The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1875-01-22

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that the high education rifles ,hr cnn.
nnn until the ssssne'h # the mental i.
gone" Rus II NE mcial was uf Inor
ssuG. or larliag IN careful preparation
e. the strain upan II. then rincl er
unrihel. II would hurst 1t Tic hr, ls.
charge
Powe, l. the popular criterion And
!, 10 re,i,ea - stunning fact. tia,
.'hc who welded our government, with
the s,fonres. haul. 10 prom unced by
his bieeraphcr 70 have hccn the most
ignorant man In tho world" hut Ii
this = Plea for ignorance. know
tha. La Place was accused BY Napoleon
of always searching after sub,lvtics---
that his idcas worc problems and ,ha,
10 carried tho stiri. of tho iadnileslmnl
calculus into tho management ~ husi.
ncss. Yet this was no fau', Of tho cal.
cnlus, but only of la application. |
know that. M In Snil of Sir John
llutncr, men may DO ignorao, of tho
dead languages. aud yet may 10 able u
teach those who sneor at lds ignorance
that which they never knew in any
language dead o. living But N thu,
an argument against the classics IN OIL.
ucationg Mo- Du, to-day that learn.
Ing II sought with most ayility. which
graduates A man asa railroad president
or bank preslden, upon tho f,,,es, lie.
Ing. And.no. the rings o. tho planets
arc studied hnf ~ mucl, ~ tho ,nuniei.
pal Or asato rings of the contractor
/ Where are tho college graduates To-
lay--in the foremos. ranks ef learning,
pushing forward literary enterprises,
controlling our raolin schools. and
guarding all our educational interests:
Alas! Zone 10 his farm. another u
bis merchandise. | hsvo lately seen II
alleged tha. for the last ,wcn,, years no
graduate II our American colleges hns
riscn 10 fame a. M orator, poet. states.
man, or mn historian. or In either of
the learned Professions Aud even II
this be 40, why u II cxecp, that tho
public mind has 10 set ii.clf 10 tho new
methods m 10 turn inside III course Of
popular education from tho ideal to tho
practical. and 10 merge II II husinsas
affairs | sou |. stated that tho great.
a.. warfare of tho nineteenth century u
tho industrial warfarn---tlc s,rn-glc. .hc-
tween tho great nations for supremacy
In tho various industries. Aud nut a
this legitimate s,riio come tho grea,
Mor Ids fairs of Sy,lcnhAm. Paris. Vi.
cnnA. and tho Centennial Il rhiladel.
phia. And Gu, of such wan. come
tho Cornell md Michigan Universities,
Plainly enongh tho industries ol tic
country claim 10 10 developed There
Is training that il adapted u .dia
Let Il ~ iorwarl. Lot wculth an,l
talent bo applied In thi, Direction alse
Lo. tho masscs cnIoy tho fruua.. fullest.
bsnsdt u such practical education fer
pursuing THUR chosan 'rcclal.ics hut
giso " tho oil college, which should
not 30 superseded, hu. which may DO
enriched ani enlarged IN its appliance
and ils apparatus, - A. 10 become M
university ouly moro universal than
hitherto.
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