Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-02-18
From the Farmers Advocate.
Educating Boys Abroad.
Many parents and rnartiana seem |.

Many parents and guardians seem L
tbins tl.at Children have not Completed
heir education tili they have spent sey
era wears abfoad Among the ruitou-
Ipraetces of the age, none Can be NOR,
niscliievoas ii is Consequences. Ever,
Especies Of xtravagauce is fostered, frou
Ariting sonnes 10 the eyebrows OF lewd
ACTRESSES, down to initiating tte foiies y
celebrated men; very species If disease is
lean;racted fro i those nu>t prvsaltni II
| ftehoa able clicl,.~, COM "a tn vulgar a1ue
every ; ecIeS OF wee is lractieed, from bet
allug. Books are read, bat they are mol
studied 4 smaltering 81 foreign dialects
i acquired, bat useful knowledge is ueg-
erlvd. Aud when, according 10 Tie e..
ablshed usagr. a certain aMoint OF time
nd a cerlaIn amount Of In3neN haze been
wasted, the hopfai youth returns 10 his
.suxiuus aul his alnlrug friends, with 4
Iswa-ge,lhg Air, Main All enlp;v pulse an.i
an empty q a., with \ rum L constitution.
pelh. pa ri 81 ,huact, r.
Il requires bal Al oraiuary capacity to
discover he cause OF this. Boys are SEMI
abroad To complete their education before
Hey have acquired knowk-d re Of them
selves, before they are able 10 read tie
cha acter of themselves, before taey have
learned those lessons without which all
other learning is useless. They somewhat
resemble fra.l craft launched On an nn.
known sea, without COMPASS, wilh,ut a
pilot, without ar0dder. The freqarnce Of
,hipwrecks is not to b. wondered
III. Indeed, we are rather surprised that
any escape destruction. Boys, with just
enough capacity 20 write sonnets about
ssnbeams ad blue eyes, are sent hun
dreds Of miles from no re TO study science,
aud manners, aud human nature. They
are placed under the care of guardians
who know little abonl their requirements,
anl less about their wants. Their morals
are turned over 10 men with narrow minds
and cold sympathies; men who abstain
from evil, not because they dread the IN
faury. but because they dread the punish
ment; who ply The unfortunate when hey
are afar afk, but neglect the suteuny viii
aw wi.oisanex door eighhor; who permit
the student 70 " eua his days IL tnough,-
less ideness. AMI severely reprlmaui INN
Wien he nvgircls 70 atte,d pFaAers.
The taait does aoi lie ii lie yoah, nor
10 the nssuiai dpfa.ItA Of LIE hlsllai
n1nd, put With lis parents, and wrh lis
Ilstructors. IL Is no fauit Of his ii he
Ices no. do What ne cannot du. " hen
ne may be said 10 lie III lie or, sails state
I-betM zen tAe child aud The Toy he is
sent 70 lie aga ieiny aud expected to req
nlae his own diet, 10 choose thy COMPANY
" future HABITS. No parent puts cnild
to sleep expecting II 10 wake ~ man.
II i just aS absurd To expect boy 10
prfsc,lee road what he has not learned
at home. Habits OF economy are no,
usally acquired before manhood. A
suowledge OF human nature, 50 necesoar,
IA The Transactions " human lie, is no,
often obialned IN tile scnool room Or the
aecateints Aud that habitual c,nttulg II
the passion, winch enabies mes 10 bsa,
up against m,Iortules anI to resist ten,,
sationsr which II requires 50 much care
'sn'i diclplinc 70 preserve, may very easily
Oe lost N the society OF Tie vicious, bat IL
can never De regainedin the society OF
students.