Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-07-17


perfect We do not give it as being complete
even in the names of the principal academies of
the class to which we refer
Virginia is well provided also with female
schools and seminaries, among which may be
mentioned:
Schools and semina- Where Stu Principals
ries. ated
Virginia Female
Institute ..:.... S'aunion.. Rev, R. H. Philips
kaorama Semi
nary....... Staunlon. Mr. Shelley
Wesleyan Female
institute ...... Stanton. Rev. Mr.. M Cauley
Presbyterian Fe-
male Seminary. Staunlon..
Southern Female
institute ...... Richmond. Messrs. Morrison 81
Powell
Home School. =. Richmond. Mr. B. B. Minor
Mr.. Lefebres Sch Richmond.
ST. Joseph's Sch. Richmond
ST. Mary's School Norfolk =.
Bapt Female Col Richmond.
MRS Pelletts Sch Richmond.
Petersburg Fe-
male College,. Petersburg
Norfolk Female
institute $500. Norfolk. Rev A. Smith
Hampton Female
Institute ...... Rev Mr. Tory
Fredericksbg Fee
male Institute. Rev Mr. Rroad5,s
Mrs Gray's Fe-
male Seminary. Tappahanpock
Mrs Ellis's Fee
male Seminary. Tappananpock
Midway ...... Essexco. DR.. Minor
hidgewood 49,. Fauquierco. Misses Miillgan
buckingham Sem :. Rev. C. Baekwau
Aiexandra.. Alexandra Mrs. Kingsford
Young Ladies'
Seminary ..... Alexandra Rev s Scott
y n n T tesville
Semlnary....... ;.
Charestown Sem
mary.
Winchester Sem
lnary..... Rev ] Bakar
The list of female schools is like the other, not
presented as a complete one The prominent
characteristic of these schools, male and female,
IS in the thorough and practical character of the
education to be obtained at them, and this not
to the exclusion Of elegant learning and accom-
plishments.
Virginia has two institutions of learning, the
one civil and the other military, which are under
State patronage and control, which will favor
ably compare with any similar institutions
IN The United States not maintained at the
charge of the national treasury We refer 10 the
University of Virginia and the Virginia Military
Institute. The University of Virginia was found
ed in 1917 and went into operation in 1926, and
at its late session had upwards of FIVE hundred
students. The law and medical departments in
all their branches are thorough and complete, and
the academic unsurpassed, If egualled, in the Uni
ted States. The Military Institute, at Lexington,
was founded in 1888, and is also in iourishing con-
diton 1t is conducted by Major Francis Smith,
late Of the United States army, and thorough
military education may be here obtained
Besides these institutions, which are under
State auspices, is old William and Mary College,
founded in 1892, and which numbers among its
graduates Theodorick Bland, Peyton Randolph,
Carter Braxton, George Wythe, Thomas JefIer-
son, John Page, Edmund Randolph, James Mon
roe, John Marshall, James Barbour, Philip P.
Barbour, William B. Giles, BENJAMIN Watkins
Leigh, Chapman Johnson, John Randolph Of
Roanoke, Spencer Roane, Littleton w. Taze-
well, William C. Rves, John J. Crittenden,
William s. Archer, John Nelson, John Tyler,
and Winfield Scott, and whose faculty is disfin.
guished for learning and high character. OF later
foundation are Hampden & Sidney, founded in
IVA; Washington College, founded in 1912;
Randolph Macon, founded in 1892; Emory and
Henry, founded in 1893; and Bethany, in ls4l..
The Medical College, at Richmond, has an able
faculty and superior advantages for clinical in
structions.
No Virginian need send his son or daughter
out Of his own State in order TO secure for him or
her professional scientific or classical education.
or all combined, and no yrginian ought TO send
his children, male or female, to be educated in
quarter where mischievous education prevails
The orators Of Virginia, and their name is le-
gion, have, from the time Of Patrick Henry,
been able and efficient instructors Of the youth
and men Of Virginia, and their teachings reach
the lettered and the unienered-those rho read,
and those pho do not read. Ii is our firm convic.
ton that no State Of the Union can compare with
Virginia in political education, or familiar ac-
quaintance with the teachings of the patriots
and sages Of the era in which was framed the
Constitution, and with the principles upon which
il was framed The late canvass which resulted
in the election Of the indomitable WISE and the
overthrow Of secret political association, which,
flushed with Northern victories, had invaded Yir-
ginia, is an illustration Of the energy and power
of the orators of Virginia. We will not under
take TO estimate the number Of speeches which
were then delivered They must be numbered
by thousands, and Virginia ablest entered
the lists. The amount Of information produced,
discussed, and scr,iinired, on such occasions, IL
will readily be conceded, must be great. Besides
the production Of information, by the practice Of
stump-speaking, there is elected the habit of
thoughtful investigation, Of weighing the relative
value Of facts and arguments.
On occasions Of interest, the ladies Of Virginia