Telegram-herald., 1889-07-24

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e. cers4iai Itls useless % deny thsI in
certain large cities populated largely oy
lately arrived foreigners tLere may BE some
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carried far II must always be remembered
that, fortunately for our civilization. the
race ard religion most largely represented
among these very foreigners happen -
rsint4a high standard Of feminine
purity, and that. therefore, Is 70 the most
important essentials. the danger Is less
than ne.mignt suppose. II II D. said that iu
c4se OF a giri there should bs absolutely 10
danger ~ al. IL can only DC answered th2tno
such security has ever been discovered, since
the conven.ual system Of education certain
ly does not effect II. Even IS 70 manners,
the most exclusive private school may SUI
leave much 70 be desired The more exclQ-
sige IL is, the more certain IL IS that some
very rough material VIII be sent there - %
made into shape. have heard an anxious
parent deplore that the occasional outbreaks
OF her hst.e girl II tee direction OF rude
ness and slang were generallytraced to tha
carefully selected children OF the city
school, and not 70 the offspring OF country
blacksmiths and farm laborers with whom
she played at their summer home.
remember 70 have discussed this matter
many years ago with a gentleman whose
Official duties obliged him 10 take al IN
tercst IN the public schools. He shook his
head over them q good deal, thinking that
bad manners were more contagious than
good, and that the general mixture was d-n-
gereus. Yeti il turned out as suspected,
that his own daughters could have taught
other school girls more real mischief than
thoy would have learned from them, al
though these young ladies' had been reared
in French seclusion. II Is the general ex-
perience. probably, that the freedom OF
American manners trains those who grow
Up under IT. and that there is nothing more
dan gerous than 70 be tr1nspianted into It
from a foreign convent AS TO the general
proposition that bad is more contagious
than good, II Is probable that much depends
on the temperament Of the observer. II Is
TO be noticed, however, that tho greater
imitativeness ot girls Is, on tho whole, an
aid 10 civilization. Any one can see in q
public school that the presence OF few
girls better dressed and better hammered
than the rest Is great stimulus to the
others and a source of immed ate imitation,
whereas boys care comparatively little for
such things. The longing desire for good
form" exhibits itself in girls OF eight or
ten, whereas u boy Of tho same age would
with tho greatest composure wear torn
hat and patched trousers into the presence
of feudal aristocracy.
On the whole, where homo Influences are
thoroughly good and q child's nature is
still transparent. so that the parent can
keep watch over il, there seems 70 be little
danger TO the manners and morals Of boys,
or even OF girls, from any ordinary public
school. Early sins are less contagious
than we arc apt to suppose, and they GER
tainly do not 20 SO deem. Amy one who viii
review his childish associates, and con-
sider how many Of his most pcrlous com
panions havo turned out irreproachsbly,
/ will surely take more hopeful view. The
only boy in my native town with whom l
was expressly forbidden to associate, for
/ fear OF moral contamination, has since died
en- eminent clergyman; AID tho only mem
I Der Of my college class who ever reached
/ the State prison would have been recog-
nized by uuanimous vote, 81 our gradua-
/ ton, as the most trustworthy and thor
/ oughly respectable member Of the class.