The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-30

completed and perfected
Physical life needs Its due amount OF
care or the mental and moral life
may be warped That wonderful work
OF the Creator--the human body
should be brought to the utmost per.
fection possible that 1t may he fit
ting temple for Gods more wonder.
full creation--thc human soul But the
care of the soul is per Sc" of as muck
more Importance than that of the bod,
as thought surpasses matter. OF
spirit. flesh
Mental life. by which is understood
the exercise of the different faculties
of the soul. must be carefully studied
and judiciously treated. Each faculty
must receive its special development, If
the mental training is TO be sound and
thorough
Mosa Important Factor.
But the cultivation of the soul on Its
moral side. the training of the will
and Judgment. is the most important
! factor in education. If this is neglect
Ell the whole aim of education is lost;
II is "un but manque." and must en-
evitably result in n catastrophe We
cannot separate the mental and moral
life of the soul so as to care for the
one and ignore the other AS intellec
| tual habits must be cultivated so must
| moral habits Modern progress viewed
In at least one aspect has tried to
| make divorce between mental and
moral life. Instead of progression its
leaders advocate retrogression. They
would lead the world back to Pagan
Greece and Rome. and take up again
the blurred half complete ideal They
would shut out the Great Teacher.
| whose teaching has changed the world.
/ So-cansd progress is the direct road
70 DEGRADATION of body and intellect,
I and 10 the ruin OF countless immortal
souls
| In the creates, poets OF tho Chris
'ian world the trne ideal shines forth
| with radiant brightness. We shall
only mention the masters. Shakes.
peare and Tennyson. whom we have
! quoted already.
Do we covet for our daughters q
! higher beauty than thai found in the
gallery of great and noble women.
which both Shakespeare and Tenny.
son have left? Tennyson tells us OF
ono OF his women. that her passing
was ''as the ceasing OF exquisite
music" DO we expect modern progress
to improve the model?
Where shall we educate our girls
We shall educate our girls in an ay
enlistment of which the aim Is the
| three-told development dwelt on above
I we snail therefore seek one Combining
| numerous advantages, one which 20
| situated in good climate and has
abundant facilities for outdoor exer-
| clse; one which possesses a gymna-
SUM. spacious and well equipped and
"a dining hall whers the food As sun
pied with care and judgment: so much
for bodily requirements. We shaiI
| seek one moreover. situated If possibIa
| where nature shows herself with a
| more especial grace: some spot where
the poets mind lovingly rests. and
with which the artists mind is delight
cd. that thus the Imagination may he
raised by Its contact with the beau
uiui. and the memory may be filled
WIN store OF beautiful Images We
shal! seek one where I'm lecture hall
and laboratory tho students mind is
carefully developed according TO the
best educational principles-one in
winch all the requirements of an IN
to-oate education are fully met: ono
IN which each girl receives individual
attention. and where the aim is 10
bring forth-'educo'-and dovc,on
rather than cram in" Of the expres-
SION IS to he permitted TO us) an
amount Of matter that can never ha
digested.
Finally. We shall seek one in which
an example Ia first set TO the Urls no
lore they are taught bv precept wba,
life should he. '''
l a noble life Is tho best Of teachcrs
and deeds speak louder than words :,
me contact with refined and noh,,
sous insensihly lifts and ennohlng
nose who como under their Influence
we shall therefore choose for IN.
framing Of our girls some home ~
oucaton IN which each life NAV bo
T"ly called an object lesson
Why Educate Themf
why shall We educate orr pir,.o
we shail educate them to enable Them
10 attain to perfect womanhood 10 fni.
III their high mission Of lettering tho
world oy purifying and uplifting What
e' 'hey touch. and b. brightenin.-
inc path along which they tread IT,
word we shall educate them IN on
aole them so to live that mi. ,ira-
winch passes az breath NAV he no
: preparation for the eternal. true I,fo
beyond rue ZIG
If we have answered thus the ouoy.
honS we set ourselves at tho Outset ,yc
"'ii si'e more scrious consideration
'"e nature and aim of the instiul D..
uon or establishment to which ,va
shall send our girls.
we may suggest as an insti,u,i,,
whose sole aim is to realize Tho ;d,ai
above set forth. ST Genaviey., ~,
iese! Asheville, N. g. II is condrc,.,,
ny sisters.who have sacrifced Tho co,,'
forts Of refined homes in order m Az
vote themselves exclusively "a ~
Christian education of girls .r,,'o
star consists OF highly cducatod and
cultured women. who have undorgono
sPe.isi course OF training 10 ut them
ior their teaching career, and v,h"