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under the care of Mr. Enos Stevens, and the Rev. Mr. Timlow's 

 Academy, at Belle vue. The Columbia Academy is also re- 

 spectable in character, but only as a Day School, where boys 

 are taught the Latin and Greek languages — Mathematics, &;c. 



In this honorable provision for the mental improvement of 

 the youth of the sterner — it must not be supposed that those 

 of the softer — sex, have been ungenerously forgotten : Impress- 

 ed with the importance of this great truth — that good mothers 

 train up good sons, and that they — more than the fathers — form 

 the characters of their children — the citizens of the city and 

 county alike, have sought with commendable zeal, to secure 

 the services of able and competent teachers, whose attention, 

 should be devoted exclusively to the proper education of fe- 

 males. As a result of these efforts — a Seminary has been 

 established and is in successful operation in the city under the 

 control of James Damant, Esq. which in point of standing and 

 character is equal to any other in Pennsylvania. As a Board- 

 ing School, the Young Ladies Seminary at Litiz has been 

 already spoken of; and in addition to it, "The Young Ladies 

 Lyceum Institute" — Rev. N. Dodge, A. M. Principal — located 

 on the banks of the Chicquesalunga creek near the village of 

 Mountjoy — is perhaps, as regards accommodations — kind 

 attention to the wants of the pupils — facility for acquiring a 

 competent and thorough knowledge of all the various branches 

 and accomplishments taught at similar institutions, if not 

 superior to, at least surpassed by none other in the country. 



The civdization of any people is progressive, so also is their 

 education. Habits inconsistent with the growth of the former, 

 and tastes incompatible with the advance of the latter, are to 

 be changed and overcome. Hence the transition is not nor 

 can it ever be, either immediate or instantaneous. The move- 

 ments are at first slow, gradual and confined to the few ; but 

 as their benefits are extended, they become accelerated and 

 penetrate into all the various strata of society. With regard 

 to Lancaster county, this has been particularly so. At first, 

 the inhabitants were content with schools conducted by teach- 

 ers who would scarcely be tolerated by any community at 

 the present day. But as we have already stated generally, in 

 the commencement of this chapter, as they increased in pop- 

 ulation and wealth, their tastes improved with their pecu- 



