November, 1879.
THE WEST SHORE.
329
EDUCATION OF YOUTH.
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Tbo Virginia Enttrprur, speaking n( the boys
of Virginia City, advances some ideas which
with curtain qualifications aro generally applica
ble to American boys. Itaays: "They area strong
raoo physically and mentally, anil they are bright
even to precocity. Disciplined and plaoed in
worthy pathi and thoir Uvea would be real orna
ments, but aa they are drifting, when manhood
turns on its head of iteam there will surely he a
wrecking of trains. With the great nt mine on
earth under our city's streets, no buys can loam
mining even if they have livod all thi'ir Uvea
here; with the most magnificent mining machin
ery on earth, at work upon our minea, no boys
can learn to bo mechanic, and the aame rule
attaches to all other occupations. "
The problem of technical education is involved
in this matter, and if it is to bo solved at all it
will I brought about by the atrenuous efforts
now being made in this country and in Kurope.
There is a greater demand for skilled labor than
for unskilled, thia may be considered the cardi
nal point of the question, and it is protty well
demonstrated from the fact that skilled labor ia
very acldom obliged to go a-begging for em
ployment. In nearly every department of
mechanics and mining there exists such a divie-
ion of labor that approntio work aa it used to
be known is at a minimum. We may he mis
taken, but we certainly have reason to believe,
from every-day experience, that purely phyaical
labor remains chaiued to the dreary routine of
"horse work," without very many opportunitiea
to riae above it The old system of loarning to
le a machinist by scraping castings, or the ahoe
maker's art by sawing wood for sevoral years
ia verv much modified bv the quantity of intel
ligence and skill employed by the new hand.
1 no ten wno naa received a gonu vecumcai wiu
cation need not now fear to be begin at the low
eat runir of the ladder, for his merits will not
nermit him to remain there long.
If the boyi of Virginia City ware offered the
privilege ol a technical and exierimental school
in the mining business, we believe many of
them would rise to be an honor to the commu
nity. Some unknown and undeveloped genius
would be brought out, which is now Mug
smothered through lack of opportunities, iloys
live an artificial life in cities because they art
crowded out of avenues of progressive develop
ment on the ground of inexperience. It will
not do to get rid of them by sending them away,
for the tide oomplaiosd of by the Unltrurut
would be perpetuated, not cured. If the boys
are not protiotsnt and are inexperienced, how
oaa they be expected to become protioient or
experienced unless they are taught ? We have
no right to complain of the evil future in store
for our boyi when we nave the shaping of that
future, and are in a measure responsible for it
by failing to afford them the educational advan
tages which they nave the right to expect from
m. and with which it ia oar ntoral and legal
duty to provide them. If the next generation
ia worse than the present, it ia ssrrsot tn say
that the present is responsible for it If the
hove ol Virginia t'itv see each internum Ian
goage thst even "old roughs" torn away with a
ehudder, they are only following the ineliur
lion el "old roeurbe. who sis permitted U
daeaoralira them. The sdeostisssl problem is
can of eolation, if bsgan prvrnsdy.-'!
and SfienliU Pr
The remarkable disenveriea that have been
made within the peat few yearn connected with
the age and origin of the caw or cliff dwellers
of America, have been the continual source of
much speculation. Southwestern Colorado has
aeeinod to lie the location of the most complete
lisooveries, particularly along the Km U
Annua and San Juan. The Valley of the
Mancoa ia tilled with mounds winch appear to
demonstrate the existence of numerous Milages,
Irom the Kan l.uis valley in ( olonn in a OOSV
Initial chain to Mexico The ratal "I them an
linemkt. Mr. f v v .. : ...
remains have In-eu loiiiol, 1101 an) etiiljancw ol
graves, it la probable that cremation was rae
tin d
It ia evident from appoaraiwee and tut round
inga that these navea were mhaWu.1 during
the period when the San l.uta valley was an
Immense lake or sua The valley la 7.0M) leet
almve the ocean, aud the natural inference la
that mot of the continent at that Inn was un
der water, which livpotheeia would preclude
the idea of tlteir reaching Colorado from Asia,
Tua Khix or Swokian i Ka.su Vi i as
It ai'xar- that the Herman government haa
arriou.lv taken tin. matter 111 hand, aa "in king
Tail steamship Onmt SsJOrs is to bs fltud
up with new boUsre and machinery at a oust of
rtannm nam oaiils bstweso London and
Texas. She is capable of holding 3.000 head of
liWKI.MN'lM Of TIIK COliir.MXi
f'l.IKK
k of d tftstsnt ages, as ts ssned ttesaaf 1 laeed thawa lee It.. Mm- - mmin m
th.t the Art .rtgmsWd la ) jefUm towns In r H
I p,u of Ammc. a-l . aseU .d.r. t.. feM all la abr
,.ll l tsala sssrr I oat tn Ito. ao.1 i.i,iawl . s
eient people are foand la sash various s-e of
.-..(.. ten (,, tha small rr k . .it rhaan'xt I
the massive sad Isrpnetag struetsras, ladkaat
ing the work of dinefsat ages, aa ui
Allamiraao
unauhmrra.
.. the Aaletl
k... La. ,,.Jad frasi test sanaEwT
Manir I'owell, howsvsr, in savrtawresUms.
sees Is the vsrtoos Ions sf ssroswsf !
tvidtncss of the earn- race baildlag soda, th.
Muni condition of psnes m war. . T
Kllo.lt dtfoorered sod eisaise.1 hi lKsiw.
i u-- .Wi 1 or I nf the hwasee er esvee aesr
Itsl Nov, sassy of Ihsea, ssfwsisiiv those
law, SB fas of the ehfa. kv n.arlr diaap
t prae'iaad U gresl Me hy the rlh
thst nmnlry, so thst it has hwn ssmMfd
have dan.etad lhir e.tlllles), snst )SSS
lato.1 thaw I. lata de'Har M lkrtalry In
halgiae phtairisa as loss I. darts s (
el J.rata saw! taajstry. stsds th rsajssst
f to Italftss wvrnsal, thst th to sisiti
e l s CW.m U lU aasts
I o4 r. .0 MtadneM, B SflarlM.
i is ssatsi. kssk hi Rawsas aaal
tiareaasy,
r Miway. la-tat
fn lie lBM sums raly
4 W salutary I
catUe and M.000 head I
psnrad rrssn tne en an