New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-09-17
Old scHooL AND NEW SCHOOL.

The great clock on DR. Blimbers stairs echoed mo-
notononsly that learned gentleinans valedction 10
his dcpartfng scholars: "Gen-tc-mon- we-willT re-
-our-stud- les the TWEEN -ty ttth OF next
month" All the schoOl-clocks Of New York have
beon ticking a similar wOful prophecy ever since va
cation set in" Pu-pIlswe-wll Ios
hethe-iif Pupils-we-wlilrc
suneour-stud-ics- On-he fif eenth-oi-Sep-teio-per
By generous city regulations bilnl sX weeks VI l'sV
have been awarded to tired scholars ana worn teac
ers Heats and languOr5 are not yet forgotten Wntli
term. time calls to more heats and languors. ne
boarding schools are kinder They give almost lhige
months of nternssiOn nor Is their routine Oh WORK
so cxhausting. But they open their doors 700 so0n
and frown upon the pupil who Iingers tl OCTOBER oy
Now Septembcr is M really Summer, in our eli
mate as June or August. There are toirld moons,
and close. warm unvltaiized days and nights WhIcn
,,Tler sleep Moreover. eyes that are anOlnted see
Lideous specteTs which are called typhoid ana dyson
tery prowling abont the poorer quarters aud along
the river streets at nightiaiI ana carry morning
ia specally the children who are their prey. let
INTO their pesilent ueighborhood come hunureus
npon hundreds of little people fresh from the cooler
country 10 feel the laSsltude and weakness WHICH
off-r typhoid and dysentery such hospitality.
Nor is the question Of health alone, bnt OF the
economy of forces. Why should New-loFk tax her
self for three months of UNNECESSARY school krepi1H
when she offered a corps OF teachers older tnah inc
plioceno man. wiser than the Academy OF sciences,
moro iu,Ieftigube than the editor Of n daily nows
paper whose terms liberal az the air. aud whose
classes are more free Their names are mountain
soa shore prairie, hillside, pasture pond BACK dooE
yard, potli o-patch, any spot OF country WneI1 SUI
shine comes ana ram liiS' anu tno e""VV III ''"'
Five months. from early June till late October
constitute the school term though constant lectures
ore given i'm natural and moral science through the
year Owing 10 the foolish and detective system re-
vsed by men only the August session ~ 1nlIy at
Ienarting reluctantly In early September Every
pupil is admitted to all the privileges Of that vere-
bic institution nature condition of daily pressure
al lessons Geography, Botany, Geology. MineFalogy
| Entomology, MeteOrOlogy. Astronomy, above all
Phy-ioosS and Hygiene are taught ~ 40 where else
| and there are q extras except washing 900 .
| II II better for boy and glr 10 ploN oyer Monht
| Mansfield or Shawangunk, or over Orange Mountain,
i'm tlcy know how the liclens grow on
! the gray old rocks and when tho
| naples blaze in scarlet and yellow. than
| Ia learn from tho map that tho Himmalayas must
! look seventeen times higher than the moon IL Is
better 60 gather roindeer MOSES and speckled forms
aud shell like fungi ia tho matted woods getting ny
heart the gray and brown bolls OF maple anu oeecu,
aud the white-stemmed shiverng birches than 10
read all the paragraphs about Junges that ever Nery
written, except perhaps Mr.; AgassHs' Nbatprinted
botany lesson with iis dreadful moandrlas' AMI poly;
nndrias aud Observation-Disclosures despaTs, sayors OF
such learning "a IL wrapped up IN noddluR tReruhes,
! aud tasscs of the Waysidc goldcn-TOd, aud purple
aster Aud not even Ruskin knows as much aDont
! clouds rs the clouds know and "a they tell every
hour of these September days. Ihls buzz IN the nov
moons slender Legged laden bees toll over the corn
stalks yellow butterflies fade on the golden rods,
| ana Glow ON the road and nnmnerable winged
creatures are born aud die every day. only, ~ Would
seem 10 say Ia the children: LOOK here, WHAT man
! ful fine fellows we are. Come and study u.s. But
after all perhaps the best thngls the physloogcai
| training. All the ProfcSors-No God, Stone, Mount
Lane Hill Brooks, and The rest-lIslst on itee AT
| water simple diet. early hours. old clothes, thick
shoes. much exercise joty. few books, sunburn'
| and fTcckles. =, -,
| dren and teachers have time allowed them for TINS
special trainingl They will come thence to spelling
and grammar and the ditferentia Calculus as to n
fairy tale such red blood will leap IN their pulses,
| such electric currents kindle their brains.
| We hear much of the excellence OF our common
School systei--sOme OF its results are admirable
Perhaps there is but one thing better than Its USE
and that is its disuse. Let Ms have vacation from
June 10 October rather let ls dnrhg that Time
| substitute the did School of OutotdOors Tor the
| New School Of Ward No. or Word NO. ~.