New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-09

y,nl,ss Oh nd prose themselves the oe''' u''"
pou.x.r ,tst psy be. we r-gEa tbs exp~d'oa
Of THERE az 8 kind Of missionary en'erP''e "
fer among 5 ptopls that mach leeds sacn u"p,'
,a,i D. TIE gepel Of bodily exercise; ana
vou,I, trust tbs, their zeal aud Devotion ms %
rewarded By many prosel, tee aud De sn' per
r.rsr, ast,hIi.bueut of the faith that Is IN sneu-
We tes,tl, wi.h them msoy seals oi saeH sPo'''e
ssip.
TIE English Of the higher and middh0s raAA'
have the Advantage, thus far, over the c'rie'poo%
ips classes on th, side in tho taste tor ou'o'ot
e,ci,ss and rural sports that chsrscterz-s 'aeu'
Hsrce come. their Acknowledged phys'ol"s'cA su'
ner,ority over W, as Q general thlng-tueif Well
contacted frames, clear compeIlons, and genera
lo-k of health and strength Something Of .a' "
doubles. due TO q climate ~hich AFFORDS larger
PROPORTION of days suitable for oPen-.r amu'e
merits. when one has once conquered toe ns'd'A
nr,iudice sssin.t being duck I'd aud damPened' aud
ss,o., ar atmosphere ~hch the lungs del GIT - To-
,pre 70 their full inh.ton. But our climate and 'r
Are good enough for strong ard robust Person' and
.,or sod robust i is tho business of every one 10
make himself and to teach bis CD ldren to become
And We rejoice to see that the necessity OF reform
in our national habits in this respect 10 beginning
70 be widely recognized and provided TOR. Auo'er
the Northern States, ball clubs are forming, aoa
friendly trials Of skill between ri'I sciores are
t.hipe place. which can have none other tnan oene
fetal eff, ct. Boating to-, is fast becoming tue
rule instead of the exception among young men "
the cl,s.ts removed from msoual labor. Iney are
growing into fixed Institutions In almost all ice
COLLEGES. and the generous strife between them In
.upt riori,y bss bee me on annual festival oil VIDE
.nrsod Ard increasing interest. GJmnastlc eHer'
ci.es. too, are entering much more than ever DE-
fore into the plans OF education at our Colleges ana
higher Schools.
This i, all az it should be-enly there should be
a great ee.l more OF it. We can well remember
the time when it was thought part OF religious
duty on the part of certsin religlonsts having the
direction of education to rep,ess aud discourage
the games and plays 10 which children at oace To-
ease and repair their nervous energy. lois P 'us
folly. we trust, is now utterly exploded. Tae
truth that man las a duty t, his body, a duty
which should be inculcated 10 cbdnoOd ADD youth,
il forcing itself on even the most pietutc school
masters But it is not yet as well understood as
il should be. Bodily exercises ought to Do, not
merely permitted, but encouraged aod promoted by
all .escb. rs fit for their vocation. Suitable grounds
and buildings should be provided for these purposes
BY the public just as much as the schooh 'u'es and
| apparatus Of intellectual instruction. The funis
mental truth thst the body should bs the first ob
ect in wise education, and the mind the second,
should never be Lost sight Of aud it should scco n
psby and modify the whole process Of educstlon 40
lopg ss it is in the hands of teachers And then
the pupils should be made to understand, when dis
mi,sed to their own care, that their whole lite 10
but continued course OF education, 10 which the
body 10 still to have its due share as well AZ the
mind. We are yet but beginning to appreciate, as
We should do, the vital importance Of physical
strength and bodily health to tee Development add
advancement of that true and high civilization
which il is the main task Of man on this planet ~
promote.
There ia rot much need of saying anything more
on he subject popular education, in its Common
y received acceptation; toe necessity OF educ ,ting
toe rising generation has been so long dlnned iuto
the ears Of this nation that it has almost become
Nuisance. And it would be altogether such if il
could he pushed to the point which ambitious
teachers ard selfconc-i'ed school committeeman
tn ok the true ideal. But this is because of the
sided character Of these aspirations. The aim Of
the men having the direction of tie nurseries Of the
future race has been too much to increase the field
Of study and apply new forces to the discipline OF
the mind, and to give it new treasures Of general
knowledge and Of exact science. Fortunately,
there is a point at which the human nature, Of
which there is much in boys and good deal 10 girls
refuses to be made a boob. learning nschine. Aud
hence more or fewer stout ounces survive the
ordeal of the schools and keep the world com.
fortaby soipg. School committees aud school nss
ters generally look on the mind as the only pare Of
the human micrOcOsm with which they have any
thing TO do. The body is too often regarded ony as
meoial servant Of the mind, not without its coz
yenences in its servile condition. but whose iuy it
is to tale itself out of tho sy and to take of IT,
.elf While the great work of drilling its master is go
ing Oh. DISCRIMINATION and over cramuiog are the
mschiefs wbch low haunt our schOolhouses, and
what With the increase of taskwork in school hours
aid the retreLchment of the hours of play AMI
sleep, by tasks out of set o it may be we'll doubled
whether the boosted improvements in education
have really made it Of nore value than it was fft,
years ago.
This one sidedpess, however, can and will be
remedied. The public attention ha, been forci,y
drawn 70 this matter BY writers from Combe down.
ward, and yet more BY the papable miscbiefs
brought before the eyes of parents 10 the instances
Of their own children Public Education is thing