The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-10-06
- hOOIs for Americana in Switzerland.

In letter to the 7riJune he gives an accoun
OF the establishment which he selected, b,
which parents and teachers alike in this coun
try may proft-N y. Ere Post.
"Ihc price of tuition per annum at each
falls little short of $3.50, including washin;
and all necessaries. Every branch of stud,
Is vigorously prosecuted in these establish
ments under accomplished masters, while tn,
physical education of the pupils is made ;
matter of uncea>ing and systematic obi ga
ton. For example, at Mr. Roediger's school
where have placed my boys, the pupils hav,
aplay ground as large very nearly as Wash
'nston square, with all sorts of gymnastc ap
paratus, ninepin alley, etc. and here the,
play to their hearts content, not apart iron
but IN company with their teachers, who la,
aside the peda.ogue and convert thcmselye
INTO boys tor the time with good will, whicl
would be surprising to one who did not know
how much OF Timber and elastic boyhood sur
wives IN these ripe European constitutions
This imperish able juvenili'v. by the way
renders many of these people truly loveatle
One can easily see how fresh, and lucy, ant
fresh it keeps them even through tIe winter
OF Old age. and how often it NAV involve sin
cere sentimental anguish to part with them
Madame -, our landladv, for instance, is
grandmother and has seen, am informed
great SORROWS and reverses \ modestcr OF
less dcmon>tratvc person need not exist, and
yet lite seems still so young and ycrnal with
her that she no sooner comes in contact with
the children than you find her arms instinct
lively encircling thtr. and theirs cncircling
her, ard all manner of graceful froic im:ne-
'!iatcly blo>somng forth as flowers blossom
after RAIN.
:" But let us return to our lambs The sport
of the pupils is rot only amply fo>tcrcd and
directed, their health is also carefully promo
ted by The general discipline of the school
They 20 down every fair day to the Rhone
to tathc Of course under watchful care they
90 twice week to a swimninSsc hoo upon
the lake To practice swimming: they ramhlc
all about the delicious ncirhborhood. IN short
excursions with their teachers they make
ion- pedestrian tours in the summer vacation
across the Alps, they sometimes visit I,alv.
sometimes some German city they invade
ih,. f4>tnr~>.s If the ,Jura they rde on mules
and dorkcy~ they pluck the Wild ,trawhcr-
r!c> they driHk a. the wa,>ide fountains ::
they eat the bread and honey the mountain
GERS as they pause to avoid the noondav sun :;
they lnhale all day the untanted air of those
grand soiiudes and they sleep at night in
barn or chalet sleep so sweet. ! am tod, that
every angel who waits on health and inno-
cence unluc>tionablv con>prcs to minister to
1t. ut home they are subject to the best in
iluenccs. The teachers and pupils all make
one family. They have games, and stories.
and PLAYS to amuSc themselves with after
ni"hita and on SUNDAY cvcnin.s they have
charming concerts. in which all voice, are
taught TO JOIN, and lit up to God the incense
OF grateful hearts for all the goodness he
showers upon them. Music, think. is one
OF the nece>>aries in Mr. r. school. Howev
cr, al the schools provide The best in,truc-
ton in this respect.
" Another poinF of interest in the extreme
good names nour>hcd 10y these institutions
All the pupils are made gentlemen in drport-
ment. Instead of the tyranny and opIrcs-
SION which is complained of in English
schools. and TO some degree in our own. the
most rigid and exact courtesy from each to all
and all to each is here insisted on A son OF
Judge Nanderpool, OF New York. who is at
DIR. liacclass school, told me that his Joining
the school he was startled to find himself the
object of so many deicrcntial attentions on
the part of the older pupils. He could hard
ly believe such amcnity compatible with the
boyi>h bosom, and half expected to see the
beautiful illusion suddenly di>>ipatcd by a
sly punch in the ribs, o. the compulsory de-
scent Of his hat over his eyes. all in the wav
Of prospective ood-fcllowshrp.
Certainly it is very lovely to see youth
preserving its incenuou>ness- to see bovhood
wholly unused to the coarse and brutal CON-
mcrce of the great world and from all
can learn really think these schools do ev-
erything possible 10 secure that advantage.
The whole tone of society around them, too,
strikes me as highly auspicious in this regard.
| have seen no orowd;ism since left England.
1t may doubtless exist, but it does not come
to the light on occasions when it would infal-
libly do so with us. For example. last Sun
day afternoon | witnessed a rcgratta on the
lake. a great crowd Of persons of the low
er ranks were assembled to look on, and eve
ry sort of boat, from the costly yacht to a
common wash-tub, participated in the sport.
There was no end to the fun, and the har-
tiest enjoyment If it was manifested by the
lookers-on. But IpreceiveG no symptoms of
ribadry or rudeness on any hand, nor heard
any angry tones, nor saw the least tendency
toward that low and disgusting practical iok-
ing which disfgures and cmbitters similar
scenes with US.
But then. per contra. let us never cease
to remember that rowdyism with us is sign
of something which scarcely yet exists in
these countries, namely, the social recogni-
tion of the masses. l: is the method which
the unlocked cub Of democracy takes to pro-
claim its sence of deliverance from the en-