Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-09-09
Go-Educatlon Of the sexa.
From 'h' Wilmington Advertiser.

''oA 'h1 " hWlnxt0n Advertser
Ou' nfst objection to the proposition OF coeJuca.
wv" w 'he sexes is based upon the dancer 4, .uh
lie morals We infer 1t ia DANCES. * x 70 puc
sexes III the school room BOYS ana u,,,. ar. hn-
a"' WI" human passions sand it Is not, rio,,s
.n". ny "eS,te Is created and passion intamed by the
'uoA. '. nm" the touch Of the opposite sex Til, -
pr'' 'a's'hg. but not too PLAIN, where an attempt
o7lng made TO demor ,liIe tn. f.,rest and hst nt
the growing ger Grafton.
Inc PROJECT OF co-rducaton was tried in III.
'aeASoh Hrammer School IN th. 2Gth ward of
ihi'aueirhm. three years ago and 80 persstent
were tie Complaints of rudeness ln.iarencv and
u'"'D'e = insults by the boys OF the school to the
Sn' p"Phs. mat 1t hal to be sbsndoned The new
| otahton Grammar School erectel fo, hove AZ an
| eApohs6 ot tto,OW became Necessity in tna ward
| a.. 'h' prohp'ihgs of the te,h reyuia,sd by
| Supr'hu'itn power in Wilmington or /, ,upernai-
tion 'e"'p'"
Has it occurred to the gentlemen whose honest
| aud Just intentions we do not question. We know
many OF them aud willingly bear testimony to
th'r excellent eharacters) who advocate the cham
that thls system was tried under the auspices ol
the nation IN Donc States Of Greece four tho, .
sand years ago. Boys and girls hy the Laced
mohssn laws were trained III common in the
yyn,sium the result was that unchastty and in
confluence became >" universal that the iron con
| science OF Pagan sparta was T. u he'd, and the
sexes separated i'll the public schools by law. Car
VT hHOru 10 Try an experiment which aroused Pa
, gansm to revolt BY its atrocityS
Every careful parent keeps out Of sight the boo u
or picture that even remotely suggests thought
or te lings necessarily known to the dvanced
life. but forbidden to the boy gri at the thr-sh
n old OF puberty. Ii such things not improper pc
Sc are covered out OF sight why expose the seus
tive AMI continent boy to the ieoring gaucrs ot
3 grit Why subje, t shrinking girl TO the told
n,ss OF boy One Of the complaints We fts
quently hear Is that boys uor girls Eot boys I
. girls any more. That there is an indesctibab
!, something abroad which fosters prococity wh,c
Q teschea children unforbldden knowledge by intu
= tion as it wer.
Professor Agassiz, in writing upon the 5.
: cal state of New England, traces up to sclo,
: opportunities much of the i,npurity of aftt
70 life. In ont Of the New England cite
Springfield, We believe, but are not certain
present, within few years, one Of the la
gest public schools was broken up, because
the misconduct uf the boys and girls wi
were school-d in the same building mot Il
rompy noisy mischief of children of Il
Baby lOnish vices Of puberty. The unfor
a mates of Philadelphia are largely recruit,
y. from the country districts where the mix
system OF education exists, with its hour
opportunities for appointments and assign
I tions, at recess and going to and raturniI
=, from school. Sometime ago We had occasi
To examine a number of unforturates il
celebrated divorce case, painfully remarki
al their youth and general intelligence, We
y. Suired of them the cause Of their fall, and
~ every instance, save one, they attributed il
/, , their attendance at mixed schools in tn. co,
ie ties OF Barks, Lehigh and Northampton,
he Pennsylvania.
We do not deny that at certain mature
", rivalry may stimulate the efforts of young n
if and women; bmt during the period OF vii
s,s development the animal organism so prept
,al derates as to require repressioa-nay refrp
ev alton to prevent its exuberant and unnatl
growth.
The case of Swathmore and the sclt
named are not fitting examples to he follow
The sexes although in the same school
separated as fully as if in different scho
Not one, but many yigilaht female teact
watch the girls. quite as many male teact
a overlook the boys This is quite differ
NJ from the proposed congomerate system in
.ad city We have written this article strong
~ it is tru---but we feel that the interest of |
a5 lie morality demands 1t. We are untinctl
't with any desire to lower or lessen the cha
az ter of our youth-we desire to stay the on "
". march Of materialisn, and So desiring,
90 have dared to speak out not caring for
'N' sure, as we are sustained by the necessity
being plain to painfulness.