER, Of Boston, moved that
speakers this subject DO restricted to ten minutes
The proposition was Withdrawn, but renewed and
adopted.
Mr.. JOHANNOT was the next speaker.
He thought there two dstinc. kinds of education
the primary which makes the man the professlonal
which makes the professional man. The fret thing 10
educate the man. 1t Is equally necessary to develope
the woman before we educate her for high n,eiectusl
purposes. 1t cannot be said that common system Of
education tends to make the sexes equal in develop.
ment Though the alinent is the same the product is
quite different; each develops in ts own peculiar
manner We take low view OF the character OF woman
when we would educate her for special purposes He
thought the first object was to develope womsns pow
OF mind after that the professional education will
take of Itself
Mr.. HUNTINGTON, of Conn, would not
discuss the question Of Female Education lie desired
to hint that be would Ike see among the papers
this Association two papers one the True Ideal OF Fe
male Education another, The Capabilities and the
Practical Extent Of Existing Modes of Female Educa
ton. lie offered the following resolution:
Reoired That Committee be appointed to report next
yesr paper upon the Capabilities aud Practical Extent OF
the Existing Modes OF Female Educ alton.
Mr.. HENRY, of New Y rk, spoke of the
bigh importance of the subject By fixing the educa
ton of woman, you fix the education of humanity As
Is the woman SO Is the high authority of their
own sex said years ago that the world needed more
mothers. Tbstis the sphere for which wo nan should
be educated Fcr this she should knOs all OF physio
oPy-should know how 10 address and command the
human heart.
DR.. LORD, Of Ohio, said that the friends
Of Female Education in Ohio arranged for Convention