The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-02-27

her talk Chairman E. w. Jones
introduced Pres. Craighead, of
Tulane University who spoke
entertainingly for about three
quarters Of an hour, Among
other things he said the growth
of education depends upon the
educational ideals of a people.
No great system of education
can be built up where the ideals
are low o. commercial. Tell
me-" said he, what you believe
and l will tell you what you are. |"
What we shall do to determine
our destiny is the paramount
question. The Chinese were not
lacking in brain power, but they
had committed the sin of sins,
they had waged war upon pro-
gress. and followed the teaching
of COnfucius to keep to the
trodden paths" Education is
the development of the entire
man, body soul and spirit. To
live is not 70 eat, but to develop
to the utmost our God given
powers and to be as helpful to
others as possible. In speaking
of the requirement and possess
ion of wealth. he cited Milton.
the great poet, as a man rich in
higher things. in true living, and
declared that man may be rich
and yet poor because of the lack
of high ideals. Then taking up
the question as to who needs
education, he mentioned in
stances of parents saying that
their sons did not need college
training because it would not
help them iE mOney-making, and
stated that in every vocation a
man should develop his God
given powers. He had never
asked anyone to go to college as
a short cut to fortune, but he
asked them because they were
men and should develop their
spirit to the highest things.
That this disposition to measure
education by its power to assist
| in making money should prevail
so largely is the fault of our COM
mercial ideals, and he wanted to
see our ideals raised. He spoke
of the calling of teacher, declar-
ing there is no higher calling. If
the teacher took the commercial
side, he was poor teacher.
The true teacher does not con-
slider the commercial side. We
ought to put a high estimate up
on the people who teach our
children, and they should be the
best people in the community.
That we don't pay our teachers
more is because of our low,
commercial ideals.
Then taking up the States
duty to its youth, he asserted
that the State owes the highest
culture possible to it's children.
We need many such schools as
the Industrial School in Lafay-
cite, and high schools in every
parish. Equal opportunities
should be given all the children
of the State. with tuition free.
He then spoke of Sophie New.
count College. which he declared
to be the best women's college
in the South. That in addition to
Its endowment of 500, 900, in the
near future $4,000, 900 would be
given it, and that it would soon
be the best women's college in
the world. He then spoke of the
efforts of Tulane to secure an ap'
preparation of $4,000, the amount
received in tuition, so that
Tulane and Sophie Newcomb
College could be free to the
youth of Louisiana. He dis
claimed that in seeking an ap-
preparation for Tulane that he
wanted to deprive a single insti-
tuition of learning of one cent,
that they all needed all they ask
ed for and more. The purpose
was to give to the young men and
women of the State the great
advantages of Tulane and Sophie
Newcomb College without cost.
He spoke of the high entrance
requirements of Tulane, which
he urged was an advantage to
the schools of the State by build