West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1883-04-07
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ly. is property educated men.
Our material progress has been 90
rapid, he. went on t, say. that men.
have failed to keep up; consequently
the world is tull of possibilities which
cannot be developed. and Of enter.
prises which are suffering gtievously
Tor lack OF competent mento manage
them And the difficulty 10 finding.
the righ: men for the waiting work
az not felt simply ir connection with
operations oil great magnitude. 1, ia
ielt wherever there is need Of iull,
epecihc and exact knowledge, coup
led with self-reliance, practical
assignment. and skill to deal prompt
ly aud wisely with novel prob
leme.
The men who are now doing tho.
larger work of the world ss best they.
may, nave for the most part grown
up with their affairs. under condi-
tions comparatively favorable ior
gaining aud retaining the mastery Of
them. But these men are waxing
old, are rapidly dying of, aud THAR
mantles fail upon younger men,
whose entry upon the stage OF ac-
ton was too late for them to benefit
by the earlier formative experience
enjoyed by their fathers.
The worlds business calls for A
wider and wider range OF real knowl-
edge, a brosier grasp Of principles.
and larger executive ability than
were necessary few years ago. At
the came time the specializing ten
dency OF the ags-the development
OF speclalties within epeciaties. an
inevitable consequence OF the in
creasing magnitude OF commercial
and induetrlal aHAiI's-leads to mar
rover experience. narrower training.
and, too often, to a serious limitation
OF men 8 grasp OF affairs 10 general,
their relations, and interactions. The
demands OF future years are likely
TO be Tor men OF larger and larger
capacity; yet tho conditions for tn els
development are becoming less and
less favorable in active business life
as the years 90 by, and the subdi-
visions o service become more mi
mute.
Wlth'a few exceptions our great
educational institutions, and still
more the smaller ones, are in prasp
and spirlt far behind the age, and
entirely out Of sympathy With the.
modern world which the rising gen
Grafton Is soon 10 take possession OF.
From the moment the boy begins TO-
prepare for co!legs he faces the past;
educationaily be lives in tho past; nd
the more conecientiousIy he does the
work laid out for him the yaster will
be the fnal gap between college lie
and real life.
The young man fresh from school
IS apt TO know with thorough ness
much that the busy world has no
use for. lie has general notions of
many arts and sciences, but his posi-.
tive knowledge o! the realitiss upon
which such arts aud sciences are bss.
ed Is usually next 10 nothing; still
less does he know OF the practical
msthods OF men who apply them to
human uses. His educational years
have been spent maioly in worlI
apart from and largely out Of rela-
tIon with the modern WORKING
world he is to ester upon when his
schooling ends. His education. ad-
miraolt as It may appear from
theoretical point Of view, serves
rather TO un6t than TO ft him for
practical lie; and his real eduoa
lion hes to begin airsIL 10 the rnds
aud costly school Of experience.
One OF the great problems Of to-
day is to infuse larger share OF
modern spirit into school life and
school work to Lessen largely the
amount OF book Earning and increase
tie proportion Of individual ofort in
dealing directly with realities in
short, TO make the student more ol
a dOer and less Of passive recipisnt
Of vague ReneralIties.
In every department Of setiye life
the cali is for men untrammeled bv
tradition, men trained to challenge
every alleged fact aud natural law
until It's truth is proved bold men
used TO the solution oi real problems
sid undaunted by novel difficulties
alert men, ready to grasp every op
Portunity tor Improvement in ma.
terals AMI processes, ADD skilled in
the use Of everything that minis
tsIs to. economical success. The
schools should help 10 Ievsloo sooL