The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-09
College Education.

College Education. sl..6a
Our readers have noticed that our
columns have of late been somewhat
occupied with advertisements and
notices Of educational institutions in
this and the adjoining States. They
are now in vacation and preparation
for the opening of another school
year, and are taking this method of
making themselves known to this
section of the country. 1t is the sea
son when parents are thinking about
and preparing to send their sons and
daughters away from home to com
tplete or perfect more fully their edu
cation 1t is a..matter of regret that
we do not have in our midst such In
situations of high literary merit,
where our children can. under the
influences of home, carry Forward the
education they are receiving in our
excellent system Of PUBLIC Schools.
But as we have not, it is a matter of
Importance that fal good college or
seminary be selected. All the insti-
buttons thus far advertised in the
IJoURNAL. we knewrto be ola high
standard of intellectual and moral
instruction.
o o=5 But this leads US to another thought
the college education of ourachil-
dren. 1t never was intended blythe
advocates Of graded public schools
that they would do. away with the
necessity for the higher institutions
Of learning. In Prussia, from whence
ouhsystemqof primary public instruc-
tiiofaAsa6was chiefly derived, There are
not only the elementary. and high
schools, but the academies and uni
ersitiesaWherea the arts, sciences, let
tiers and languages are taught, aud
departments for all the professions,
at Government expense
And the youth of poverty and OBJ
SECURITY. who has passed through the
primary and high school, can pass
on. up with the son of the nobleman
into,th higher walks Of learning, and
thus go. out into the world his equal
in allFthat makes manuseful or noble.
There has been, al: there may yet be,
some feelings of prejudice in in the
minds of the people of our practical
and iactiEe commercial community,
against college education; and in
some degreesit has not been without |
reason But our higher institutions /
of learning have, during the last ten
or twenty years, undergone some
changes, and have awakened to the
of making the course of |
study of character more fully up to
the wants of this busy, practical. com /
mercial age. And so we see the. arts
and the sciences, agriculture, practi
cal mechanics, commercial matters.
political economy, and kindred
studies, receiving more attention.
So that college education is not now |
of such a dead letter, scholastic char
+acter as formerly There is not so
much danger now that a young man !
who passes through college will |
come forth at. graduation day nan
impraeticable + book scholar, tAun4 !
fitted for anything but 4 one |
of the learned professions. 100 On
the contrary the yopngG man who |
spends the usual term at one of our
best Institutions, and pursues his
studies and HIS reading with view |
to the practical business pursuits Of |
life, should make better merchant |
or more intelligent manufacturer than |
the one who knows nothing Of politi- |
cal economy, commercial history, or |
the prinoiplesof the sciences and arts. |
While the age is one of commercial |
and agricultural advancement and en-