Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-22
WOMAN LECTURES ON
WHAT DOES 1T C0ST?"
MRS. RURDETTE SPEAKS TO
OCCIDENTAL STUDENTS
Advises Young Men to Work for
Higher Education, as II Is One
of the Greatest Things
in Life

Perhaps one of the most interesting
and profitable addresses ever listened
to by Occidental students was deliv-
cred In the college chapel yesterday
noon by Mrs Robert j. Burdette AS
DR.. Baer introduced her Mrs. Burdette
was the first woman ever TO appear on
the chapel platform in the capacity of
a speaker.
Mrs. Burdette chose a topic relating
to the essential needs, morally and So
cially, of a college students life. In
part she said:
In this mercenary age my subject
is of the utmost Importance, namely,
What Does 1t Cost?' Generally speak
ing, the thought is the same, but to
more emphatically express my mean
ing 1 will revise the theme to What
Is 1t WORTH Nowadays we don't
speak of a man as being Republican,
Democrat, Methodist or Presbyterian.
We ask What is he WORTH
1.-The age is commercial, l will admit,
but l have no quarrel with wealth and
am contending simply the shame of
the lack of commercial ideas. In
money, education costs heavily, but
the expense is worth the reward. True
culture and learning cannot be re-
coined in dollars and cents. When ed
ucation Is acquired it will remain and
not have to be lost or left behind at
the end of ones life.
I'm time education may be said to
take a lifetime, but / firmly believe
that whatever accomplishments or Gull
ture is acquired in this life will serve
In a future world.
Receives Double Benefit
Right here it is fit to mention the
student who is working his way through
| school. Be it man or woman, the stu
dent of this kind will get double bene-
| fit. Possibly he will not be able to
give his lessons more than one hour
of attention per day, but with careful
application in the limited time the
same benefits will be derived that the
digger gets from memorizing his les
sons in full.
personally I cannot remember but
smattering of the things 1 learned
in school, and possibly could not work
the same problems or think in the
logical manner 1 was forced to In or
der to get my diploma, but neverthe-
less the training and discipline still
remain, and whatever task I face l am
able to grapple with it in the same
way got my lessons.
1.-THE important consideration in get
| ting college education is means OF
ends sought. Set your eye on definite
object at the beginning of your career
and your path will be made less SER
/
suits In another
1.-The real solution of whether it is
worth while lies In what you seek edu-
cation for. Power was what life was
given us for, and consider power OF
character the most important of all
Intellectual and commercial benefit Is
not sufficient if not dominated by
character.
Education brings new patriotism
and new citizenship. If it does this
for men it will do the same for women
Woman's first duty Is to be woman
and she must not let higher education
or other culture destroy this faculty
else the home, and through the home
the whole nation, will suffer.
"Higher education for both sexes !:
an advantage of the highest order u
| judiciously sought ana Judiciousls
gained. but the essential thoght in the
seeking is a steadfast purpose and al
unyarying determination"