New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-02
HEADS OF GIRLS SCHOOLS.
EMMA WILLARD. NINE. CHEGARAY AND
HANNAH HOYT HAD STRENGTH
OF CHARACTER.

MISS LOUISE FISCHER EXPLAINS ho" So'~"'
IN THESE AND OTHER CASES DE-
PENDED ON PERSONALLY IN
PRESSING PUPILS.
II has been said that a conscientious teacher,
no matter how successful she may appear to be,
seldom becomes rich In her calling. Nor Is sue
cess to be judged by the amount Of money laid
UP. for there are other things more important
one OF which Is the kind Of woman that 10
turned out. A teachers influence is often greater
than a parents. OF those whose pupils have
ever been anxious to prolong her fame and ex-
tend to others the instruction received from her.
Emma Wizards name is perhaps best known.
Such women as Mrs. Russell Sage. Mrs. John
Mum. Miss Maria Mitchell and Miss Mary
Knox most OF whom were pupils OF the hon.
ored Emma Willard the pioneer Of the higher
education OF women. have written so much and
so we'll Of her that who knew her only after
she had given her work into the hands OF her
noble daughter in law Mrs John Willard, can
scarcely do her justice.
EMMA WIZARDS WORK.
In 1914. when she began her life as teacher
in Middlebury, VT. she was already known, not
only as an earnest and intellectual but also as IA
learned and highly accomplished woman. Six
teen years before the college at HOyOke was
founded In 1921. she opened school for a
broader education for girls. and one that was
far In advance of the times She evolved new
spirit in education, and through her 1t rose In
the first half Of the century to be sustaining
social order Her influence felt far and
wide and her boarding and day school in Troy
became famous not only all over this country,
but in France, where Lafayette who truly ad-
mred the stately, noble woman. whose face
showed her character had made IL known. In
England. too, where her histories were used.
she was highly estimated
Her philanthropy great as her learn
ing and no one DESTROYS Of good education
ever appealed to her in vain; nor was there any
difference shown between the rich girl whose
purse was lavishly supplied with money ana
the poor one dependent on her bounty; and no
one ever found out from her upon whom she be-
slowed her benefits
Much was made Of public examinations, which
were conducted by the most celebrated profess
sors from the colleges. Everything was done upon
a broad and thorough plan, just as 1t Is now IN
the new Emma Willard Seminary, in Troy.
Her dress was never snowy but always rich
and in perfect taste for she understood the
not only over her pupils but even over their
parents and the world at large. She MEM
Der OF the Episcopal Church. and was buried
from St Paul's. in Troy. in 1870.
Perhaps no school in this country was ever
larger. vet at her death she was by no means
rich woman.
NETWORK CONTEMPORARY SCHOOL.
In Constance Fenimore Woolson's Anne
Mrs Vanhorn thus speaks Of Nine. Moireaus
school: IAN establishment where the extreme
Of everything is taught. and much nonsense is
learned in the latest style"
Nine Moreau is described as "a French
woman, small and old. with a thin shrunken
face and large features. She wore a plain
black satin gown the narrow skirt gathered In
the old-fashioned style, and falling straight TO
the floor She was never handsome woman
even In her youth and she was now seventy
five years old; yet she was charming"
The character Of Nine. Moireau was drawn
from the celebrated Nine Chegaray. who came
to New-York during the insurrectiCn OF the
slaves in San Domingo, and who esta blished, on
Madison ave- a fashionable school for young
ladies' The pupil Anne" was Constance Feni-
more Woolson herself. who considered a
good scholar but rather eccentric. Her descrip-
ton OF Mime. Chegaray is true to life. The noted
teacher was a woman Of marked character. and
her school was for long time patronlzed py
many Of the best New-York families. as we'll as
by rich Southerners This was before the CIVIL
War II was said that no matter how awkward
a girl was when she came there. when she left
she was a graceful and polished woman who
had learned to put the right clothes In the
right way
Other schools might have public examinations,
and aim at higher education. but Nine. Chegaray
knew nothing OF such innovations; she tried
simply to make her pupils gracefully feminine.
and she accomplished much good In manner
less generation She possessed that tact and
graciousness Of mien which are not easily
uuired and which the qualities that have
made Mrs Cleveland ard Mrs. Hobart help
full to their husbands.
After the French and German fashion. her
girls were taught to address her with the az
fectionate "tante," and when they came or left
were kissed on both cheeks All her pupils were
fond OF her for she had the wisdom to know
that It Is detrimental to gain even dogs ILL
will She was always dressed in exquisite taste
like real Frenchwoman. but never used her
clothes TO disguise her age.
Although the school was for so long the largest
and most expensive in the city. she died at the
age OF ninety eight. at the home Of her old
friends. the De Russeys, In New-Brunswick,
~ j.. a poor woman; the two fortunes which
she had made in teaching had beer spent upon
her relatives.
She died as she had lived, faithful, but by
no means bigoted. Roman Catholic
A TEACHER "oF THE OLD SCHOOL"
In the thirties the City Fathers of the good, old
Dutch town OF New-Brunswck. y. j., felt the
need OF a thorough school for girls The college
and preparatory school OF Rutgers provided ade-
auate advantages for he boys. but no one IN
that day would have allowed the girls to be edu-
Gated under the same roof. Even In the sixties
DR. Howard Crosby shocked the community by
proposing such thing. and to-day the girls can