Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-20
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WASHINGTON CITY:
TBfnAY ........Noyember 2o. 1874.
Carl schurz on Educational Prob



Carl Sehurz has broken ground in St. Louis
not in the formation Of ne~ party. bat in the
discussion II educational problems. In A lee
ture in that city the Other night he advanced
some ideas on education that deserve a wide
hearing on account OF their wholesome good
sense. The lecturer said that there were sone
customs in the schools which were inimicA 20
intelligence. Astronomy. mental philosophy,
and other Textbooks or pOEderous names, wore
placed in the hands of pnylls and, strange to
say, the pupil who rCCit1d his lesson most liter
ally correct, never Dsing any language OF his
own, was considered the best schOlar. No sys-
TEN could be better devised 10 foster and cult
rste human ftulidity. The boy or girl forgot
su about Whist cost 80 much trouble. For ex-
ample, there might be a question as to what a
cloud was. one boy. on The dsy Of examination,
might be able u tell AL about it f;Om the words
Of the text book. Another boy might not
remember a word OF the text, but could tell the
vsPoroas nature OF cloud. Ask these two, q
few DAYS further, the same questions, AMI it
would be found that the specific urchin had 4
good chance Of beeOaing = Hrst-cIsss dance,
while the uuspec dc boy, although somewhat
awkward az first, might develop into a very
brilliant man.
ore or the great obstacle il The way Of edit
catlOHal Irugrsss, be held, y ~ the miserable
pay which teachers received, net only in Amer
tca, bat IA every other country that he knew
OF. Heroic self sactiice Wa Lot the f1ot with
which to ncuIi-h progressive education
Teachers could not he H-sr-ci8ss until their
profession was - remuneEarsd ~ 70 make
them satisfied 20 remain IA il during their active
lie.
Upon the point Of the training Of girls he de-
noUnceG ~ one OF the greatest curses Of modern
society thJ p@TliciOus habit of married couples
living Al hotels and bJarfin. houses. IL vas
the custom which weakened marital and home
Jiss, because II removed mutual care, ana LETT
the mother, bot aqueeu, hut mpiy sdse;ler,
Ia her Own hlu=-hJii. Eve-y wife ought to ba
the queen Of her Own house. Why, then, was
the Custom 20 much indaigld in? Because girls
were not trained in youth to household duties,
and they sarsnA from them. Tnis WAS a great
error IN the early education Of the female SIX.
Some gITis were led 70 believe that they we're
most attractive when they male themselves
frames FOX the exhibition OF silk aud satin gar
mebts la answer 10 the question, why do
you rot LlarTy2-sre you lot able to feed "A
vile. the young h An OF to-day would reply,
% es an able 70 fesd a wife but not ID c!otle
her, ThSt might be very vulgar, bat it was
very true. aud bachelor clubs Hohrisaei upon
the modern extravaganza OF women. Until
giTls learn Ell u At II an error . think more
OF the value they carried on the outside OF
their persons than in their minds aui he arts
bachelors would increase AMI marriages would
dsily grew less When the marriage IustitutiIu
decliled, population aud consequently the na-
tiOn declined
Mr. Sckurz (whO is somewhat Of 4 dyspeptic,
b'mssIt) was frTyid upon the evils Of Ameri-
can c00ktrg-hot ia-tiscusts, indigesti5le
Iiess &C. There were ten Gys2eptjc- IA Amer
res, be said, for one in Europe. France or Ger
many. Tbs could be sscertained from any
n edlcal practitioner. WIZ was this? Because
our girls were. in the higher circles of sDeisty
At least. ght 70 look upon Housekeeping As A
ktud q degradation. They we're taught - TO
nothing that was Tfracticai-uuIess % % shop
ping, which vas the most impractical thing
'hey could do A common boast w4s, IL have
10 occasion u work" The pride OF a true
woman ought 70 De to work, even when not
compelled 10 do 20. Some Newspaper corre-
sIODdSnt bad recently expressed ht= surprise st
hEGil Z. on visiting Germany, the Princess
B.-marck csTTyirg bunch o. kers at her waist
ara attend ~ to the duties o. her hons hold
The German people respected that eminent
lazy more than IL she wore the same weight n
diamonds. Diamonds would only pro7g mat
her husband had money. The bunch OF KEYS
prove hist bis wife had both asart aafheaI
Napoleon had once asked lady what should
oe done 70 make France a gSeater nation than
~ WIS I1e reply was, "Giye the nation
seou mothers" That il exactly what America
heedec, and the end and aim OF all zOOi people
should be TO educate the young generation of
females 50 that they might be good mothers.
They should be taught how noble it was 10 fol-
low The Path Of duty rather than OF PLEASURE
10 abandon the foppery and frippery of fashion
and learn TO rear and educate families. L.
would be useless 10 try and reform the nationin
a political sense, unless there vas a high-r
basis OF fe male education, whichimisht be coz
Veyed to The home circle. 10 was not by making
a Weman general or a member of Congress
mat she vas TO be elevated. 1t was by educa-
ting her NJ 70 standard that would reform the
nation, operating through the social influence,
IN which women has always been, and ever mt A
remain. n ore powerful than man.