New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-16
PUBLIC MEETINGS
AMERICAN WOMAEs EDUCATIONAL AssO-


AMERICAN WOMAE'S EDUCATIONAL Asso-
CIATIOE.
The Board OF Managers of ths Society held Their
annual meeting q. the resid, Of M Dr. Cheevers'
CnionsquAIe. Saturday last. The Associafi'h en-
braces number Of prominent American ~oseh'
and the objects which they have in new are
eminently worthy Of public attention and sympaihy
From the report Of their agent the Rev '" L. ra'-
sons it appears that the Society has Just terminated the
second year of its existence: that s leading and c'ne
hensve object il develope, and bring to bear upon
society, the immense moral and educational power oi
The principles underlying the movement were
stated TO be
l. Tia; virtue and intelligence the radical and only
efectual safeguards of American Institutions ,
. That the only hope Of securing the rr,rf o aPo'Pe'
especially lies in the right training Of childhood
3. That is the natural and appropriate edaea.or
and rector Of childhood. She every way oet'er c'su-
l. That the calling and profession OF to teach to
construct fundamentally the habIt- ana nofa' =, eh
tons and hence fix their destnes ID me ous' - oe -
elevated honored and rewarded that insteah oi De.nS
ever repulsive will command the best talent ana the
most heroic endeavors Of tho most highly eu'aIed anu
even the most pecuniary ndepeni lent OF me sex
The report further that th Association are sidns %
establish Institutions in the new states Tor me enca,on
of woman in accordance with their ideal o her espoh
b,ie and duties These schools to be org2nfelupO
the college pan with faculty OF coequal teachers ana
to be supported in part, by eiownehN . nav e!
NAV be ns GOOD for the colleges are ior men
Each institution beside the literary and sclenthc ms ~
domestic and hath departments wherein pupils shal! be
trained for the practical duties Of he wherein "olhn
shall he qualified TO do for the world wha ohy Ihe "ue
nofher can do She i, tho presiding genus oi the A0"'
where goodness and greatness where personal ,aPp
and public rrosperv combine their strength and exert
for good The nation will be it, hOaes the homes WIZ
be what the mothers make them the mothers VIII be what
their teachers determined therefore let he standard OF the
mother ani teacher rise TO their own summit OF import
ance.
Each institution hos also its Normal Department for the
trainng OF teachers for the common Schools or rilr H.
efructOrs and goVernesses in the family
The Association wish 10 render the profession oi wonlh
a. an educator a. honorable era;ive and remuneratve
TO her the professions Of men to them II ts can
be done they believe that their VIII enlist IN Their
work it'll an entirely devotion and do for the morals
Of the nation what railroads steamships teegraphs and
types are doing for is aggrandzement IN power ana
weah--.hat they Will, in shOr make gool Inc iouhld
ton uIon which the American suPersructure rests.
Woman has waited until the middle Of the nineteenth
century for the endowment of the first institution tor her
education Millions upon millions have from time Imnem
oa been invested TO enrich and render most auaoe the
colleges for the other This ought 10 have been done
and the Other not left undOne.
If the world wants the benefit of female iuiu nee IN -
best and most potent FORM the education OF woman be
what should be- and let her position an educator De
Acknowledged and LEI her occupy with honor and pride
and not be compelled 10 resort To Il merely as means oil
earning her dey bread.
The Association has already in it, infancy secured the
establishment Of two Institutions rs proposed PLAN and
is aborng to raise for each endowment o -2OO 900 One
is located al Milwaukee Wis the other at Dubuque Iowa
The relations Of this enterprise 10 other forms Of public
benevolent action dwelt upon in the Report and
shown To unGere them and TO be essential 10 their sue
cess Il has immense advantage over ali others IN ie
fact that - Efforts bear directly upon early he where the
seeds of future character must and VIII be so"n'
The Association j. denOmnatona IN ITS character
but embraces ladies the different churches and societies
and aims 10 combine the influence of all who love the
great cause of American and Christian education