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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1881)
-i..,...Jk . I:. j' THE NEW NORTHWEST, THURSDAY, JULY 28,r 1881. ... COMPARATIVE SWIMMING. TH E r M I RT H FU L- MUSE" MISCELLANEOCH ADVEKTIMEMENT8. c THK INFLUENCE? BELIOION OS tEARSINOTHE ... NATATORIAL ART. . The wisdom of teaching girl to swim la gener ally acknowledged, though, unfortunately, few - girh have hitherto received the uecesaary teach ing At'one of our large "female seminaries," however, swimming has been made a part of the a I la 7fiWinwt-o4uajmei a uuu may ue permit : ted. The report of the rWewwr oPSwInnniny nraves that he has been during the past -ear very thorough and fllcient in the performance of his .duty, and shows most unexpectedly that there Is a verv clow connection between the religious itti of m. elrl and lwrbillty to learn to swim Among the girls belonging to the seminary, al church and sect luepresented. There .are sixteen Baptists, twenty-one .Methodists, thir teen I'resoyienans, . ten r.piMcopanans, two j- mftcr thollcs." onr-vampoeime, one luiormeu ' Kpisoonallan, and three girls who have rio'partic--ular relfsfous belief. The'Oldest xf these girls is 19 and the youngest 11, but it does not appear that Age has anything to do in learning to swim. The two best swimmers in the school, are the younjrest f irl and her sister, who I IS years old, and the 'rofeHHor gives it as his opinion that it makes no difference at what age a girl begins to study gwi mming, we find that the Haptist largely excel all other. Fifteen of the sixteen llaptiat. girls tcarued to swim In three lessons, and from the firt displayed a marked su(eriority over their fellow-students. This was due, in the Professor's -opinion, to the fact that Baptists are early taught that no one can breathe comfortably under water. The-flM Impulse of an ordinary girl who finds lierseir under water Is to draw in her breath, with a view of remarking 44Ohrwy !" and as a result she Instantly finds-herself choking. The Bap tists, in order U aVold unseemly disturbances when administering the rite of baptism, instruct their feminine converts that they must keep their mouths : tightly closed when under water, and muni ou no account My 44Oh, my !" The eirl whd fuas been taught this lesson is unquestionably bet ter prepared to learn to swim than are other girls! and hence It was to bare been expected that the -liaptitmiplls of the Professor would show a de cided MuiHTioniy. Next in prortciencXfaJMeJ.hJ4lethoilist. Sixty per cent of the Methodic girls learned to swim in given time, while during the same time 50 per cvut of the Presbyterian girls and only 20 ier cent of the Kpiscopaliau girls became swimmers. Whiles we readily see why Methodists, Presbyte rians and Episcopalians should take to the water less readily than Baptists, it may seem strange that a Methodist should swim more easily than a " Presbyterian, and that an Episcopalian should be o much inferior to either. According to the -learned Professor," It is the back-hair element which explains this curious difference. The . Methodist girl Is "very apt to wear her back hair cut short, and the Presbyterian girl is taught by - her parents that to care for her back hair is to .'-; evince a sinful spirit of conformity to the world. f)n the other band, the p-u.y KniscoDalian, find ug nothing either in her prayer-book or In tne decisions of the first six Ecumenical Councils against back hair, takes delight in making her self. attractive In point of hair as possible, and T hence Is extremely reluctant to permit it to get . wet. It is evident that no girl who goes Into the - water with her mind fixed on her back hair and - - - -witli a firm determination to keep it dry can make any real progress in learning to swiui, and we hs-seerthat-thelatrviit Methodist, Presbyterian and Episcopalian girls ki swimming studies is primarily a ., matter of -i- - back hair. ... '.T" Of girls belonging to the Camnbelllte and-Re- formed Ephtcopalian sects, there Is a jack of facts ou which tobase any theory. ' Neither the Camp . bellite nor theJleformed Episcopalian girl learned to swim. The former couldnot be induced to overcome her fear of the water, although she had . been baptized byiminersion, and the. latter pro- - tested acrainst learn I air to swim-on- the ground ; lust she suspecteu tire IVofessorjjLbelnie Horrnvn t1 n disguise; ThewoKoman Catholic girls - learned to swim, and their only fault was an ex - Cv f-el f-con fltlenee, brted.-perhaps.Tfpoft too vlvi.frecollectiou of rt. Peter's success in walking . apon the water. . The three girls who had-no religious belief were - . ftjcciifttliroiu Joi n I ng-the s wi m tu i it claw at the i particular request of their parents, who, being I - nffuwuo, ioo me grouna mat it was very uouot ' lul whether such an art as that of swimming had any existence, and that It was not worth while to pav any attention to the matter. X : llH'fejacl are of great Interest and of unusual ilWtauce to students of the new and popular knee called sociology. . Thev show us thatH i , . - . . . . swimming is a manor innuwuced to a very large xtent by religion. . It will be necessary for the MetluHiists. .Presbyterians and Knismnlinn to take-prompt measures to Instruct their girls in swimming while they are of tender years, and to anodify their Views as to back hair if they have any desire to rival the Baptists in proficiency in swimming. , ' -. 'io- iiex t-report-of-the- learn ed-ProfessOi8or Swimming will be looked for with eagerness, and u is to do hoped that it win give us new and suf ficient data In regard to Campbelllte and lie' formed Episcopalian girl s. JVYio Yor k Timet. s The Ingenuity the slave mother in getting her little boy to run on the way to freedom by throw ing a balL forward for him to get, has been, sur ; paused by that of a French governess, whose ena-pM-eiy-a-very proper ldy, said to hen "I am shocked to find that my daughter has been receiv ing letters in French from a young man." (Jov-erDess-i-'Tardon, madame; It Is only my little ruse to cheat niam'selle Into study. When she - would jrply toan unknown lover Frenchman-" mon I)leu, how quickly she will learu my lan j guagel"- - - "YouVmnst lore Miss Lawrence very much," aid Jack to Miss IashlK as ther loft that iariv. wnuill tmt nail iuml mr nn th t rwt 'vnn rnvm her a most rapturous kiss on the cheek." And Miss I rwhle replied, "I despise her!" "Then why such a "kiss?" "Why. didn't yod see? Hhe was terribly painted, and I made a spot on her f heek with that kiss that will let everybody who fees her into, the secret of her .elegant complex Ion." 1 The Cr.ar has suHvdl In rti!tnttnliiT al.ar.liit.tr I ltM tat. t " , . Tc'g aiong. i.urimgron llawkyr. ; OS E YEAH AFTER. the East's alllow ' " ; With ronjr tivk brindled; tb crocuae blow, - ,' The Kwl'i alt aglow ovt ti i Mr, jot.. The flr U not kindled Ths Eaat'a all aglow - With rmy ln'k Irlndle4i r- v CA'SOX-AIDIXa Wftene'er-M j-outhful lover HlfourUlilp Bis hlf tun. Howitzer prize him to l ru That Hl not always run. , FttclnntaiKX, when he's planned hU aUeV And think th nilsnila do, Th s IrVn UlHtrulfut reht ,8howt hi m, a trlffet.lwo Au J as with much nionientuiii He down the stepa doth Md, "And on the k-kcl fence doth" liuS," lie feela much mortar-fled. The inalden In -the ineantim Kwapea Into the yard; And ahrlekw, Willi mueh emotion, !My pa ha atruek retard. 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