The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-07-06

that had been done for the spiritual I'M
Droyement of the colored people, and be-
smoke continuance of their sympathy and
substantial aid.
appropriately referred, and the Convention
adjourned until SH 2. Nj.
Evening Session.
The Convention was promptly called to
order at O'Clock by the president (DT.
Boycc), and after singing was opened with
prayer by Rev. DR.. T. II. Pritchard, OF n.
! In the absence of Rev. DR.. Royal, Of Ra-
leigh, N. c., detained by sickness, Rev. DE-.
| Pritchard read DIR. Royals essay on
| rEnALE EDUCATION.
The essay begins with an allusion to the
difficulty Of the discussion growing out OF
| the extreme views on the Woman's Rights
| question. He then argued that woman is
an immortal being, endowed with all the
capacities that man has.
| 2. That woman has achieved great Sue
| cess in literature and science, and has shown
herself as capable of rising to eminence in
poetry and the fine arts as the other sex.
And there are good reasons for believing
that when equal labor is bestowed upon
her she will Iiyal man in the departments
of metaphysics, philolooy, and the sciences
generally. He argued that woman had du-
ties as imperatively demanding education
as do any of the duties Of man.
| There is line of duty requiring the full
| education Of both sexes, and just rs there
are general courses that all professional
men should learn, so there IS common
ground upon which both sexes should
stand.
| He insisted that moro time should he
given to the education of girl. lie then
passed to speak of the power of mOthe. s
influence, and the consequent necessity OF
having her educated-of her power as
wife, SC.
| He would not have them preach or prac-
tice law but there are most Important
spheres in which she should labor. He con-
GUIDED that her education was as important
as that of man, and should be conducted
on the same plan and to the same extent
| He urged that girl should begin Ter
education as early and prosecute it as long
rs the boy; that the teachers should be as
| thorough and competent, and that the
textbooks should lie rs carefully selected.
| He cal nestly insisted upon the impoiG-
ance of thorough primary schools, and that
female colleges should be as fully endowed
and equipped as the male colleges. The
| BaptiSts of the South had done much IN the
matter of female education, but there are
two serious evils among us: r
| /. We have scattered our resources M
stead of combining on few anu maF'n
| them what they ought To be.
2. That to too s.eat an extent we have
DatroniZed the .choOls of other dcnomina-
| lions to the neglect Of our own lnStltu-
lions.
He urged AGAIN, II conclusion, that we
| should raise larger endownents for our
| female schools.
Thn rnforrnI r., ftnnnlI
| on Female Education.
Professor &. l.. Cooke, of Hollips lnsti-
| tutc, was called out and made few re-
marks, in which he endorsed the essay,
spoke of the difficulties OF female cduca-
| ton as oriSiug largely out of the fact that
our people cannot afford the means to send
| to Neutrality-suspicious.. He save some details
Of his experience during the TWENTY-FIVE
| years he had been in charge of his school
Iollins Institute, Roanoke county, va.
DR.. Curry called out the Rev. DR.. HoYey,
who warmly endorsed the sentiments OF
! the essay. He was opposed to the woman's
rights doctrine, and yet he insisted that wo-
ma needs the same culture as man, IN Or
der to fulfill her grand mission.
He thought it worthy of consideration
whether boys and G.rls should not be edu-
Gated in the same schools ana oy the same
teachers. He thought that the changes ne
cessary to convert our male colleges into
schools for both sexes would not be SO
great as to seriously impa'r their useful
ness. 1-'.
He did not know how it would work
here, but it had been tried in some in
stances at the North, and without the social
difficulties which were supposed to be in
herent in it. He earnestly insisted upon
giving more time to the education of girls.
Rev. DIR. Sears would superadd one or
| fyuo tn b,l nj IL
of the peculiar power which the sexes have
over each other by reason Of diverse mental
organism, and argued that it would not be
wise to do away with this peculiar organ
ism. He is the most perfect man who pre-
serves his nadnlineSS, and she is the most
perfect woman who most fully developes
her arC manhood.
Woman sees the beauty, man the utility
in things, and we must recognize this Ill
or systems. There is in all that woman
does or says delicate something's tenaa-
nine gender-which he would not have
changed, and he believed that we could not
changeit by any proper methods OF edllca-
ton. He DID not believe high culture would
unser woman; but he would not have any,
thug done which should alter the charac-
ter or relations which the sexes sustain to
each other. he spoke Of the power of wo-
man as teacher of the young. ,.s
DR.. Jeter called out Prof. C.. 81. Winston,
who desired to say several things very
practically. He would endorse all that had
been said in reference to what is desirable.
Young ladies ought to spend more time
at school, and we should seek to get them
to do So. But we must meet the question
just as we find it. Young ladies 90 to school
rs a matter of fact, only from seven to sew
enteen or eighteen. She must know sew
ing and something about culinary matters,
etc., and she must know Music ; and it is
simply impossible for the young lady within
this time to pursue as full course as young
men do at college. And then the young lady
must be prepared for entering society, and
there are such radical differences between
the circumstances of the sexes that there
must be difte rent system of education.
Rev. DR.. Reynolds, of South Carolina,
thought that If we recognize that there is d
difference between men and women in their
mental and moral characteristics, we should
recognize this in our system. The old sys-
tenn made woman mere butterhy-a mere
interchangeable creature. The tendency of
the present system Is in the opposite dlrec-
ton to utllitarlansm. "
He commended that the constant end and
aim OF her education should be to develope
true aco1nanhood. He thought that the art
course should form a, large part Of her edu-
cation. -
Rev. DR.. Fish, of New Jersey, gave an
account OF IN academy in his State where
boys and girls are taught together, and said
that the experiment had proved emiuently
satisfactory in every respect. 2eya
He urged upon the Baptists of the South
TO- 60 to work and educate this girls. He
had gazed to-day on the Washington Mon
Il L.