Show 0 VR SCHOOL regulations A few days since the news gave expression to what may properly be classed as the of a great plumber probably the majority of parents to in this community over what they co consider nelder the improper hour at which children are required to be at school hool the matter should not be ignored nor postponed tor bar too tooling long a time ahne it to Is not only a condition of things which produces general annoyance gurid and discomfort but is provocative of bad results otherwise not the least of which to Is ill health the hours of study should not be prolonged cund and more particularly should not have any lengthening trench upon the time im following the sleeping hours there Is nothing grained gained by emm e mang 11 especially under the circumstances spoken of the medical record to la giving the subject some attention it holds that the care of the body has been strangely neglected in the public schools of this country it declares that numbers of d delicate highly strung children have broken down under the strain and aad the dreary daily grind of the monotonous cramming system undergone in unhealthy surroundings has developed many of the nervous diseases to which the present generation Is ia so peculiarly susceptible what does knowledge profit a man if in the gaining of it he loses the still more precious gift of good health the nations of the old world notably greece and rome understood der stood and appreciated much more ts elearly learly than do the people of these times the harmfulness of unduly forcing the mind to the lasting hurt of the body the gymnasiums of ancient greece probably reached in their methods of training the young a higher ideal than have any of the educational systems now in vogue in the face of this condition of affairs it is pleasing to note that the people of america are rapidly becoming alive to the per niclous effects of developing the mind at the expense of the body it is shown that the more rational mode of educating the young is to so ao train the mind and body that both ad fraince at an equal rate A child being of weak constitution but having unusual mental capacity ca should be so 90 taught as to strengthen its physical powers without crowding the mind in the least and no child should be forced ina in a way that tha t is sure to weaken its energies and eventually break down its capacities no more certain way of doing this could be devised than by hustling hus a child out of bed before it is thoroughly th hughly awake rushing the dressing operations and enforcing the bolting performance at breakfast it if indeed it shall be so lucky as to get any breakfast under the then away to school on the keen jump let the nine to clock school hour be set aside altogether and everywhere ten Is early enough especially these short days |