The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-14

iEQ ] receives from education is - 4.
~ that the work thus done will be better
3S work. Mind and body nre closely re-
lated. The more wise the mind the more ef-
5fcient is the guidance which It will give the
body, and ftae stronger the body the more
efficient should be the intellectual produc AZ
former Harvard student who held a highrank
In his class broke down In healthfi In his col
lege career. His physical health has been
recovered, and to- degree the men tai. He
has, however. become a Woodworking farmer.
This man tells me that hei is able to dig
ditch better because he read Greek and
knows calculus. The physical strength he
uses moro efficiently because OF the intel-5
5lectual Discrimination.
"A second advantage lies in the fact that
the educated man has resources for his own
pleasure which the uneducated lacks, The
resources of the ordinary workingmnn are
few and slight. These few are IN peril OF not
being OF the highest character. In this haz-G
ard he turns for satisfaction to low pleas
ures Hugh Miller. in his :" My Schools and
sSchoolnasters, !" says:
4. a life OF toll has however. Its peculiar
temptations. When overwrought and In my
moods 7 learned to regard the ar
dent spirits OF tho dranshop as high luxu-
RES They gave lightness and energy to both
aof dullness and gloom ono Of exhilaration
and enjoyment. Usquebaugh was simply
happiness doled out by the glass and sold
by the gill The drinking usages Of the pro-
fession in which + labored were Mt this time
many. When foundation was laid the
iworkrnen were treated to drink; icy were
treated to drink when the walls were lev
eled for laying the joists; they were treated
to. drink when the building was finished;
they were treated to drink when anfappren-
tice Joined the squad treated to drink when
his :" apron was washed y; treated to drink
when his time was out; and occasionally
they learned to treat one another to drink,
From such permanent degradation as Is
thus outlined Hugh Miller was saved. Edu-
cation likewise saves men today.
Teaches How to Spend.
Ia third element of worth is found In tho
fact that education would teach the work.
ingrnan how to spend money most effective
ly, Wisdom In spending Is quite as valuable
as strengthen earning money. The training
of the Judgment aids the workingman to
make the most OF his 81 or more a day,
.Foolishness in spending money for the man
who has much 10 spend Is blameworthy, but
foollshness in spending money In the man
+
sfA further advantage Is found in! the fact
that education aids the worlsingman to ap-
precate the condition and limitations Of the
man who is not working with his hands.
Every calling has Its owl gpecal, narrowing
Influences 1t is hard for the man who sits
mt his desk several hours a day solving prob
lens to appreciate the WEAKNESS Of the man
digging bitches or driving nails 1t is also
hard for the man digging ditches and driving
nails to appreciate the exhaustion OF the one
who is using his brains In solving problems.
The getting OF an education Is, for most. a
hard process, The brain does not easily yield
to intellectual stimuli. The manual borer,
therefore, having an education. Is able to
appreciate the difficulty belonging to the
constantsuse of the intellect. He is able to
put himself in the place OF his coworker
laborng5n another field