Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-06-27
pnuoAr1oN AND AMusrMnNr.

uChlAu PoASuhe ~ khAb hhSA ShAAdASu |
should excel in some one branch ofknowl-
edge which they esteem of more import
ance than all the rest. Sometimes it is
some branch in which they are themselves
expert. and this they push and push until
it becomes wearisome and disgusting to
the child, who starts of at q tangent in
open rebellion, or sinks into hopeless idle
mesa or indifference. Sometimes it is
mathematics, sometimes the languages,
that become the parents desire 4; or he may
be an ignorant man himself, but "the
course" at a college is his great ambition,
and then to hear his son " wag his tongue
in a pulpit" No sapliug ever throvs un-
der the shade Of the parent oak, and it is
but seldom the son. even Of q great man.
becomes great under the too closely;fol-
lowing eye Of the Enthusiastically not
under his eompulsion. But If that son
has a taste and industry, BY all means let
him have q broad system Of culture. We
know that great men are often said to be
made upon the principle Of zone book"
But when that one book Is chosen BY an.
other, while no doubt the youth may be-
come great in tina, one thing, he will yet
be deficient in everything besides, and
certainly not happy. His spirit will be
broken. There will be no manhood in
him. aud not that power certainly Of turn
ing q clear. strong mind to whatever duty
may lie before him.
Here is the great advantage Of some well
devised system Of culture. Like a COL
lege course, il almost aims to make the
mind symmetrical, to give breadth and
variety to study; and this will often make
III. whole far more interesting, and lead .
youth to take q more just view Of his own
attainments, than he has been accustomed
TO while working on alone. Languages,
sciences. mental and moral studies viii
each interest for q few hours, when any Of
them would wear down the mind alone.
The same principle will apply to recrea-
! ton. The Puritans and the Cavaliers
represent the two extremes on this point.
| The Puritanic aversion to all manly sports,
on account Of their dangerous tendencies
and liability to be carried too far, we all
know.
The Cavalier extreme is the most imme-
nsdiatsiy dangerous, perhaps to industry
and good morals, but the Puritan extreme,
on the other hand. has shortened the days
Of many a ine youth, and broken the en-
ergy and spirit Of far more and BY lead
ing them out Of society has led them into
drinking and other vices Of q mastering
and destructive character. No youth
oush, to be confined and restricted to one
or two recrea,ions. Let children, espe-
cially, have rariety, and this will prevent
any one from being carried too far. Life,
health and good morals are all more or
less connected with this. Let q parent try
and secure the advantages of the best So
ciety for his children. but let them also
have pl.nty Of ~eonsenio! society. Is at
triton will wear Of q thousand rough
edges Of character that nothing else can.
I, will wean from vanity and the exhibit
ton of self, and promote real good will,
good spirits and good morals. Take .
family that shuts itself up. seldom re-
ceives company and as seldom goes into
it, for fear Of its dangerous tendencies.
or from some fancied superiority In morals
or manners--in fact, from any eause-and
i, will o be found that its members
degenerate and decline morally and intel
lectually, more from solitude than Others
do from too much society. Man is a so-
cial being. and he needs variety in hi'
pursuits and in his refreshments.
7, follows from this that, IN the whole
and with proper regulations, public edu.
cation is better than private in every way,
and that. by a careful parental guidance,
the habit of mixing with a large variety Of
persons, and carrying on simultaneously
q considerable variety Of studies and du.
ties, will give not only more life. but
more correc, taste and greater ~sprightli.
ness than the opposite extreme. Solitude
makes profound students, but society
teaches how to use knowledge; and Il is
the careful sdmixture Of the two that pro-
duces the successful and progressive
scholar-the man who, while he leads the
world in one particular, is led BY it in
thuusand. and who 6nds happiness, health
an usefulness from knowing alternately
when TO teach and how to learn from
every circumstance and company.