Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-14
COLLEGE TRAINING.

Z. this season OF ,he year Che adj
friends who address the graduates
ir.ln high or ether pr@parato9'
sesaNls make use Of many arguments
il. favor of college training which
are misleading if moi positively TN
true
p. instance a statement is go
ing the rounds of the papers that the
commissioner of edEcation of The
United States has published stats
tics compiled from reports received
from 10000 noted persons. showing
that only twenty-four Were wholly
selftaught, 27S We're home-lausht
06G had comm n school training
only. 1927 had high school training
and 7.7O9 lad college training, Of
whom 6,129 We're graduates. The
with only a common schooling had
hnt one chance in 5000. a high schoo!
bo,. o4c in 40 and College graduate
enc chance in forty-tivc of becoming
notable, his opportunity being POO
tiue1 as great as .h:t of the boy
with common school education only
'rhe inference is t!at success IS III
.ac1ls attribuatable TO college training.
This is wrong.
-, No nj .,.lf4o., % ~
tiell eosts what many mel consider
4 t0T.nne, to begin With. Ii is esti-
n.Gtea that the expense 4 course
in {; first class college is $500 per an
MN as a minimum bUt the average
is ucarly $1,000. This means an
OUTLAY tc acquire ,his education OF
nsGesv men ever accumulate in their
lifetime
Furthermore. TIE narnrt5 Who are
ai,i" . spare this amount Of money
20 c.}ucatc their son are m Isl always
c3lo to start him in business after
his graduation. He either ,.1npa into
IL - @ttDIioll1'i BUSINESS VI nc - StNsI
Csr.1al TO start one OF his uWn-if
moi Immediately. he has the assnT-
aacc that it will be r,hct ming when
needed. Even if he has to work up he
has 4 home and an allowance, more
Or less which the poor Young man
is denied. and .hcrefore the cCn3i-
tirely different
Tie resident Of q prominent bank
i!es ,rslitution, in a speech at a cot
ecp commencement 4 year CT so ago
sid h would consider q youn" man
fais}y successful il at 81 he was il
possession of an incoNc of S. ooo .
tr&1 Z college education almost Slar
f:att0l such results. Ec failed. how
ever. 10 state how many Young mel
he had ever known to reach tha
reiGJ Who started in life With ne cap
1:ai ana no far lily affiliations o" intlu
enc. % help them along.
~ SttlNi ANN'tl q < LIZ - - ~ -
WI dany the advantages of education
tae higher and broader he helt2'
ana all who cau secure 4 college oG
ueatt0n and have the leisure To dc
eo'. ia il should do so. Bu} the aue
cess g tho collegiate is uue more
t environment than to his oAr
t~pynG n-;l
wurk his way to tho front in spit
O. obstacles and the young man VIII
rs he ability and the will TO lear
VII! acquire knowledge, even thou@
ie IS denied regular college cours'
WI He the mediocra man will nevt
force ahead very far With or wihGr
a higher education.
While a college course is desrabl
il is out of the reach of the vast m;
iCrity of young men and to say I
such men "your choice of success
extremely small you probably nev.
will succeed. because you cannct a
ford a college education" is, l.. 81
the least. very discouraging. Mo.
young men are compelled to wor
for a living and many are nnah
even to complete the high scho
course. but must become wage ear
ers to support themselves and fan
hes While there are instances