There is not much need of proving to most schoolboys that holiday are necessary. The are quiet convinced that they are family and most desirable too. They welcome a holidays from school with hilarious joy, and plague the headmaster on the least excuse to let them off their lessons.
It would be more in place to try to convince them of the necessity of work and study. Yet it may be desirable to show that regular intervals of rest, recreation, or a change of occupation are really necessary. As the old rhyme says,
'' All work and no play,
Makes Jack a dull boy. "
Holidays at proper intervals are especially necessary for young people, and for those engaged in hard mental work; without a break, will injure the health, and may cause a nervous break-down. A short holiday, rightly used, will send us back to our work with renewed zest and vigour.
'' Rightly used " It all depends upon that. For holidays may be abused. If the holiday is spend in stupid idleness.
