Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-02
HOME EDUCATION.
PLAY SHOULD BE A PART OF THE
HOUSEHOLD SYSTEM.

Hereafter Elneation viii Mean the Cult
ure Of the whole Body Damage some
times Done in the sehooIroom Moral
Atmosphere Of the Home.
Children should no. be compelled to
take to the streets for sport 1t should
be part Of the household system to
afford play. and to do it as surely and sYs-
tematically as books and food We have
a good deal yet to learn about play We
should have our hours for sport and re-
taxation when the whole household
Join In games As home education In
ereases, and it must increase, thess hours
viii be d0ubly necessary would not
allow child TO study or read over an hour
consecutiyely Then let him play and
exercise his body one hour At what age
should we cease to play. II fools, we may
stop carly in life. Only wise people never
cease to love and enjoy games
But the play room is not all. This Is
the age Of manual culture. The grandest
Of innovations mas occurred. Hereafter
education viii mean the culture Of the
whole body-handcraft as well as head
craft It follows that each house that Is
intended FOR home should have its pro
vision for the education Of the hand-a
workshop. tool room for every member
Of the family to fiud his chosen occupa-
ton. II necessary. separate building
should adjoIn the house. Where there
are fve children there may be five separate
occupations chosen One Of mine prefers
carpenters tools and engineering. another
printers. and q third cares mainly fer
horticulture.
OUR SCHOOL sTsTEN FAULTY.
l am now advocating such household
appurtenances purely or the score Of
health Our seisose system is a bIunder
No child should study frOrr till II; and
especially in rooms where they must sit
A child al study should. much Of his time,
. be On his feet. or reclining If be chooses,
and changing about When Won add the
books taken home for evening study, you
have shown up our common method,
whereby, to perfection, we destroy the
health. vigor, beauty and character OF our
children Every one is damaged. and the
majority are spoiled / insist upon plzy
Is duty. as a part Of life. as In fact i:
self part Of study a teacher Of play
would Re far more sensible than the piano
at 3 20 81 lesson
How about dancing7 As a matter Of
( health it is generally Of no advantage
{ whatever. Il is no sooner acquired than
night is turned into day, and then the
T play is carried 10 such extremes as to be
( disastrous have watched this matter
from physicians standpoint, and object
totally TO three or four hours and especially
F to six or eight devoted to hilarious dane
+ ing, and those hours the o1es that nature
1 deTotes TO sleep. There is another point
+ cannot overlook L Is the close contact
7 Of bodies in rUlnd dsnces-a contact IN
wholesome. purely from physical point
f of view. The moral effect others may
( discuss, but | object to any delicate per
son being borne SO closely into the atmos-
( phe-e Of grosser, eoarser ones The phys
zeal effect is not likely 10 be understood,
+ but it is seriously evil | do not. there
fore. care for dancing. unless conducted
as & part Of home sport, as il is not likely
to be.
a GOOD MORAL ATMOSPHERE
L is. however, folly 10 talk Of q
healthy home that i not charged with {
good moral atmosphere / assure you ths
moral atmosphere Is as real aud tangible
and efficient as the physical; sud tboai
who refuse or negleet 70 consider il wi
suffer accordingly. It IS impossible fol
Us 10 have ab1g- rs. in close intimacy
those Of gT0ss temperament and phys.ca
sensUallty. and u0- feel the effect on on
bodies as well a. On cur minds. This holC
good OF course, Of our own relation Z,
ourselves Ii we Do not sustain q spi-i
Of self-coutrul and manly aspiration il
our souls, our bodies are diseased as
consequence 0ne-haIf OF ali disease /
tie result Of unSanitary mental coudi
tons. Uniform honor, good faith, man
hood, temperate desire, kindness, WI
have powerful effect il sustaining Wig
orous VAysiea! health
have brother physician who insist
that II all people would keep in the bss
Of h-uog for one hour before eating
during meals and for one hour after, the
would never be troubled with anv dis
orders Of digestion. or with headaches
He is a trihe croche1E but he Is not T.
from right En- his valuation Of good tan
Per as fee 10 dyspepsia st meal TN
il Is peculiarly important that all SLogl
be daeoroUs and kindly. The fashion @
haste and fret a. our meals is al i1Giea
ton Of nervous irritation, and affect
digestion directly But IN gil OF her waE
a house should be delivered from the 1e
strucrIye influence Of immoral OF ulmcra
habits N Ea1i-ual scold IS mt only
6is1g-eeahle terzaaga1t. hut DESTROYS
. OF the physical health Of her children
Tie effect On neral character : tzllae
bv the effect On the features Of the yo-l-
| have supposed some TO be NOR
sensitive 70 moral atmosphere tl&
others, but On larger experience
am satisfied that al are Influenced IL TIL
way, and 10 their serious LecrlIsLr- III
ar Of building healthy home is Gerall
ent upon the art of being ourselves prz
hearted and honorable. generous just Al
adap-4l-e--3L Maurice. Il D., il G-od=
Democrat.