The Shasta courier., 1867-10-19
A Finished Education.

81 think" said Mrs, B.. ~ shall take
Angelina out of the public school, and send
her to Young Ladies' Seminary"
"What is the matter with the public
school ?" asked Mr.. (B.
{'0l Ive no1part;fular fault to find with
it; but Angelina is now thirteen years old,
and ought to begin to think of finishing her
education. It's of no use for her to keep
drumming over arithmetic, grammar, and
geography. She ought to be attending to the
advanced branches. Why, there is little
Francena across the way, only ten years old
and she studies French, Spanish, Botany,
History, and Philosophy, and her teacher
says she is making wonderful progress. Our
Angelina has been jogging along in the pub
lie schools, and is really behind the times
So next week, she must commence taking
lessons in music and dancing drawing and
painting, and in the modern languages. In
year, at most, she must finish her educa-
ton and come out into society,""
3" A finished education p OF all the hum
bugs of our sham ridden race, that of a fin
ished education at boarding school is the
greatest And of all the ludicrous objects
next to a dandy pedant fresh from college,
young lady-there are no grls-sent home
accordingly to order, is the most supremely
ridiculous.
Is the training of such schools calculated to
give mental vigor and independence of
thought ? How many of the girls who study
French and Spanish ever acquire more than
a mere smattering? Nine out of ten never
wade half way through Ollendorf's First
Lessons.
If a young girl is to have the advantages
of liberal education and expects to pursue
a regular course of study, let her study the
! nI,nnl nrINT
a limited period of time, it is more than
useless. A girl. too, must be fitted with an
education as the milliner fits her with
dress.
Education is a growth-a deyelopment.-
1t does not consist.in a long..array of studies,
in = going over" SO many pages in botany,
astronomy, and dear, delightful French.'-
True many parents judge of the progress OF
their daughters only in this way. M Won
der they have become dissatisfied with the
plain schools of less pretensions. Mental
growth and strength of mind cannot be
measured by the volume. Young girls, who
are on the point of finishing your education.
exercise your common sense. Which would
YOU prefer: to be able to write correct and
elegant letter in English to your future
husband, or to favor him with an exquisite
little French billet doux? Would you have
the power OF educating youT CuliuToh III Coin
mon things, or would you prefer to teach
them painting? Do you imagine that your
." finished education" will be ofmuch service
to YOU in real life? If you think to dazzle
Young gentlemen with boarding school
accom- plishments, most certainly you are
laboring uuder an egregious error. Think
YOU that man with his eyes wide open W.
mistake a peacock for nightingale? or,
with his ears wide open, will mistake Frerch
for common sense? You may be fiattered by
the butterflies of society, but those whose
esteem and love you would really wish to VII
will never be deceived by the fimsy ven #
accomplishments.
Girls, be sensible. Don't imagine that you
can be turned out finished scholars at the
advanced age even of fifteen or sixteen. III
you wish to be lconen, acquire the ejuca-
ton of woman. IF you wish to become
bellies and butterflies, make use of the quack
nostrums of education which are parf led
rightly in the same column with patent med
cines. Don't think of finishing your eduea-
ton before you begin it -Cdlyorn1a Teacher.
THE wife and daughter of T. W. Higgin-
son astonish the natives at Watch Hill, r.
l., by their wonderful swimming, diving and
floating. They can remain in "water faith.
oms deep" by the half hour together.