The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-06-25
THt TRUE
EDUCATION
What Constitutes
a Trained
Man.
tFrom Mondays DaiiyD

tFrom monday lallgD
The memorial chapel At KamehRmeha
School was nled Last evening by an Az
dicnco that had assembled 10 hear Pre-
ldent David Starr Jordan of Stanford
University speak on The Value OF High
cr Education" After the singing Of sew
cral hymns. and short prayer, the
speaker OF the evening was introduced
by Principal Van Dyke. Without any
preliminary remarks, the speaker plung-
ID into his address by saying
u am going to say few words to-
night FOR higher education. ! shall speak
Of it from a practical. rather than "A the
oretiCal standpoint Higher education
does not mean going to college. II means,
rather. the best education that can be-
had for man, that will make the most
out Of him. The higher education for
John Smith is that training that will
bring out all that is possible in the bet
ter side OF his nature. and fit him in the
best manner possible for the duties OF
life. Every member OF this republic is
entitled to this sort OF education. One
/ idea OF higher education is that II 10 60
ing to college and studying Latin and
. Greek. Many people do not IND what
they want in these studies, and "a con-
sequence they decry specialized training.
Education is practical thing. We
can no more have too much OF 1t than We
can have too much sunshine. Education
Is like sharpening a knife. 1t Is q waste
Of time to put a razor edge on a table
knife. II requires one kind of an edge
and the razor another. Yet the table
knit, is just as useful in Its way as the
razor is In its way. Both have entirely
different duties to perform. a great
many people should not go TO college.
There are many people who never get
what they want out OF Latin and Greek.
Hawaii needs practical education. BY
this / mean training that will make the
young people know how to do one thing
and do II well Hawaii needs citizens
who can do one thing better than any
one else can do that same thing. Every
man who can do one thing better than
any one else can do II, need never fear
for something to do Vice comes through
the door of idleness. From a moral
standpoint. also. 1t Is well TO know how
to do one thing well.
Higher education has more than one
use. 1t has several. First, 1t broadens
ones views. The day-laborer 10 very apt
10 look at the world from the standpoint
OF the day-laborer. To the man who
works on the wharves the whole world
means the coming and going of ships. To
the shoemaker tue NOIlu 10 uldue Oh
shoes. The world of the saloon keeper
Is hlled with tobacco smoke, oaths and
vile drinks. Education may be compared
70 going up high mountain. To him
who has scaled the heights. everything
can be seen like map. SO with higher
education. II enables one 10 see life
broadly, and to see the relation OF one
thing with another.
Second, the educated man sees things
as they really are, This In itself is a
great privilege. To see things AZ they
really are is TO see exactly. 10 see the
Hawaiian Islands as they are on the map
is one thing, and to see them as they
really are, are two very different things.
on the map they are lot OF little
specks sometimes one Is larger than the
, rest; sometimes they are all the. same
size. When one arrives here. the Islands
very different from the way they look
in the book They have mountains. val
lcys, sunlight and shadow. The country
Is fun Of people who do not see things
as they really are. II is economy from a
business point Of View. to train people to
see things exactly.
THE boys here tonight are TO become
members Of the greatest corporation the
world has ever seen, the Government OF
the United States. To make our republic
a success, We should make every one in
II an equal partner. Only the educated
man can DO really good citizen. me
educated man Is the only man that has
the courage Of his convictions, because
he is the only man that has any convIc-
lions. Do not mlsunderstand me when
/ speak or education. a man Is not ig-
uorant VINO can 90 one Jnlng wen. even
though he cannot read ana write The
purpose OF higher education s. TO make
% man professionally efficient
For the man Rho has been trained
properly in college IL does not make
much difference whether he has a place
guaranteed him when he leaves school
or not II he rs OF the right stun, he
viii soon make one for himself have
IN mind one Of our students who was
quite a society man when he was IN
stanford. when he graduated he went
TO work in Portland, oregon, greRsing
the wheels Of the machinery IN the power
house. He was getting $40 a month.
when ! saw him there he was dressed
lu blue jumper and a pair OF oyeralls.
HE calling was not an exalted one. but
he was doing al that was 90 be done IN
an acceptable mannrT The wheels were
running smoothly None ~ them were
squrukinR. The next time ! cav this
same young man WAS iu the CITY II Mex
iao where be hud iust been Rppolatsd 20
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