The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-10-17
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remove his only Indiana rival. WESTON.
Notes BY the way-Our School Friends.
Or. perhaps we had better put it, our
friends at school, since it is not, literally
speaking, our individual school friends
who are IN mind, but rather, those destin-
ed to be somebody else's school friends,
but trust our friends all the same.
In the beginning we would ask, Why is
it Jersey people SO often 90 to Pennsylsan-
ia schools, and Pennsylyanians so frequent
ly come to Jersey? Is it because we this
side the Delaware think the educational
advantages so much more tho. ougb, the
rocky hills ana pleasant valleys SO much
more conducive to intellectual pursuits. or
do thew think on the other side the same of
our institutions, aud do they
really know the value of Il sandy, mel
low soil to promote the shooting of ideas,
as well as of swe Get potatoes and pumpkins,
and think these as a staple OF diet VIII
cause the minds growth to be as far
stretching as ale the vines OF the pumpkin,
or as numerously rooted as are the eloB-
| gated tubers of the sweet potatoes? Bat
| these We believe are not the proper rea-
sons. but We may liken this o-mingling
of the inhabitants OF the States, again to
the transplanting of the sprouts, o. rather,
and more automatically, t. the moving
of young trees, the transpiauting to strange
fields and pastures new, causing more
self-reliauee, with q constant eudeaYor to
keep well advanced in their studies beside
their strange fellow students. Not on y
| abreast in their studies. but also i'll their
| general department, consisting OF court
estes extended, ease of manners, presence
of mind, kindly dispositioned, and in short,
all those qualifications that tend 10 make
the well-bred, educated MAJ or woman
OF course, we all recognize the necessity
| and Importance OF the nursery training
first, and it depends very much here upon
what the after or new growth Is. The
broad casting OF wild oats upon a cold
soil will doubtless produce wild oats in
company with the obnoxious weed, while
the happy, careless planting Tit may be)
of the simple flower seeds will bring a
p~leasanter harvest OF fragrant blossoms,
intermixed, no doubt, with the not un-
pleasant blades of grass.
Then again as an outgtowth of these
migratory customs, there passes before
our minds vision happy homes that have
been established, their new growth pos
sessing a charming attraetiveness which
could not otherwise exist. Such are the
laws of nature.
From a letter of one of our Jerseys fair
daughters across the river, we are kindly
permitted to take a few extracts. She
says to her parents,-'I received your
letter in Chapel Wednesday morning at
9.15 and did not get a chance to read it till
noon, as We 60 directly from one room to
another to r%ecite, and tile teachers make a
racket if they see one reading a letter in
class. nevertheless il is done by a great
many students" Now hat natural in
ference may We draw from the above, does
it not show the nursery" training, in re-
spect to her disposition to be true to the
wishes of the faculty? Wishes, which if
wholly violated would cause the utmost
confusion and .inattention. To us this in
itiatory extract predicts a profitable year
ont where-''it is up hill and down hill
and nothing but hill" but where ''the
| scenery though is lovely, so different from
Salem county. don't mean to say >. Co.
is not lovely
"Well. we have not beer to church yet,
but have positively decided TO 90 next First
| day. = We are requested to attend
| services in the Chapel, Sunday morning,
so this morning Ichristened my new Bible,
and found the Fifth chapter of Daniel real
quickly" What do We find in this chap
ter? The handwriting on the wall, with
the Interpretation by one of the followers
OF sight. How often we see the handwrit
| ing on the wall. 1t seems to us it is PLAIN
" shown in the clause: tdid not get to
read it till noon" Obedience to neces
sary rules will, no doubt, bring satisfact-
ory results. The following shows this
particular school we have i'll mind, to be
abreast in the improvements essential to
the comfort of the students. THE fires
are started in the heaters. The bedrooms
are heated by hot air. In our room the
register is under the table.
Everybody says the third floor is the most
easily heated, and if that is SO, | think we
stand a pretty good chance of keeping
warm tins winter. All tie building except
bedrooms, is heated by steam. Well, don't
talk about oar heater humping. it is no
comparison to what this one was the first
two or three days. | have had more than
one good laugh. Some of the students ate
certainly afraid to go anywhere near a
laiiator. The other day in history class,
one girl who is very much afraid of the
humping, was sitting right along side Of
a radiator, and the old thing was thump-
ing from the word go | was just behind
her. The noise would appear to commence
away down in the pipes, come nearer and
grow louder, and at last give one big
thump, then the girl would jump. x y
That started me to laughing and the poor
girl saw me, she was about as near crying
as could be, but | could not help laughing.
| guess she was too much frightened to
change her seat
Poor girl, now the trausplanting is try
ing her fbres, her nerves, but how
Strengthening it Will be to her later on.
II think | told you before, that E
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