Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-05
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good rt"hndss fof r-fipc, ion and inquiry
and weswil' here n..sN, some of them.
with the = ,ra sI!l { 'idefht produced.
and ask oHrssSeessders Il stamv ths mat.
ter carefully; f"r certainly pone Of
Observation-Disclosures ks,sisissfns., sre
worthy of MIL" !rohshf,,' or careful
study than are mr. schoo.s
TO BEGIN With; ;,he;s said thst s. per
cent Of the successful business or pro-
fessionsi mon of tho city, were men
VINO came from the %tsrm. o. the small
country village Now this statement
was in itself startling. in .view II the
fact.that not more than 80 per cent Of
the men engaged In business or bro
fession, como from farm Or villsoe:
but when We reflect that this being
the case then: So per sscent .frcm the
country furnish g per cont Of the sue.
ccsses, or that tor every city man who
makes 8 success IN business, f,ve and
two thirds ef his brothers from the
country do~fhe same, ii, is startling
and here let US drop. 8, Thought in
connectionsherewith:
Washington, from the farm.
Lincoln, from the cabin.
Grant from the towpafh, emphasize
the assertion. but It such H. the case
then there must boa cause 4or.it; and
to look for that csnse, is one OF the
objects Of this article. Tho speaker
gave as one reason of all this, the
lack OF physical exercise Ia our city
schools o. we'll az in our city homes.
That our boys on coming from school
in the evening, did not saw wood, for
the family burned coal, they did not
feed the horses. for there were none
to feed, and they did not 60 to the
pasture for the cows, for there vas
no pasture, and no COW, the milk man
supplies the milk. the grcceryman sup
plies the butter, the coal dsaler pnts
the fuel in the bin, riding out 10 done
on the street cars Now. 1t is On un-
dispntable fact, that the nature, In
.clination of healthy youth is to exer-
else physically when opportunity of.
fers; and when It fails to do 30, it Is
only because there exists some hinder.
ing cause.
The professor said farther that on
returning from school our boys, con-
gregated In tbs street around q
game of marbles; while the girls sat
down to read book, or hung on the
fence and talked toa netghbor imply
ing an indisposition for exercise. We
find from our limited observation,
that 1t is not an indispcsition to ex.
ercise. cut only an effort to break
away for short time from school re-
quirements, and take advantage of
the means OF mental diversion near
est at hand. The chat with the neigh.
Dor while not strengthening. TO the
muscles, calls the girls brain away
from the steady. -drnm,drusnsof the
Latin or German. and the boy. during
the game foreets Virgil, Goethe,
Schiller and Eckstine. while tho body
is not benefited the mind Ii rested.
Az the speaker said. boys have games
of base ball aad-fcot bail, but these
have both become professions, and tie
boy who has not already . we'll devel-
oped set of mus;els, cannot secure
place In the team, and those who most
v,ood AI,n Avo.n;.o 900 .,,loN .<,,< M ~.
start, and should they attempt to form
q team OF their own, they would DO
guyed by their moro fortunate neigh.
bors until the benefit and pleasure de-
rived from the game would Re more
than counter balanced by the NORTH.
cation, and should the girl throw aside
her books for q few minutes and 20
out in the garden. countless eyes wo'd
be watching from numerous windows
and unfsvorable comment by those
who should see therein . healthfnl
lesson, and one tending to tho better
ment of the human race.
No, shorten the hours of study; give
our boys and girls something to do du.
ring those extra hours; genuine muscle
making. brain making. health giving
employment. and above all, teash them
we'll the lesson that ALL LAzssts,wheth-
or for profit or pleasure. 10 hsfhorable;
and we will no longer hear fhe plain
that our city schools turn ont men snd
woman inferior, both physically and
mentally, to those Of farm and village.
So long 81. our excellent city schools
prescribe course Of study which re-
quires the almost CONSTANT application
Of the pupils to ito keep up with the
class, and so long "a the false theory
is tolerated that LABOR is degrading.
just SO long will the product of our
city schools be deficient physically,
and % consequence mentally Is well.
and IS per cent of tho sue. essful bnsi-
ness and professional men of our cities
will come from the farm or village,
and our country in time Of nerd, viii
be compelled to call upon thuse who
we are apt to think lack our adv.n-
tsge," to stand at the helm nnsi' he
storm ia past. EGET
Tho post Office. building, and the
building occupied by II r Morrow,