The Yale expositor., 1907-06-07

never get the right idea OF education
until we definitely understand that
man may be well trained In book learn
Ing and yet, In the proper sense OF the
word and for all practical purposes. be
utterly uneducated; while a man of COM
paratively little book learning may, new
ertheless In essentials, have good edu-
cation.
1t is true that agriculture In the United
States has reached very high level OF
prosperity; but we cannot afford to dis
regard the signs which teach us that
there are Influences operating against
the establishment or retention of our
The overeXtensive and wasteful cultiva-
ton or pioneer days must stop and give
place TO more economical system. In
our country life there must be social and
intellectual advantages as we'll as n fair
standard of physical comfort. There
must be In the country, as in the town,
multiplication of movements for intel
lectual advancement and social better
ment. We must try to raise the average
OF farm life, and we must also try to de-
velop it so that 1t shall offer exceptional
chances for the exceptional man.
Labor on the Farm.
All over the country there is a con-
slant complaint of paucity of farm labor.
Without attempting to go into all the
features of this question / would like to
point out that you can never get the
right kind. the best kind of labor IL you
offer employment only for few months,
for no man worth anything will perma-
nently accept system which leaves him
in idleness for half the year. And most
important of all. j want to say a special
word on behalf OF the one who is too
often the hardest worked laborer on the
farm-the farmers wife. / emphatically
believe that for the great majority OF
women the really Indispensable industry
In which. they should engage is the in
dustry of the home. AS no other learn
ing is as important for the average man
as the learning which will teach him how
to make his livelihood, so no other learn
ing is as important for the average wom-
an as the learning which will make her
a good housewife and mother. But this
does not mean that she should be an
overworked drudge. There is plenty that
is hard and rough and disagreeable in
the necessary work of actual life; and
under the best circumstances. and no
matter how tender and considerate the
husband, the wife will have at least her
full share OF work and worry and anxi-
ETY.; but IL the man is worth his salt he
will try to take as much as possible or
the burden off the shoulders of his help
mate.
Scores Women Who Shirk Duty.
DO not misunderstood me. I have not
the slightest sympathy with those hys-
terical and foolish creatures who wish
women to attain to easy lives by Sinking
their duties. / have as hearty n contempt
for the woman who shirks her duty or
bearing and rearing the children, OF do
ing her full housewives work, as i have
for the man who is an idler, VINO shlrks
his duty of earning a living for himself
and for his household. or who is selfish
or brutal toward his wife and children.
believe in the happiness that comes
from the performance Of duty, not from
the avoidance OF duty. But l believe
also in trying, each of us, as strength is
given us, to bear one anothers burdens;
and this especially in our own homes.
No outside training, no cooperation, no
government aid or direction can take the
place of a strong and upright character;
of goodness of heart combined with clear
ness OF head, and that strength and
toughness of fiber necessary to wiring
| success from a rough work-a-day world.
Nothing outside of home can take the
place of home. The school is an invalu-
able adjunct to the home, but II Is a
wretched substitute for it, The family
relation is the most fundamental, the
most important of all relations. No lead
| err in church or state, in science or art
| or industry, however great his achieve
ment, does work which compares In i'm
portance with that of the father and the
| mother, "who are the first of sovereigns
and the most divine of priests"