Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-27

school, is not at all anxious to confes
how little he or she knows; on tn
contrary, the man or the woman pro
fesses to "know-it all" Yes, the
"know-it-all' and are quite conceite
about it, Do not their sheepskins GER
tity to their knowledge? Heaven for
bid! The fact of the matter is tina
in order to really know something they
have to commence to educate them
selves afer they graduate, a thing tina
! the average mortal Is not very anXiou:
to do. For to become truly educated
requires a good deal Of effort, and ef-
fort to think, most mortals do not care
to undertake.
Naturally this brings up the ques-
ton, what is education? Broadly
speaking. education means the develop
ing of the faculties. This developing OF
the faculties can be done only by the
individual who is anxious to develop
them, but it cannot be done by anyone
else for him or her. If one is anxious,
for instance, to be competent to multi
ply figures he or she must try to multi
ply. Suppose, however one does not
make the effort to multiply (use the
faculties), in that event the faculties
of multiplication are not being de-
veloped 1t is the same with every
SUBJECT mat requires q certain degree
of intellectual development.
To be sure there are many things
one can learn to do without tevelop-
ing the faculties of the mind or de-
velop them to a limited degree only.
One can learn, for instance, how to read
and write, how to analyze a known
chemical compound, how to run an
engine, how to sew, etc, only by men,
orizing how these things are done; but
to read Understandings, to write in
terestingly, to analyze a newly discov-
cred compound, to construct an engine,
to create a new fashion in dress, re-
quires the highest development of the
faculties. In the former case how
ever the individuals engaged in the
respective occupations are mere autom-
atoms, that is, they are not by reason
of knowing how to do one particular
thing educated, while in the latter case
they would be, nay, to be able to do
the things they would have to be, edu-
Gated.
Again, education to be of value must
be useful; in other words, only that
individual is truly educated who can
improve the mental, moral, physical and
spiritual we'll being of mankind, and It
does not matter In what manner 1t is
done, whether by writing, speaking, in
venting, etc. Some one may ask il
that be so, then lawyers, physicians
some classes of preachers and even
many teachers are uneducateG? Well
confession being good for the soul, ]
must confess that as a rule they are
not only uneducated, but hinder the
progress that would be made if they
were not extant. In fact, many-toc
many-professional people instead OF
beinP a henefit are q detriment To man
kind.
| admit that under present condi-
tions we could not possibly dispense
even with these professional people,
however limited their education may
be; but those who can conceive of a
heaven on earth and entertain the
hope that it will exist when the time
is ripe know that individuals who are
inclined to keep courts busy, or deal
with disease rather than health, or
teach nonsense rather than sense, will
find no market to parade their So
called knowledge, or exploit mankind
The statement is often made that a
college education, so-called, helps the