The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1858-10-30

"a. AN1lea separate education OF yotiro
and young women is wrong from the lowest
root to the tdpeIaost branch. Rejecting the
present plan by which the aspiring youth Of
the several sexes are isolated inscolleges and
senlinaries, they propose the grand remedy Of
1.-THE e coeducation Of the sexes = as.the system
suggested has been baptized. They wish to
eschew as one. of the relics Of barbarisin that
exclusiveness which debars young ladies' from
the advantages of those institutions So well
sustained by state taxation4an 90 richly en-
dowed blythe liberality Of dying speculateFs
and stosa Sgamb!ers. They point 10 .thet
vaSages that are to result from giving yo,fhhs
ESyflen a masculine education BY male PROBES
sors iii o male college after q manly 4 IN and
%nanuer. They dosnot propose TO 81 Ael thu
Ilady Frenchmen 10 adapt the mascullM Sifar
cltiona sf neither garments blQeesssSt In is nc
Ipart Ytheir scheme and thsSs s~atioDists
~fesistA Vail fusion with the won ssts party.
But Nhhey insist that SAUCES gafder j.
likewise educational sauce.Ss goose OF
Igosling If Greek and .LattS .ood. for the
rising aspirapts to Black iean Offices
they claim fer yonfg women th Mule blessing.
They think it a sin and a shame. a disgrace
and barharic outrage that where boys are
Taught sonjugate anao andatsasto the girls
shall not strike in and conja slso. The
aspiring females. Of Yank lmor for
Tacitus and Virgil, Zenophon Homer.
They want q chance to figure III mathematics.
they think they are as well fitted for extract
ing mathematical Roots as they are for cooking
the roots Of the garden and field. They will
3ssic sections they will banker after,
opportunities to calculate eclipses III q style
that shall eclipse their masculine classmates
and rivals, for why, they ask. may not o fe.
male eye look as for intothe grindstone Of abb
struse science as the male? II. they can not
chop logic? If they never plough must they
therefore never read the BucoIies :? Shall they
never read Caesar because they never train,
present arms, and 60 war? Shall they
never learn the mysteries of the telescope,
planetarium, theodoiite aud galvanic battery
because they are destined 10 use the frying
pan, the tea-kettle and the gridiron ?? They
cry ont against sreh antiqlated restriction
They want admission TO the colleges and they
will knock at the DOORS until their little
kisnckles are bloody unless they get it. Col
lege education il not only better bit cheaper
than that impaired by the fashionable board
ing schools and they are resolved 10 have it
and having so made up their minds their papas
might Just as well surrender at once. i
They arc commonly met by the iilqniry I:
how will this collegiate co.edueation work In
reply they refer 10 the primary schools where
little girls and boys are taught together aud
play together to their mutual advantage. If
they systea is good for children why, they de-
mand, is it not as good fof the same children
when ten or twelve years olderg Echo an
swers why ? or if echo don't answer at all we
shall not undertake her of6ce-publicly.
W heEever we see a college where the male
and female students are taught by The same
professors, pursue the same studies, enjoy the
same amnsenents aud feed at the same tables
we shall note the results. Ii will ussuredty be
o nursery Of arts and sciences altogether novel.
there will be many !" modifying Influences
brought 10 bear 'ipon the young men, and
doubtless the progress 10 life OF both the male
and female students will be greatly accelerated, |
The boys will undoubtedly learn to cook, knit,
sew, 40 ereWel work and paint IN water -colors
sky-elae Digs With pink eyes ard purple tails.
lhe young ladies will acquire the sciences of
pitching quaits, running races and playing
cricket with the possible addition of smoking
ind vigorous adiectiyes. "Mingle, mingle,
ningle will be the motto of the new ~institu-
Ifon anu al VIII mlS promlscnansly In debating !
atd boating clubs, at Rotations, prayers and
meals as well as on the play ground. When
This JOINT seminary Of classical learning is in
aagn.rated and in successful operation thou
will lament that their college days are
,ver. ea
This new qnickslep in the gigantic march
Yankee progress is a suggestive theme, but
will leave it here, awaiting the result and
PRACTICAL workings Of the co-educatiohal move
nent. Louisiana Courier.