Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-08-26
Male ana Female sehools.

boys aRl girls attending the sam,
schools, The sexes Nere created
for each other. aud were intended
as a check aud q balance the one OF
tho other IN every department o
/ society. When God saw that il
was not good for Adam To br eltne
he created for him an helpmeel, nnd
from that good hour down 10 tie
present timo, men aud women, b0y'
and girls, hate lived together ID
The same fauilllcs-minglod togeth
dF in the eam6 soeiety-attonded
the samo ehurchus, aud are contin,
dally dying In the faith that they
will meet in the same Heaven. Why
the ethools should be made an eS.
ceptidr TO thls natural order Of
things, We aro nj less 10 know.
We loof In vain % tile laws OF Ma.
ture and II HeTtlatlon for the rea.
son,
Educatioa Is the mcat important
consideration OF life: in fact, IL is the
great business in life. u does not
consist merely IN the cultivation of
tho intellect, or il, tho gathot'ng OF
few detached ihcts OF kt!cNlcdgc
into tho store-house ofmomorJ nor
does il consist in the acquisition Of II
iow elegant but superficial accent
plishmenis. Education Has refer
inec to the whole man; it means Il
developcment and improvement df
the human being physically, intel.
loctually, socially, morally md
spiritually. This life is but pre-.
paFstcry state for future existence.
That hfeparation is tho business of
lifo, and properly speaking, is ed
ucation.
1t is truo tERt every individual
must acquire the greater portion OF
this education for li:'!sclf; but du-
ring our minority VIC need teachers;
and economy demands schools and
classes, so that those equally cd
vanced can be instructed at cncc
and together. Well, girls posseso
the same faculties Of mind rs boys,
are subject to the same laws of na-
ture, and therefore are in need of
similar instruction. Now if we put
the sexes in different schools, it is
evident that double the number of
classes will be required. This re-
uuirc double the number Of teachers,
and renders the expenses of cduca-
ting the rising generation two.fo!d.
And what do we gain by it2 We
answer, nothing. We are cohotant-
ly losing in a much higher than
any pccuniary sense. Boys sep
aratcd from the presence and in.
fuencc of the opposite sex become
rude, reckless and vicious. Girls
so separated have a tendency to be.
come idle and careless of person
and attire. Put boys and girls to-
gcthcr in the same schools and clas-
scs, and exactly the contrary effects
appear. Both sexes are cleanl y and
neat in person and clothing; both
are continually on their good be-
haviour lest rudcnes5 should be de-
tccted in their conduct by the other,
and the result is that good manners
and good conduct become matters
Of Axed habit. Idleness is utterly
surplantcd by industry and appli-
cation, because pride and ambition
will not let either sex expose itself
in the presence of the other when
they mcot in tho class for recitation.
In short, zach scx is mutual spur
and check upon the other, and
both are benefited in every respect
by tho presence of the other. And
this is natures inexorable law: each
sex is the complement Of the other;
and the presence of each is neces.
sary for the welfare of The other.
But we are told that boys and
girls will fall in love with each 9TH
er. Well when water ceases to seek
it, level, and grass no longer groWo,
youngsters may quit this very M
tural ihdiscretion. But until the
laws of nature are reversed or act
aside they will continue to love
whether present or absent, and Our
experience is that absence only ir-
ritates and cxcites the passion. But
all agree that marriage is not only
q natural relation, but Divine in
stitution and that it is right for
voting men and young ladies at
proper ago to marry. But then
marriage next to tho church is the
most important relation into which
men and women enter in this life.
Is 1t not then highly important that
they should thoroughly understand
'enct. other before cptelihg Into this
saSeed relation. Each should bic
perfectfyac9uaiH1cd with the health,
habits, capacity, education, charac,,
tor and disposition Of The other, and
know that they atU BY nature al
aptcd to each othgt. And nowh6tb
can they learn this important and
necessary knowledge SO well as, in
the same schools and classes. The
want of this knowledge has filled
the world with unhappy marriages,
suits for divurces, and general 60
cial ruin. Men and women fall in
love at sight, and marry without
getting really acquainted with each
other. When they do get acquain-
ted they find they are in no way
adapted to each other. A proper
system of education might avoid
much of this doaiestig trouble and
unhappiness.
fFrom the Paris North Texan.
A young lady with a very fine
foot bat rather large ankle went
into San Francisco shoe store to