The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-27
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EDUCATION AND MONEY MAKING

EDUCATION AND MONEY MAKING.
Nearly all that an intelligent. culti-
waited man learns and wants to know
has no appreciab1e relation to his dol
lars and cents It's value - occasional
and indirect, But he wants to
know" and he knows that If he has
forgotten he can recover his knowl-
edge or go where he can be told. He
has simply a wider outlook and a
larger breadth Of life. His knowledge
Is not dead. even when it is sleeping.
The editor of the Independent declares
that "the defenders of Latin and Greek
have no business to admit that these
studies are at all more dead for prac-
tica1 purposes than the advanced study
They are not. 1t is easy to show that
they furnish quite as much daily value
in life, at least for the man Of ordinary
cultivation. OF course, the chemist
needs chemistry, and the physicist
physics, but the man who uses our
literature, finds use for his Latin and
Greek"
If we only need such education as
will enable US to make money, the
and the sooner we get into the business
Office or behind the counter the peter.
Then we want to know the qualities
and prices OF merchandise of every
sort and how business is done in the
stock and mercantile exchanges. Most
OF the multfmillionaires and masters OF
finance and captains of industry are
men who never went to college. Pier
pont Morgan is an exception. but not
common one.
But the educated and cultured man
finds moments when he can get away
from the ENDORSEMENTS of the hard
grind of life, and realize with the old
English poet that This nina to him a
kingdom is with a degree of~wealth
and privilege which no money can buy.
Perhaps no learning il useless. but
very little is necessary to the consum-
nation Of material success. Perse-
verance, push, determined energy and
ability to see opportunities and take
advantage Of them are what is requir-
ed, and these are not learned in coli
1ege.-New Orleans Picayur1e.
GOWNS FOR JUDGES.
The Illinois judges have decided to
wear silk robes when on the bench,
and the secular press Of that state and
of several adjoining states are SO agf-
tated about It as to be almost hysteri-
cal. There seems to be no approval
of the innovation, but, on the other
hand, there are many expressions IN
dicative OF regret at the passing OF the
pioneer times when the ceremony was
bar It is charged that in assuming
robes the judges are initiating foreign
ways; but even If this were true, IL
would be unimportant, because many
valuable suggestions for legislation
and court procedure are obtained
from abroad, and no objection is
| made. AS q matter Of fact, however,
the precedent of the judicial robe Is
not a recent importation. It was es-
| tablished by the supreme court OF
the United States more than century
ago, and may, therefore, be followed
by the state courts with safety and
propriety. The proceedings of all
courts of justice. being Of great sol
| emnity. are naturally attended with
| more or less ceremony, and with pc
culiar appropriateness, because It has
q strong tendency to eliminate the
personalities which always attend the
informal proceedings. OF course. NO
| one would contend that judge would
be any more learned, able or diEnified
in silk robe than in the ordinary
costume OF the street. but the robes
certainly make the court more I'M
pressive in appearance. and cor that
reason they are desirap Die. AIter All
It il . matter as to which the judges
may do as they choose, ana their
choice can not furnish any JUST
ground for LAW N0c9D.