Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-06-12
IIeraes Gresls, On Female Ed-

Iieraee Greeley Ga Female Ed-
UeAfi0S,
Islhete hOlhing TO be said or Done
for tho education Of lson.sRf WOr
nah evidently begins TO be regard
ed, however tihildly and blindly, as
somebody or sdmething in the field
OF blended Intellectual and lhdus-
4 trial effort she hegihs TO Iy'ake q
figure eyeh 10 our annual exhibitions
Of agricultural proficiency, and
achievement. II is discovered that
she can do something more for these
than mako patchwork quilts aud
cart.Rheel ehseses-she can astual-
~ manage and ride d hcrse, 1 am
aware that "st a horse" is the dain-
tier expression.) Well, truly, this IA
something TO be considered wh6so
can do II well mhy not impo5Slbly be
ttained 10 do eten more. Admit
that II Ia not easy 20 connect this
with Productive Industry, and that
EQUESTRIAN feats have usually been
performed outside OF the inelosuro at
our County and State Faits. IL Is
still something to DO thankful for
that Woman has achieved u position,
il not tho most fitting, in our mod
ern olympian games.
To "RiIeli tho wcrld with noble
horsemanship" II nh old attempt;
and, if il docs not excite the highest
kind of admiration in the mind, IL
may, under such atisplccs, awaken
tender eu.blion in the region Of tho
heart. Diana is hardly less fasci-
mating than Venus, and tho blind
archer let's fly his arrows from all
manner Of unsuspcctod look'6uts.
"Tho fust time ] over seed that
voHdorshl voman," says Manager
Crummlcs, in Nicholas Nicklcby,
dilating admiringly on the personal
graccs and acrpbatic. achievctnerrts
of Mrs. Crummlcs, "sho vos n stand
in on her head on the bhttehd Of
a spear, surrounded by blaEe Of
firc-vorks."
ThSfo arc thoHsands no wiser,
perhaps, in general than other pco-
pie, who know all about the sphere
and capacities Of Wowpn, and cat
tell to n dot all that sho needs to
knp%, and what she ought to study
hhd 10 do, rs wei as what she should
Leave undonc. | confess my own
total incapacity to direct her in these
impottaht particulars. Nay, so derse
is my ignorance, or so singulars my
modcsty, that / realize my incompc-
toncy to direct her in the sphere ofI
costuIie or personal adorhmcnt, and
that / can only coihsul her to dress
according to her o#h ideas of ton-
yenicncs and sbnso Of proTrls.y.-
Fo part 6f my education having
been moro dcplorabl5 neglected
than that which .peftains to millinery
and the mysteries of tho toilSt, ain
constrained to keep silence in the
midst of noisy and heated discus
sions, and my silence has very nat
urally been cbhstrued into PARTIAL.
ty for tic less tociferous and dtnuh-
ciatoft side; when, in fact, | have
no feeling, no choice in tho premi-
ses; beyond the Wish that Women,
like meti, should dress as they see fit,
so long as the garb sufficiently dis
tinguishes otto sex from the other.
Beyond that, it ID htt tpS btsincss
to regulate ths apparelng. of my
neiEhbbrs' Wives and children and
1 do hot seS That it Is 5thef peoples
any moro than it is mine. The sub
ject is one of serious, often painful,
interest to those who pay ths bills,
and to them l Leave it.
So with regard to Female Educa-
ton. Ifyou tell THE th4t maths
tnatics, is scisnc6 to which Wo-
mans pbwors are unequal, | answer,
that depends on Uhich woman you
refer to. There are n great many
women not qualified to shine, even
in orthography;5bt | would not, on
that account, forbid them the use OF
the spelling-book. l shall not advise
my daughter to study Greek; but, if
she chooses SO to do, and l make no
objection; 1 don't see why Others
should troubl6 themselves aboit the
matter. I believe Nature is conpo-
tent to the vihdication of her own
laws, and that no act of Congress,
no decree of h Board of Education
or University Regents, is required
to prevent the growth of cucumbers
OH pea-vines, or articbokes oil hop
poles. These matters may be trtst-
cd to regulate themselves.
1 would have, then, our Acadc-
mics and Colleges, like our Common
Schools, open to all cleanly and
welIbghavihg pcrsohs who may seq
At to claitn their advantages and
pay the established charges, without
exclusion on account ofage, or cnste,
Or sex. If women could not find
therein the opportunities for ac-
luircment that they feed and seek,
hey would continue, of course, to
ook elsewhere; but, so far from cx-
would make cxortions to
attract them. That their presence,
ii considerable huthbcrs, would ele-
rhte the common standard of NOR
lis. as wett MS of manners, in ohr
Colleges, ! have no manner ofdonct