Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-08-31
Farming and Higher Education.

IS quite probable that this ratio will hold
good in similar institutions of advanced
learning But there j. little to marvel
at in it. OF the 422 who graduated
from Wabash College it is safe to say
that nearly all entered that school with
the expectation Of preparing TO enter
upon profession. The young man
who intends to become a physician. Il
lawyer. preacher OF literary man, sees
the great advantage of having liberal
and classical education. tine may be-
come an able and eminent attorney
without collegiate education. but such
an education he realizes would be of i'm
mcnse advantage TO him, would give
him prestige over his rivals not 30 quail
itied. and place him on an equal footing
with others who have secured the same
aid. The like may be said Of the voung
man who would become physician
To the preacher or literary man such an
accomplishment is Indispensable. He
may secure il by dint Of very hard
labor from the books OF his scantv
library, but il Is UNNECESSARILY
easier for him 10 accomplish his
desires under the tutorship of a corps
OF teachers who make it business TO
afford. by a sysiematized course, the
means OF acquiring a well-balaneed ed
ucaiion at the least possible expenditure
OF time and labor A. a natural result,
this class Of Young men repair to col
lcge, and. having graduated. go at once
10 the field OF operations they had de-
iermined to enter before they went TO
college. The man who expects TO pass
his life as a farmer seldom goes TO col
iege. from the fact that he does not re-
gard II ~ necessary. He may cultivate
grain. care for his stock and manage
his finances with - much ability with
an ordinary school education rs with
finished one from a college or universe
~. To the professional man such
thing may he regarded as necessity.
but to the farmer ii is simply nm accom-
pli>hment. not al all Indispensable 10
his success. II is. therefore. maniicstly
unjust 20 say that advanced education
has 4 tendency 10 prejudice students
against farming or any other honorable
pursuit Thy secret Of SO few farmers
being graduates lies in the fact that but
few farmers, or those intending 10 pur-
sue a farmer life, enter college.
But it would be well to say, in this
connection. tina. while an advanced or
" finished education is by no means
essential 90 the farmer, ii would be of
inest.mable service 10 him, adding new
interest 10 his chosen puI suit and afford |
ing means of recreation from his ardu- !
Gus physical labors. The farmer may
cultivate his fields aud gather his har- I
vests. manage his stock and dispose OF (
the products of his labors, without.
-'book- learning" Bat if he has this 4
learning, and has cultivated taste for !
literature or science, he has at his com /
maud recreation that will prove an /
incvhau>tible source of pleasure. There .
are iifiy-twc Sundays in year. Each 4
of these SUNDAYS should be a day of rs +
nearly absolute rest n possible. Be F
ycnd feeding and Watering the stock. 4
and such necessary work, nothing
should be done ON the farm. During
The long hour, of each seventh day, 1
while the body is recuperating from the !
weeks honest toll that brought each /
mi..cle and fiber into play aud makes .
the rest 80 grateful. book will furnish 1
4 delight nj tonic 10 the mind tina; has
grown lethargic while the body has
grown weary. 50. through the long /
winter evenings. when everything i I
housed. and there is little 10 do but /
To wait for the return of seed time I
and harvest, well->oleclcd library
is al iuestm;tble value. 4 weli-direcied /
iose OF literature will do more than 4
aught else "a refresh the exhausted en-
crgies by entertaining the mind, and
max ag II forget hog tired In. body is 1
nnt,l ii is no longer weary. Besides /
this. il renders ialor itself so much 4
more agreeable. in revealing all the Sc
crcis OF natsrc's alchemy. by which the 4