The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1896-01-16
oon1Aelon OF MANNERS.
Of bringing Children Of Diaer.
ont Social Circles Together.


Advantages Of Brineing Children Of Diaer.
ont Social Circles Together.
y AT a large public meeting the other day
several Of the speakers urged the value OF
public = N-"lo 4.oe, p. ang out the adj
vnnteg. chilufen Of different
social cncles u, stner ia school as in life;
and tho permanent good arising when tho
child Of the professional man, for Instance.
n beaten In his studies, as sometimes hap
pens, by the child Of the day-laborer. An
such illusions invariably brought applause
from q very well educated and generally
wsllto do audience, writes Thomas Wont
worth Higginson In Harper's Bazaar. But IL
was observable that those arguments all
began and ended with boys. Not word
was said by any speaker about tho I'd
vantages or disadvantages, N any, Of giving
70 girls the same discipline; aud this onis-
sIon seemed rather 10 vitate the argument
Al the education and oven the omplOyments
OF tho two sexes are plainly coming nearer
Sckether--contrsry 10 what used 10 be PFC
Aictsd - the result OF advancing civlira
tloa--it would seem that the problem Of I'd.
uossion must be In this respect much tho
same for both. Yet there are undoubte lily
many parents who, whilo able TO sec I'd
vsnsages Of q more public education for
Scys, draw the line there, and demand for
tnsir growing daughters what is callel
''ssleot school"
Ny own impression Is that this distinction
b . mistake, and that whatever argume lts
apply 10 public school education FOR boys
must reach girls also. In the first pla 70,
giris need, even more than boys, TO learn at
school the qualities and merits Of those in a
different social circle, because II they do not
learn II then, they may never loarn IT, Non
learn II all through their lives, because al.
most every department Of business brings
into contact aud comparison those trained
In very different spheres. Women not en-.
gagged In business have much less oppor.
tunity for this contact; thor homes include
but two grades -omployers and employed;
and outside OF their homes II Is only somo
rarc occasion Of church work or charitable
work which brings women into that easy
intercourse with those out Of their own set
which Ia 80 familiar 10 men. II Jane Maria
docs not learn Mt school that the daughter
OF the coal -heaver or tho washer woman
may be as good scholar and even have as
good manners as herself, she may never
have another opportunity; whereas her
brother may make the same discovery In
college or In business SO far, then, tho
need OF this FREQ early Intercourse would
ssem even greater in case Of the girl.
The answer TO this would be that the risk
Of contamination In morals or manners will
also be greater In case Of the girl. Is this
90 certaini It 10 useless TO deny that In
certain large cities populated largely by
lately arrived foreigners there may be some
ground for this fear; but IL must not ba
carried far. II must always be remembered
that, fortunately for our civilization, the
Ia t.,I
among those very foreigners happen 20
maintain q high standard of feminine
Durity; aud that, therefore, as 10 tho most
Important essentials, the danger ia less
tbaA one. might suppose. II II be said that iu
csse Of . girl there should be absolutely no
danger ~ all, II eau only be answered thatno
such security has ever been discovered, since
the oonventual system Of education certain
" does not effect II. Even as 10 manners,
the most exclusive private school may still
k0Gve much to be desired. The more exclu.
srye n IL, the moro certain IL is that some
very rough material will be sent there to be
made into shape. have heard an anxious
parent deplore that tho occasional outbreaks
Of her little girl In the direction Of rude
ness and slang were generally traced TO the
carefully selected children Of tho city
school, and not 10 the offspring of country
blacksmiths and farm laborers with whom
she played ut their summer home.
lrcmember TO have discussed this matter
many years ago with gentleman whose
Official duties obliged him to take an in
forest 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 dan
gerous. Yetit turned out, as suspected,
AL-aL Il Il.