Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-02-07

The PhRadeiphia Ledger has the following
article upon topic the Importance of which
is daily growing in the minds of our thought
full and progressive educators In Europe,
even more than in this country, is it getting
to be understood that the manual skill re-
quired in every branch of productive indus
try can only be reached by early training
training given before the muscles, tendons
and bones have taken their permanent form.
This training actually fashions HE Jodiiy or
qans to their cort and as this fashioning can
only take place during the period of growth
it is essential that every young man and
woman intending to follow any kind of bust
ness requiring physical aptitude shall be
practically trained to that work during the
years of growth. Dissection would de
monstrate, in the body of person so trained
a clear difference of structure, in the trained
organs, from the same organs in an unframed
person. and this difference, the result OF
training would give great and decided adj
vantage through all the future life
This bodily training should be carried on
in connection with the training of the in.
tellectua faculties Wendell Phillips, in a
rocert lecturs an oducat;op to which we had
tho n,easuro Of listanirc remarked that ON
old New England district school system had
one great advantage in the fact that the
schooling aternated with periods of work oil
tbe farm mr. in fine bonsebold. and fins il
tbe toocbiro vyore what IL ongbt to he nroc
t;cal in ;ts nrecents If wonld ho eunnle
,e,ted and f;xad in tbo minds of the nunil
nv hairo hrought info dailv use
If orr district schools conld he descoJos
,;o;soJ co IN sna.ly in tbeir matbods tb;
ideal advantage might easlv be made real
A teacher skilled in tbe practical annlica
tion If tbe sciences to tbr arts could draw
sncb wealth Of real instruction from them
and go illustrate them nv his daily teaching
tba+ tbe vontbfnl intaIlact vo,ld he ,vboll
raIiovad from fine dullinc benumbinc stune
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