The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-03-17
The Relation Of Culture to Labor.
Concluded From Last Week.

The source of the first objection is
found in the utili,arian spirit of the
age. The multipl ed and varied e!e-
ments of mans nature and life are
ignored, his higher needs overlooked,
aud his grandest capabilities disre
garded. To hold before the youth
ot our country the physical wants az
the most important, and money MAX
ing as the worthlest end of life, is I"
court a state of intelligence and
morality very inauspicions for our
national welfare Only when. men
seek education for it's own sake, and
find i'm education its own abundant
reward will we gather the full fruit
age of wisdom an.l culture.
Aside from the true end OF cduca-
lion, however, on the lower plane OF
u,ii,arian;sm and material aivant
AGA. f.w investments can he more
rrmul,rrative than thorough educa-
lion. The men who ma>e fortunes
ar. not the mrcha,i:s however aett,
the artizans however capable, but
the men of wi,lr mental vision, close
| powers OF analysis who grasp the
factors of success AMI manipulate
them to their own profit. That such
m,n are all trained scholars Is noi
claimed: Many, on the contrary,
are men of little cultivation. But
while some minds have na,ively logic,
invention and executive power, most
a, quire them only by development.
The second objection raised is to
tie feeling foSterrd. This may seem
puerile here wh.re manual labor Is
sufficiently general t" hold it still i'll
full honor. All who are tamil ar
however, with the spirit inblhed al
such colleges as Harvard and Prince
ION. will confess that it is antagon:sti'
to pursuits nece ating manual labor
Many graduate declares that his
parchment, and he means thereby TN
own pa,rician consei vallsm, has beer
a constant barrier, TO his advanc..
In every city can he met hundreds "
men, ,ielica,cIv nurtured and hight.
cultivated. These, WHEN placed out
side ;h. circle of wealth al elegance
are constantly woun,lel 10y the con
trast between their capabilities an
| condition, and spend, Ike Edga
Allen Poe, lives of wre'eheiness
the vain ut TO establish harm'
: ny.
Little, i, ,s feared, can lie done
J remedy this evil. In our country
golden ~se. the spread of .dueauo
will bring culture into the most mel
. ialpursu,t. and the pursuit must ,her
hy lose all commences. Nature WI
eventually adjust herself; mean,iH
the tendency can be ronslderah
modified. 1t people following II
ploymcnts involving manual lab'
will educate their children, the tar'
pr. that his snil~ may make more II
t.lliuent farmers, the blacksmith, th
hin son. may make more INTEL ge'
smiths, and not, ~ in so many insta
c..s, thar the son may follow SOME
called s-n,lemanll calling, step
the right direction will have be
taken. If, in addition. in the coll'S
of our co,nirG, new feature can
introduced, great good, 1t Is belle
ed. may result. Make certain l'
firicucy in manual labor as inlispel
able as the requisite excellence
mathematics. Make the prizes i'll u
department AS numerous AZ IN tha'
=, the classics or sciences. The bpnf'
ma will h. Immediate and muliip'ird;
capabili,y OF .*lfSnpport will be
Surcd; development in a new DIR
ton will be ob,aiut'l; work VIII
made reality to The student ny
honorable in,rodnr,i..n into the c
rculum; the advantage to the W"
of skilled labor Will accrue, and
d,sit,.,ratum of education will
reached when the highest deyel
,o ment of lhe mental, and the higl
IN, Development of the physical pow
combine.
JOSEPHINE w. BATES
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