Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-09-11
QUESTION NOW
IS EDUCATION
WORK or PREpNR NTION \ MOST
IMPORTANT ONE.
PlNfKNOT DAY PAST



Yesterday may be- said IA bayc
married nm onl NJ ro .,,.o,,.n saa
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NH I'' IH' 'NN'''h 81 school age IN
lulso, for although there arc tim
many families absent n,m th, ,lty
the maiorltv nav. t,turu.J ana mn.
ere are drifting homeward daily Th.
Hummcr haIf.holiday which was pnr-
ucipated in during the summer inst
closing hy many of tna business
places of Tulsa are things or tba. .p,st
the union services among the
churches are concluded ana I'm,
schools Will swing wild. their portuls
beginning tomorrow
And with the return of the voung
men and women. lh. natt,r of edu-
catiou lg apam tho question of i'm.
poItuUcp Th. rr,doJ and high
,nt.,Is of the cltv and the rural IN
slmtions are thr mguirinp source
tl the desire for higher rdu,l.lou.
The rlorv of their efficacy is that
they not merely inspire This LONGING.
bat amply cmir the pupn for the
tropregs which awaits him bevoud
tho graded ana .he hiph gchuol doors
This work Of propnration A. one
whose mportancD ls paramnunt and
no country In the world has snch "a
magnificent prrparatnry syslrm of
public schools. ana few counties i'm
the state may call themselves worthy
of rOmpgrlsOn with the schools of
TiIe1 ana Tulsa County
The Old davs of the backwOods gen
ius making himself famous studylng
by ihe nine knot and tallow candle
has uassed away More knowledge
is reGurpd than ever before. Every
body has 10 be smarter than he was
or needed ia. he filty wears apo The
old time doctor could not have pass-
ed the ordinary medical examination
of today 10 save his life. The old
time preacher. good and godly souf
that ne was. did not have the advant-
ares of the callowesf student exhorter
of these times. The circuit riding
lawver was NOT eXactlv like neces
sitv-knowing no law-but he would
make "A sorry display of legal learn.
ing comparod with the average train
ed attorney Of the present. The bus
inogs man of half "A century ago was
a country crossing whittier COMPARED
with The heads of the great mercan-
tile establishments of the twentieth
century
The great point for the encourage
ment of the Youths of today is that
The race is omen TO an of Them. The
hipb school graduate may step into
II position I'm life equivalent TO that
avnilable to the college graduate of
nfty wears aga. But il is as nothing
compared with what ne may accom-
pllsh If he improves the opportunity
for higher education II is a little
short of criminal greed for the high
school graduate deliberately to throw
away the chance for a college edu-
cation in the belief that he knows
enough and that he is wasting his
time going farther.
The time has long gone by when
peoule ask Ir college education pays-
paws not merely from the standpoint
of the Obligation of the highest degree
of culture. hut of dollars and cents.
This ls a material and practical age.
There Is no more pronounced trend
In educational affairs than thar to-
ward the effective preparation of stu
dents for the actuaI work of life and
this is infinitely better than the old
time dllettante education of fictitious
praces. traditional Greek and Latin
roots and the whole system designed
10 impart an aristocratic veneer to
all who went through the process,
which was one very similar to electro
plating The reaI metal" was con-
cealed beneath the coating which
made everybody shine alike.
But the educational system OF
America today is ideally addressed to
the problem of giving the maximum
amount of real intellectual culture
with another maximum of practical
technical equipment. The public
school system of the country Is more
effectively articulated than ever be-
fore There are no gaps in It. The
pupiI can allght at whatever land
inp ne wishes on the inward tourney,
but the danger is of alighting too
soon and remaining forever on the
plant and level of the, station" For
opportunIty STAYS on the train and
sees the through passengers to their
destination.
II ls found that more than eight
five per cent. of the $4,000 names Of
neople included I'm the 1909 who's
who I'm America" are the names Of
college graduates, and that less than
five per cent of the inmates of all
the prisons in the country are even
educated persons, TO say nothing OF
beIng college graduates.
There was never n time when the
demand for young men and women
who can do the worlds work was so
lnsistent. Money is literally mo OBJ
man. OF course. every prepared man
ar woman win not he given foun-
tain pen and requested to fiji In the
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