, 1873-12-02

giving each child creator opportunity to enjoy
in Freedom tho frosh MIR aud annhhluc, Which
ecu boat 10 accomplished by disposing OF school,
dutlca as carly in tho day aa possible.
In Boston, but hvo hours arc demanded for
cliool-attendanoc.-fron 0 =. m. to II Ill.,, and
from 2 to 4 p. m., with half-holidays evczy
Wednesday and Saturday afternoon.
III Now York, nyo hours arc nlso deomod
sunlciont; and 1t may DO nddod hore that, in
that city, it Is no ,,ow experiment., but a long
established usage. Tho arrangement OF hours
dtftore somewhat from that III Boston, hoing
from a. m. to p. M, viii, tlo uaual interinis
zion Of 20 ,ninutoa At hali.past TO- and one at
MON laBtiug ono honr. ..%. =.
1t tho lattor arrangement 1t may ba obioctett
that It docn not givo tho ohildron tlmo enough to
cat their dinnora aud DO In a proper condition
for study. 10 th'a 1t may be said that largo
dine til later in lie day, or ociooS; m but Il,
for tho number WHO do ont their hoartieAt meals
III tho middle OF the day, tho change might
provo an Inconvenience. II would scarcely count
against tho Eroator advantages to the:whole
number. Besides, by accepting tho plan OF two
halt-tlnys, or by such childron taking lunch,
tho objection would ba lcHsUnod.
There really seoms to be no good roason for
tho difference existing In the arTangemonr Of
and tho Httlc onop.. It would soem TINT, il tlle
diNoronco should bo made at all 1t should 10 Tho
royorae of what It now is II flre hours Of study
aro enough for tho nlaturor minds Of tho gradu-
ato HohUol, how much moro likoly Is II to ho
ample for TUG young scholar whose mind IL got
undisciplined, Who learns by momory, rather tlan
reason, and who acquires by prosont light without
the aid Of precodent or comparison What our
young children cannot learn iii five hours day
lad certainly better be loft TO sor.o future time.
Thore arc doubtlosa Romo insane parents who,
blinded to any needs OF their children but that
tley should out-vio all others OF their own age,
would increase, rather than mitigate, tho briek-
Rnd.Bkraw bondage whoroin thoir Children servo.
own lomo-culturo, think that, 80 long aa thor
children arc at school, they arc out Of tho way
and out OF harm: Perhaps thcir object would
DO better attained by uonding their offspring to
reform echool, which our public schools cor
tatny arc not.
Tic danger is not 80 much that our children
nil DO taught too little, Rs that tlleY will DO
taught too 1nuoh, -Four hours Of well-lircctod
study With fresh, bnoyant minds, would be cor
tainly worth more than Bix Of weariHomo, impa-
tient application.
With all tho facilities now AFFORDED for oduca-
tton, abundance OF books and toachers, together
with tho Incentives offered to superior scholar
ship, NO eeem threatened with tho danger Of
becoming 4 nation Of educated dunceB. And 1t
Ia becoming almost a notorious fact, thata large
proportion OF the men Of mark on tho world'a
| stage arc thoBo whoBo carly culture WAS neglect.
ed, whose education, such as it is, was acquired
by attrition rather than tuition, to whom mother
wit BupplieB tho lack Of schooling. And 1t Ia no
| loss tho fact, Tint many among those who ara
subordnatos in tho worlds business, and among
| the totally-inef1ciont, arc those WHO, In carly
life, were studous In thoir schools and foremost
| in their olaBsoB
A ouc-sidod development docs not do in any
| caso IA sound mind III sound body is neod'
| Cd aud. to secure both, thore must bo distrl.
button Of culture. It mist not all tond to the
brain, to the sacrifice Of tho body, or We havo au
intellectual machine; nor must it bo the reverse
or We haye an ignoramus but to cultivate both
there must be time for both.
We plead for the laboring man, who, undel
| the old regime, was but wOrn-out drudge from
excessive pllysioal labor, aud ask that le shal
DO allowed somo time wherein ho may improve
hiH hitherto neglected mind; that hiB life ma,
have other and higher aims than to work, ane
| cat, aud Hlcep. Lot uB not he less conaiderAtt
of our children, tho children Of to-day; and, /,
tho narno Of all that depends upon them as mel
| s.rftl women of tho FUTURE lot us roBst tho pres
ont tendency to develop the brain and BtultifJ
the body. to produce intellectual doformities t
fill the world with people whose heads are store
physical energy or moral force to uBo 1t or to NC
qure other knowledge.
An English woman. visiting this country
wrote homo tlat "Atl tho schoolgirls looko
alck:" But only mothers know Of tho restless
troubled elcep. Of tho lendaohcs, of the neryoua
noss, Of their young daughters and sons; 10
claaa:.pride will prey even upon many q boy
sturdy nature.
Now, in all this, there cannot DO implied
word Of censure for tho teachers. They do thei
moro encouragement than they always get. Du
the t1mo has certainly como when, under til
method and perfection Of discipline in til
schools, and the faithfulness Of teaeEors, fewe
hours may be directed to study with profit; m
tllB We urge most earnestly. @.