The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-06-25

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Who isaRc ihc seliatt - oBt boys hbd
girls a heart il iusi ~ strong Interest
~ ihc prief ai.pYt quoted. will say.
why shOnid UgfssbDolsnOl he closed
daring The shmmeff' Very many I4o'
re have i,ootish aud sclool education
oB ibe tram. thai ~ ibry rvem ~ lhink
that children and cur young people
should DO nothing uuiii maturity bui
si8dy books and ~ - school. ASK
them for reasons for such i coBrse aud
ibey wiil Say. ITO "a them Tor Tho
duiies u lie Lat common scbse
ssvo Hs Children have duties u life
from tbs moment they come 10 years ~
understanding sach critics say the
teachers need vacations but they adyo.
cate providing substitutes for their
places Mercy II thc teachers cannot
stand The strain bow do they eapec, the
ohildfcn iO' The writer asks rs il for
The rake u economyf" Ne quotes the
old worn oBi law Satan finds mischief
sill for idle hands "a DO " think the
writer never tad children. nor ever had
experience IN enjoying the society Of
young people when on their vacation,
snd - never WAS able 20 Judge Of the
whole souled care.froo enjoyment Of
The little lots, aud the same degree Of
pleasure experienced by the colder
tots" whcu they are let loose on yaca
tons Think 81 the cloud that would
rest on the souls Of children If they
were told Al the beginning Of the year
there would be no vacation for
year We older ones would dread the
thought that nothing but grind away
twelve months would be our only *.
crcise. would just rs soon 90 to
prison and done with u. No. don ask
the school children "a study more than
half u The time; lel them remember ia
their after years Tho fr0lies aud good
times they bad out of school ! believe
Fifty per cent. u the young men and
women ~ today who have been run
through the schools and colleges. who
have been sohooled aud scbooled 10 the
exclusion Of any kind Of chance 10
build up suitable bodily frame, and
much less a healthy brain, will never
amount loa pinch 81 straw, as faf as
beng Of any real benefit 10 the world |
Take for example an only child, grl or
boy. The parents Of course think these |
arr little bit smarter than the eight |
or ten kids 10 their neighbors family |
aud the father aud mother, together
with the aunties, advise education,
stuff the head with what viii not be of
rs much use as the room II occupies,
aud then, when The Young man or the
young woman gets ready 10 begin life
they find Il they have have amy com
mon sense left that they need help
right along MI their lives 1t seems 10
be a wise provision IN our nature, that
our faculties grow aud increase in
strength and usefulness by their use
For instance, the young man who has
graduated withtb highest honors from
college, be has a smaitering of enough
learning 10 run this national govern
meni, when he has but ore chance in a
million of ever having an opportunity
To. Nowadays the young woman is
versed in the knowledge taught by
those who have gone before, u very
small per cent. of everyday practical
knowledge. When she graduates she
couldn't make ahomc pleasant because
thai isn't in line with her education.
bat search me- what is she going 0
do all her lifef Read history, read Of
the lives Of some Of the most notable
women, best loved of all that the world
ever saw or knew. and instead Of il
being recorded that they we're highly
educated il will be their charming per
soBhliiy, their home loving qualities
that are on record, and hundreds and
thousands Of the most prominent men
in all ages owe 10 their wives IN a very
large measure, whatever success in life
they have obtained, nos because she
was 80 highly educated but because she
Was taught, aud learned naturally, all I
those things thata woman instinciiyely |
will learn because nature intended she
should know them. Superficial knowl- I
edge is Of but liitle practical use, ifa
woman's hran Is Oiled with what never
ought 10 be- there. there is no room for
what is desirable Education Of the
brain may leave the owner disagrcable,
llsliked, unc0ngenial; but education /
4 the heart aud mind in The sense | d
mean. guarantees Tor is possessor the q
aspect and appreciation Of ones
riends, What Is io be most desired ia
ar everyday life, 10 have stored away 1
DOT Of book learning, which may per !,
hance be- used little, 81 past life !.
lied with pleasant memories Of school 4
ayS aud The vacations enjoyed Some =
Iroiess % believe that the world Is q
.rpwisg worse and worse. tbai the 4
nnng people are ba.ad, very had, but 7
think our boys aud girls are just ma ! !
urai, aud aside from what comes 20 !,
hcm 10y nature, ~ course j, may seem :
0 ns older heads not quite dcorus, Is
rhai they have learned by observation. y
Ne ali gst our knowledge IN much The 4,
anne way and 70 hike the Master, who -
dyised those without blrmish b first re-
I'D fault, loiusoverlook many things.
Since commenced this article have 81
cad from = prominent journal this %
hrnsc, not using u IN the connection %
~ which j uss written, bni because Il
has bearing on ihr subject have -
9 mind. Those moihers uf our future
residents gho solve ihe servant prob. ~
sm by doing ibpgF own Homework Il ~
hoNlng ihAi ihe idea which have ~
RED " explain + gaining grpaud ~ 90
be alosi exalted positions which NO. te
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