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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR THE COMING 

 WEEK. 



Thursday, July 5.— Trotting : Lyons, N. Y.; Sharon, Pa.; Pough- 

 heepsie, N. Y.; Macomb, 111.; Detroit, Mich.; Woodbury. N. J.; West 

 Mention, Conn.; Albany, N. Y. Running meeting at Monmouth Park. 

 Long Branch, N. J. Rod and Gun Club Shooting Tournament at. 

 Burlington, la. Prize Bench Siiow of Dogs ana exhibition of birds at. 

 Toronto, Canada. Shooting at Bloomint: Grove Park, l' a. Baseball: 

 Indianapolis vsTechumseh, at Indianapolis; Keystone vs Delaware, at 

 Port Jervis, N. Y.; Erie vs Philadelphia, at Buffalo; Auburn vs India- 

 napolis, at Auburn, N. Y.; Mutual of Jancsville vs Milwaukee, at Mil- 

 waukee; Olympic VB Rutan, at Paterson, N. J.; Enterprise vs Volun- 

 teer, at Ponghkeepsie; Rochester vs Star of Syracuse, at Rochester; 

 Athletic vs Ring, at Cohoes, N. Y. 



Friday, July 6 — Trotting : West Merlden, Conn.; Albany, N. Y. 

 Running meeting as above. Dog show as above. Shooting matches as 

 above. Meetingof the Athletic Association of American i Dal] 

 Mom. Haven. Base ball: Indianapolis vs Hartford, at Indianapolis 

 Forest City, at. Columbus, o.; Clipper vs Sunuysidc, at Sing 

 etic vs PittsDeld, at Pittsfleld, Mass.; Enterprise vs Dela- 

 ware, at Port .Tervis ; Keystone vs Ronesdale , at Honesdalc, Pa. 



. Jul y 7 — Trotting at West Meriden, Conn. Running meet- 

 ting at Monmouth Park, Long Branch, N. J. Base ball: Enterprise vb 

 ji Port Jervis; Keystone vs Honeadale, at Honesdale, Pa.; 

 Arlington vs Crystal, at Brooklyn; Buckeye vs Techumseh, at Colum- 

 bus; Clipper vs Active, at Wappinger Falls; Athletic vs Adams, at 

 Adams, Mass. 



Monday. July 9.— Running meeting at Monmouth Park, Long Branch, 

 N J. Baseball: Indianapolis vs Boston, at Indianapolis; Keystone vs 

 Wilkesbarre, at Wilkesbarre. 



Tuesday, July 10 —Trotting : Cauaudaigna, K. Y.; Sodus, N. Y.; Bay 

 City, Mich.; Springfield, Mass.; Columbus, O. Running meeting at 

 Monmouth Park, Long Branch, N. J. 



. i;/. July 11.— Trotting as above. Running meeting as above. 

 .July 1?.— Trotting as above and at, Monmouth, 111. Run- 

 ning meeting as above. Regatta of the Arlington Boat Club, at Bay- 

 side, L. I. 



— Sunday Night Line to Boston. The splendid Steamers of 

 the Fall River Line are now making Sunday trips leaving New 

 York at the same hour (5. P. m.) as on ween days. 



— A new route, to Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard, and Kan- 

 tucket by the Fall River Line has been opened for the season. 



.1 is can leave this city daily, Sundays included, at 

 5p.m., on the steamers Bristol or Providence, and after spend- 

 ing a whole day at. Martha's Vineyard may return to New 

 York the. following day at ij.-illi a.m. 



CLOSING THOUGHTS ON EDUCATION. 



TF we ltave made sufficiently clear the central idea underlying 

 -L our argvnneut, many minor objections to out theory will 

 thereby be disposed of. For instance, it might be said that it Is 

 absurd to desiderate an early life in the country. Can city moth- 

 i r- send away their children to be reared under Ihe conditions 

 here required? DO we advocate the establishment of rural nur- 

 series at State expense? Nothing of the kind. Let the city keep 

 ils own yOungif it must, and teach them its own lessons. There 

 are hero exhibitions, arlisli 

 simps and factories, parks a 

 ores, every one of which can 

 We have all heard of hrkdil 

 who had never seen the CO 

 yond hearing of its tins. |„ 



nical, i 



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.oiulon 

 ltliimr of it be- 



. scientific and meek 

 d collections of all ki 

 te luiiieiltnadvanlat 



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gerows and green fields. It may 

