The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1898-09-15

cation, to grapple with the world. /
Some Of them have been highly /
in a financial way. But /.
they have felt the inconvenience /
of unframed minds, nevertheless. |
1t is, indeed, a patent fact that
many Of our great colleges and
universities have been founded
and endowed by men who, hav-
ing, by great natural intellectual
power, built up fortunes, have
appreciated the need Of that edu
cation for others which they were
rot permitted to secure, or did
not secure, while they were Young.
This, Of itself, should appeal most
powerfully to parents and guar
dams. Some of these are COM
placently adding to their prop
erty with the idea that money
left their children will give to
these children a decided adVan-
taSe over others, cultured or
otherwise. OF course money,
under certain conditions, is an ad-
vanta ge. But under other condi-
tons, it is not. If it is to keep
the boy or girl from an educa
ton, we should account it among
the greatest misfOrtuneS. The
old saying that a mans first duty
towards his children is to educate
them, even if 1t leaves them with
out a dollar, contains advice
which many are taking and is full
Of wisdom. The question Of going
to college decided, another most
important matter for decision
then presents itself Where shall
| go? is question second only in
importa to the determination
to go. 1t is not d difficult mat
ter to make a mistake here. Some
men and women of fine powers
have a degree of sad experience
| in the matter Of the college they
attended and the instruction they
received. The supposition that
one college is as good as anOt her,
provided it is a college, is as errO-
ncouS as TO suppose that one piece
of machinery is as good as an
other. He who boards q ricketV,
broken-dOWn train, with dangers
ahead, should not do SO without
miSgiVingS, and he who attends a
college by reason of its cheapness
need not be surprised If 1t fails
him at some points. 1t may be
regarded as automatic in cduca-
lion that, other things being
equal, it. is like commodities gen
orally. 1t IS impossible to get a
frst-claSS article at bankrupt
prices. Consequently, cheap edu-
cation by cheap men should be
avoided on general principles. On
the other hand, there IS as grea t
Il likelihood Of being deceived by
superficialitit-s of another sort.
Sad to say, there are institutions
professedly educativc which are
hardly more than places at which
one may pay exorbitant prices
for nothing but d mere Sylla bub
Of polite French and English,
with a Smattering Of other things
hardly intended for anything else
than mere Ornamentatlon. Not
all, Of course, but many, female
colleges offer such training.
Included within the thought
Just preceding is that Of the dis
cipline and spiritual, moral and
physical development undertaken
at an institution of learning.
These must all be present, or
there is danger Of failure in the
most important particular, after
all, of college or university edu-
cation. An intellectual giant
with broken body and depraved
morals is a far worse product
than an ignoramus of hed,tthful,
moral and physical condition.
This is too patent to be discussed.
1t is with pride that our Flor
ida people can safely lay claim to