The Arizona sentinel., 1873-11-01
Our American Girls.

Woman transplanted from the old world tO the new, our Amer ican girls grow up in the free atmosphere of America, present a type peculiarly their own. While European nations shut their girls up in conventual privacy, lest they should be sulIied by contact with the world. our girls walk abroad; nor do they lose the pu' rity of their own fresh hearts by the knowledge which they gain of actual life. We trust them to form their own acquainta1ceS and t0 entertain them; and there is nOWhe ere else to- be found the young girl who, while she is free to receive attention, is so we'll able to repel with dignity any presumption. She marks out her own limits. She is left 10 decide for herself, and Is not consitlered as piece of property to be re- tainted or alienated by her pa rents.
 With a charming freedom she combines a certain WOmanly re serve which is not any outside manneris,n, but the result of the inward conviction, which all Aniprican life forces on her, that slic is considered an independent and responsible agent. If she he unbalanced, Ihe excess is on the side of liberty, showing to the e-d- ucator the tendency which his preventive measures ought 10 take. Such girls we must rule through winning their convic- tion on the side of right. They will not bliu!lIy obey what seems to them arbitrary rules, or. ifthcY dn, the natural eXuherance of life c!it,ckpd in one direction vii! @i.rt4 al itself Oui in an@'hpr, in a lnWieSsiIn5S .aud foolish bravadO which we ~h IT fad il i'ui ~ihle L.. control. Any 'ei, formal rnipS and rtyuIa!ipu5 as to uniform dIe>s, are directly oppo5ed tn the spirit of our institutions, and can at best scrure hut a fnrmal com plianrc for the time, result which G c:nnnt be considered ;iS .lnU nnrt nf- - - 'Ife-tficus The ,Y,tIN B! tHe teacher must always look heyund he present, aiming aS it does at permanent and not trmpUrdry results, and must, in America. appeal directly and in- directly tn seif-contrOi. The edu- ,.:,tnr has in his hands, aS tbe re -uIt of our climate, government amd society, an rXqnieitrly srnsi- tive aud nrrV"u>iy dpveluppd org: ni~nI. Il spirit which. knows ills rights, and will assert and maintain them. an eff"rveScent girl life, which iS t0 he redu ed to d grdriOus wOmIanhnod. htft with. out imp,iring it's Individuality. It is mt manifest that nO system based on European life can be adequate to the Skillful SolBtinn of such a problem? Our Ampri- can girls; if treated tn school as it i> pprferIIy correct tO treat French and German girls, afe ti warted and perverted into something which has all the faults of the German aud French girl with her tXrrIlcncie~. Our work is flor a | peculiar class. finder peculiar cir rum>tan''e~, and we must model 1t Hnew for our necPSsiiies.
 We hrve the finest material the world ever produced. and the best ch"nces for it's development
 Our gi'l~' schools ought to send forth the finest women that have ever blessed and heautitied the world, the strongest and truest wives. the wiSest and IendereSt mothers, the most Intelligent and worthy ciffztn>; and ought tO De no places as pure, healthful and Inspiring as the homes presided over by the Ampffcam women. If yp do not find these results. the fault must be that of their educa-