 also lie known that in the same vast wilderness of houses the 

 chances of. health and longevity are greater than in any of the 

 large cities of America, small though the latter are in compari- 

 son. It may be deduced from these fads that, city life is not 

 || insistent with physical development, and has advantages of 

 its own in the other branches of education. We merely give 

 the country the preference, ami would not recall too vividly 

 scenes which would crowd out argument, else we might, revert 

 lo its freedom, joyousness in mere existence, healthy activity, 

 the. courage it infused, the hopes it fostered, and if any of Us 

 lessons failed to leach us then, they arc bearing fruit in the 

 memories it. has left behind. Here is a picture which suits our 

 purpose perfectly : "My home," Say 8 Hallock's Fhldmj Tour- 

 ist, "was a tree-embowered shanty apart, from the farm-house, 

 and crowning a knoll, around whose bast; rolled and tumbled a 

 inosl delectable trout brook. In time 1 came to know cvery 

 woridelmek hole in the township, and almost, every red squirrel 

 and chipmunk by sight. ; every log where an old cock-partridge 

 drummed ; every crow's nest, and every hollow tree where a 

 coon hid away. I heard Bob While whistle to his mate in 

 June, and knew where to find his family when the young brood 

 hatched rail . I had pets of all kinds— tame squirrels and crows, 

 hawks, owls and coons. All the live stock on the farm were 

 my friends. I rode the cows from pasture, drove a cosset four- 

 in-hand, jumped the donkey oil" the bridge, to the detriment of 

 both our necks, and even trained a heifer so that, I could fire 

 my shot-gun at rest between her budding horns. I learned 

 where to gather all the berries, roots, barks and ' yarbs ' that 

 grew in the woods ; and so, unconsciously, became a naturalist 

 and an earnest, student of botany." The last is the great point 

 —studying natural history and botany in Nature's own col- 

 lege. 



So far, we have touched upon moral education only in an 

 indirect way. One of the chief advantages of a ehihl's e.xeinp- 



I in attendance at school during the first, decade or more 



of its life, is thai a ground maybe prepared for a healthy, 

 sound and abiding moral education. As in the other ease w r e 

 took except ion to abstractions, so in this, example is more 

 powerful than principles. Precepts may burden the memory, 

 example touches both the intelligence and the heart. Schools 

 have rashly heen condemned as hot-beds of vice, and denounced 

 as institutions for the dissemination of immorality rather than 

 of knowledge. There is generally a little reason in the most 

 extreme view, and we find a good deal in this particular in- 

 stance. Example, we repeat, is more powerful than principle, 

 whether for good or ill. In every school are boys who exer- 

 cise, in spite of the utmost vigilance, a most, pernicious influ- 



I heir fellows. Bad examples soon multiply ; and a 



child seal to school at, too tender an age, before it, has formed 

 ig, or before it has absorbed into 

 (Sons of home, is exposed lo a 

 any weapon of defense. The 

 ay a child, from its mere youth- 

 received a taint from which it 

 holly freed. It may' be observed here 

 ;ble process, including both the 

 against the bad, and the infusion of 

 the good; and, further, that besides many positive virtues, 

 there IS a negative condition in the freedom from vices which 

 litis no place in the nomenclature of the former. School edu- 

 cation lakes but, little of this within the range of its operation, 

 and pupils are, as a rule, freely exposed to the risk,- oi . ■■ h ia- 

 ii" i Let us take, for example's sake, one branch of moral 

 education to illustrate the defects of the usual system. Leav- 

 ing aside the vices which are the oppositcs of the BO-called 

 Christian virtue, let us turn to such qualifications as persever- 

 ance, energy and industry. These virtues are either inculcated 

 merely as bearing upon intellectual progress, or ignored alto- 

 gether in the explanation of results. Hence it, must frequently 

 follow that the youth of greatest, mental calibre, will rest, under 

 the idea, that he is the intellectual inferior of many of his mates 

 through his ignorance of his own capabilities, and his never 

 having been referred to his moral failings to find a Cause for his 

 mediocrity. A defect thus exists for which no remeeh is sup. 

 plied, while the exercise of all such virtues should be regularly 

 impressed upon him as a part of a grand total of moral duty. 

 i lerfectb logical sequence comes the result, that in sending 

 a child to school at a very early age. the years are not only 

 wiisted to a great extent, so far as moral education is con- 

 cerned, but it, is unnecessarily exposed to trials, the danger of 

 which would lie materially lessened were a more rational Bye. 



feni in force. As Ihe child's parents are its first gum tj - an 



directors, so they should continue its moral guides until their 



teachings have not only taken coot, but are bearing fruit. This 



iera} rule, to which there must necessarily be ex- 



tiny opint 



ons of right and wr. 



itself the 



more wholesome 1 





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nof safeguards agi 



ceptions. Allusion has already heen made to Byron's mother 

 as a woman little calculated to moral educa- 



tion ; but in Ihe majority of cases the wholesome atmosphere 

 of home is the besl iii which to live through the. tender years 

 preceding what has been specified as a sufficiently early de- 

 parture to other influences and associations. Thus only can a 

 child be fully equipped to meet and triumph over the 

 trials and temptations of youth, and so issue, in the plenitude 

 of the glorious strength of early man and womanhood, int< I 

 great "battlefield of life. With bodies strong enough to resist 

 the inroads of studious application upon Ihe physique, an 1 a 

 mora] sense sufficiently developed to withstand the attacks of 

 temptation, the brain will be found to possess, in vigor and 

 freshness, qualities which more than compensate for the train- 

 ing possessed by the victim of the early-forcing process. Cul- 

 ture is the object of all education, ami ■ - incise andcom- 

 prehensive definition of that much-abused word, we know none 

 betterthan thai by Mr. .1. II. Long, 1!. A., of Canada: '^The 

 cultivation or all the endowments of man— the mental facul- 

 ties, the moral attributes, the physical powers, the finer tastes 

 and feelings." 



