New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-15

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the Chemical Bank, said -,..,,. 49,.
believe that education is rot only vaiu E put
necessary 1t i moi OF so mreh hin mental equipment
m the usual college way, or Strisgie ap"s =, mu,
gae or h Gr% fe m ana ednca3on 1t cannot
~ denied that a college training sharpenS t'e laclcS
and offers powerful ad IN ia' 9cntra Sc
on i, necessary how it is obtained is comparatively
rnmporant whether at college Dr p , a dd ~
an hours talk yr
.I sunnose YOU came to me to get the opinion
- an uneducatcd man." said President Tappen, OF
tho Gallatin Bank. Mr. Carnegie made mis-
10 in citing ne as an example of an uneducated
man successful, ! am a graduate Oh ,ne Oo nee
f the CITY of New-YOrk. The mistake, now
ever. was not very important, so have let II go.
A. "a the practical value Of college education.
/ believe in it for any calling. II is necessaiy
=; tho professions. 1t is invaluable in business
Ia" Then Won do not agree with Mr.. Carnegie
assertion that the boy who swept the Once at
fourteen has lead over the coleee-pred DoS 100
treat 10 be overcome 7"
decidedly not 1t is difficult to lay down a
rulc: individual characters create so many eA-
ccntions aud there have been phenomenal sue
ccsses without education. Taking 1t al toScuhci'
however / believe that n thorough college udih-
inc is a Young mans best plant
Mr.. brinkerhon, president Of the Butchers
and Drovers' Bank said he was unwilling 10 ne
drawn into the discussion and declined 10 make
known his opinion.
OPINIONS OF OTHERS
Ct do not recall meeting any college men In
,he banking business. said President levitt, of
tbe Irving National Bank The reporter men
TONED several well-known bank presidents;
They are good men, responded Mi n Dc%' on
the subject. We have no college ucn Il" clio
hank and have had none. There have been
graduates of business colleges mere, anu ! Ies".Ii
Ihrm as a poor investment | think the technical
schoolS offer valuable training, ana %iieNe 'n'C
sort of an education Is good thh9. pun uS
box in Paterson silk mill at seventeen, anu I ne
* now a mariner in great silk house In japan;
Nou see where my teaching ana practice Hh"
Il do not want to advise any one, SAD freIl.
dent. Harris Of the Nassau National Rank u
depends altogether on tho boy. MI NMIee" h '"
any one else can lay down cast-iron rules, p.C
thcv are useless | wanted 10 SEND my boy "
cnlicoc but he would not 20. ndcr those con,
diton, it would have done HIM no 9ooG ~ go oo
Would YOU advise young man intending 10 20
into business 10 20 through college asked tue
reporter ,t l., ,he bov's own
''"' d" Won agree with Mr.. Carnegie that college
education is a positive inlnTy .,,,, follows from
Well Gather q hundred young irlIo"s lIou y,
tho street send them pcll-Inrli 10 college ana 1t
NAV iniurc them. rs to being a detriment u"
business success, on, no. , :, 20
Il really do not see why ] was drawn lh'9
this said Prcsidcn, Crane. Of the Shoe ana
leather Bank pleasantly. He went on
\ bank president j. somehow supposed t. be- mi
Nonaiic. and splendid example "i >u''"'' - On
lcct once falling int" converai ion win ,, . ~
The wharf Al Newport. and he waN eXpatiauns On
Newport outrageous hotel carfe>. WIN tb,t ~ hi
What do You take tor, said l. do you tNin" am a
bank prc,dentP' H.. .r.ic,,r sbould
necessarily mae man narrow gauge. dl hoo
have a college cducation myself: perhaps sometimes
regret H. should that the practical objection 10
ic raised against college course Is that II cmpioy,
a inv'> mo,t rcccptvcc years with matter moo
practical. II tn" bog lca:n. al c2a.Se l" oe
cal and impractical, th"rc'> IN" INJURY
81 apnc with President Lows statement in
The TRIBUNE" responded President Nash, OF thc
Corn Exchange Bank. | THINK thht tnc. poS
who has bad college cdu alton VIII qhlcKE
catch up with the boy VINO mas nor anu 'n'n
hcat him | did not have college irainng my
selt regret H. have sent my own BOY -
colclc ! would rather hire a coIlcge-hrcd young
man After hc ruhs OIL III" feeling OF superiority
and by his attention and earncStness MAKES nun
self and others FORGET his college t"u'"''""' '"'"
the pace hcglnS 10 tell
y.nf MIC bushes, wien was fifteen, said
President Montague. of the second National Bank :;
i'm fact | began before that, leaving work ior i
,c,,. n,ntIs 70 continue my schooling.
r,.Irct now that did not take more
lime for a thorough education My i"hcr was
a wealthy man for that period ana was ac'v W.,
/ solely hy "a desire - be S"lfsnppor'lhE. I'M.
| success. have attained Is the result OF constant
! ,ttc,fion t. duty do not suppose that IN f"r'F
YEAR, / have been away from my desk more
Than two weeks at time. , ii.t
here ny happiness ana any prn','
tbat a youne man ought 10 have an clucaiion
I If n.>,ihlc. bat when boy GOES thiot:r c"II'TTe
and enters business. - succeed, ne must ne VIII
iu, to hcsiu ~ the bottom. 10 huckl" H~ht 90" u
10 work. and his chances oi SucccS, IRE
.Wiai are his chances against th" boy who s"eP'
the office at fourteen ;,
Well II the office boy is earnest. crergetlc ana
brisht. al twenty-five he will be ahead oil inc
| college bred boy
And al forty NV
We'll at forty. don't know