Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-05-30

hood She 10 IN every way better con-
,tituted for the work than MAJ. issI
=. Ths. the, calling. snd profession Of
to teach, 70 { construct fundamen.
tally the habits and morols Of genera.
ions, and hence to fl their des:inies 10
life, ought TO be. SO elevated, honored
and rewarded, that instead Of being ever
il will command the best tai.
ent and the most heroic ondeavors OF the
most highly cultivated, and even the
most pecuniarily Independent Of the
sex. py,z. yiirgigI iiiF gHdl Wen
The report further states that the As
sociation are aiding to establish institu.
uons, in the new States. for tho educa.
ton Of woman 10 accordance with lheir
ideas Of her responsibilities and duties.
These schools are to be organized upon
the college plan, with faculty Of coe.
qual teachers, and are TO be supported,
in part. by endowments, so that they
may be as good for womansos the col.
leges are for man. Each institution, be.
sides the literary and scientific, has its
domestic and health departments, where
in pup pills shall be trained for the practi.
cal duties OF life, wherein woman shail
he qualified TO do for the world what
only the true mother can do. She is the
presiding genius Of tho home, where
goodness and greatness, where personal
happiness and public prosperity combine
their strength and exert it for good. The
nation will be as its homes; tho homes
will be what the mothers make them, the
mothers will be what their teachers de.
termined; therefore let the standard OF
the mother ard teacher rise 10 their own
summit Of Importance. .o., ~.
Each institution has also its Normal
Department for the training Of teachers
for tho common schools, or for instruct.
ors and governe sses in the family. '-'
The Association wish TO render the
profession OF woman as an educator as
honorable. attractive, and remunerative
to her as the profess ons Of men are 70
them. If this can be doEe, they bel:'ve
that their sex will enlist in their work
with an entirely now devotion, and do
for the morals OF the nation what rail.
roads, steamships, telegrapbs and types
are doing for its aggrandizement in pow
er and wealth--,hat they will, in short,
make good the foundation upon which
the American superstIucture rests. ..ls
Woman has waited until the middle
OF the nineteenth century for the endow.
ment OF the first institution for her edu.
cation. Millions upon millions have,
from time immemorial, been invested to
enrich and render most valuable the
colleges for the other sex. This ought
TO have been done, and the other not left
undone. ~ s'' '''
II the world wants the benefit Of fe.
male influence in its best and most pot.
ent form, let the education Of woman be
what it should be; and let her position
as an educator be acknowledged, and
let her occupy it with honor and pride,
and not be compelled TO- resort 10 i,
merely as means Of earning her daily
bread.
The Association has already, in lis
infancy, secured the establishment ol
two institutions On its proposed plan,
and is laboring TO raise for each an en-.
dowment OF $4,000. One is located a,
Milwaukee, Wis, the other at Dubuque
Iowa. 'ai at ~ .le..'.' ..'N'' -''. 8
The relation Of this enterprise to 9th.
er forms Of public benevolent action
was dwelt upon in the Report, ans
shown 10 underlie them, and 10 be es
sential to their success. 1t has an i'm
mense advantage over all others in the
fact tina, its efforts bear directly upon
early life. where the seeds Of future char
acter must and will be sown. ~. ......
The Association is not den omination
al in its character, but embraces ladies
Of the different churches and societies
and aims to combine the influence Of oil
who love the great cause Of American
and Christian education. ,...... ....i'
The Late Session If the Ohio LegiS