Chronicles of a pioneer school from 1792 to 1833 : $b being the history of Miss Sarah Pierce and her Litchfield school
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Chronicles of a pioneer school from 1792 to 1833 : $b being the history of Miss Sarah Pierce and her Litchfield school
Litchfield Female Academy (Conn.) -- History
6th. Your deportment must be grave and decent while in the house of
God; all light conduct in a place of worship is not only offensive to
God but an indication of ill breeding; and highly displeasing both to
the good and the polite.
7th. The Sabbath must be kept holy, no part wasted in sloth, frivolous
conversation or light reading. Remember that for all our time, but
particularly for the hours of the Sabbath, you must give an account.
8th. Every hour during the week must be fully occupied either in
useful employments, or necessary recreation. Two hours must be
faithfully devoted to close study each day, while out of school: and
every hour in school must be fully occupied. (For every hour wasted in
school you must give yourselves a whole miss under the rules.) The
ladies where you board must mention if you do not study your two hours
each day.
9th. You must never interrupt your companions by talking, or any other
disturbance during the hours of school, or those set apart for study.
10th. The hours appointed for any particular study or occupation must
not be employed in any other way, but the appointed lesson.
11th. You must suppress all emotions of anger, fretfulness and
discontent. Bear always in your memory the many blessings God is
continually bestowing upon you, for which he requires not only
contentment but a cheerful temper.
12th. The truth must be spoken at all times though it might seem more
advantageous to tell a falsehood.
13th. You are expected to be polite in your manners, neat in your
persons and rooms, careful of your books, clothes and every article of
use.
14th. Tale bearing and scandal are odious vices and must be avoided:
neither must you flatter your companions by any remarks on their
beauty, dress or any accomplishment, in order to increase their
vanity, and let every one thus flattered remember that such
compliments are an insult offered to the understanding.
15th. While you are forbidden to repeat anything to the disadvantage
of your companions, you are also requested to inform one of the
teachers if you observe anything amiss in your school fellows which
your teachers can correct. This not to be done from malice, but from a
sincere desire for their reformation.
16th. Every scholar is bound to conform to the regulations of the
family in which she resides. They are never to go out of an evening
without permission from the lady who has the charge of them; are not
to read any book, or engage in any amusement without her approbation.
17th. No young lady is allowed to attend any public ball, or sleigh
party till they are more than 16 years old.
18th. Speaking or moving once in school hours either with or without
liberty will take off a part of the extra—unless they move to recite
or practice, or write at the tables—Speaking more than once will take
off the whole extra and often give you a quarter of a miss.
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