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tot high, and to* lai from eaco omer. 1 ne cnim is obliged to sit with his feet dangling in midair, of-tew wiihout any support fur his back ; and if he writes the desks aie so high that he tnnst raise his arms to au uncomfortable position, and, last not least,so far ofTas tn oblige him to sit just upon the ed;eof the scat and then to lean his breasl upon {he edge of the desk. Pardon me, dear reader, it really had not occurred to me tbai you knew all about it yourself—that you had been there too. Mease lend a hand and help me draw this picture, and we will put on the finish. There, you touch (his point and I’ll touch that, and we’il do it Don’t you remember how we managed it ? When wc were small we used to sit on the edge of the scat, cross our legs on the shins so alt;i toimke one support the other a little, or else draw up our feet under it, cusbion-Uke, and then hung our chins on the desk— and if we happened to find a cornfoi table lounge, so that every hone didn't ache, () how we used to keep one eye out for thesi rat an/' and jog each other when wc saw it coming ! And then, when we giew bigger and could just touch our toes la the iloor, and fclant ourselves between the seat and desk at an angle or about sixty degrees, can't you remember how our poor limbs used to cramp, and prickle, and tingle, when they went to sleep!—how our side used to ache, and wc couldn’t catch a long breath '—how round shouldered and out of shape we grew !—how wretched aud miserable we were I—and how rejoiced when the old school house burnt up! Can't you remember it as well as if it happened only 3'cs-terday ? You see that we have only pencilled this off—have used no coloring—and have even left some prominent points untouched. But here it is, and schoo^houscs, as they used to be, were very j much as they are now, none of all our boasted Lm- ■ provementa bavins' yet been applied to them. 1 lie • ill construction of houses alluded to above,together • with I he restraint and confinement—a mown ling in j many instances lo absolute tyranny—imposed ujxm ] children by teachers, are fertile sources of perms- j *«mt disease* and a lasting hatred tu school houses ; Oncemore* every school house should have at least j half an acre uf land attached tu it for a phy ground, ] a well of good water, wood house, and such other ■ thing* as are necessary fur the comfort and cunvc- 1 fiitnce of the !itile community who spend the most ’ important period of their lives there. In these ie- • 8|Kvcts school* ought to he independent of thi ir * neighbor*. On this lot shade trees should be plan- ] red for a jHotcetiun against the heals and colds of j summer and winter. Who has not experienced the ' withering influence that a school house placed in the . £c*»rchitig sun, and within die limits of a dusty road, i has had upon him f One single shade tree near a •
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Lorain Republican
Elyria, Ohio, US
Wed, Jul 03, 1844
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