The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-08-11

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mentals oil either a business or a
! liberal education, so wide is now
the Held which must be covered
in'sQ&her directions.
sIff conclusion, | would urge
that above all, before beginning
actual studies, there should be a
carefully lnatured, well-thought-
plan for the education of each in
dividual. This work is now done
in haphazard way. But at least
weekat 3the beginning of the
school-year should be given up
to the careful consideration of
what thefyoung man proposes to
accomplish. During this time
he should not be rushed. 1t
should bea week of quiet thought
and attendance upon lectures
which shall show the purposes
of the several courses, and their
usefulness and their hearing up
on the various employments of
life Zach student should have,
in the preparation of his table of
studies, the personal counsel of
his professors and instructors.
Each should have pointed out to
him the purposes and advantages
of the proposed courses. No
mattera how crowded the term of
studies, an entire week is not too
much to give to this preliminary,
so all important is a clear COM
prenension, in advance, of what
the student aims at and proposes
to accomplish.
Running throughout the course
of the business mans education,
should be taught Organization
its lessons ingeniously contrived
to become a part of his daily life
because an understanding of
Organization is, after the power
acknowledge necessary to COM
prehe9d things, the secret of all
success in business life. The
keeping of accounts-everyone
should have some knowledge of
accotnting-the art of filing pa
persI and above all, the making
of analysis, have to do with that
Organization which is interviewer
WITH every affair of business
Che other teaching must run
thredghout the business course.
That institution fails which does
1YR7t 1YR7st,tr trQyide for constant lectures
Career" Every pafO First Req
ethics should be discussed; duir
cult situations should be present
ed and the temptations OF busl'
ness life shown up. Becaus'
these things are neglected, or i'm
perfectly explained, in ou
Schools and colleges thousand
of youths annually wreck them
selves upon the sophlstrles o
, the business world. Upon ever
business field lie these wrecks G
men, who would very likely nav
seen the way to honorable to-
3 tune had they been instructe
l in advance concerning the tenn
: tations they were to encounte
= A love of truth and the posse
e sion of personal integrity aoo,
s temptation, constitute the hlg
}; est capital of the youth WI
(. would seek business success.
" I am aware that there q
i MANY who think differently. &
Y, I have followed the careers Of
sr thousand men who have soue
st success by unscrupulous wa!
and have watched their brlllls
n ability go down to poverty, Wh'
in honor would have brought pr
of perity; while in the case OF tn
10 dishonorably succeeding, fort'
.e. was invariably embittered by
Of contempt both of self ano
to neighbor. Eventually, resi-
vie table" thieves are always rec
re- nized in every community.
ex- Such are the requisites 0
on business education, as they $
en-. to me after a long and peri
no unusually broad experience
oes Affairs. | am aware that
ous measure I am departing I
TT a Certain accepted standards.
lca- the business Worio Is cla, .t
usi- rapidly and education mus
in a advanced to meet the req
sec ments of the new conditions
must --EcrDo>,
the THE GREAl DCSlkOt
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