The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-03-16
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Female Education.

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Gent classics waste of time! better be en-
|ployed at something which will ft them for
the end they have ia life" viz. to prepare
Provender for hungry mouthe; -mend icoats,
shirts and pantaloon; wash, sccur, scrub, and
rub, the STANDARD works to be used in prePar-
alton for the same being,"Mrs. Browns cook
ling,""Mrs.~ Smith on the use, of the needle"
and "Mrs. Jones'. system of tidness.") Yes
let woman perfect herselfin these stIdies, and
man is perfectly satisfied, for she has then
fitted herself for her proper and Legitimate
mission on EARTH. These are to be her clas- /
sizes; these the sources from which is to draw
! pleasure when the world ceases to please;
these the parental founts from which she is
to drink in draughts OF solace when to her
the many gushing springs of life have gone
dry or become bitter Poor woman how art
thou i'll used! bow are the pinnions of your
souls cropped that you may soar no higher
than the walls that bind around the little
dove-cote of your life ! How art thou hooded
THAT thou mayest not gaze towards the glori-
Gus sun, made for all Gods creatures, but
tread gently along the life road and clear
the stones from the path of"creaton lords,"
irhose look is heavenward turned! This is
all SO. 1t is the palpable aim of those who
ldecry the pursuit by woman, of aught else
than what fits her for the practicalities Of
life, to keep her down in the low and shaded
valleys. 4 .-e.re ts.,l. I. lse
Mind in sian or woman is rude, weak and
incapable of comprehensive grasps of tho't.''
1t is power that calls for training in order
: to develope! it is but a giimmering spark that
( needs fuel and tending to make it burn out
into a bright light. The marble is there, but
the Sculptor's Chisel must be used to bring
forth the Colossus of Rhodes or the Venus de
'Medicis, and as much for the Venus as the
9 Colossus That in man as general thngther
, is much greater NATURAL vigor and strength
, of mind than in woman no one will deny
: The difference in the character of their walks
: in life demands this, and the great adaptive
h course has suited them to this difference
Mans, stern, active, filled with absticles and
strong barriers, demands mind large, expan-
& tsive, injuripg. slWomsn's, gentler, smooth.
! err, easier to tread, lying more along the low
{ grounds, requires less of the thew and sinew.
This superior iargness of mans mind brings
r with it the consequent necessity of the en-
) ployment Of greater and more powerful train
ng influences in order to its perfec ion, as
the ponderous block ofCunhewn stone in its
q Jagged roughness wants far more and heavier
II labor to deyelope from it the proportion OF
,. the living form than does the smaller price
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But from this it toes not follow that We
man inte Feet should not be trained to the
utmost Of its capacity. IL in her these is mol
rs the elements of great and dizz.ing umina-
o ry it is no reason that the ii sN she has, even
:, though il be but small and capable OF shed.
. ing around but an Insignificant brightness
10 should not be trimmed to burn out in lis per.
le feet fullness. Because the sun shines bright.
ne ter than the stars, you should not blot the
twinkling beauties from the heavens. The
Il ia8fe ff5tl than That Of sterner sex, spranr
le from the same infinite intelligence, has with.
g in it the sa me progressive power, the same
20 I'm k'nd) capabilities of enjoyment; these
!. capabilities and the sources of this enioy-
p ment are alike increased as they approach
le nearer and nearer the point of their utmost
Expansion; they are brought to Yards this
I point by the same { in kindly strengthen.
n ling and expanding course of exercise, and the
one as the other may demand of right tina
aAwhich God gave should be improved to the
o full extent of its innate power.
it We say that the male and'female mind be-
ing similar in form of texture, though different
in degrees of strength, require identical
modes of training, different only in degrees
OF severity, in order to develope perfectly all
power, and because in the development of
:, The latter the rigorous dcipline need not and
cannot be pursued. and because even in all its
most thorough cultivation, it cannot reach
o the profundity Of the former, it does not fol-
low that the best possible exercise, in its le-
: fgiti'nate degree, should not be adopted. The
same Gods shower, from the same clouds, in
lvigorated the gnarled giant of the forest, and
e refreshes volets OH their towl y beds, and who
q Twill rob the flow er of it's little draughts be-
cn,,ld mt toDo I'm, - hat q H.
great old oak, with its wide spread roots and
branches! "A
equalimportance with and run:.ng par
J. rallel to the acquisition Of positive and pres
ent knowledge, an object, in all Institutions
oflearning, is 10 thicken and make stronger
the tissues Of the mind. AL study, of what
soever kind, being, in some degree, mental
= exercise, tends to this end, bu: different stu
p dies, requiring for their mastery larger or
3 smaller amount of effort have a more or less
/. decided tendency, and it is fact that those
which accomplish this best have little, if any
!. practical utility, according to the guage of
e ultra utilitarianists; for instance the dead
d languages and the higher branches of the
, mathematics. That these are the best men
> tai exercises, no one doubts, and yet how ma
; ny whc,'in heir schools or colleges, pursue
d them as studies, in after life derive any ma
e terial benefit from them, only indirectly as
they increase their powers of mind! How
many, apart from those whose aim is TO be-
come, scholars or whose avocation in life is
. designed to be based upon the mathematical
v sciences, acquire more than mere smatter.
n ing of either. Yet, although this be the case,
no one of sound judgment would advocate
their punishment from our Colleges! and
u why! not because a thorough mastery of
them is expected to be accomplished; but be-
cause it would be closing up the best posi-
r BILE mental Gymnasium. Still it is objected
, to the pursuit of these studies, by females,
that they cannot attain other than. an ex-