The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1901-02-07

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<be void. thea ~ shooI1 " e1ncsl-
u n tbs world. When boS xsts!
70 the college sg< parsses nost reei-
inc that hc has sosehed ~ critical
period Of bic life. whether - college
o. in the cosn6sld. rhs intense
moral sentiment that controls the
better life Of the city operates to savs
boys from shoddiness in dress. loose
ness in msnzcrs. boistsrons in con-
sersation. and Iounging in stores
The whole community is against
these. The city furnishes CREST
Laboratory for educational work;
stores. banks. factories, railroads,
churches. ard all other forms Of &C
tivity are before the college boy TO
call him and assist in his training.
Society in its highest forms is open
TO him, municipal problems are about
him, social and industrial problems
surround him. leading men 10 all pro-
fessions come into his daily life. Sll
advanced forms Of work are going on
before bis eyes. aud every problem Of
church work - open TO his inspec
ton IL is Just the sort Of knowledge
he viii need most after he leaves col
lcgc. Tho day has passed when i, is
At al possible TO DO the hes; college
work apart from the advantages Of
an active town Or city.
i, IS useless 70 expect an education
iof nothing. even TO expect good
education &C cheap rates. There is
M cheap education except a cheap
education. that is. an education from
cheap teachers, cheap buildings.
cheap equipments, and with cheaP
results. As cheap shoes mus, mean
low quality, SO a cheap education
must mean a low grade Of work. To
run any frst-class college yesr with
an attendance Of two hundred stu
dents will cost one hundred and TWEEN
iy-fve dollars per student This
must come from the student, or from
cndowmcnts otherwise il must be
taken ont Of the quality OF the work
done IL does not. and cannot. come
from tuition fees paid by the stu
dents, for these fees usually range
from forty 70 sixty dollars a year.
and very many students arc honefci-
aries. So the resources Of the COLI
lego must be endowmcnts. and where
there are mo- cndovments. the def
cheney must be mot in ovefworkcd
teachers Tn such cases. ono teacher
undertakes an thc work of one. two.
of three departments. small salaries
are paid. thus icssoning the opportu-
mites of teachers Co purchase books
ui keep up with new lines of work
c.uipmenrs are deficient. lo-sening
the opportunity of thc student Tor
che highest and best achievements.
These are the only two methods
piacticed. and the public Is left 60
choose between them The real
measures of she expens.vcncss of any
commodity IS what o. man gets in rc-
urn. s. year iu a college with only
hali sufficient number oi teachers.
who are half paid for their work.
nah small library and limited scicn-
ulc appaiatus. b, high 40 any cost
The cost ct year at college IS o
chief item with most men. in the
majority oi instances The reason gi,-
.eu .or pot sending a SON o. coilcccls q
Jack of ao0cG. Vet to au observer %
is apparent that halt the students in
Amy college are NOT so well provided
with money as very many in the
communities from which they come.
who. lof an alleged lack oi money. DO
not attend college one takes risk,
Che other De- afraid oi DO. one uses an
/ lie bias Co. gain something better. ihe
other keeps aii ho has aud c9vcts
more The true cause tscu must le
outside oi the financial cond'.'on.
though many honest men imagine
that this Is the supreme obstacle.
There are men. hund-eds of them.