Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-10-10
Going 90 school.

y for some time past We have been
, gratihed again with tho sight Il the
children going Ia school, Ii inay
, seem 10 many too common thing
! TO notice, and, probably some OF our
; readers are never aware 1T lhc bo-
ginning aud ending of the school
terms, aud the passage Ia nhd ifo
at the girls and boys along Ia streets
at our cily-what il Il h. them 7
but Ia ~, Il Is positive pleasure,
ono of our purest and best, and Il
costs us nothing, We III In oar
lonely sauotnm, with windows OF.
cnlng io the lloor, "a go0d thing, by
tho way, ia this warm climnle) aud
watch the beautiful girls, with their
rosy aud smiling faees, and THAR
plump arms, loaded with hooks and
slntes and baskets aud satchels, go,
ing to the various schools or return
in Z thcrcfrom, and Il docs our olh
weary heart good. How lightly
they step, how happy they look-it
rlirs up our languid blood aud gives
us new life TO look ut them. And
the boys, too, I'VE like 10 see them,
bounding along, sometimes noisi.
" and boisterOusly aud sometimes
throwing stones ut stray cEt or
dog, and sometimes at each other,
and getting up n small fight or ~
but what of thatg-boys will be-
boys-and we like them, in spite OF
their badness, lut not as well as
the dear little charming girls, with
their aprons and pantellettes and
sillScn hair, flying or curling about
their bright innocent fnccs-Lord
bless them. In tho season of flow.
ers-and in this favored climate,
we have them almost tho year
round, our fall flowers being partic.
ularl v beautiful--wo often SEQ them,
with bouquets in hand or ado ming
their persons, and sometimes, as we
pass them on tho street, little
beauty, who knows us, as the most
Of them do, presents MS with n rose
or rosebud, and we feel mora
thankful and proud than il tho
greatest belle of Texas had favored
us with n like notice. ..
Going to school-how the sight
takes US back through long years to
the time, when We, too, were II hap.
py schoo!boy, with little thoughts
Of what wo were destined to pass
through in reaching our halfn cen
tury Of varied existence. 1t may
not have been 80 with all, but with
us it Il very pleasant thing to go to
school. 1t was never irisomc-we
never grew weary of tive never
had enough of two loved our
teachers and were grateful for their
instructions. When we had to stop
going to school. our troubles began.
We look back on our schoolboy
days with pleasure and feeling of
regret that they should have ended
so soon. Our schooling, such as
we had, was always with the girls,
at mixed schools of both sexes, and
it has given us n predilection for
schools of that kind We do not
believe in keeping the sexes scpa-
rate and unacqnaintcd with each
other until they arc grown men and
women. 1t works badly, we think
ii does not improve tho manners
or morals Of either. They wcroin-
tended for each other from the be-
ginning to the end of life. Their
schooling together cxcitcs emuIa-,
ton, gives soitness and polish to.
their manners, makes them acquain-
ted with each others characters aud
peculiaritics, and fits them for IL.
more intimate union in tho future,
as God intended. Without the COM
panionship of girls, boys become
rude, coarse and rough, and so, toa
less extent, do girls, shut ont from
the presence and occasional associa-
ton Of the male sex. Each has, as
was the design at the creation, II fi,-
vorable influence and effect upon
the other. The schools of our city,
at present, are of the mixed kind,
and we are not sorry for it--thcv
arc decidedly good, and we are glad
that we can recommend them.
There is great mistake with
some rs to the age when children
should be sent to school. They
think it is time and money lost
sending young children to school.
Not so; education should begin
early. What is acquired in carly
life lasts the longestq AS we grow
old, tho occurrences of the day
make but little impression upon ps
and arc soon lost to memory. What
we learn in childhood, is not often
forgotten. The languages, pardcu-
larly, should be taught to the
young 1t is much easier for them
to acquire a knowledge of foreign
and facility of using them,
than for the old or the middle agcd.
As soon as children can talk plain
ly and run about, their educatiun
should begin. aud it should last. lf'
possible, until they reach maturity.
Not that they shOHId be too much
coufned and Kept too long at study
this is another fatal error. Give
them plenty of aiE~and exercise,
plenty Of play and amusement
while instruction is going on. This
IS the true system. aHi
But we must close this article
we are making it didactic. which
was least IN our mind when We
it, We only intended
10 describe our young friends going
10 school once more, and the sweet
md innocent pleasure il gave us TO
zee them on their way.
Planchette is al the rage iust nov.
A few evenings since. yOnnE mar
red lady, with several friends Of
10Th sorcs married "a vel a. sin.rfa