The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-09-12


Clarke in the way of mental and
moral training, outside of mere
book learning. than they could
have got in any other way. His
ideals entered into their lives.
They became mirrors of his
thought in after years they saw
what he told them was sound and
good. 1t was personal contact
with this grand old man that gave
] his pupils character had most to
do with their success in life.
1t is a mistake, however, to
think that only the rich can send
their children to private schools
and that such schools are places
where a democratic spirit does not
exist. These schools are really
most democratic. The pupils are
not taught to regard wealth as the
chief thing in life. There is
practically no snobbishness in
them. 1t is recognized that if
there ever can be an aristocracy in
this country it must be an aristoc-
racy Of education only. The best
trained man mentally is the super
ior person in American life.
Hence it is a question of train
ing alone. If one has a boy that
needs discipline wise parent re-
fleets that it would be a good in
vestment to send him to a military
school. 1t is not done to fit him
for a soldiers life. 1t is done to
teach him the advantages of a reg
ular, we'll order existence, one
amenable to the duties of life down
to the last degree. The boy arises
at a certain time. He goes
drought tasks, many of them
hard, at a certain time. He has
certain hours for work and certain
hours for play All through he is
taught to obey promptly and
without questioning. He must
subordinate himself to the general
good. Such boy goes into bust
ness with some we'll defined IDEAS
of what work is, how necessary
and dignifed it is, and ready to
perform his tasks with the least
possible effort TO secure the largest
possible results.
The specialization of education
has most important bearing on
daily life. If a boy wishes a bust
ness college, even those of the
most moderate means afford that
| tor their children on a pinch.
Such a college is a specialized
private school Suppose law at
tracts a young fellow. What bet
ter preparation than a course in
stenography before he takes up
the law books, SO that he may
work in lawyers Office for time
at a trade and thus absorb a lot of
legal methods and the way OF doing
thingso 1t doesn't take money to
secure that training.
There are thousands upon thous-
ands in this country, highly edu-
Gated specialists too, who have
secured their training through cor
respondence schools. Many a civil
or electrical engineer has got on the
world in this way Suppose one
wishes to make speciality of mod
ern languages in business life 1t
is one of the most fruitful sources
OF income that person can have.
A man who is expert in half a
dozen languages is valuable asset
to a large house with business
branches all over the world In
the old days these language ex-
perts were persons who had once
been rich and who had travelled
and lived in other countries a long
time until they had become expert
in the languages and who by re-
verses were compelled to make a
living.
In these days such persons are
trained. They don't go to a private
school and take lot of other stud
les that will be of little use to
them. They listen to the correct
pronunciation of the language
over and over again. The gram