The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-14
THE EVENING STORY
An Informal Lecture.

An Informal Lecture.
At college," she said as they wan
oereo by the brookside. 1--WE had the
same same curriculum they have at univer-
sites for men
You mean.' he replied, that at
universities for men they have the
same curriculum you had at college
She looked up sidewise at him. a
slight knitting on her fair brow. a dis
lips. ~
What college colors do you wear?"
II am not university graduate.
The knitting on her brow and the
disdainful smile on her lips gave place
10 -: a look OF superiority.
thoughtfully, that we have too much
education
She deigned no reply to this and
when she spoke again made it appear
reply.
Il have but one fault" she said, ..to
ma with uneducated people. What
Sney nave failed to get they covet.
nave known many uneducated persons
70 snow positive jealously of those
having college training
Ihat's human However, I fancy
such persons would be equally Jealous
or anything else they did not possess
Ihe man was certainly very obtuse;
she must make her meaning palmer.
Do you think she said, that if
SC0 were d cOlIeEG graduate, you
would consider there was too much
education?'
She looked up at him again, this time
with an amused smile. Surely her
question was home thrust, and her
companion received it with perplexed
look. He seemed to have difficulty in
framing a reply.
THAT remark of mine about too
much education" he said at last.
sounds heterodox, admit The Ques-
ton is a deep one, and we can't look at
/ 1T merely on the surface. Among the
working classes education has produced
a dissatisfaction with their station
| tending to make them criminals
She thought what a pity 1t was that
her companion had not been educated.
He seemed to be a natural thinker.
ST don't mean,' he continued, .that
this view is to be considered final. There
is much to be said on the other side. I
have merely used it to explain my posi-
| ton"
IF that position is correct, why do
enormously rich men give such large
| and libraries?''
There's where your own argument
| comes in. Enormously rich men usual
| ly have not spent much time in study,
and they obey law of human nature
| to magnify the advantage of that which
they do not posses. Personally prefer
the course of the late banker, George
Peabody, who built tenements for the
poor
| s'Do you know" she said after a per
iod of thoughtful silence, "the practica
character of your remarks is quite new
to me?''
THAT'S because you have spent foul
years at college
Him. she said again, ruff1ed. "Yo,
nongraduates cannot conceal your pref
udice against the university"
THE university, though it has been il
a transition state for many years, Il
| still defective The grub has not We
become the butterfly"
What a contemptuous comparison!'
my own desire is to see the universi
ty turn out persons in larger proportion
fitted for practical occupations.
"Oh, yes, you practical, uneducate
people are cons family trying to drag al
| down to your own business standard
The Greek poets, the Latin classics, ar
nothing to you; you must reduce ever,
thing to dollars and cents
The dollars and cents are of grea
Importance to the Masses
The girl made no further reply. Sh
, considered that she could never assimi
late with the views of a man who ha
never fallen under the influence of uni
versity life and it would be useless t
try. ...,,, 49,. .,,a
by way of turning the subject.
81 manage to make a poor living try
ing to beat the principles of social sci
ence into young mems heads. L am
5 professor in z. university
The young lady, the ink on whose di
ploma was scarcely dry, stopped shor
and faced him.
do you mean to tell me- she sal
. with rising indignation, that you ar
lures outside your coilege?''
81 make a little money that way.
+; "Why did you tell me that you ar
Y not a graduate?''
Because I am not. I was inJure'
i on the university football team nea
the end of my senior year and dldn'
U take my degree"
but surely you took postgraduate
y course to fit yourself for your prores
sion.'
J. 81 attended lectures abroad, but dit
mot stop for a degree. Degrees don
0 add anything to ones stock OF know
> edge
inext term on social science l woulS
q recommend an honest treatment o.
those they meet at summer resorts
r ''I have not treated you dishonesty
told you my business the momen
you permitted me to fall into z
trap 49,.
fallen into no trap. You nave con
Iceptions common to recent graduates
i Perhaps this conversation may give
YOU an experience it would otherwis'
I have taken years to acquire:
ct believe you are right, she sale
= after a pause, "and I thank you.
F. A. Mitchell.
- MEa<s1r with KauSaS