The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-06-16

ofiguorancs." Lamentable ignorance
lack of careful aud thorough mental ant
moral Misunderstanding the wife en:;
mother At the mercy Of her own iii
regulated passions, conceite, prejudice.
and humors-has wrecked she peace ant
happiness Of moro families than perhsp,
my other thing. For one must frs
= arm to wisely rule themselves befor.
.eY can we'll control others. ANY truly
Epious woman Of good sound sense anS
well.trained mental faculties, will q,
easily lead her husband into right eoursel
of conduct Oh the practicsd eye of tn,
skilled master Of lnensgerie command,
the obedience oe ferocious Wild beasts.
II you desire to lay the suFest founda,
tion for your danghtor'e happiness. vel
fare and usefulness In thia world, educate
her-educdfe her UeK. ne ..het for her
and while yc live she will prove con
atant blessing TO you, and when you have
gone home to Che long rest she Will rise
up end call you blessed. Educate heI
but o little, aud that little in dashy "ac
complishments," and yop, are, pretty sure
to make. a fool of her; educate her moi
at all, aud, as the celebrated Jonathan
Swift said, ,-''the devil will be sure to edu,
cate her for yoh." i{ssi
By education the judgment is strength,
ened aud rightly adjusted to deal with
practical matters to best advantage, by
the breadth and variety of useful knowl.
edge which the mind encompasses. In
this regard the best state of the mind is
of courae, to know we'll many sciences
and the next best is TO k,,o,o Of as many
sciences as possible, and to know well
that ace do not knotD them. Even such
negative knowledge as that would often
restrain US from preaumptious and hurt
full conclusions.
1T wad frae monte blunder free Us
And foolish notion"
Now the kind and degree of education
for which we plead has rarely been i'm.
parted to women in this or any other
country. Young -romen are not kept at
our colleges long enough after their
minds are sufficiently matured and prop
erly trsined to. pnrsue Q thorough course
of moral and intellectual philosophy and
the higher mathematics-the very
branches Of science peculiarly adapted TO
train and develop the human mind to its
utmost capacity. Our girls usually get
but little more than peep at these great
sciences in our "Female Colleges" and
take their diploma and their departure
with some smatteripg of Latin, French,
polite literature, and more or leas--
usually the "less" )--proiciency in mu-
sc, painting and driving. No wonder
that many of them soon come to be re-.
garded with pity or even contempt BY
the husbands they marry. They have
only learned enough TO make them con-
ceited, and to unfit them for their natu-
rel place in the family, and for the real
bnsiness OF that life which they essay to
lead.
But some one may exclaim: "What
use have girls or women for knowledge
of moral and intellectual philosophy and
the higher mathematics and natural
sciences?" We reply that tie kind OF
"use" TO which such an interrogation OBJ
viously has reference is accomplished In
o knowledge of spelling, reading and
ciphering. And these are truly, the Keys
of literary knowledge. But The great
use of going E:'yond these rudiments in
systehi of li5aral education Is, to train
and develop our mental faculties, to un-
shackle and liberalize the mind in ita
entirety, and to enable us to think wisely,
observe closely and reason correctly.
Then women need this culture ar mich,
or even ru-a, than men need it; for
theirs is more complex and difficult
part 10 act we'll in the great drama of
real life. And women need especially
the moro liberal allowance of all the in
formation that may be obtained from
books, because their domestic life and
the proprieties, of their nature cut them
of from various sources of valuable in
formation which men enjoy through their
freer personal intercourse with the world.
Comparatively rev men have direct
tions, for that higher book-learning OF
which we have spoken; but all who have
it know that it gives them lofty want
ge-grnnnd. And their greatest benefit
from II is the mental habitu6e begotten
in them by the strenuous and persistent
efforts and strict discipline to which they
were subjected in acquiring the knowl-
edge. For knowledge achieved by self
imposed, pains taking, protracted efforts
carries along with itself an unfailing re-.
ward in enhanced intellectual power. 1t
gives both strength and pliancy to all the
mental faculties. Il is no answer what
ever to this assertion to say that many
individuals, without such discipline and
learning, have displayed splendid powers
Of mind. AL that can be fitly and truth
fully said relative to the point 10, that
without such educational advantage the
weaker who have had them would, un-
'questionably, have been still greater
weaklingB without them. And every one
is under the highest moral obligations to
his Maker, his country and himself to
cultivate to the utmost his own and bis
children's mental endowments, of what.
ever grade they may be.
Feed the mind on only light bellies.
lettres literature, and you are as certain
to weaken and dissinate it as you would
be to yderange and impair tho physical
health and constitution by subsisting en-.
tirely on sugsr plumB. Every noble
structure Is reared on Appropriate and
stable foundation. characterization findi
its appropriate place only after the strong
Mnmewora las ncen erected. !, MEN dc
not paint their houses until after they
are bnilt. And this common. sense
course of procedure should be better OBJ.
served in the matter Of education. Let
our daughters be subjected to graver aud
more exacting mental exercises, and they
Will become the more accomplished and
efficient leaders of our glorious Christian
civilization; for they win thaDcss isarn Il
perform to greater perfection D.. bsnefi
cent part of wise, good angels in their
own households. Well.ordered, happy
and intelligent families constitute The
true leayen of national virtue and pres.
perity.f
And now word OF two. If you please
in regard to q very aerious hindrance tc