, 1869-03-21
THE RIGHTS OF cH11pRxE.

At the i1s: meeting Of the Bo41d OF |
Health The Sanitary 1uspec ors req T,sd
The cnpdltiou Of the schools OF this ci.y,
In rtgsrd to 'vsnsilauon- Tho report
incluetl both public and PRIV tie scroo,f,
AID WAS OF such 3 cu.rac et shss we
should hardly have betn surpr1std 10
hear that these uoxious places had been,
during the: week, abAndooed by .he,r
pupils. That such rekuls has no. fol-
low.d IL due rather to The Ignorance OF
parents than to the fact that the " bsd,"
ana " incomplete" and "no ventilation"
which the Inspectors report Is nos quite
8 sufficient reason Tor Ior nddin9 \ Guild
to oencounter risk 50 dangerous. Ba',
unfortunately, pure atm soheric air
IL so rarely considered ss necessary OF
life that II Is not 10 be wondetei AZ th2s
this deptorable condi Ion OF lhe scaooI-
ooms has attrAc' 80 little seeusion. II
the importance of yensila ION WAS geoer.
ally unders ood and insssIed uooa; 1t
fresh air waa thought Necessary in
churches, In pubIic-nasls, IN dwelling.
hcusee, In Offices, In court-T,oms, in
shops ard wherever else men and women
conereeste ard I've, then, Of course, its
necekai1y would be u-derstood and
It's introduction insts:Cd upon In
places wteEs children ere crowded
together every day for hours at a,,ue.
But ss The ccn'rsry Is the tact, 1t is not
In tie least surprising that parents who
tpjoy poisoning themselves, should think
II q matter OF tmAlt m,mens knAt their
cti.dren should be sut1ec ed to ainl-
la1. troctse.
Il wcu'd seem. therefore, rather .
thai kiss ard hopeless rask 70 say any.
thing upon The subject. We speak, fol
the most par', to ears that will no. hear
and eyen they who u. dlrs and us vii, no
practice upon the abstract proeo-
siuon that OF all s,hirHs ,preciou!
health il above al price,, We DO 20
MEAN TO ny that the want OF ventilation
In many OF the scho,i rooms Of this city
will PROVE SA'Al to most 81 ,he ehlldfct
who attend them; but We Ger A.asy d,
mean to say that in some Of them Of dell
cS.e cou s,iiuuons and u Ger ain sca1en
cies, the seeds OF fatal d.sesse Will b
piantsd; Inst in all Of them hcs'th
ard Vigorous srcw:h is inevlsabi
checked, which, iu- mruy cases und:r ne|
and favorable cireums,snces, may lead
results rs teplorsble; and that 20 deprs,
scholars OF air 10 unwtse AID cruel. "
would not tor The world spe.k dlsrespec
fully CT reading, wiring or art'hues,
but II IL not improper 70 say that net.h'
one OF Them probably, Is of much use
nchild,who pays for their soQutsttion a
ea1ly TRANSLATION 10 apo*htr wurtd whei
knowledge cemca without books. Al
even where the price Is LEES tremrudor
II may be q question with wise II
aEtcucnste parent wbethtr unim2Ar
htal1h IL not better endowment th
a1l the learning the SCHOOLS cAn g''
especially when it Is conB.dc1eh that !
learning can be had in somc other y
ardtte heslth not sacrltccd. For cur o.
psrt We should not hesitate So highly
We pr,ze The gifts Of God, thai We
item above the comuon school s5s.e
and II q child OF ours must choose
tween the air Of Heaven essea'iAl 10
htal.hy lite, ard \ seat IN any s:ho
Ioom with tie sacrifice therein, the
ot,he good Gsd would be taken whit
mutmur, and the olter l.f. And
loloinR, We sincerely btl,tvc that
would be well fer Ibis c2m nuoisY, VII
chlldsen b1c now Krow.nR up 10 be
is future men and WON
, ii their psreuts were visa ennr
to keep them ouI OF these places wh
fevers lu1k and cSrsu uplion tes N a
fer The te1det vlcsius 70 whose dea.c
lures ard ac7'e 1et7ous sys'ems
sensitive br .ips Gcdts tteah ar Is dsn
Illhc chile 1en were deprived OF school