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were irepiy presenica in various urms unapt-ed to ascertain the skill and habit of ills student in his scholastic investigations. The result was* on the whole, highly satisfactory, and no room was left to doubt that (he teachers had taken unwearied paihs to make their pupils acquainted with the tdtlonaU of their daily lessons, and the students la generalevinced a. fUjnihtmLy with their Grain mars and Dictionaries, und furnished evidence that they had attended »neIL to their buitnesa a student* in the eXercivd of manly thdughland reflection.It was interesting to see So many females engaged in the oeverer studies of language, and of the mental and cXact science*. For, after all that ha* been said and done to depreciate these, *hey arc found by experience long and mature, to lay the best foundation for a useful mental superstructure. And although the practical branched demanded by the sphere in which females are called to act, are limited, such is tlieir influence on society and their responsibilities in the momentous concerns of education, thatt no degree of mental discipline m regard tolhem should be considered as lost.The apparent good'order and sobriety, nt Oberlin, m so dense a population of the young of both sexes, presents a moral phenomenon, which the scoffers of*(lie Institute may sedrch in Vain amongst Iheifcsettfes to find. The secret cause of this pliefiometfoh can only be traced to the spirit of piety which pervades the community. Here is the success of their discipline, and heroin the pledge of their future prosperity and extensive usefulness. And this feature of a literary Institution, let it be remarked, atones for many imperfections in Us plan and management, and secures it.* from numerous dangers to which all popular Insti-Rulions are more or less exposed-! Elyria, Oct. V1840. . * * J. M.
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Ohio Atlas and Elyria Advertiser
Elyria, Ohio, US
Tue, Oct 27, 1840
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