Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-03-30

IloLlIys IN>TirrTE-We are in recent If the
Ceaogue ii this Houri>hing Female School, which
is ralei ut Bnictuurt Springs, Roanoke county.
Va. The number Of students in attendance ,iu-
ring the Session which cl scs to-day. is So all of
viii ln, with very few exceptions, are D"ar,lers
from distance. The commencement exercises
of the current session take place to-day. in Inon
NJ citing House near the Institute A. IL. Sands,
Esq, Of Richmond will deliver the annual alI-
dress before the school. In the afternoon, and ut
the same place, the pupils will give II concert #
vocal and Instrumental music. The eusuin,
sion will open on Wednesday, the Sth IT June.
and close on " edne day, the 2Sth of March. lsdo.
1t will be from the above announcement TINT
the arrangement Of the sessions and Vacations in
this school are entirely different from the ! lan
universally adopted in this State, and cnlnaccs III
the session the whole Of that period during which
exercises in other institutions suslc del. for
this wide departure from the usual plan, the l,l-
lowing reasons are given:
LIST. All experience proves that in nm instiiu-
ton properly conducted. tho last half, aud es,,e-
cially the last quarter of the annual session
the energies, mental and physical, of both pupils
and professors, to an extent beyond that Of amy
other period. IL is the severer labor and the
intense anxiety Of this part of the session. which
ener,ates the system and undcrmines the consti-
tuition. To close the session, therefore at season
when such laborS are most cxhausting, is MT de-
sirable.
I'd. The most potent argament in favor Of sus-
pension during the months of July, August and
SEPTEMBER j., that at this season, the weather is
usually sultry, oppressive and ehciyatnG not
only making confinement and close application
dsagreeahle but endangering the health If the
pupil. The argument, Of course, falls where TIE
facts do not exist.
In mountainous regions the summer is most
Ilcnsa.t and heathiul. The weather, during
the middle o. the day il, at intervals, il is
true. exceedingly warm, hut the nights and morn-
ings always cool aud hracing. So tina, the >sS
tenn never experiences that languor, nor suffers
that havoc ofhillious and nervous disorders. 50
much dreaded, at this season, in lowland dissiets
Sd. 1t is further maintained that MS, hy con-
mon consent, the latter part Of the summer and
the first part of the fall, are generally devoted to
recreatons and pleasure excursions, local patti sn-
age is likely to he scattered and school exercises
thus materially interrupted 1T this season. II.w
ever conclusive this may he with regard To other
schools it is true III the case of this institute
Enjoying country location, and deriving but lit
tie patronage from The region Immediately around
it is strictly sIeaking buarding schoo!--itsci Il
little community unaffected by, and INDEPENDENT
of changes and circumstances transporting without,
Its exercises and It's numbers are maintained at
this season with as much regularity and success
as at any indeed, its numbers are usually
greatest in summer. Ii is. moreover, desirable
object with many parents to have their daughters
off at school, when they, themselves are absent
from home.
4,h. This institute enjoys, in respect,
traordinary Advantages, which are made available
only, by summer session: lis mineral springs,
highly m ,dicinal a I'd effcacous constitute mi
nor consideration with many parents in selecting
this as suitable place for the education Of their
daughters. Many young lady who had been.
pale and feeble. has become hoalthful, robust and
buoyant, by enjoying the bencitsof these waters
throughout the summer and fall.
Alth ugh considerable share of the support Of
this school j. derived from members of the Baptist
C1urrh 1.-THE incubation of sectaran principle hy
the ficers of the Institution is positively forbid
den. but the great principles of sound morality
and If the Christian religion are incuca,cd on
al proper occasi"ns." The School is one Of the
best of its class in the State. and richly deserves
all the patronage that may be extended to it,