Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-09

Through the State of New York, IN New
England, and in various other States, there
are Female Boarding Schools. or Seminaries,
or Ladies Colleges. where first rate educa-
Enthusiastically, morally, and as to the
incubation Of polir .lanners and social con
ducts bestowed IN youn2 ladies whose
parents are in q ,i;' Oh 20 afford the cxpcr-
dituIe.
These instii .ou . not rely for heir sup
port alone n 3. tt immediate district of
country arouu mel; but as I. cir Reputation
INCREASES, o.ue States, a large. arcu, aud pa..
ticularly the South, contribute to their susie
nance by furnishing the chief moisfy of .heir
pupils; and they annually send out through
the land large rumter Of graduates &C on
plished in rNind and manners as they are fire.
quently handsome in person, to become the
leading mothers, physically and intellectually,
Of the land.
These institutions benefit not merely those
who own or control them, and those who
participate in their pupillage, but also the
localities where they are placed; which are
advantaged, in material view, by the expen
diture they create around them, Immediately
and incidentally.
No portion of the Union, we think, affords
such desirable locations for such institutions
as Minnesota. Its undeniable healthfulness
at all seasons of the year must render it
the favorite educational locality for people III
the States south of us to send their female
children to live, until they develope intellect
ually and physically into charming woman
hood.
Our hracing atmosphere is the very me-
dunn in which the human animal, male or
female, is toned up to its highest beauty and
viaor. We repeat, Minnesota is just the State
for Female Colleges and Boarding Schools to
flourish in; and while they would aid in civ.
ing us a material market for what we produce
or manufacture or our merchants have TO Sc /
ourselves and our own children would partc
pate cheaply in The intellectual advantage
strangers 90 SO far anu take 50 much pans Il
! enjoy for their offspring.
70 estahlis them, however in tie fir>
place, has been ana is the great difficulty
Ii has long been seen that first class Female
;;eminaFy " Boarding School, located herr
in St. Paul, under proper auspices and witt
suitable buildings and grounds around then.
cOmbinin- the ornamental and the usctu
in their appurtenancea; inspiring he il,a .
| elegance of interior by exterior embellish
ment-tO he emphaticaliy Home such a.
gentecl parents everywhere would desire fo
! their girls-.;s an institution demanded aero j.
| our city, WHICH, as being at the head Of nayi
cation or the Mississippi, is at any raj {
Summer resort, easily accessible, am thor
lore Il convenient point Tor parents TO pisc.
their children; in an institution where
every summer they could he seen 10y then
and their progress noted, and the advantage
N dis,d antages of tie institution judged &
by personal inspection and It would De c!
manont residence in orr city.
For Such an institution as mis- comh.n'ng al
he requisites W. have an. nti net, as ln,. d.
( >iJ,bir, ard presenting "a. ver1 kind Il H..
! - which puruHt7 e,crv'rnpg", u my "a .
~u,.. ais terui,r rXcci,c,!ci.- ypuid Gaze. y
seek 'lo privilege Of i!4cur t.eli daasnu:-
| pr' shyieIan Cnurch OF III, Place, has n
length, after several years iuiL.lsoly ell u.g'es
completed the buildings on sufficient,
''~ge anu comprehensive scale--for JUS
such an ins. tuition as ST. Paul should have
should cherish, ana should be proud of--ane
which, in time we expect to see heralded fal
and wide over the Union with reputation
quite equal to any of the Female Sem'narie
of Troy, N. Y; equally renowned with then
for elevated intellectual and ornamental fe
male culture, and superior to them on thu
score of maintaining the health Of its youth
iul aspirants for female accomplishments, i,
its fullest vigor.
The buildings constituting Mr.. RIHrLDAF
FER's Female College of St. Paul, are situa
ted on the bluff Immediately IN the rear o
the State Capitol. They are Of the mos
pleasant, airy and commodious style OF semi
cottage architecture. 1t is really refreshing
of summer day, to walk in that direction
and observe the pleasant neatness and ele
gance of their appearance. Their elevated
position enables their inmates to command q
handsome andscape-overlooking st. Pau
and the Mississippi River-the eye of vision
taking in even the settlements at the cunf1u
ence of the Minnesota and Mississippi al
Mendoza and Fort Smelling, six or seven mile:
above. And yet, while sufficiently retire 9
from the hum and noise ard dust, it is neal
enough to the business localities OF the city
to make only short walk necessary to reach
them.
All departments of elegant and substal'
tial female education are attended to in Mr.
! RIuFLDAFFfR', Institution. He is Principal
and Mrs. RIHLLDAFFER is Maron of TIC
! Seminary. There are E,u' resident teachers
III the College, and French is taught by Pa
tisian seut!cman who lives III Tic city.
We say to the citizens OF ST Paul, that
they are not sufficiently alive to the adv4n
tages Of thiS Institution which, so quietly and
without parade, has been bul!cd up i'll iiei,
midst, solely by private means and .aboricn'
private cffJri. They should crow more alive
to those advantages +; and Individually anc
collectively should take pains TO cxtcud 20
knowledge, that we have at this point an in
stitut;on of 50 much positive excellence and
50 much future promise, III on.hout indeed
the whole VALLEY OF the Mississippi. Prayer
rxeTtioIis to let the world know that We pos
ssss here that which affords so desirable an