The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-03-26
sELF-EDUCATIOE.
atlanta Constitution.

There are many boys and young men
IN Grorpii and all over the country 10
whnn tDr question of education presents
it-eli III The shape OF u serious problem.
They lacI meabs As we'll ~ opportunity.
They ieel that. in order u properly
equip themselves, they need snme,hing
more than common schnul education |;
but they lack the means. They feel the
necessity for adding t. their requirements,
but they ARE compelled TO face the more
dressing necessity of existence. They
must live, aud If they live they must
work They feel that they are haudi.
capped by their condition.
IL is natural that ambitious young me n
and boys should feel cramped by the
misfortune which compels them ,s be.
cnme brrAdwlnners at the age when their
more fnrtunm'e ncqnainlarces aud com
paninr nrc just beginning To enjny the
advantages ni tlir~e 10 whom all the
avenues nf education are open Their
anxiety is natural under the circum.ian.
re-, hui il Is very drublfui whether their
| crhmprd c"n'ii'iIn their lack of nppUr.
tunity-plare. them at any disadvantage.
Tie nir-, sncc, nsiuI men the mru whn
are nin-t thmou. in the worlds history
are. almost without exception. men who
have overcome the obstacles and tri
umphed ov,r The msforluncs that btsct
them IN early life.
The President of Dartmouth College.
in n recent lecture i'm Boston, declared
ZION" ard '-cnnoi education" il merely
II superficial distinction. "All real ed'
cation" he j. reported ns saving. call
IA. Il ..,I,
-"li rducati'n." This il rugge.iivr.
unqnr,ti"'nhiy inclination il rarrr .hnn
"rI"ntunity inclination j. everything
h"y or y"ung man who il determined
t" sncc. eel in life is bound To succeed.
a bay "r young man who il determined
!" reap 'hr h-n, ti's OF the h;Ghe.t cdu
cal,'n will tiud that the way is open To
him even llrug', he should never get in
-igbt "i IL college or IL university. The
toy nr young man who possesses all the
advantages that are to be found in our
institutions of learning will never nc
qmre useful education unless he has
ne ambition To educate himself.
The system and discipline Of cnllcgrs
are be'piul and impur,unt. but there can
he u" d"nbt that the advantages nf col
lrgc 'duca,inn are greatly overe-timAted.
iHtp Nre hStTPrtlihatttl ucCHusc the
great mni"ri,y If b"ys who go to cnllege
are impressed with the idrn-the super
.ri'i"m. wr had almost sril that, in
"r'lrr t" succeed. in order to secure u
substantial education. they have only TO
Whey the rules and follow the routine
laid dnwn. A young man could MT
nake II grpnttr mistake than thiH Let
the system of tho college. Le all hat can
he d-,irc,l-let its faculty be cnmpostd
"f The inremost educators of their time
.-nnd they will still fail to educate ,hosu
who do mt educate themselves.
The moral of nll this is, that young
nrn who are AMBITIOUS should make the
'''''s, oi The opportunities that lie directly
~ hand. They may Le small oppnrlu
ni,irS. 10 lr sur', but II small opportunity
may grow Ia be II very large one. Let
rli"sr yunng men who imagine that they
nck npp"r'uniiy, or who believe that
rincnn.lanr' have conspirrd To place
'i,rn, Mt 'lisn.lvnnragr, do the best they
san, nnl they will fiud that they haze
'I,ne the hest. The secret of s,ccc-s j..
IN open one. Hard work. and npplicu
tinn in II given direction, will accomplish
ANYTHING