EXHIBITION OF SHTP, YACHT AND 

 BOAT MODELS. 



FVERY one who visited the Government Building at, the 

 late Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, will recall 

 the very interesting and complete display of models of all kinds 

 of sailing craft, not only of America, but of other countries. It 

 comprised ancient models as well as the newest, of men-of- 

 war, merchant ships, steamers, hospital ships, yachts, fishing 

 smacks, fishing boats, boats used by sportsmen, canoes and all 

 manner of craft, in use by civilized man and savage, from 

 Greenland to Puget's Sound and the North Pacific Ocean, and 

 included not only those in long use, but untried novelties of 

 unique pattern. Without doubt it was the most creditable and 

 comprehensive exhibition of the kind that has ever been 

 shown. Its capacity for instruction by comparison of models 

 was great, and the rate of progress and improvement in ma- 

 rine architecture could be readily studied and comprehended by 

 those familiar with nautical matters. This exhibition remains 

 in its entirety at Washington, if we are not mistaken, where it 

 will be permanently available to the inquirer, navigator, yi 1 1 

 man and student. Its Utility as a school of instruction is ob- 

 vious. 



Inasmuch, however, as new improvements and inventions 

 are constantly coming to light, and especially since the compe- 

 tition among yachtsmen is constantly stimulating the contri- 

 vance and construction of racing vessels of superior qualities 

 of stiffness and speed, it would be well to encourage periodica 

 exliibttionsof models of this class of vesselsin order that build- 

 ers may profit by the knowledge thereby imparted. And not 

 only models of yachts of every class and rig, but also of fishing 

 smacks, bay boats, gunning skiffs, portable canoes and the ap- 

 pliances and apparatus pertainine to each. Already this has 

 been done in England this summer (whether prompted by the 

 6«T«rnin«it Iihibition at Philadelphia, or by their own mo- 

 tion we cannot say), and a very creditable showing has just 

 been concluded at the Fishmonger's Hall in London. TheLord 

 Mayor opened the exhibition on the 2Sth of May with much 

 eersmony and a luncheon. On that and each subsequent day 

 the hall was so well attended that it is evident great interest 

 obtained. Liberal prizes were offered and the entries were 

 numerous. One model was that of the steamship Britannic, 

 5,008 gross tonnage. Many ship building companies were rep- 

 resented, both by sailing ships and steamers. There were t (Venty 

 exhibits of schooner yachts, from 350 tons down. In the cut- 

 ter class there w T ere eleven exhibits. The fishing smacks me 

 mentioned as resembling yachts more than anything else. 

 There were several tugs and barges. The apparatus com- 

 prised boat dowering gear, life-saviug appliances, anchors, dress 

 for sailors, etc. In every respect the show was a success, and 

 many of the models have heen sent to the Royal Aquarium to 

 remain as permanent fixtures. 



We repeat that it is important to cultivate such exhibitions 

 jn the United Stales for reasons obvious and supposable, and 

 we shall hope to see such initiated next year. Forest amd 

 Stkeam hasalwa; i in suggesting means for pro- 



moting legitimate sports in this country, and we shall cheer- 

 fully lend our aidin thisasin other enterprises when it may be 

 needed. Besides sailing models we would urge the contribu- 

 tion of models for boats and canoes of which there arc. in use 

 already full thirty different, kinds. If some one more compe- 

 tent does not initiate this movement in due time we shall un- 

 dertake it. ourselves. 



—Dr. Helmbold's opening of the - ; Parlor Pharmacy," cor. 

 17th street and Broadway, which took place on Saturday 

 evening last (June 30), was an enjoyable affair. As a caterer 

 to the appetites of those, in health, the Doctor surpasses even 

 his well known skill in prescribing for the afflicted. 



Swiss Valley:.— The Swiss Valley Pleasure Grounds, at. 

 Pelhamville, where a parly of ladies and gentlemen were re- 

 cently so pleasantly entertained by the proprietor, Mr. James 

 Meyer, Jr., are now open to subscription. The membership 

 is limited for the present to 100. The subscription fee giving 

 admission to in i sink for the year 1S78, is $15 for the 

 first fifty subscribe.;, $g5 for those. "succeeding. The project 

 a greal hi i., of out-of-door sports, and will doubt- 

 less meet with a deserved support from that class to whoso 

 1 iters. Those int crested should send for a circular tC< 

 .lames Meyer, Jr., 8o Rmci si reel. P. O. BOJf ■', . 



