Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-20
ER WORK.


18th echoolhoYs or undergraduates is
J ware OF pleasant fiction which is cur
- mt amongst them, but which receives
Sill moro credit from their mothers and
/ ssters. q young gentleman whose face
{ rather paie, whose hand shakes more
ian Is atdng ek his time of life,
L md who ha5IA rally dilapldated APP
Siearal,ce sc - md of term, is apt to
,crIbe th0Go q 1ptoms to the superhu-
csl ian Efforts N Has made in passing the
an tito. 81 n throws out dark hints
y V ,out I'D 16E1ity of fastening a wet
vel rou1 hiG Head, and supporting his
req, HyOus system by cOpious draughts of
~ cen tea. His female relatives naturally
a rmpathize, apd regard examiners as
ony-hearted ipdictors of torture upon
ee& e young. Tho more experienced and
; s1partial observer is apt to be skeptical
I's is indeed tue that some young men
i've injured their constitutions, and
'obably moro are likely to suffer the
,lu,.me injury, under the influence of COM
;illstitive examinations. But it is also true
lat in majority Of cases the fiction is
lo7 lerably Transparent to the young gen.
r amen's coile8e acquaintance. Over
ork is sometimes a simple appeal for
Il aompassiop: 'tts supposed victim is mere
I'LL acting the partof the pallid student to
IN !apress the audience at home. More
pnequently Il ID delicate periphrasis for
\, Jme of less presentable
s1uf4 4t@solafF may be imputing to
ltellectual exefti0n what is really due to
LIZ misguided passion for supper parties
"a to nights TT in devotion to loo.
lsharts ov1rQoKi is highly convenient
4 I'll to- throw over the innumerable
':1ethods in which q youth may injure his
-r 1natituti0n. IL the physical mischefs
reduced BY excessive study could be
lirly compared With the mischiefs pro-
!. nced BY other causes, we have shrewd
y aspicion that their sum total would be
slfnitely less than is generally supposed.
81 We may say pretty confidently, from a
u )lerahly wide experience, that the num-
er OF victims a nverwork is utterly in
ignidcant, compared with the number
victims from other causes, and with
he numbexo{ Aaees in which the excuse
III imposed ppQu aoft hearted relations.
~ What 81 trio Of undergraduates is at
Ta .ast equally true In later life. Most men.
n 3 they grow older, grow lazier, and at
7 lie same time become more accomplished
>. ypocrffcs Tor both reasons they &C
uire greater skin in imposing upon
-lemselves and others. A young man
- rought up IL happy ignorance of ply
Ia ol0gicat Laws and placed under the
= imulus of competition whose import
q g. ace te sosslY exaggerates,, does occas-
III nnlry ties with his constitu-
On. When he Incomes conscious of his
= gesf4Y4s he grows more
y lutiou nd lpss accessible to excite
anaenk 10 be ridiculed by his
q PM he becomes an adept in
= ne m 1ktery. Everybody likes
~ MH1 80 making superhuman
n .Kata0 wife and family accept
Il is theq more readily than his
/ atom eitors. And thus, when
~ 0me iQ( IN breaks down under
J ahe oto6n Abors, there is immed-
\ Q]1l hard-working people
fh0Ate - pxClaim, Yes, we are all
,nsreakm& The cry is taken up by
( he Qe9l1 md we are treated to
les iO4oe upon the terrible ex-
lite ,ncessant wear and tear
l. 6 - We are living too fast,
s ut h at both ends, and ex-
Al Hons systems under the
0a1cD ri of our struggle for
QsDAuch Of all this is gen.
d iAe 60d nov much is merely the repe-
Is ton II later life. and with greater af-
u Hon Of s0lemnity, of the old under
faduate pretence that we are being over
iaerked, when II reality we are only
anting TO excitea little domestic pity?
!. xst
y The complaint 81 overwork, when it
1as some genuine foundation, is generally
,.ounded upon Smisconception. There
y, undoubtedly very real and not I'M
1'he name Two men of equal strength
|Laay - doing HI same amount of actual
, vork, md yet one man may be killing
lmson, Whf1a the other finds his duties
i nero chlM'1 play. The reason is, of
/, sourso thAt o. man S work is productive
~ anxlq&9. 13Bt the others may be
.lnoko.y 40 "A Spectator may spend
= very n LA anything that can be
81 :alleo ~ az the difficulty is that
re cam business behind him.
II n1 ~ sl1 ,z z0ey is the most deadly
~ al tf1 hen a man commits
's@uiciue less reasonable, accord
ng % $50 - verb, to ask, Who is she.
( nan g much is it =? Business
sn.va1 ~ In state of constant
1c!Iiasse ruin and fortune,
T . ~ a0. 49,. p home and prevents
uut e Is incomparably more
: . .yle any quantity of down
TsI ~ .4s The Stock Exchange
> ~ ~. ~ 2.ZZ u lunatic asylums more
1ulck!y = most laborious Uni
'elsis = 49, H. ~, England and Amer
ca. may labor at the cola
fIon q e xzzs =, or even at the search
II OF , ~. !, 8 - z1 Tor fifteen hours day,
ID . .l.. uo q for it; third of the
<aM1 sps1s flng the ups and downs
l - shares, and stalking
$ LOS 81 ut, would qualify him
VT ~. 49, lstcoat or halter in a
= 90 csaI. d. er, speculation has
Po. na 81 - - credltable sound, the
= Wa 49,! - =. onces are very frequent
49, 81 81 count of its more re-
!, g, h. ghtforward industry.
. - Ssl0s 49e form or another, to
penQ our time at the gam
I rs tabloo which exist in an infinite yari.
y o1 1Qx a very capital in the world
&pzecently complain that we
! 1n5onld ourselves by over-applica,
ao. g dntles.
!. ~ &1erefore, we should say that
~ ~ of overwork are amongst
~ - III of all the excuses set up
Re evils which they bring
: 49, s Very few people really
n, 81 49, when they do, it general
~ hem. Directly or indi-
49, .y does fifty times as much
4 - best cure for the love of
I ady application. 4 vast
d - pity is thrown away in
! b. instead Of solemnly warn
not to do too much, we
Z z<2ss /! mpler to refuse the indi-
[Lz.ly.I5 Tor which they are man.