Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-11-13
GVerwrOught Faculties.
R5v. Dt. TaImsge iu tho course OF ono Of bis

| 1t)ft La 3oill2SS III Wv SooioE Va Wv - Hi~
soImons recently. said
"Ihe crsmmirg system oil tbs o3mmoa schools
end mary OF the academies is TO be depFio2lcG:
children of dcicltc brain com PEELED to SKIS that
| might sppal mature intellect; children goiug
down to school with o strap of books halt as
| high as themselves. The fac. 10, ia somo Of tho
cities parents do not allow their chlldrcn to
graduate. for the simple reason. they ssy, we
cannot afford to aloW our children health 10 be
destroyed in order that they mey gather the
hopors of an Institution Tens of thCu'apds Of
children educated in o inbcciiy; 90, oJ6Eectsd
With many such literGrJ establishments there
cuggt to be asyluns for the wrecked. Its us5,
AID crowd. apd cram, and stuff. and jan, uDtil
tho chiids iotelect ia be1idcrta aud the
ncutr7 is wrecked. aud tho health is R0ue.
There are children turned cut from ihn schools
who cnce wers fell OF Fonpiag and laughter sGd
EeG checks crimson with heath, who aro Low
turr Gu: in the sitcruooc Ia!e-t Cd, irG"
10 Ell. astaualic, 0it bsttTa their ,ia1e. l.
is orc Ct ths saddssa si.hs On Garth 40
old nanish TOY, or so cld.scualish firl.
Girls ten years CT age studying sgebrAl Boys
iWaye Yes!a of sge King ihelr orEin owe trls-
on ON etry Children uIaq .slbtsd vita their
10 cher tongue crying over tcor Lst'n, french
and GernaD lctslorsl All the vIVsci!y Ct their
nature bee en- Gu. Of them b. the heavy beetle Of
Gretk lexiconl And you doctor them for this,
end you give them little madeleine for that,
an on wonder what i The matter with thern
will tell you what is the rnatter with them. Tbey
ere fnishir their education! In my parish in
Philadelphia littro cid We, 60 pushed ct
school thlt she WGs thrown into fever, an IN
her dying delirium, all night long, sEo Was tr5-
ing to r; To tho multiplication tuble In ny
boy hood rem Der that in en- Glass AZ ecA0o
there Was one lad who know mora than all cf
Us put together. # wo were fast in Cur arth.
motto, no e1.ricatad US. When %e stood up
for tho spelling class no was almost always the
head CT tho clafs. Visitors c ,ms TO his tn!her's
house. ard be YVES always brought in az PROC
ICY. ct eighteen years ct sga rs was 81 IDIOT
Re lived ten years an idiot. and cled an idicE
not knowing his right hand from his left. or 6sy
frc M night The parents aud the tes caers made
him an idiot. You may 1,tter your pride by
forcing = Jour children to know more than any
other children, but you are making sacrifice of
that child, if By the additions to its intelligence
you arc making 8 subtraction from its future
The child will 60 away from such maltrestment
with Il exubefsnce 10 fight tho battle If life
Such children may get along very we'll Thlle
you take care Of them, but aen you sre old or
dead, alas for thea. it, through the long sgs.
tenn Of education which you adopted, they have
no swarthiness or force of character to take csre
of Themselves. Be careful how you make the
child's head sche or its hear. fatter. hos: a
great deal about black mems rights sid CANA
mems rights, and Indians rights, and women's
rights. Would God that somebody would rise
10 pioad for chidrctss righta."