Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-12-07
EDUCATION.
FARTHER Extracts fron Yields Report on
Manual Labor.

Having as:ertained the amount of daily
exercise, which seems most efectuaIly to
meet the bodily and mental necessities oil
the s;ulent, as general ru!e, the next in
hurry in order is, shall this exercise be ia
ken in three successive. hours, or shall il
he divided into two or three portions, and
distributed over the day
Much vllulble medical testim nv upon
this subject has been received. For the
sake Of brcvity will condense this tcs,i-
mony into lew general rules embolying
the substance of the whole
Asa general rule, this exercise should
not be taken in three successive hours, but
should be divided into at least two por-
tons, and performed at different periods
otthe day. 1t should not be taken either
immediately before or after meals. Halt
an hour should intervene after exercise
betore meals, and an hour after meals be-
fore exercise It should not commence
before sunrise, nor continue after sunset ;
and in the summer it should not be per-
formed between the hours OF nine in the
morning AMI four in the evening. If d.
Fided into two portions, one had better pre-
cede the morning, and the other the eve
ing meal, from the first of May to the
Intter part Of October. During the re-
nainder Of the year, let it be commenced
one hour after breakfast, and the same
time after dinner. These of course are
mere general rules, subjectto exceptions
and notifications, according 10 circum-
stances.
g. The exercise should be moderGte."-
A sudden transition from state of mac
lion which has continued for hours to vio-
lent muscular exertion, always INJURIES
and if the student has not been accustom'
ed TO much bodily effort. may prove fatal
With respect to the degree Of effort, mod
crGtcLy rigorous, muscular exertion is the
perfection Of bodily exercise.
We proceed next to inquire what kline
Of exercise is best adapted to the student
and most suitable to be incorporated int
q regular system. 1t would be foreign Il
the subject of this communication to dis
crss the merits Of every kind of bodily ex
ercisc Some Of the most common mode
oniy will be noticed Walking, riding
Oh horseback, and swimming, are al
HOOu, UuI CuIluOI UG IeuuCeu " StSLll IL
connection with an institution.
Military exercises have been incorPor
nted with literary institutions to some ex
lent in this country. In strictly militia
ry school, like that at West Point, sucl
exercises are not out of place, But on
systems OF EDUCATION will need no sucI
nppendage as anuppreuticeship to the al
Of war, until lighting becomes the appro
pirate vocation OF man, and human butch
cry the ordinary business of life. If W
would have the glare OF military gior
eclipse every other, and military spir
the only spirit which the people shall de
light 10 honor, by subjecting our yout
- influences adapted to excite warlik
spirit, we employ all the instrumentalit
requisite to such result.
Within few years gymnrstic ererci
have been introduced into this countr
rom Germany and adopted at some
bur institutions. BY some they are e.
billed as constituting the perfection
bodily exercise, and by others pointed
Condemned The question before US
not whether spending three hours daily
gymDastic exercise is preferable to idl
hess but whether that kind of exerci,
has as strong claims as any other, to |
Incorporated into system Of cdueatit
his Is especially necessary for tho