Evening journal., 1911-09-06
WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 6. 1911
SCHOOL DAYS.

II OR the young the vacation season has ended
4 and it is back to the books and to school,
and really happy they should be. A bountifu
state provides means for educating the young
such as their forefathers hardly dreamed of. 1t
Is the fault of the child or parents If the child
does not enter the work of life we'll equipped so
far as ordinary education is concerned.
More money than ever before is spent in educa-
ton, in trying TO prepare the young so that they
may integently take up their life work More
of the Young are in school than ever. The public
schools and parochial and other private schools
will soon be filed and the colleges and universities
will soon be overhowing with young men and
women.
The growth of the universities has been remark
able, while the smaller colleges have more than
held their own. Any young man young woman
anxious to secure an education can do so these
days
To great many the cost Of an education, despite
the huge endowments and the large sums devoted
to educational purposes, has increased with the
cost OF living and the growth of wealth in the
country If parent wants TO send his child to
hrst class boarding school college he will find
that it, costs more than it did years ago Some
times the actual charges higher, but the prin-
cipal increase is in the amount the young man in
fairly good circumstances requires to keep up
with the pace" There are so many organizations
the boys many of them live in elaborate fraternity
houses on an expensive SCALE so that II is fire.
quently quite hard for a youth TO hold up his end
financially if he desires to do So Then again, the
effects Of the foolish parent are seen in colleges
and universities in the form Of the good for little
boy with his pockets full of money, supplied by
indugent parents, bent on having the boy 60
through college cutting" demoralizng "splurge"
as he passes through one door and out the other,
IS al unau 0f ham do for
getting the real benefit Of a college education Is
concerned
However, to those who wish an education and
are not keen on cutting spurge" but really SER
iously minded, the way is wide There are many
smaller institutions where the extravagant life
is not much in evidence where the students are
brought into actual contact with the professors
where boy can be developed into a well rounded
young man.
Many people used TO say that course in col
lege is not practical and there still seems TO be
dispute on that score. Those who vehementy de-
clare that it is not practica-but they are not
so vehement as they once were-gauge success in
fife by standard of material gain, the ability
to accumulate money. But the ability TO accumu-
late money has always seemed to US to be more
or less a natural gift that may be cultivated by
an education that sharpens the wits and almost
any kind of education will do that II the natural
gift is there. Some men, no matter how highly
trained in the practical school of business
experience, can never gain great wealth Wealth
and riches don't seem to come their way. 1t
seems to have been determined" as Mr.. Crosby
would say in his happy moments when he is not
trolley sailing, that they shall not be rich.
The new educational year should mean much for
Delaware. Our chief institution, Delaware Col
lege, despite criticism frequently heard, has been
progressing year by year getting better and better
and increasing in the number of its students We
have in Wilmington commercial colleges equal to
the best of them and better by far than most of
them. We have a splendid preparatory in
sttution Friends school which but to mention, is
to commend, and we have other private schools of
very high standing
Our public schools are becoming more and more
proficient, thanks to the able superintendent and
his efficient corps Of teachers
There has been complaint about the rural school.
OF the state by some Of those who know most
about them, but The Journal believes that withir
the next few years under the counsel and advic,
OF the State Board of Education these schools viii
show remarkable development If not II will no
be the fault of the State Board
Altogether the educational situation in Deawar
should be viewed with a considerable amount o
satisfaction because schools are not standing
still. but are going forward, approaching the goa
Of high and efficient standard A Delaware bo
should be able to get good education in Della
ware