The Washington times., 1905-03-27
EARLY RISING IS
NOW ANT|QUA[ED
Proverbial Injunction No
Longer Applies.
CONDITIONS HAVE CHAN GED
flight Is the Proper Time for Study,
Says Prof. John A.
Scott.
CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED

EVANSTON, ILL.,. March 27.-John A.
Scott, professor of Greek in Northwest
ern University, says in a signed inter
view: Such proverbs as early to bed
a.'d carly to rise, makes a man healthy,
wealthy, and wise, and the German
saw, The morning hour has wealth In
it's mouth. show how the practices OF
one civilization may advise another
hen the conditions which gave these
precepts birth have passed away.
"All centuries except the very latest
have lived and done their work by sun
light. With the invention OF the lamp
chimney and lampwick, and with gas
and electricity giving illumination, the
maxims of civilizations must change.
Until the eighteenth century was
about ended there We're no artificial
means of illumina ton which were not
smoky, unsteady. and of very bad odor.
The the&ters were not open at night
In ancient Athens the dramatic per-
formances began at early morning and
closed when it was too dark to see,- as
there was no efficient method OF illu-
minatfon at night.
1.-The scholars of former centuries
must study by sunlight or not study at
all. Whatever hours were wasted IN
sleep in the morning could not be made
greatest disadvaTtd.e
Words o. JESUS Literal.
1.-THE words of JESUS, The night COM
eth when no man can work had for
His hearers literal meaning, but for us
they are only figurative.s Such an adj
monftion as is given to young ministers
in paragraph 129 of the Methodist dis
eipiine, To rise not later than in the
morning, was necessary for those who
would then improve their time.
The modern inventions, producing a
steady, smokeless. and odorless light,
have left the question of morning and
evening study to be decided on it's
merits. 1t is not question Of morals,
but Of facts. Until the modern perfec-
ton of artificial Illumination such dis
cussion was impossible.
My reasons for believing that stu
dents should not rise until after + o'clock
are as follows:
'tFirst-In the evening the Well-fed
stomach is satisfied and the brain re-
ceives abundant nourishment; also by
II O'Clock the evening meal has been so
Tar dlGested that one can easily fail
ASLEEP, but If one goes to bed early the
dinner is still undigested, and insomnia
is the result. In the morning the Stom-
ach Is empty and the brain does not
receive its proper support.
Eyes Weak in Morning.
'-Second-The eyes in the early morn
ing are weak, watery, and liable to in
jury. The eyes should not be given hard
labor until half an hour after rising. If
one takes his breakfast soon after ris-
ing, this haif-hour is gained and the
eyes are ready for work. l take it foi
granted that student cannot break
fast much before O'Clock. One of the
most common causes of sore eyes is
study before breakfast.
"Third-In our climate, when most of
the school work is done in winter, very
few rooms are properly heated at an
early hour, so that the early riser Is
compelled TO work with an empty stons-
ach, with watery eyes, and in a cold
room
Because of these and similar reasons
TIE modern race of scholars has grad
tally abandoned early rising. so that
very few arise before 6:30 Scientific Il
Elimination has Cancelled the old prov
erbs and late TO bed and late to rise is
the dictate of modern civilization