Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-09-21
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,,o stories That Illustrate the Defeets In
our Educational systems.

and 4 boy has recently been broken
down IA New York. whose cases are
sally suggestive. The girl with the
nride of her parents, and their glory
In her class success ia the great school
for ssirIs which she attended prompted
her 10 oyerwoIk. Her application TO
stndv aid not seem excessive. She
worked only little harder than y
common, so far IS such work can Do
measured by the time devoted 70 u,
and she took time enough for sleep,
Vet She was eager and anxious and
somewhat fearful OF being eXcelled IN
Ter class: and SO. without knowing
! that she did 50, she made heavier de-
mands upon her strength than she
| was able 10 meet with safety.
I Examination day came, and she
conquered Then she threw herself
down upon a sofa 10 sleep, aud fell
into a state OF coma from which II was
impossible to arouse her Tor nearly .
week. From that day now about
three years gone to this, she has
been unable to rise from her couch.
The girl is wreck; her intellect is
shattered, and every hour Of life Is a
torture to her,
The boy was bright fellow not
over ambitious on his own account,
but lovingly ambitious 20 crafty his
fathers pride liz him. la all his sta.
dies bat one he had plain sailing
enough, bat in that one-Latin he
encountered unusual difficulty because
Of some peculiar want VI adaptation
Is the study Of languages He failed ia
an examinations, and his father fool.
ishly manifested 4 good deal III morti-
ticatjon over the occurrence. The poor
boy was rUsOlute 10 his determination
10 spare his father second hulnilla-
ton Of the kind and So b. drove hiut-
SELF unmerciiully ia hls study Night
after night hc arO from Ais bed as
soon as the house was still, aud sg
cretelg worked Al his Latin unlil uetr
the gray Di the morning Nobody
knew III this excess, and tho father
would have forbidden II had hp known
But presently the COLLAPSE came. The
bows nervous system gave wAy under
the strain and il il now serious
question whether bis restoration even
70 toleTablc health will ever b. effect
"a by the rest and our door IFS Order
ed for him as lhe last small hops ~
saving him.
These are but sample cases There
are hundreds VI Others ike thgm, auI
there are thousands ID which AZ such
collapse cOtues, but I'D which grave
injury Il nevertheless douc u mind or
body, or both. Bright h0ys and girls
are educated into dull men or women.
healthy hOys and girls are converted
BY educational processes into nervous,
qncrnluus hypOchOndtiAcs, or arc
trained into luelpicu. consumption ct
heart disease, Or pther ustdous malady
that spOils AZ well 81 sh0rtsns thUir
lives.
u i not worth while 10 ask ourselves
seriously whether. ID oar high nFpas
ure" system * education, the pressure
j. not dangerously high 10 u6t the
cmuiatiDus u The schnol.ruum, tho ln.
bueuce oi teachers. nnd thr 4ruseIesa
rivlIries crested hy The making aud
examination system afford quite all
The stiuulpus ldat can tn safely put
upDn childhood. Aud. ab1yv alt 40
We not misignd children to tapir huri
by placing % seeming 10 place d
higher value Upon school success thln
such success actually hAa? suppptc =
boy stands rather low Ia BIS rlass.
what thena Does tt follow thst In is
lacking IN capacity. or Gwen thas hg
nus Any constitutional 1nd pfFm tuant
.ack nt industry Surely nobody Fh1
has been % pains % pbsprve thr i1rt4
p life can hold 4ueh an nplni1n. AZ
me end VI aur tHtn war YOUNG uNn
a. graduated ~ the top ~ bis class
y west Point. mud d friend sRid 10
llm. Well ~, y9ur career rs sreurs.
u course - 1m not - sure ~ thai
vas The reply II have graduated nj
ne top u ms class. ID II true bpt
mere y Grant you know. who gradu.
ited 81 The bottom 81 bts. and 81 tsn't
quite q failure u liip.
Moreover, and apart from All ttt4
~ IAct renlatns that some minds
nature more slowly than others, nnd
ONE acquire much more slowly. whtlo
requiring with admirable cSrt,ipty
lnd assiuilatng knpwladpr most
'routably These mise pxamtpafibns
frequently, aud are not tie wor.o M
nv better for missing them. brrousc
mere y profit for such minds In oofpy
wice over given ground. Ia nny en4r
ialiure ~ examination is not di4.
.racei'tl, aud Il IS false and hnrttnI
" parents aud teachers 70 frrat K ~
Y We're ~ some way shameful Tina,
ny disaster lies. Ae0 Ygyg eampsrs.
!at ddrenaer.