The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-16

men get to the front without college tram
ing. Of course, bat they are obliged 10
work almost infinitely harder, and. year
hv wear, il is becoming more and more
difficult for the non-college man success
fully 10 compete with the graduate.
I am not among those who believe IN
any deviation from severe classical
training. nor do I believe that, on the
whole. the classical training TO be had in
ths COLLEGES today is inferior 10 that
which was given in the past | do not
think. either. that the tendency * toward
less classical training. On the contrary
I believe that the colleges Of the future
will give more attention 10 Latin ana
Greek than they do az the present time
ar than they ever have. II is essential Of
course. for the successful man 10 under
stand the English language thoroushiy
but there is no way 10 secure such thof-
ough knowledge of this tongue as oy
studying the writings OF those who wrote
in what are termed the dead languages.
believe that the entrance OF the women
into the fields OF the higher education is
going 70 act as a greater spur 10 the
young men: that il will come 10 oe
matter of pride with them 10 be able 70
talk intelligently upon the subjects taught
in the colleges with their young women
acquaintance who have mastered
classical course. l believe that in TINS
way the higher education of women VIII
indirectly be of great benefit 10 the gen
eraI cause of education The gtris AT
present are often closer students than the
boys. but the latter will not he content
very long to be outStripped IN this dlrec-
ton by their sisters and sweethearts. A
great impetus also to classical study will
he furnished by the influence Of highly
educated mothers upon their sons. boy
TO whom his mother recites Virgil in the
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for classical learning. l am sure" Mr..
Coudert concluded. that the days OF
broad and liberal education have just be-
gun"
Mr.. Henry Clews, the Wall street bro
ker who is as well known in his line as
either OF the men above quoted IN theirs,
disagrees with them most emphaticany
as TO the advantages CT college education
in business as he explained in his own
breezy fashion.
You can judge for yourself what I
think of college training as prepara-
ton for business life he said. lifting his
hands, when I say that | viii not have
a college graduate in my employ. In or
der 10 do business on Wall street man
must learn the business from the ground
up, and / have found by experience that
the necessary knowledge cannot he OBJ
tanned unless the learner begins when he
is a hoy. I take them in at u or therea-
bouts. and set them 10 carrying the mail
to and from the postoftice. running err
rands and doing all sorts of odd jobs un-
til can see what they are fitted for. At
ter while one of my boys shows fitness
for keeping accounts. Then he goes on
the books or he may show "a capacity
in some other direction. in which case he
is assigned to the work he Is fitted for.
Now, the college graduate is a man
past 81 say, and maybe six feet tall,
when he is ready to begin business life.
Do you think he would like 10 go to work
running errands alongside OF 15-year-
old boy? or do you think he would be
fit to take a place in advance of these 10
year-old boys, not having had any pre-
liminary training which they are going
through? Not at all, as l have discov-
cred for myself. The boy who proposes
TO go into business should understand
the English language so that he can ex-
press himself clearly and unmista kably;
he should know how TO write plain. leg
ible hand rapidly; he should know arith-
metiC, and lots of ii. He should also
have the severe training in business
methods that can be got only by serving
his time a subordinate in a business
Office. My experience has been that the
college graduate is apt to have none of
these things and therefore as | have
said. do not take college graduates into
my Office
DEXTER MARSHALL.