New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-19
EDUCATIONAL DEBATE.
Should Training Ain 10 Produce Men Of
Action Rather than Culture2


You might have ham and beefseeal piled al
around you but II you don't get St into you. you'll
starve: and you may live 81 New-Vork al your
days snd walk u1 and down Fifth-ave- and swell
around IN your fine clothes and go 10 the theatre
and opera and sit up Till o'clock ia the morning.
but Il won't put culture into you any more than
ar electric cuTrentE put lie into corpse"
Here the Pew. J.. A. Paddock founder and presi-
dent OF The idaho Industrial Institute Weiser.
Idaho made q great free gesture as II 70 sweep
aside New-Tork and SIS Flfth-aye-, and went on
defining culture 10 the League for Political Edu-
cation.
81 culture means the sdorumeut OF a tailors
dummy 7 cont want g. y IL means getting
enough French to show on with. don't want It."
breeze from the Idaho sage brush fresh and
refreshing. began to blow through the hall II
seemed to put dbre and vitality into the air. Il
made the people sit Up straight and clamp their
eyes on the man from Idaho
i believe there fs more genuine culture IN being
able to make good loaf OF bread and wash a
mans shirt go he can wear IL than In jabbering
French and pounding the piano for hours. Culture
comes from being useful TO society and from the
coHsciousness OF usefulness. Abraham Lincoln was
a more cultured man than Chester A. Arthur NIr.
Arthur looked better, and he knew just how many
inches or lady's finger TO take when he shook
hAios WIKI her. but 4 believe Lincoln was the
uay cultured gentleman.
Z
enange his shirt except when il wears cut he eats
Nheh ne is hungry. works when De sees 1t arnuses
AHseL Haen b. ulelses IN three ye1rs We give
MN a good business education and "a trade and
Turn him Out gentleman.
4He man with the biggest heart. the best head
ana NE most cultivated harG-lim cali the man
o. culture"
WORK AND CULTURE
There Is no ore il Network city with our
ca y. .
sac as wei as le 1i5" said Alexander MADDEN.
work does tend 10 culture just sz education does.
too- Sti-l Jaiuk there ls something in knowing
no" 10 shake hands with lady. and believe
nan ought 10 change Dis shirt if only for the sake
OF other people"
Al t.is was by way OF discussion following uuon
.-e debate yesterday Hy Professor Samuel T. Dut-
ION az Teachers College and Arthur Goadby, OF
me question. should the aim o. eGucation be 10
PIooace men cf aeion rather thaa mon o. cultureg'
-i- 0oa1ay Who spoke ora ths affirmative ar
I1lsHec The modern system of education. which he
'a'4' was dominated 5y JLe university which mar
.o"e- the pupil gave Dim 10 chance n express
i-llse..' and Gle lo- 90 L.u Cor Lls environment
see me great Development OF mechanical crafts
'l@- h gong on. the growth Of democracy The
WORKING % the iieal o. social equality the strug-
t.e Ao1 Tor existence. but for supremacy; the rise
81 d ne" imrerium in .mperio-then ask yourself
20" 'Ae schools are ltt.EE children 10 take their
4o''s lH -i.s new civilization. The whole diff
---s WIN modern education lies with the college
~ -o-.ese entrance elimination IS the most mis-
ts s schools wer, founded tH6y taught the
CRAZE. - 20 cidren, who learned The industrial
IN - .'e4s grew stronger. they began 10 c.cr6acE
t.ic Junction % ne p1in spent at home, Til now
~ .- .~o hundred and fortv--lae vouEC men
io2E curriculum p-hcb -. u. -e -. - -
~ - t- sl' % lie one boy who wants 10 axe =
Vow. here Is a school - n Us -. -
6f .ts sg-ge u, Iilc..ag up pamphlet Mos:
all stucy Nir. cicero saIlusi s ~ l.ty Ilos.
er.Sgstio-, Il --.- li ara man three years after
I-.s- Gnc ae VIZ lock % you IN sstorisl-1,e-SSt, u
r,-.-,---1>s--, No.. t,,l-e-ty and trigonometry
'.t- y La5 tte we going 70 make ~ tbst
VII sci buttons or cast ~ insurance rates ~ ne
'cst o. h's life ior ne
NEITHER CULTURE NOR ACTION
Modern education gives The man and v,orns,
nei'i-e~ culture nor action. because thsv ha,,a,.
learned how 10 put anything into practics --bc1
me come 10 Newborn. and Tamulany ward
Ies'f controls me eminent. while our educated
are discussing Flatos Republic
-t (. leiee extent. our foremost rnsa OF action
~ a-11 oi action People who are doing some
,5-,--,,s ~ nay are Inen ot culture2 People who
eSS-.i-,ion sle a3le 20 stand with those who fbt
caee W. - l.it-..se, lst there "a very large
~. winters, captains o. Industry-s7.reI,, me-
o. culture N-'-~'e---g liey are also men
to- &c andrew Carnegie ALTHOUGH a nan % No
- lt slsineut IN his nature hae fr1reiio6 -,
,-.----t mere II something al modern ifff-+La
for WIZ men The contemplation ~ lie roiel1t,5
anf ~. H.h-lna. acts % a stimulus an fInifft
Ssi .aL late IN lie gathers up lie fo-c.s ~,
W., ~ ellllfe. And. conversely mon al -ifisi1To
mel o. action mig --is t-iln 10 become
unity w., mere - general tendency TOW ara
49, - columbia De- raid- 'OTIr fac,,lf, - c,,,,
fes,,-o Urban mon, and ] found one oil tie 81
ms
Uarrs ,,s e'-Ntre problem IN Panama Il see this
oIiifr,rs seg % the correllating Of acton and
q ffiil.-- ~ I.lDlc school system.
raiIt 'iil5 social need has ALWAYS been fha CHIEF
rer.e ~ euuct lion in this country and n r. b.
fror- 10 INTO fhcr1 n different meaning
ara ute- &C.. oI our forcfathers that We have added
urifv - anq music. On this very ground Of
an nave ieit that Give ho hoy
car,te - ne pest things rhe race has producad /
~H'"e with MI oOadby when he says the