The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-08-10
MARIETTA.
Her Educational Advantages.

w ittiot tHSs y ~ - t''@D NsSY -
eral private schools Of a nerisorious'
character, we ;egard our community
especially fortunate in her two moro
ambitious institutions Of learning
which promise to become, each 10
its sphere, ornaments of the city
We refer, first, on the principle Of
placc astr DANES, to tina Marietta Fc-
male College, and secondly, to the
rising Marietta Male Academy
These institutions providing fespec>
lively for the young girls and boys
Of this community and of other parts
of the southern country, and de-
signed to bring students from abroad,
deserve the consideration Of the siti-
zens of Marietta and Of all who are
interested in the cause of sound and
thorough education. Some poet,
speaking Of the two sexes and pro
posing to mark their distinguishing
features, uses this language:
For contemplation he. and valor formed,
For soit,I4Fs she, and swee, attractive grace
Let as tfus, the Marietta College
for young ladlos, and the Academy
tor young men will each illustrate
those virtues which belong rcspec'
lively TO refined womanhood end ele-
waited manhood. Nor will they, We
believe, fsa to exert upon each other
good influence.
1t has been we'll said that thcro ia
something manly in every woman
which ought to be cultivated, just as
there 10 something womanly in every
man, which should be developed and
strengthened. Such being tho case,
the existence Of two permanent in
situations, male and female, in the
same city, cannot fail to work in
harmony, and, in the great concern
Of education be, TO certain extent,
complement Of each other.
We shall soon publish the course
Of study adopted by tile respective
institutions; our readers will then be
able, to large extent, to form their
own conclusions. Il, seems to us
that the foundation Of these iustitu'
tions has been laid upon broad and
strong basis,
-"Waiiiug for its birth,
Tie shaft IL III the stone"
Tho course of the Female College
is thorough and comprehensive ant
we'll calculated to meet the demand
Of the times fos training, sound
refined and graceful; whilst th'
Academy has the great object i
view Of uniting, in one curriculum
the advantages Of tho scientific an'
classical elements.
Milton called . complete and gen
erous education that which enables
one to perform skillfully and mag
unanimously, all the duties of the citi
zen, both private and public. Thi
il the kind Of education our institu
tions propose to give; and we can
not but think that the system adop
ted is we'll calculated to fulfill th'
high and noble conception of Epg
lands great bard.
Whilst, therefore, we are kecnlJ
alive TO Marieita's needs, in the de
pArtmcnt Of industrial development
| let us not fail to enlarge those grea
interests that belong to the cause 0
education. There arc times wheI
We need the pillow Of the agricultur
alist There are times when we neet
the sound Of machinery. There are
periods when we require the sword
of the warrior, and the voice of the
orator, but at all times, both in sea
aou and out Of season, do We ncct
that the youth of tho land be afforded
the advantages of sound, thorough
and intelligent training. knowledge
is power. We write, therefore, il
behalf Of education here, and urgen'
tly invite the attention of our citizens
to the duty that now, and at all times
devolves upon them of standing by
taose who, 10 our midst, are flying
the flag of education. We cordially
greet the educators who have come
to US, and bid them God>speed, and
good speed.