Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-07-20

AlstOfy Ol LlJefaJure.
.. WEDNESDAY P. NJ. .-.
Ancient Geography, .r
Natural Philosophy,
Euclid,
CaIisthemes,
Moral Philosophy,
Compositions.
THURSDAY A. N. --
Analysis,
Botany,
Buffers Analogy, i
Compositions. Ly.I 4. -
These exercises were abundantly irnd
pleasantly inteTspersed with music which
relieved any possible tedium which mig bt
otherwise have been felt. .....--
The graduating consisted of Misses
NJ. +. Burton of Austinburgh, and NJ. A.
Strong of Elysian, MINI. The examina-
tions in the several studies were very salts
factory and spoke highly for the thorOughness
of the system of instruction. The mem
bers of the school were all dressed in white
and occupied good portion of the seats in
the chapel. Painesville should, if she is
not, feel proud Of the Institution which can
present snch an array of beauty and intelli-
gence as was visible there yesterday. The
compositions of the graduates, and others
which wereread werea all creditable and some
of them unusually good and were read in un-
usually clear and loud voice. We were es-
pecially pleased with the examination of the
graduates yesterday in Buffers Analogy,
they having evidently understood well what
they had learned Of the science.
After the exercises Of the examination
were closed, the Trustees, Speaker and others,
the Principal and Teachers of the Seminary,
the Pupils Jinvited guests and citizens formed
in procession and marched to an adjacent
grove where the other exercises We're held.
This grove was a very pleasant spot. the trees
being thick and comfortable breeze rend-
ering the heat much less oppressive.
, The procession was headed by the Paines-
vile Cornet Band with their new complete
set of German silver instruments. -l-l
The exercises at the grove commenced
with prayer by President Sturtevant, of Il
linois College. -Lt laaIE
DR.. storrs, of Cincinnati, was then intro
duced. He said that the system of female
education needed now no defender; it has en-
tered thoroughly into the hearts Of the peo-
pie, The superficial courses of education
are yearly at such exercises as this receiy-
ing sentences of death. Nor are we called
upon to Rindieate the claims of that large
hearted woman who has inaugurated that
system by which complete education is made
available to every girl whether of the rich
or rpoorer classes, She has left a monument
in the hearts Of the people Mt. Holyoke is
not more firmly rooted in its eternal founda-
tions, than. has that Institution, called after
its name-become fixed and rooted in the
hearts of the mass of the people. He would
speak then, not of what should be IN the
schools, but of what should come after
them; upon the intellectual position and
necessities of the educated American woman.
These necessities are peculiarly worthy Of
attention at such a time as this. The foun-
dation of the system of these female col
lcges is too recent for US to look for its high
est and most mature results In time these
seminaries will be as thielzly scattered
over our land as Colleges for boys
Thus far the promise of these Institutions
hardly seems to be fulfilled. We are disap-
pointed that what was so pronisingly begun
in these Seminaries has not been fully car
ried out. A fresh glowing morning has
somehow sunk down to very ordinary kind
of a day. If this is so of the graduates Of
such institutions as this, much less must we
expect of those who have had less favorable
opportunities. The present standard Of
American female education is, it is true, as
high as that of other countries, and yet, our
really educated and mentally endowed men
do not find that intellectual eOmpanionship
in woman which they look for. The differ
ence is not great between the young man and
woman when they leave their respective
seminaries, but in twenty. years there is a
vast difference. She has been stationary,
while he has gone on in his growth. As a
consequence their intercourse is restrained
and confined to unmeaning compliments of
the day and polite grimaeesE Thereason of
this divergence is that when they leave their
introductory schools, he is bound over to a
course Of hard study in the professions,
while for her there is no professional path
in which she can progress. Another reason
is that while necessity of success is depend
ant upon mental and educational growth
with him, she has no such stimulus; the du-
ties ofthe house will be her sphere instead of
the stern mental race which he shall run.-
As a result, she keeps him company about
the house, but for a companion who shall
roam With him Though the realms of
thought, he must seek fellow man. She
may keep him in companionship for a time,
supplying herself with temporary help or
mental stills, but this will not long suffice.
But she can do something to elevate her
self Reading will do this; not mere skim
ming over, for books which are SKINNED are
hardly worth the ehlTniag, but reading that
will require hardmental labor day after day
and year after year. The girl when she
graduates is precious flower that we love
because it is G TOso shedding beauty and fra
granee upon all about, but we also reverence
her for what she may become.
OF reading, there is much that has milk
and water consistency, of which many Sab
bath School books are examples. Then
there is class which is a weak kind of in
tellectual Cruel, much found in circulating
libraries, and the Glove me little, love me
long, class. There is, too, the gOOdisk class,
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