St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-04-16
A COLLEGE EDUCATION.

lt Il Nos Necessary - . Successful Ca
reor.
''1'he chief difference between mer!
who have been through college and
men who have not" once said . ceri
tain eminent professor. in conversas
ton with . young graduate. ',is that
the man who has been through knowa
what . cell the whole thing L. and h
who has not does not" Coming from,
such . high authority this statment
b certainly significant and thousand
Of college men everywhere will indorsS
1t from actual experience The suc:
ceasful man in art, literature and busi.
ness ID - often the self-made man q
he 10 . college graduate. and. slthosGlf
collegiate trsining does not disqualifi
. man from achieving success. Il - 5
luxury which in hundreds Of cases =
surely not worth the price that II psi9s
for it.
The most that . so-called college ed.
ucation can do for . man ID TO teach him,
to think and 70 point out the road e
knowledge, but the actual world int
which he must enter and compete IA
different, indeed. from the arena Of thA
Classroom, and il often takes many bitA
ter years TO eliminate the egotism there
engendered. and to teach him that
knowledge Of the dead languages, Of
living poets. Of theorcms. isms. AMI
ologies is not wisdom, but the mere
seed Of wisdom, which requires carefH
tending. fertilizing and cultivation tV
bear flower TOR fruit In most eases
what . man gains in facility and specs
he loses in power. and when he e Won
grounded in facts the harder he works
to achieve wisdom. the more precious
he holds its possession and the bettef
he uses IL
The moral aspect of college life. TIL,
temptations 70 . young man deprived a
home influence at the most critical p<
riod Of his career. Of course. ester
largely into his future failure Of sag
cess, and the effect Of social condition.
upon his mentality are easily dem0rt
strable. The boy Of fourteen who hss
been carefully and systematically
trained up 70 that period Of his life. X
he can not then educate himself Is
hardly worth educating. Parents owe
it n . duty TO him and to themselve$
that the son should early learn thb
value Of personal effort With our librS.
rieA lectures and many other means
for cultivation, he can learn, even with.
out the aid Of the college. whore
his niche il in the world. and
how he can best al It II he chooses
college life. even though his father be
. millionaire. he should be made to earn
every dollar necessary 70 pay his ex-
pensea, and 70 understand that his fu-
ture depends upon his own elIortA
When . man has learned the value Of
time and the worthlessness and worth
of wealth. he has made . long strid,
toward wisdom. and the sooner he
learns il the better. whether he learn il
in college. ohice or workshop. Learn
ing. n . basis Of true education, b Il
value, but the idea th,,t
learning is erroneous. as ID proven by
the thousands of learned fools in to
world and by other thousands Of uS-
learned men who have yet the wisdom
to conquer success
The college that processes to do 20
more than supplement the education ff
the common schools. toineulenee . lo8o
~ wis1o0. - - ssvsal - - eyee
G1nAo etn6sn1 - bcau1iso - hnossl-
eloA ibll11DU = 6k1u1m1luvGAol
poy1t0W>o1 1ays es1sss1 unlDQpt
ties ana sthsr ips1itst1pas g looenleg
with . eosrect Sasa Of whoe tAe eo1lsso
is able to do for them and what they
must do for themselves. have been able
to avail themselves In the highest de-
gree Of its privileges. Such young msn
are, however. few. tho majority beiSg
bound to text books. examinations ard
''markA" BY IN iron chain. and whrn
they have finished the course" THY
shake themselves free with . sigh pOf
relief and declare the whole thing "a
sell"-Chicago Graphic.