The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-06-18

great end and purpose OF education
should be that the right idea of God
and the right conceptions of the human
soul be formed in the mind. Indeed,
the highest culture must include the
culture of the highest.
The most advanced educators agree
that the end of all education is right
living and the school should aim at So
cial efficiency through development of
character. Education, however, is not
always acquired, altogether, in the
schoolroom, and more especially was
this proven to be true only few CEN
turtles ago.
Elihue Burritt, one of the most re-
markable men of 10Th century, who,
from scrubby boy who blew the bel
lows in an obscure smithy, elevated him
self by his own labor and genius to the
very head of the learned of the world as
a linguist, although his school life was
only limited to nine months. While blow
ing at the forge he was studying from
some book set up conviently against
the chimney, and it is said that there is
not a language on earth, that has a writ
ten record, that he did not master
Therefore, this proves to us that there
must be an effort on mans part for for
tunately nature has not been so unkind
as to ordain that man may sit idly by
and be waited upon the wings of the
wind to the top of that mountain he
fain would scale.
Although it is true that Burritt rose
by his own genius and labor, do not
wish to have you think that college
education is worthless. If it was why
should we even have so many fine
buildings erected in all parts of the
world for the sole purpose OF having a
place for men and women to assemble
where they may be taught?
The college attempts to collect and Or
ganize the opportunities and helps
which one may find less concentrated
and less convenient outside of the col
lege. The value of college education
is not chiefly to be found in what the
graduate knows, but in what he is and
what he can learn to do. The college
truly gives anyone higher culture and
training than he otherwise would be apt
to acquire. Never before was it so true,
not only that the trained man wins,
but that the trained man is about the
only one wanted to do any kind OF
work.
A celebrated publicist once being
asked whether after all the time spent
on advanced education and culture was
not wasted, replied: If knew that
had only ten years to live would
spend nine of them getting ready for
the tenth. !"
1t is interesting to notice the changed
attitude of the bust ness world
toward h e who are thoroughly
trained and educated. Horace Greedy
is reported to have once said he had no
use for college man in his office But
it is also said before his death that the
Tribune" office was thoroughly
equipped with college bred men.
One has only to run over in mind the
names of such men as A. T. Stewart,
Abraham Hewitt, Chauncey Depew,
and the prominent men in our Presi-
Dental cabinets to conclude that the
practical business of the world is dom
mated by college trained men. This is
not only true in the business world, but
the same thing is true in every depart
ment of life. 1t is men who-lf not
through schools then by their own read
reading and observation and study have
higher culture, who are making our
b S teachers, preachers, lawyers,
physicians, engineers and leaders in
every department. These are the hope
of the country and the guarantors Of its
| future.
Sir William Hamilton said in the
universe there is nothing great but man,
and in man there is nothing great but
mind.
DR.. Watts also said:
Were l so tall as to reach the pole,
Or grasp the ocean with span,
must be measured by my soul,
The mind is the standard of man.
Why should we not not have more
broad minded men and women to-day?
1t is shame that here in democratic
America, whose ideal of civilization is
the highest, theoretically the highest
conceivable, h any m or
woman should pass through life without