New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-03

such time ~ they should discover Their 'pociAi
sptitudes.
,bonld like 10 give yon fall account OF these
seLools, but am not yet prepared to do 90 be
aides with at present 10 give you RAPID 20 p
doll If the private schools with which have re-
Gently been brought in contact
All these schools appear To me to be very nearly
eausl in subsfsstial respects the chief difference
being in their external attractions Mr.. Diedrich,
DR.. Haccius, and Mr. Roediger, conduct severany
a distina usbed pension for boys in this vicinity,
and hear nothing but eood of any of them. The
price nj tuition per annum at each falls little short
Of $3.50, including washing end all necessarie'.
Every branch Of study is vigorously prose-
cufed in these establishments under accom-
plshed masters, while the physical eiacs.
ti,n Of the pupils is made matter oil
upceasipg and systematic obligation. FOR exam,
ME. nj MIR Roediger's school, where have placed
nv boys, the pupils have a play. sround as
large very nearly as Washi sgtonsquare, with all
toris of " mnastis apparatus, nine pin alley, &e;
and here they play TO their hearts content, not
apart from but in company with their teachers,
who Law aside the pedagogue and convert them
selves into boys for the time being with good
will which would be surprising to one who DAD not
know low much of timber and elastic 6oyhood
survives in these ripe European constitutions
his imperishable juvenility, by the way, renders
easily see how fresh and juicy and sweet 1t keeps
them even through the winter of old age, aud how
often il may involve sincere sentimental anguish
TO part with them Madame --, our landlady
for il stance is grandmother, and has seen, | am
informed great SORROWS and reverses. A modester
or less demoDsrative person need nj exist aud yet
life seems still so young aud vernal with her that
she LO sooner comes in contact with the children
than YOU find her arms nstinctiyey encircling
them and theirs encircling her, and all manner OF
graceful frolic Immediately blossoming forth as
flowers blossom after rain.
But let US return to our lambs. The sport OF
the pupils is not only amply fostered and directed
their health is also carefully promoted by the gen.
eral discipline of the school They go down every
fair day to the hhone to battle, OF course under
watchiul care they go twice week to SWIM
ming school upon the lake to practice swimming;
they ramble all about the delicious neighbOrhOod,
in short excursions with their teachers; they
make long pedestrian tours in the Summer vacs-
ton across the Alps; they sometimes visit Italy,
sometimes some German city; they invade the
fastI esses Of the Jura; they ride on mules and
donkeys; they pluck the wild strawberries; they
drink at the way side fountains; they eat the
bread and honey OF the mountaneers as they pause
to avoid the noon day sun; they inhae all day the
untaintei air OF those grand sOlitades; and they
sleep at night In barn or chalet sleep 30 sweet,
III,
innocence unquestionably cOnspires to minister it.
At home they are subject to the best influences.
The teachers and Iupils all make one family.
1Ley have games ana stories aud plays to amlse
Themselves with after Dightfall, and on Sunday
evenings they have charming concerts IN which all
voices are taught to jOn aud lit up to God the
incense of grateful hearts for all the goodness lie
show rs upon them. Music, think, is one OF the
pecestaIies in Mir. II. s school. However, all the
schools provide the best instruction in this re-
spect.
Another point of interest is the extreme good
mann. "a noiirished BY these institutions. All the
pupils are made gentlemen in department. In
stead Of the tyranny and oppression which is COM
planned of in the nglish Schools and to some de-
cree in our OVID, the most rigid and exact courtesy
ICm each to all and oil to each is here insisted on.
A son Of Judge VsnderpOol Of New. York, who Is
at Dr. Haccas's school, told me that on his joining
the school, he was startled to find himself the OBJ
iect of so many deferental attentions on the part
o. the older pupils He could hardly believe such
snenity compatible with the bOyish bosom, and
half expected to SEE the beautiful illusion suddenly
d.spated by sly punch in the ribs, or the conl-
Iusory descent of his hat over ais eyes, all IN the
wsy of prospective good fellowship. Certainly
il is very lovely to see youth preserving it's
irgenucusDess; to see boyhOOd wholly unused to
the seand brutal commerce of the great world;
ard from all l can learn | really think these
schools do every thing possible to secure that ad
vantage. The whole tone Of society around them,
tOO strikes NE as highly suspicious in this regard.
/ have seeD no ROW dy ism since lef. England Ii
NAY doubtless exist but 1t does not come to the
light on occasions hen 1T would nfallibly do 80
with US For example, las. Sunday afternoon,
Witnessed regatta ON the lake. A great crowd
Of persons of The lower ranks we're assembled to
look on, and every sort OF boat from the costly
watch to common wash tub participated in the
sport There was no end to the fun, and the
heaTtest enjoy meDt OF it was manifested by the
lOoktrson. But l perceived no symptoms Of
iIbaldry or rudeness 81 any hand nor heard any
Spgry tOnes nor saw the least tendency toward
that low and disgusting practical joking viii ,hdisf
eures and embitters similar scenes With us. Mr..
E+nIy St.ne Of New York, who is at present resd
ing teIe, al d who, by the way, dispeDses liberal
hospitality for which all his cOmpatriots are truly
grateful remarked ON my making this observation
a. him that be thought the difference lay in the abb
seDce Of strong drink. his may be. The drink OF
tleIccple i. very light wine or lighter beer, and
il would be lard to pump black r! . out OF a bar
rel Of either They both seem incapable indeed OF
DONG sueht but add little unctvn TO ores pO-
litelett, and slightly elevated TOW to ones elo
QueEce and are IbanIIestly destitute of all malig
nifty. But then per contra, let us never cease to
remember that rOwdylsm Nth us is sign Of some
thing which scarcely yet exists in these countries,
namely the social recognition OF the masses ltisthe
method which the unlocked cub OF Democracy takss
to proclaim its sense OF deliverance from the enyol
opfug womb of the past When this same uni ked
cub shall have got himself properly recognized on
all hands, or admitted 20 the EXTREMIST social priv
ileges, hlstory will have exhibited no such staunch
and 10y al conserystor OF order as he.
But the dinner bell rings, its clapper being the
suayest Of tongues in the head Of Francois, the
waiter, Who with bow which doubt not much
virtue has been expended in the attainment cf says
" Nesdemes e. Ntssrurs lie diner est serri." Let us
4 Al Il IL. knnIt In. hntfl.. ~