The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-09-04

shdSiPatSA Jus uScu muL0 bLlhu realized.
Your situation, these pleasant halls, this
festive occasion, this gathering OF the pat
rons oi the school, and these bright, intel.
lllgent and smiling iAces, all speak vol
umes In favor Of your noble Institution.
The influence, the power OF education a
to-day being felt throughout this mighty
land Of ours, II b penetrating every
dark recess, II permeating every con-
ditlOn and grade Of society. Ignorance
and superstition arc fast giving way DO.
fore It's genial Influence, and man ID arts.
ing from his lethaTgy and Incidence, and
Is beginning 70 take the high position In
the scale Of being Tor which he was Great.
cd. And why should not this be so
Created little lower than the angels
themselves, endowed with q mind pos.
sessing Godlike attributes, II Is well that
those faculties be so cultivated that he
may fnlfll his glorious destiny. Man,
fallen and depraved as he is, can scarcely
rise above the brute creation unless the
powers Of his mind arc developed by rig.
Id discipline and proper education. He
passes through Life alike unknowing and
unknown.
! The sun IN bis daily course sheds forth
| his light and heat, causing all nature 10
bloom as the roSe-he heeds 1t not. The
starry heavens arc as sealed book 10
him. He, in short, sees no beauty in
oil the pniVsrse., But let tho light Of
science down upon bis mind and all Is
changed, Day after day is replete with
beauty. lneyery blade Of grass, on every
bright.hued rose he sees the pencihng OF
the Almighty finger. The starry con.
cave oil the heavens becomes the abode OF
innumerable worlds, and on magma.
tons wings he flies from worlds 70
luminous worlds, far as the universe
spreads her flaming wall. True he ex.
plores not all mysteries, but through all
he looks through nature up to natures
God, the grand centre OF 1t oil. Educate
man and he becomes rational being;
educate him properly and you have the
Christian, the true type Of manhood.
But especially at present Is the subject
Of female education engrossing the public
mind. The time was when this was not
the case. In the dark ages Of the worlds.
history, when gloom Of darkness seemed
to have settled as pail over the human
race, woman was little better than o
slave. And slave Of whom? OF man,
who should have been her protector, her
comforter and her friend. As clyiliza.
ton, the arts and the sciences have
advanced, 90 has woman taken her
Appropriate sphere In life. 30 has
she been ennobled, elevated and diguifed.
Or might We not rather with more truth.
iulness say, as woman has been educated,
her mind enlightened, so have civilization,
the arts and the sciences taken rapid on
ward strides Society has been advanced
and religion taken higher grounds. The
day Ia passed in which it was thought
that the education OF the female consisted
IN o mere smattering Of the different
branches, little music, some French livery
little necessarily and some few other triY.
iL accomplishments. But the idea is still
too prevalent that all young lady needs
in the way Of an education is 10 play on
the piano, paint little, dress q great deal,
follow the fashion 10 the very letter, and
be very precise in knowing just how 10
entertain company In the parlor. This is
bat specimen Of the ladies educated at
many ofour JaShionGbls boarding schools,
taught by fashionable teachers. They re.
ceive fashionable education, are granted
fashionable diploma, lead q fashiona-
BILE lite, die fashionable death, killed
perhaps, by pandering 10 fashions calls,
and as matter OF course have fashion.
able burial-and then whate All that
can be said Of them, they were but they
are not. No works left behind-not one
good deed, perhaps, by which posterlty
will hold their names In grateful remem.
brance. And the hereafter! Can they
be counted worthy? Can they be reck.
oned when Christ comes TO make up his
jewels? No: they bring no golden, shin.
ing sheaves-nothing but withered leaves.
"And can il pLeGE If only Hes they lay
at the Masters leet9'
We but refer 10 this 10 show the course
Of tho fashionably educated. And If We
can say one word, young ladies, TO make
you feel the utter FOLLY Of such course,
and the utter uselessnesS anu criminslity
Of such life, then that word will have
been well said. We look for higher, for
nobler things Of the young ladies Of to.
day, and especially those that go forth
from this institution.
You have a great mission to perform,
and wish could say word that could
make you feel 1t, each one Of you indi.
viduslly. You all form part OF society,
and society IS not entire without you; and
II you fail TO do your part, society suffers
more or less, according as you occupy a
prominent position or otherwise in that
society. We are too apt to think too
little OF ourselves. We often hear the
question, Whist can I do, Insignificant
mes We shirk responsibility. some.
body else'S shoulders must bear the
burden. But what is this mission,
and where is the work? 1t Is
right hero. You need not go to
China, India or Japan to fulfill your
mission. 1t Ia right at home Look
around you'll behold society," It needs
elevsting. We look to you TO elevate 1t.
II needs refining; We look TO you to refine
1t. 1t needs Christianizing We look TO
your aid In the great work OF Christian.
tzing 1t. Oh what work you have to
do, an angel might well tremble 10 under
take II How then can sinful mortal
do so without all the preparation posi-
BILE 10 acquired What q field Is yours,
young ladies! bow Target Il Is the
world Go work in this field, you will
lind it grand as it is large, you will find
ample work for your talents, you will
find much 10 excite your sympathy and
no doubt much to pity. You see vice to.
day stalking abroad In the blazing light
Of MONDAY. Your Christening influence
is needed to check that vice. Would II be
out Of place Tor me to say word as to
how your Influence may be welded in
this, direction We all know that Intem.
perance Is the bllghting, witheriAg curse
that IS destroying the young manhood of
America, and in some Instances also, the
young womanhood. It's foul and blight.
mo breath Ia ininainU itoalt intn a1mnu1