The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-15
,ver attained at Bethany college.

ever attained at Bethany college.
Despite his own high scholastic hon.
ors and the fact that he himself holds
the degree of A. B., A. NJ. and L. L. D.
of Bethany college, West Virginia, and
L. L. B. Of the Cincinnati law school
Mr.. Clark does not place high value
on college degrees. He loves learning
and is fond of learned men, but he in
sists that while a great deal of infer
nation Is necessary to success in pub
lie life, it matters nothing where or
how the information is obtained. He
is, however, a strong advocate of a
collegiate course, whenever possible,
and sums up the benefits as follows:
IA college course renders 1t easier
for a person to accumulate informa-
ton than by digging 1t out for himself
as the professors should be able to
show him short cuts and to direct him
into the paths Of least resistance so
that he can gain the largest amount
of information with the expenditure of
the minimum OF time, energy and
money.
2.-Practice in debating and literary
society is of incalculable value. g.
Association with teachers and fellow
students enables a person to absorb
much information-the easiest and
least expensive way to obtain 1t.
boy who mingles with persons better
informed than he can not fail to OBJ
| tain information unless he is stone
deaf, even If he studies little, or none
at all"
The speaker stated on the floor o,
the house several years ago that he
would rather be president Of the uni
versity of Mississippi than to be q
representative, a senator in congress
or the governor Of Missouri.
He proves his faith in college BY
his works, as he is sending his sor
/ to the university Of Missouri and 1T
ting his daughter for college at 6
Washington school
| Implicit Confidence Of Insurgents anc
/ Democrats.
It was the Hon. John Sharp Will
liams of Mississippi, who. when hi
became minority leader. transferred
Mr.. Clark from patents and foreign
affairs to mays and means, the place
for which by years of study and dis.
cussion and bya natural fondness fol
economic subjects he was preeminent.
| ly fitted. Neither of them dreamed
/ that that assignment would in les
than eight years, place Clark in thu
/ speakers chair. No two men Of prom.
/ inence in the house in recent year,
are less alike than the MississippiaI
| and the Missourian in either menta
or physical makeup. yet they wer,
| and are intimate friends and workeC
together in most perfect harmony
The tie which more than anything els,
or all things else binds them togethe,
| is a similarity OF views on the Tariff
Their views on most political ques
tons are quite similar. both being ar
| dent disciples of Thomas Jefferson
but both have a passion for studying
the Tariff and both are at their bes
| when speaking or writing about il
During their service on ways an,
means more than ever before the,
harried the standpatters at every op
portunity. Sometimes 1t was pitche,
battle, at other times merely a Skin
mish or foray but they were Away
net only ready. but eager for the fray
They fought In paris and their speeche
on the subject would make a larg
volume. They were a pair that evel
the doughtiest of the stand-pat cham
pions dreaded to meet in debate, 70