The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1855-04-27
NO.. 80.
a5intI MT GAuratiuu.
-om "rhrcc Hours School n Day
Homo Education.

W. CNHofcb ScttU 90 NOUtC, SUCGs
those echo, at schoot, stuly too auch.
Give them three hours per day at
school, and the business there would
be delightful and attractive. The mind
of the clIld would involuntary revert
to the business of the next day, and
moments would be snatched--as rest
or recreation, as change from other
occupations-to look into the subjects
on hand for the next succeeding school
hours. Parents could point them to
men or women Of whom they could get
a fact or truth. Inscnsibly, the in
tcrcst of parents would be excited, ei-
ther by Inquiries on their part or on
the part of thcchild, to ascertain that
which either did or did not know : and
here would be HOME SCHOOL, blending
in delightful harmony the deep and
warm interest and experience, tlcvelo-
ped mind, and may bc scientific knowl-
edge of the searching and active tho
parent, with curiosity, confidence, sim
plicity, sprightlincss, and affection of
THE child.
ENERcTsE AND DIGEs1IoN.-ZHcp physi-
cat requirements o1'fhe hum0m SySiCn1
are } EVERYDAY requirements. They
arc, Exercise at the proper timc--Rest
ut the proper timc-eXerciso and rest
of the proper kind and quantity--pure
air, in tho. direct light Of the sun--these
are all everyday needs. They are
not to be put off for five days in the
week, and made up during the other
two nor during term time and made
up ut vacation nor during childhood
and youth, and made up after the
school has been left. What is lost, ia
lost forever. UiS c,ccyciSc in tie open
Gir th0t COMPLETES digestion, and can
aIOno pcfcct 1t. / repeat, it cannot be
perfected without it.
TIE PooR lNEANTs.-Wc pin little
innoccnts of four, five, six, or seven
years of age to 4 bench or chair they
breathe impure air into their delicate
lungs, vitiating and rendering heavy
the currents Of the blood at period
of intense vitality, in order that they
may, three or four times a day, say
over GA, B, c." and spell "ballcr, bri-
ar" etc. ;and ut the same time wcpartc
of science, progress. and civilization!
not forgetting frequently to notify
the world that VIC arc the "smartcst
nation in all creation ~
SWEEPING, Err TRuE.-IfI l were in
general and sweeping phrase to sum
up the grand result Of the present sys
tenn Of school education, | would say
II rus In diSguSt the ach0lc peo1,lc qrith
tie dcguiSifton qf Gnoritdge Look
abroad, over tho whole land, and of
the millions who have left school, how
many make the acquisition of knowl-
edge their solacc or delight, as it might
be, nest TO that afforded by the social
and domestic affections, and which al
frctions IFS pursuit is so fitted to cnliv-
ell, pcrpctuatc, and adorn! ] ask no
better test ofthc positive falschood OF
thc entire school system OF the nation.
WE DEMAND IMrossIDiLmEs.-Sir
houlS n d0y 3f ACTIVITY iW tie duties
Of the SchOotT0On1 CANNOT BE had
The quantity is not there, and there
fore you can't get it. There are schol-
ars who arc exceptions. But 10 them
it is death. They carly furnish food
for worms, for plaintive verses, and far
more plaintivc walls. If they survive,
and reach what by way ofcomplaisaut
burlesquc is called maturity, the or
deal through which they have passed
have proved forever fatal to the imteg
rity OF their constitutions.
Cur ouT AND PEJ.sERvB THIS This
truth, that there can be no integrity OF
body without integrity of mind, and
no integrity of mind without integrity
of body, ought TO be burned in the
palms oftho hands of both young and
old.
TIE PREsESr SYsrEs'.-I am led,
from observation, to the conclusion
that, take all the children of the State
who attend the public schools, who are
eight years of age and upward, and not,
IL crcced oac qua1tc1' of tie $40 hOWrs
per doytn tie SchoOI IS dct'otc1 to ac0,'k.
| take city and country OF the country
/ know the most. This estimate may
soom small but / give it, because
full investigation has forced nc to it.
Advise not what isinc-t pleasant, hui wbet
il most useful.