The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-11-04
"DIED OF THE HIGH SCHOOL"

uloh School" The malady is unknown
10 medical men by any such term Is
.llaunosis is nowhere laid down III the
books !, Ell il has destroyed the lives q
multitude, selecting lis victims from among
he brir,esi and laires, flowers OF The rising
generations It's inciplent symptoms are
deceptive aud insidous as those OF Death
Grand Marshal-Consumpilon. Ihes
iced, silently aud unsupported, upon he
vitals Of the strongest, until femorseiess
disease has secured hold upon Inc
,stem, which noueht can release save The
grave when il closes upon the victim.
WouId The rcader witness the malads ~
IL most deceptive aud most iaiai term!
Step moment Into any one oil orr high
schools or colleges Of learning. d, you
ste that earnest looking >onih. whose eve.
flashing with the excitement Of worthy
ambition, contrasts 50 painfully with his
pald. but determined lip and sunken
cheek? lie stands al the head Of his class
He is almost a prodigy Of mental power. -
His sttainmen,s rank him among men, al.
though in wears be is still child. DolIng
friends dwell with welldeserved praise up
~ his thirst for intellectual excellence
MS devotion 10 books. They point, with
atiectionate pride, towards high positions
1T honor and usefulness among the learned
and the great. which he il destined 70 fill.
10 The hour of exuiation they never dream
hat the opening fiJwer il brghtlng from
The very beat which forces il 10 premature
maturity and inevitable decay musl follow
close upon the very prizes his sacrificing
l,birs hase won. Yet 50 il is While the
mind i being improved, the tenement m.
lire provided Tor il Is neglected Dir abused
The Intellect Of the boy IS frengthened, hi
soul enlarged, and his mind stored with.
richest wealth; bit these have ripened,
La. only Tor the grave. lie dies oI the
High School.
Such cases are net rare Observation
vii discover them al about US II is the
absenco ofauspicion alone which has bid
len lhsm from general view. We have ii
haht u suppo>lng Inst study is the ba~l
ness 4 youth, irgeuiug that il may he
pursued with ZsaI destructive Of health
,a3 lie 4 reform in this matter i ltadlt
ctIted FIR i, ever consideration u hmm
PTS. II early developed talent Is to hc
preserved tur Usefulness III The world, II
aehousss parent. aul g1oriians 8 taok
,el l9 the .'smlrt hut delicate" lads ih u
sre st@r'iisirt thans elves ststrsIs rser
he bpal 3r-k u tarer judgment shea
n #lits aud rcstrgin toufhinl aabill7a
a. q "a
tod should he -hoflrpai. nj fho-e pt ~
ercise % - rrfti4n ! ngttej. Tn d.
s"tEpmeni II the ph y a. system -h3i'a
keep pee With the mental. IL thn pl
III stretch his limbs ant toa I'D The teid-
mere fieqHentl and his lungs expand &C..
choul-rnom " Ike exercise. regular ant
" RON, ne 81 his dill, dnies, ald re
a. tin part ofh- regular course, instear
# a erndeingIs accorded privilege, a. +.
~ mpensued hv siill border study. H.
hort. II, il he remembered ih,, il j. liz
business If the child t. grow and inprav'
pht SicallN ne yell as morally. IL rhis in
partani rcr is MOI lost sight 81 10 the train
ING e our Youth, we mny reasonable h"p'
tht heir ripeaing Years viii be crowned
With ltealth. usefulness. md h ppiness. and
the malnds which la robbed NJ II 50 mach
~ the past will become extinct. --Acw
York Times
We pPruSod the ahove with a different.
iden in our mind from that which eur co
temporary intended to CONVEX and almost
made the article subseryient To that ijea
Tie Times has stated The disease, hul h-
diagnosis is not cnrreci-ht Iehst only III
part, and hist The most insignificant past
II is maladY that is not confined to ihe
High School" alone. it rpmifys society and
the gifted an the ignorant are alike it.
,ctips. Recreation il a sedatve, bat Nh
= cur,iive. II is through the mind cure
Is 10 be effected md tina, only can be done
BY e,.liahrening the Judgment.
"Ded Of consumption"- record j.
false nine times in ten. An impaired con
-litulion may have been entalied upon thu
unfortunate child by the hlhits ol its par.
cnis, or the insdnouS vice may have work.
I'd out its own certain consequent, bat pal.
munart consumption is not The source Of
he long catalogue oI deaths that are an
nualIy ascrlbed 10 il in this sin .bur,heneaI
country Of ours. No fear of child ini1
ring itself by intense study, il it's habits III
good. Youth IS never so siudlous but tn
II delights in "plas," and will have sniff
eient recreation under our present school.
-Nsrem 10 sustain lis ply steal energies
Let the habits Of Your children be closel,
C ,nncd aud visit not until falling health
warns YOU that il j. too late, BIZ, seize ~
an csris confidence 10 guard them againS
Tie insldnons approaches Of vice worst
h u consumption. .#.
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