The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-09-23

naries are not going up, this school is fall OF
life. 1t appears, too, to grow in the affection
of the people, it may be from the fact that
several have already graduated from it with
distinguished honors, and some in cur Justice
courts, others in Jail, and not few standing
ready for the same distinctions.
One great reason, no doubt, WHY the Street
School is SO popular, is, that it is provided with
an excellent apparatus, is taught orally, and
is always conducted on strictly republican
principles of all being master and OF no one
being servant. Genius finds its level here
The boldest are the best. All are 10 the first
class. Hence there are very few but what
soon learn TO prefer the Street School TO any
other kept in the town, whether sacred or
secular. While they are accustomed to play
tICaut TO this, in spite of fathers and mothers.
And while the young soon outgrow those very
few uutgrow tbs, and some have been known
TO attend it even till old age.
The lively words. the loud hurrah, the
fierce gesture, tend to give the school an AMI
mate appearance. when compared with our
academies and colleges. Many Of the scenes.
too, are admirably calculated to produce
very listing effects, and to confirm the theory
Of the durableness of early impressions, as the
loss Of an eye by stone thrown by one of
the most advanced pupils, or the fracture of
an arm by being pushed down the stairs Of
cellar while passing on the sidewalk. A
group of the boys teasing some poor animal
or drunkard, or playing at their games in the
street TO the hazard ofpassers-by ard the dis
turbance Of the churches or sallying forth in
the night TO annoy their neighbOrs and com
init depredations on their property, prestfl, to
many minds a very picturesque spectacle
Indeed it must be confessed that the Street
School possesses advantages Of this kind
which parents might look for in vain in many
Of the best established academies in the
country. The eye is addressed as well as the
mind. All is lile-lke, aud as the pupils say.
real. Other schools seem but nGlte-belier6S.
cor:pared with this sidewalk education and
ditch discipline, The panorama of shops and
signs, the arrival and the departure of the
stage-coaches, the gathering Of loafers and
news-lovers, and the coming and going OF
customers and walkers, make this Street
School a most fascinating place for the whole
boyish race. from FIVE to fifty.
When we meet with Il young person leis-
urly smoking his segar through tile town. we
recognize, without any further introduction,
pupil Of the Street School.
When we see the gates Of our neat pretty
yards wrenched away, we refer the act, with
out fail, to one of this dctise gymnasium.
When we witness our public buildings de-
faced. and trees girdled, we confess the thor
ough instruction of ibis street university.
Whenwe hear in the evening tremeod-
Gus oathin knot of lOungers by the corners,
we know that We are enjoying the fruits of a
systematic course of hightr0y caitiTation.
When we read of riots and all manner OF
violence, we have strong suspicious of The
t-of-door seminary.
When we attend the courts of law, we are
strikingly reminded of this fashionable and
costly method of education. .se
To make long story short, rs we have
some regard for the influence Of the Sabbath
Schools and the Common Schools, it would
be proftableisubjcct for parents and teachers
10 calculate some Of the results of the Street
School, else we may be performing that veiy
ancient and interesting experiment of the
Danaides Of pouring water into sieve with
The vain hope of filling it. FIAT.