, 1873-12-12


SIN I notice Of Into IN The TRIBUNE two
ploas for morals from tho Bamo pon,-the arsu-
mants for each, as it aeoms to me, equally falla-
c,ous: Tho idoa that minister Of religion IL
not responsible to tho community for his private
conduct, ii only ho pronch sound morality with
eloQuence; and tho idea TINT to allow tho oBti-
n,ato which child or youth at school puts upon
his own conduct 20 go for anything in Judging of
his deserts IL to encourage lying mud put q
premium On dultnoes.
OF tue morality of The ministers I hayo moth
ing to say, hut of the morals Of tho eohool-room
experience gives mo right to an opinion.
Most of us in middle life can recall the old
achool-houso, behind whose inlk-staincd, knifo-
carved desks VIC conned our gramsnars aud " did
our sums" aud tasted the Rtoten swcots
OF apples, and gingerbread, and yellow
covered literature. We made no ''roports."
Such trausgressors as tho master could ''cntch ="
in lagrnnte dclicto had to pay tho penalty more
or less aeyere according to his mood, or tho
various considerations of oxpodioncy and pru-
donco suggested by his social relations to the
cuprit's resp ected father and mother. big
brother, or fair siBter. Tho most practiced
offenders wore usually the most adroit and
akilful, aud 90 it generally happened TINT veu-
geance fell Oh the ui,lucky wight who had loast
prompt aud complete control Of his facial mus-
OF chastisenent, or tho suIiorar Of the pin
piorced trowscr-legs had double smart Of the
lorue to teach him to sit still !" whlo the real
disturoer Of the pence sat with demure faco and
1SSzing p1 H. intiisst;ng is;ag hi his le aso hqo"
slate, willis her lunocont neiglbor, for that
miserable habit Of Ulusllns, WAS condemned to
stand OIL tho floor aud do ponance for hor guilty
sister.
bO0it tynp
a,ld given placo to the now regime of "RowaM
Of Merit" Roll Of Honor" aud "Seis-nc-
ports" the latter being not, ns some hayo sug-
gcsted' relic Of Old barlarisln, but an inyon-
ton Of modern civilization. Ia tho now worse
tl4an tho old! ARC tho educators OF to-day toach-
lug fnlhehood and hypocrisy training race Of
"l1achlayels;" untltsiug the menbera Of our
schools to bo " "mombers Of Church md Stato;''
tue Fundamental laws Of God"? These gro
grave charges, aud it becomes us to Inquire it
t4oy arc trNo.
Granting, ms your correspondent AYERS OF Self
be devised for tench.ng fasshool and hypocri-
By !" that "it il teaching the young to 1.-Two by
1ulos dramatically opposite to those which shaIl
govern thum IN Church aud State, e,''-thlt wns
most unwisc aud injulicloua, not to say culpa-
bly, rash. parent who dared to risk the
haza1ds OF propoulldn.g the historic question,
Who hacked my cletry-trcos I" and that i
marvellous oscupe Of tho youthful soul from the
snares Of parental temptation which blurted out
tho II did 1t, papa with my hatcAet:" 1t must
Church apl Stuto youth EXPOSED to such por-
nio!ous influences Of fSelf-Roporting.
Your correspondent erls in comparing pupils
at school, giving their reports Of conduct, to
criminals AfruiYncd before The har Of JUSTICE
and in comparing at al} school-goyernlnont to
Stase.goyornnont, WhotAor or not it would bo
desirable to model our schools utter tho Stuto-
government, with its faw.muking. law-jndgiug
aud law-executng powers und itH restrictions
and ronn!tics. may bc Il question. Such il not
their present government. It is in.,
Whole resembles tho famiy- -goyornmont.
place Of tho parent; aud that idea! school
brings tcacher aud pupil into tho relations OF
aina parent and dutitul child, or, III the case Of
older pupils, into tho moro equal friendship Of
the ilaternal or tho aistorly relations.
Whatever IN public aontltnent to.ltls to foster
tho idca that thero IL III antagonsm Of interests
between teacher aud pupil dues infinitely more
har1n than oil tho ScIf-lloporting that such III
ousery Ia raised against. or such count your
corespoadonts expression, tElst it can bo q
from llo ''lloll of Honor" prepared by tho au-
tlorit!cs Of h,s school Or college.
All agrco lint young people In tho family, and
espoclaly when gatholed in schools iii large
uunbeta, caunot be loft, unchecked and uil-
guided, to their town aweet will" Some lc-
straints must bo put upon them. proportional
to thor numbers, tue location in city or country
aad their age. discretion, and moral character.
The pRrcut who lives in u crowded street, nenr
q railway, wltero locomotives aro passing every
hour, or who dwoila on tho yorge Of d lake,
where bouts are tossing OH tho waves, may doom
1t wlso TO prohibit his family Of several clildron
ground. Tho careful mothor Inay proscrbo tito
bounds OF her chlld!ons walks. Perhaps, AZ
Mrs. Hantnn HuggohtH, a truor wisdom would
put forth no proGlbittou, but lot tho littlo ones