Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-11-23
EDUCATION.
Farther Extracts from Yields Report ON
Manual Labor.


the facts. reasonings, apd testimony
already presented, have any force, they
carry US to the following results First
bodily exercise is indispensable to man
demanded alike by the necessities OF his
corporal. intellectual, and moral nature
his individual happiness, and social use
fitness and Second, this exercise should
be incorporated into our systems Of educa.
ton, and alternated with study in all SEM
insries OF learning.
The arrangements Of time for this ex.
ercise, the amount to be taken, and the
kind Of exercise best adapted to accom-
plsh all the objects desired, most natural.
" come next under consideration. re-
mark,
!. 7hiS exercise mast be taken ddils.
The necessity Of this might be shown by
reference to the laws OF the human con-
Stitution. But it would be more in keep
ing with the design ofthis communication
TO present facts and the results of expe-
rience, rather than an investigation into
those causes which fall more legitimately
within the province Of the Psychologist
Exercise is needed ercry day as much
as food.'-Dypepsy ForestalLed.
There Is no one, not actually labor
ing under disease, who should not consid.
Ter it duty to appropriate certain portion
Of eocry day to active exercise in the oper
air."-JoErHGI of Health
my experience and observation have
convinced me ofthe importance Of regular
exercise for the preservation Of health. -
Hon. John Quincy Adams, Mass.
Our next inquiry respects the amount oil
time requisite for daily exercise. No ac-
credited authority recommends less than
two hours, as q general rule for students
In1eed, after much search in medical au.
thorS and standard works on education,
have found hardly an individual who doe.
not recommend more. Some are in favor
toftwo hours and half; but very larg'
majority insist upon three hours as tn
least amount that will fully meet the ne
cessitieS Of the student. Not few re
recommend four hours, and some even fv
and six. But there is a decided prepon
1erance in favor OF three hours day.
nay be remarked,
?. Tie STUDENT should spend at 1eas
thrre hours daily in exercise Like eve
~ genera. rule, this has its exceptions
The student may be laboring under or
ganic disease, which might be aggravat
ed by much exercise. Those also VIII
possess little physical energy, and hav
never been accustomed 10 much muscuIa
exertion, would doubtless find that amour
at first too much for the system. Ii
such take u as they ea1 bear 1t, graduall
INCREASING the quantity, and they will fin
ln few months at farthest, that thre
hours Of exercise daily will not excee
their actual necessities
"Iglve it as my decided opinion, tn,
the above allotted time, three hours da
y,l is not more than is necessary for stu
tents. Five or six hours of severe mer
mi labor day, is as much indeed as tn
economy can bear without injury
RrotesSor Harris, Medical Institution
philadelphia.
For a close student, lire. hours in Ii
INenty-four. of active labor, is certainI
pot too much. Perhaps it does not e,
.eed the mininam."-ProftssOr Staug,
Ion Ohio Medical College.
From too 10 four Aonr, in a day, ma
be advantageously employed in exercise
-Dr MHsSey, Professor Medical ID
prtmeRt, Dartmouth College.
Asa general rule, three hours eat
y, properly divided into two or thrt
Rerlods, would be q suitable quantity f
Jose studenis"---ProfessOrSew ai
VashiRgtOn, d. C.
"TArss hours Of exercise each dav
surely little enough for those who aim
have sound mind in sound bodv ri
law Of connection between the heahbtr
vigorous and locomotive powers Of Il
muscular system, and the state ofthe =
fections and operations of the mind, h
pot yet been sufficiently investigated
acts show its existence and importanc
low canany one who aspires to any for
pr character, act in conformity with Il
law, and keep his whole muscular 5,
tenn in state Of heahhful, vigorous, a
"A long series of experiments has tauc