The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-07

ers MT the annual luncheon of the Edv.
cationa1 Council in New York recently
His theme was the relation between ss
called r'practfcaf studies and 'cultu.
rai' studies He is quoted as saying
n think that by far the most import
ant educational problem of the day
and continuing:
.rrhe widespread feeling is that The
good things of life are the things chief
w which are to be got through tht
possession OF riches. The desire fol-
such good things Is so intense that 1t 1:
not merely among the thoughtless, OF
the coarse or vulgar. that the wish II
dominant TO give their children an ed.
ucation which shall insure to then
ability to make money. and a great deal
Of It. 70 many Of those who are de-
sirous Of material success the old-fash.
toned course appears to be entirely use
less. II the chief end of man is mere.
" material success. there is no use in
giving time to the humanities.' II, on
the other hand, we think that 1t Is
worth while that a man should be
pious, moral, sane and broad minded
then we shall find that languages and
mathematics, history and literature. are
actually more important than manual
training stenography. typewriting and
the rest"
SOME COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS
AS the sayings OF great men are
handed down to succeeding generations
they are vastly altered and some times
suffer in the attractions. Just as
quotations from the Bible and Shakes
peare are misquoted so are the wise
sayings of statesmen as will be seen
In the following gathered by a writer
in The New York Press.
There is Washington 8 apothegm
that To be prepared for war is one
of the most effectual means of preserv-
ing peace This has been condensed
into the. familiar In time OF peace pre-
pare for war Then Jefferson's
axiom, Vacancies by death are few,
by resignation none Is almost in
variably applied TO the off1ce-holding
contingent in the shape of the asser-
ton Few die, and none resign
Two western newspapers have as
their motto Error ceases to be danger
Gus. when truth is left free to COM
bat It. This. is a mutiiation of Presi-
dent Jefferson,s celebrated saying In
his inaugural address that Error of
ouinion may be tolerated where reason
is left free to combat it The COM
monty used PHRASE "A delusion and a
snare is a compression of Lord Dem
mans expression "A delusion, mocke-
ry and a snare Tom Paine's One step
above the sublime makes the ridiculi-
GUS has been modernized into From
the sublime to the ridiculous Touches
1T is more than crime--it is a peliti-
cal fault has become Tt is worse than
a crime-it is a b1under.'
Josiah Quincy's threat of the seces-
sion of some of the States. 'Amicably
If they can, violently II they must was
so effectually misquoted by Henry Clay
that his enthusiastically IL they
can. forcibly IL they must has been
commonly received. Jackson's famous
toast, Our Federal Union; it must be
preserved has been amplified into
Must and shall be- Then there is Chief
Justice .Chases eloquent characterize
ton of An indestructible Union COM
posed of indestructible States This. in
the mouth of the average Fourth OF
July orator has become An indissoIu-
BILE Union of indestructible States"