St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-12-17

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how, if they kept working, they woulG
in some mysterious way become sue.
cessful. Toe late they awaken to theil
need, and find their delayed task Of
education beyond their powers. How
difficult thing it is when the mind
has become hardened. the brain unre-
sponsive to educate itself! How easily
the task could have been performed in
youth, when the mind was plastic and
responsive!
The time has gone by forever when
youth can expect to take a very high
position in the world without we'll
trained mind, whether he gets his
training at horne or in school.
Educated Men Lead.
Prof. Robert H. Thurston, of Cornell
university, says: "The portion of edu-
Gated men taking their places in his
tory is already SO times as great as the
uneducated. The next generation will
see practically all great prizes in their
hands. 1t is a splendid evidence of the
progress of the world, that he who
chooses may enter the ranks of the ed
ucated, and he who will may make
himself a man of culture. The twen-
tieth century man is the college man
Only the man who has had a sys-
tematic education and training can
hope to successfully compete with the
worlds leaders,"
The radical evolution in business
methods, and long strides in civiliza-
ton, the multiplication of inventions
and discoveries along all lines, which
the past half century has witnessed.
necessitate an infinitely broader train
ing for men and women in every walk
of life than was required rs, or even
ten, years ago. A knowledge Of the
three "Rs," unless supplemented by
unusual shrewdness and foresight, no
longer enables man to conduct a busi-
ness successfully. The day has passed
forever when an uneducated man, ig-
norant of the world outside OF his little
store or business. can hope to succeed
in a very large way.
Prof. A. C. Packard, the founder Of
the Packard commercial school in New
York, said: "The best equipped man Is,
as rule, the successful man. Educat-
ed men are always at the front. They
take the largest share of prizes, moi
only in the political and professional
life, but in the Office and counting
house, as we'll Intelligence and
knowledge are in demand in every de-
partment of industry.
Secret Of German Progress.
When Germany set out to rival Eng.
land in producing goods for foreign
markets, she began by recognizing
the lower schools and improving her
system of education generally. This
plan has proved successful. An Eng
lish correspondent says: There is
much complaint among London clerks
because their places are being taken
from them by young Germans, who
crowd them out of employment One
Of the reasons for their displacement
is the superior training of their rivals.
will always drive out in.
feriority, education will always drivs
out ignorance. The trained mind al.
ways and everywhere will take pre-.
cedence of the unframed mind.
The reason the young German gets
along much better than the English.
man is because he is better prepared.
more enterprising, more energetic.
The young German goes to London to
learn the language, and he usually
knows several languages. This is a
very great advantage in large CONNER.
cial houses, doing business in differen,
parts of the world. The young Eng
Iishman thinks that English is good
enough for him, because It was gooo
enough for his father, and, of course,
be is left behind by his more enterpris- |
ing and better trained German rival.
This is no age to decry education, TO. |
never was its needs more imperative.
True, education must be adapted to |
zach persons special needs, and just |
any sort of an education, even backed
oy tradition, is not advisable. Study |
decide what you need, and get |
he highest education ossible in that |
inc, never forgetting that you are 4
nan, a citizen and head Of q family,
before you are business man, and |
hat . purely dry goods. or machinist
or engineering education IL not all /
hat Is necessary. =
N,opyrishA 1903 BY Joseph b RawkN