Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1883-05-04
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 1888
=" THE NEW STANDARDIZATION
AL PROGRESS-ADTANCED
CONDITION or COLLEGES
AND PRIVATE
SCHOOTSD

SCHOOLS."
Under the above caption the New York
Herald, Of Sunday last, publishes lengthy
and very interesting letter from a gentle
man, who states the results of his observa'
lions during an extended tour recently
made through the Southern States in the
interests of education We wish we had
space for the whole of it, but must be con-
tent with few extracts. We are glad to
notice that our Staunt0n schools attract
cd his attention. Both to them and to our
prosperous little city he pays a passing
tribute. The writer remarks:
1 do not hesitate to say that have seen as good
schools Il do not say as many good ones) South as
are to be found at the North And in the matter oil
female scholarship hardly know whether I ought
to except such famous Northern institutions as
Wellesley, Vassar. Smith College and Holyoke. And
am inclined to believe the Southern claim that for
standard of scholarship the fine University of Vir
sipia is at least as high as Harvard or Yale The
number OF Southern schools much surprised me
Not only are Southern parents now patron
tzing good schools South but actually Not few pu
pills from the North are to be seen in Southern
schools, whittier they are attracted not only by eli
esSo ->~~"
are to enjoy of excellent scholarship at moderate
rates. In fact, in many cases it was
matter Of surprise how such advantages could be
offered on such moderate terms.
On this point we do not doubt that were
the excellence of our Female Seminaries
fully understood at the North, and the
reasonable terms on which education can
be had in them, large numbers OF North
ern girls would be sent hither, and find on
coming not only more genial climate
than their own, but welcome not less
attractive. The writer proceeds:
The cities of Staunton and Norfolk, Va Charles
ton. s. c.: New Orleans. Nashville and Louisville,
all have fine. prominent colleges and schools
Stanton, Va, a town of some seven thousand PEG
ple (which all visitors note for its Northern like,
active aspeet), has no less than five prominent
boarding schools, four of them for young ladies.
Two OF these schools have ever $50 pupils.
Then, after while. comes the following
generous suggestion, which we should be
glad to have meet the eyes of wealthy men
who are casting about to find worthy OBJ
jucts on which to bestow their surplus
treasures
In what have said above do not want to have
readers gain the mpf eSS1On GnaI Cno SOutn Is
so we'll provided for in the matter OF education that
there is no need OF a helping hand from the North
There is much need of Northern aid to help on
ward what is so worthy of encouragement and as
sistance 1t would be difficult for our philanthr OPP
lists and public spirited men to direct their moneys
into better channel than is offered in many places
in the south to advance education already progress
sing, or to stimulate it where it should be started
generous Brooklyn citizen has lately given to the
WESLEYAN Female College, Macon Ga, $l25,OOO,
and IN the Lncv Cobb Institute. Athens Ca SIS 0eO
noble gifts. we'll bestowed 1t was my privilege to
see the uses to which these generous donations
have been applied at these two schools: While
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