Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-26
GLORY OF EDUCATION
Member Of Coal Strike Arbitration
COMMISSIONS Ibrceful Address at
Coluinbia Theater.

Before an audieuee that filled Columbia
Theater last evening Bishop John Lancas-
ter Spalding OF Peoria, ILL.,, member OF
the coal strike arbitration commission, gave
an interesting Address on Education; its
Meaning and Worth" The speaker was
introduced by Mr.. Dominick I. Murphy.
Education Is life." the bishop said. ''It
Is q CONDITION also which can only be &C
quired by man. Animals may be trained.
but not educated. Man enters into this
world humble. weak and impotent. Through
educations Intellectual, physical and relig;-
ious, he attains to power and dominion.
And yet SO few Of us know what education
really Is. Whatever IL latent in us must be
brought out before our education II COM
plete. We may acquire It through environ
ment, by Inheritance, political society and
rehs1ous faith; not by any one, but by all
OF these.
The whole history OF civilization IL the
history OF education. II this is not ap-
parent, let me ask you, What Is language?
1t Is an instrument OF thought, and the re-
suit OF nothing but education. The various
languages are the result Of the interaction
OF lnnumerahle minds; genius brings out
only that which b latent within himself.
The truly great man is not the man who
palnts or chfsels, or makes harmonious
sound, but rather he who works with Ian
euages. Our higher education Is interviewer
WIN language. while the uneducated travel
In those ruts which animal instinct dictates
Inc very houses we live in are the result
OF generations OF thought.
Physical Education.
But let US take education from another
standpoint There is nothing in man that
Is not susceptible to it's influences. Is 1t
not the love of the mother that teaches us
to mold the air into artculate sound? Is
1t not she who teaches US to walk? The
home is the source and center Of civiliza-
t1on and as such a most potent factor in
education
Then there is physical education.
Humboldt once said that time would come
when sick people would be classed with
criminals. Sickness results from the lack
OF physical education. Nor do we know
how to look. to see the blessings and
beauties Of this God-nurtured universe. We
are IN many other ways lamentably unedu-
Gated. We abound in corrupt politicians,
ana until we can master this evil we can
lay no claim to either civilization or Chris
tianity
Another head may be termed the intel
lectual education. The mind is the man
Not the mind that contains great knowl-
edge, but the mind that knows where to go
to get that knowledge when 1t Is needed.
Does man store his house with provisions
enough to last him lifetime? On the con-
trary, he gets enough each day to last
nm until he can again go to market 1t Is
SO with knowledge. Don't store so much
OF 1t away, but have it readily accessible.
Lastly, there is environment Ruskin
says Why keepcompany with your stable
boy when you can associate with kings?'
But he did not mean those who wear robes,
and ermine, and crowns, but the kings Of
hunanity-the mental emperors. Take good
BOOKS to your sanctuary and discard the
t PAD ones: Acquire your library with pa
tlence and care know it WELL Become in
innate with these kings Of humanity, and
you cease to be a citizen OF any one town,
or city, or municipality, and become a citi-
zen of Gods universe"