Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-07-13
r,,,oort0ut-schooi Hours and Exercise

Mr. Edwin Chadwick, whose Aane Is (
;5o,tis.d with so many important social
reforms, remarks the n. Y. Evening Post, !
hos og late been prosecuting an educational
enquiry of great interest. He was apPollni'eol j
bv tbe British government a commissioner 10
;nonira into the excessive labor OF young
persons in cotton factories. The results ne
obtained led him to propose measures, winch
wore in mart executed, for reducing the work
inr time of children under thirteen years OF
: age 10 six hours day, and for ensuring their
attendance at school the residue OF the tne' |
a ,sv three hours. The children under inns |
; nro7;sior are called "half timers'i and 1t
e turns out according to Mr.. Chadwick m
d vostigotion. that in well-conducted schools
their attainments are quite equal to those Ol
at the q fnll timers" who attend school SIX hours
y daily. while in aptitude for the apPhcalU,n u,
in of their knowledge they are salu 70 -. "
as SUPERIOR. As they gain in bodily GoIul'lon ~
tn by the reduction of their physical laDOl, p
ne they do in mental condition by the reuuc'iOH
Of of the time devoted to mental haoor'
Mr.. Chadwick made also close eXanllu'-
sh ton of the best of the long time schools for
Ia Young children, and found, upon the testimony
he | Of the most Intelligent teachers, that they
nm could not keep up yOfuHtary attention TO
= .t,,51, bavond two hours in the mO-uing and
'he 80 Io,r in the afternoon. By force, erv~7
yo- tLo,, cannot oct more than an additional nan
ect bonr of real attention, and that haii-nou !
an proves in the end q mental mlschlei as We
,lu- as bodily injury. From these lacts II MGul
of seem to follow, as hecontends that our seIGo
ion systems are a violation in this respect Vi VI
! laws OF physiology: ,t,, ;,;,,ry
Il Rows are enabled to repair the INJURY :
lder undue mental work, to certain extent Y
for 49,, .fIIetic Games Not so with girls
? as board;pp-schools they are fastened 10 thel
soIentaTy occupations often eight hours a ia!
., -;tb bnt slight intervening r~elaXalon ~
svsTcise. Mr.. Chadwick finds that the uausl
end - ,,otbars who have worked, but who's
the c,i,o. - - cot ON in the world and haV
- tl,esa dauohters to day or boarding
ctiye .oLools and kent them from work, are shorv
ught and generally Of inferior strength 70
~ yvorl,in0 mothers; that the proper luA
i: n,otbers of the well-tO-do classes Wno y
cii''- sncEIe their own children IS dlmihlsnlLil
oung that among women who have one SeI ,. {.
lp IL there are ailments which are uiii-.-S
takes amongst women who have no Servants - =
Fairs, that these ailments are worse VIZ -. ~
ght," who have two seINhh'Si ''. oI:ot;cns
: ~. indeed. and with new complcattlchS,
" -' hypochondria, amongst women "no n'
three servants. 1T .,,is ,,snt
nd ed - - tbs reduction of the ordinary sen
hours bv one half and the devotion oI u
,ouob- either to manual labor or gymnastics m Du'
80, form, of exercise, he thinks, IS equai 70
a',- Daai and military drin. This he eohslu
" ~" Iotb in reference to the future Perso
al en- welfare of the pupil and to the interests
ng that tbe community. Looking to the We!luS
:, orv tLe ,,,,-;l he contends that the drill IS g
,,ro for the correction ofcongenital Dodlly ugie
'iiiu 'N' that if gives an early initiation 10 al
st one = implied in the term discipline, nam, nam,
1 term 5utv seIErestraint order, punctlliN
.,.oo ai,o!,i;orca to command and patience tna
rsrders action prompt and easy, ana Auu
lhciP'.S tbe efficiency and productive value VI =, y
ntiOn Is in after-life. Looking to the WelllIe y
alton of nation he maintains that the military anu u
;, ,,-os driu 4 more effectively and Periilane
II tsuobt in the Juvenile than in the adobe
o. sdnlt STAGES ofliie, and that II made
!, one OF sraIIv preyaient, it would accomplish
!. Judge ualiy. in wider and better hAlns, lll'.,
field. of object sought 10 be obtained " sO.o sa,
o., military companies, which, oy 'he ihte =
nois Co'- tioy az nroductive occupations are d.
oTransive and that the juvenile drlI
" pleas nr6duce an immensely stronger anu en, i
defensive force than IS now prVuu's" y
bvIa. means in use in any naton'