Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-10-26
EDUCATION OF GIRLS.

Oh men, mas long 6een DelleVeO ana inougnl
to be essential. No paren, or teacher ex-
poets to make great and good man of a
boy whose early training has been neglect
ed, and who has, of course, been in the
meantime studying in The school Of vice
The character Of our boys is believed TO be
formed and confirmed, for good or evil, long
before their bodies have attained their
Quoted with more or less reference to the
particular duties and lsbors they are expec-
ted TO assume in after life All this is we'll;
agreeable, as we'll to all experience, as TO
The soundesl reason.
And in r.flecling upon the most preva-
lent modes Of educating girls, the question
naturally arises-why are fundamental prin-
cipIes, universal y admitted to be both sound
and indispenssbIy applicable to the educa-
lion of boys, completely overlooked in ed
uca,ug the other sex? From their first in
PRODUCTION into lbe world, female children
are necessarily undergoing a process of ed
ucalion, which must tend to render them
either fit or unfit to sustain their future re-
sponsibili.ies. Under no possible circum-
stances Can education exert negative or sn
undecided influence either good or bad il.
must be. and will be. Is there, then, any
thing in The physical, intellectual or moral
nature and constitution of The female sex.
which remove the necessity (acknow lodged
in The other sex) Of an education adapted
10 their peculiar sphere of sclion Are the
duties and Trials devolving upon the wives
and molEers Of America so irresponsible,
and SO inconsiderable, as 10 call for no par
'lcular preParatIon 10 sustain them? Far
from it. If possible, suitable end sufficient
education is more impera'IveIy demanded
IN the female Than in The male. The stern
necessity aud realities Of life, The daily con-
tact with men, will, in many cases, serve TO
develop, though late, all the energie and
powers Of the msn; and even il he fail once,
his fall is neither ifrecoverable nor fnsl.-
Bu, let all The arduous lsbors and rapidly
accumulatng responsibilities Of The wife
and mother be placed upon young woman,
educated in general af'er The most approved
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indeed so much The more noble-and u they
sink under them, they sink not without
company, yet without hope. For bis own
idea Of the relative proportion, let each rea-
der review The history Of his own circle Of
acquaintance.
Bu, this subjec, neither requires srgu-
menr, nor will admit of il. To have awak-
ened public attention to it, is TO have made
i, self,evldent, illustrated and proved it. If
there IS any such thing as educs,ion, the
development of all the human faculties to
IN fall for FINN
use. with any. the slightest reference to thai,
use; aud if this principle is already under
stood and applied in The education Of the
male, then il mus. be equally applicable TO
The female. And in despite of The folly Of
| the presen, fashion, end Of The fashion OF
the present folly in this respect, The lime is
near al hand when the peculiar duties and
sphere Of woman shall be as particularly
remembered, in The education Of our grls
for acomen, as now The particular profession
chosen for our boys is remembered in their
education for men.
We, who boas, Of having raised woman
in this nineteenth century 10 the position in
life which she ought to hold, so educate her
,ha. no, one Of her powers, ply scal or men
lal, can ever attain The fullest end heslb;es,
action We rear for the coming generation
race OF nervous wives and sIckly mothers.
When The boy ,uns merrly after his bal
or cheses in the race. or leaps over the
bound, ,be girl mus. walk demurely in the
garden. because, forsoolh, running and leap
ing and jumping are ungrsceiul. When the
The boy rosms freely over the hill, or 'hro'
The woods in the summer, or coasts down
The bill or skates merrilv over The pond in
The winter, the girl, unbenef'ed, walks pen
sively TO the village, or takes lwo-mlle
airing in carriage once in the week. She
never thoroughly exercises her body a. ell,
and, in consequence, soon becomes unable
to endure any kind Of physical fatigue.
"Fi. only for boys!" said a principal ot
large female institute the other day, when
demonstrated with on the importance oi
these and other like exercise for girls. Fol
boys, indeed! And no. girl physical
system to be developed, malured, and nvIg-
GRATED Has she no. fatigue TO bear, obs'a-
cles TO encounter, hindrsnces to overcome
enterprises TO carry out, duties 10 discharge!
Has she not the burden Of life 10 carry and
lis ,oiIsome road 10 travel, for herself? ia
her own sphere does she not require, through
life, all the energy and strength and endu'
rance Of which her system shall be capable'
II matters not whether she is TO live in the
mids. of fashion, or 10 move quietly IN the
circles Of country life, or TO struggle sgans
unforeseen diversity all tina. can be made
of her during her years of education, phys
ically, morally, and intellectually, she vii
need. To every women, wbs'ever sl'ua'