The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1859-01-06
Educating Boys and Girls.

How much folly one runs into when he leaves
the track Of common sense The things well-de-
fined become obscure, and one .wanders in a laby.
rinth Of doubt. A point in social order may be
raised and pending its debatein the public mind,
society deteriorates Z, Should b9ys and girls
be educated tQgethera2p So.
What question to Negotiated in the face o
Gods institutions in every household! Men Of
sense what puerility ofmind is indicated by the
question Why aresboys and girls born into
the'same family, to be nursed at the same bosom,
to be trained by thcsame maternal love and paer-
nal Wig lance? What faculty has the boy which
the girl has not or what propensity, more O..
less has he than she possesses What sentiment
is She endowed with that be does NOT share, that
she should be Put by herself and educated with
why, should he removed from Der refining inhu-
ence to Learn eklessness and practice vice Is
there any stagein girlhood at WHICH the attri-
butes of theinayidual are merged ip sex and en-
bodying sentiment she becomes mere female
Atwhat stage of life doesthe boy become a NEE
animal, or abstraction ofintelleet, that he is no
longer AFT companion for 6 Fls? At what age
are boys and girls disqualified to improve eac1
other If ever, it is in consequence oferroneous
modes ofeducation; resulting in the mischieyous
theories incglcated by spurious refinement.
We wander that the obvious folly of educating
boys and girls in seperate schools should have
bsen questioned Train the mind to activity
vigor, health; then it viii find its own sphere,
and settle to equilibrium. No philosopher will
fear the consequences, knowing that naturallaWs
being observed, only good-an equipoise OF eff
fscts-can result Society has many caprices to
crafty, teachers hare their expedents, and the
orists experiment, tillthe victim Of Improvement
S deformad specimen of industry, discredltab.c
to the menufacturer Life ~.
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We copy from the British Apollo publ he'd
in l7O3, the following questions, for the benefit
of Debating Societies, and shall certainly ex-
pect to be made an honorary member:
els person who has just eaten his breakfast
any heavier than before -
HOW Olu Wdo 1Adlu Wucu eve was CIG-
ated ~ a4a
"Whether thin persons are more liable to
consumption, and whether three half pints of
good punch per diem is good for that com
plaint." a7e@4
Also, fro# the Anthenian Oracle, published
at the same time, or few years earlier
Whether, if females went counting, there
would be more marriages than now
Whether women haYe souls 2"
Whether negroes shall rise at the last
day ~. . rs -, ..ss.rr
g Whether wife may beat her husband 8
I ------a-uaspH-- $50
FAsn1oNAB1E soc1ErY Somebody says that !
society is . nuisance in fashionable sense.
1t is nothing more no less than stiff .. series OF
absurd and cold PENALTIES. i. mas no heart,
any more than the rock Of Gibralter has. The
pass word Is ii i'd money If you've got it,
or can make the world think yqp have go in. !"
Brush Is YOUR beayer--neveF mind about brush
inc up your charactcr-- and " gosinlsn Learn
the set speeches ofponte gossip, dress in " good
taste, sasdakeep up.a fashionable outside show,
and YOU shall SAFELY pass with the gentcel elect
Society is 'fearfully and wonderfully made up