Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1855-11-07
THE GRAND RIVER TINES.
GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN,
WEDNESDAY EVENING. NOV. 2. 1855.


The SCHOOL RooM--AN INVITING SCENE
TO PARENTs.-Who does not like to visit a
school room and set himself down for an
hours quiet observation amid its busy scenes.
How rapidly the eye passes from this to that
bright-eyed, glowing checked little master or
miss, as there in deep study the hours of bu-
sy preparation for the next recition is passed.
How intelligence beams from that frank,
open countenance. How gracefully those
youthful curls fall upon the broad, expanded
brow, as the wearer bends DER that open book
in silent study, treasuring up in the mind
Jewels as imperishable as the immortal casket
that contains them. How delightfully."- pleas
ing to the eye of an affectionate parent the
scene that here greets his view. That beau
tiful little girl sitting in you obscure corner,
is beloved daughter. Day after day, with
light heart and quick step, does she seek
that little retreat where in ample order, on a
desk, mirror of cleanliness, are arranged a
liberal supply Of neatly kept books, ready at
the moment to do the bidding of their lovely
owner. They seem almost to welcome her
approach, and smile as those mildly beaming
eyes rest upon them, and the tiny hand en-
braces them, preparatory to the days duties.
With countenance radiant with intelligence
she commences the delightful task of gathering
pearls to adorn the mind and render it as beau
tiful and perfect as the form it enlvens. What
scene more interesting, more truly noble, more
worthy of all commentator hatfathercan
thither turn his eye and not feel sense of
manly pride swell his bosom as he beholds
the treasure he possesses in the rapidly
expanding mind before him; the very i'm
age too, perhaps, of a sanity wife and moth
er, who yielded to the divine mandate Come
up hither," and is now guest in the "man-
sions above" the associate of angel and sera-
phim and now by that humble desk sits the
daguemeotype of the departed, engaged in an
employment that the happy spirit must look
down upon with delight; and the father, too,
in pleasing perspective beholds the day when
that form shall have assumed all the beauti-
full proportions of womanly grace and lowell
ness-intelligence the crowning perfection of
all. How many joyous hopes are there
dawniug to gild his future! What bright
anticipations of an angels hand to soften the
rough asperities of manhood, administer to
the infirmities Of age, smooth the pillow up
on which reclines his dying head, and gently
close his sightless eyes in the deep sleep that
knows no waking. And think you the pa
rent will be disappointed in those bright
dreams of the future? No. spirit endow-
ed with so much of the lovely, the true and
the perfect, can never forget the reward due
parental love. And what to that parent
are lands, gold Or equipage compared to the
treasure so pure and gentle as that before
him in that humble school room. Then let
the parent cling to that jewel, never treat
her roughly, in word or act, neglect nothing
that shall administer to her growth in every
womanly virtue and perfection.
Again, fond parent, turn your eye hither.
Is that noble looking youth your son? APP
proach his desk, examine his books, read their
titles. Is he content with the meager knowl-
edge afforded by few Of the elementary
branches Of learning9 BY no means See
him pour over that volume of higher mathe-
mates, as if therein lay concealed the WON
ders of alchemy, and he were resolved to
fathom its mysteries, or perish in the search.
Is that all /? No! That book teaches him a
knowledge of himself; that, the wonders of
creation spread out before him in the materi-
al world, this acquaints him with the thousand
worlds that roll in space alone, and this opens
to him the elements that form this ponder
Gus globe. These, each in turn, claim his at
tention and afford food to nourish spirit
whose every aspiration is onward, and upward
The future deeds Of that boy let history re-
ate. Where can parents find place better
suited to display the grand design of the Gre
,tor in the formation of the immortal minds
committed to their keeping, as regards their
Increase in knowledge and consequent power,