New-York tribune., 1875-10-09
HOME STUDY AND CULTURE.

DUTY or PARENTS TO LEAD THEIR CHILDREN IN
sTUpIEs-A REFORM IN SCHOOLS NECESSARY.
TO the Edttor Of The Trt6Wne.
SIR: | have read with great deal OF IN
forest the articles which have recently appeared In IhE
TRIBUNE relative the Society to Encourage Studies Mt
Home That some means conducive to this end have
been absolutely needed Ia fact patent TO all VINO lh
seriousy of the intellectual condition oil our young
women after they leave school, III other wods wheh
they have finished their education, put "hehcr ti'
Socety oven with the OF success IL mas areauy
attained will be able to meet the demand 80 apparent
among many women s at the best open 10 uoup'
We all know that large number OF our young women
on leaving make rapid plunge into the vortex ol
social excitcncnts, and lose there the "huilor"e"
habits of study" aud doubtless no end OF good reso
tions which they brought with them from thcr desks
Safety soon follows round Of exciting pleasures, ana
of this IL born restcssness which, after trying many
objects upon which exhaust itself turns in the end TO
intellectual pursuits and the half forgotten habits OF
study Here this friendly Society steps In TO help theSc
seekers after culture and good work 1t certainly Is
h one which ognt not he required. and whose very
existence il an implied reprOach. The tendency among
our young people to disregard home authority OF a'
least to sght it, already too strong; If we sub
stitute in any way outside organizations for this
authority we augment the evil This Society really
encroaches upon the prerogaivc OF the fathers and
mothers who should be governing thclr homes'
OF course may argued that III many cases the fathers
arc too absorbed in practical pursuits and the mothers
too burdcned with household to undertake the
supervision Of their chdrens homo studies This may
he true it is not in ALL ana should not oe
In any, Let the father become aware that his GILL
dren look upon him In their home as Their nteliectua
guide and regard him something more than ihd'o-
rial provder and he Will find i'll that same homework
fresh and healthfu impetus TO labor IN ms outside wou
OF business and anxictes AS 10 inc noteI WHY
should she be immersed in household cares ~ sue navs
daughters whose education is linishedF Mhy shoua
fhaXn mt
then i'm it's most legitimate sphere bring into pay that
delightful relation which may 30 naturally ehst DeI"ceh
Again it may be urged that oil mothers are not compel
emf TO undertake this guidance the daughters may have
enoyed advantages denied to their mothers Ims IS u
doutcdly true, but at least the introduction OF hetho
of simply organized distribution of study, labor ahd
amusement il no, beyond the power Of any mother no
matter how ordinary her ine,lcetnn atalmeh,s ii1y n.y.
given AZ home is not powerful enough To develop with
healthy action the "halfformed habits OF study.
brought from school, how miserably inadequate must
those schools be- If young lady who has finished her
education requires the assistance OF Society TO tel her
carry on her intellectual culture. then truly may
teachers hold up their hands ,, IN cOm,[e Gdhico1
error present education and that - the popular becf
that culture may be attnned ny feaa rc 40 h ufu II vii
create originality 1t VIII not teach our uauSneis
think The education which Is Is OF scatcsI
lost sight OF in schools the suppositon that Will
All smG GGng t"rurc w never prepare gTl TO observe and
make correct deductions from her observations:
Again, the strctncsS so necessary W
of school discipline payes the way for violent reaction
which aets in school il closed SOclc} opens
its world dcghts-partes, operas balls etc NOwWhy
do not the many who engaged III the WORK of
din between the somewhat stilted studies and strict
discipline Of school and the entire absence OF study ana
frivolous distractions Of ordinary society. I@t then
make nleasaut and refined homes, in which they may
teach the scholar TO the woman Let those VINO
trc of Thought and observation Let them learn prac-
tcaly the great problem Of society as complex whole
aud fhe intimate relations OF each part To each Let
them be introduced higher pleasures and learn 10
discriminate between them and its eyanescent ENJOY,
meuts These may he called ideal schools but they coud
readily become real and he made the stepping stones
between ordinary school life and the world wear IN
si,ch n one wOuld send daughters back TO their
homes well fitted TO make them ccnters 0i wonaDy cu.
ture and refinement. Boston has begun WORK, De IL
wisely or not but there Is infinite amount stlll To 90
ana II We do not begin quickly may furnish aoEer
example OF the Italian prOverb that Truth 10 lost ny
too much controversy" Az
TiUSbnr0h. Sept. "a, 1879.