The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-10-14
CONCERNING COLLEGE COURSE
STATESMEN DIFFER IN VIEWS
Does College Education Insure Greater Success IN
Life ivy was ~ Question sao ProRRounnded To Many Public
Regard II "a: 4! :, 40 areieraole Whlle Others
Opinions of Eminent Men.

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~ think that a knowledge Of men
VIII come to the student. Those
whom you meet in college give YOU
insight into human character. The
training which you receive IN college
helps you to use this insight. I con-
slider that a knowledge OF men and a
knowledge Of books go hand in hand
when one would be successful in pub
lie life
Senator Sheppard's record is one of
interest He was the mem
Der Of the House Of representatives
when he entered that body. Yet dur
ing his first term his sunset speech
es,' wonderful works Of diction and
expression, had made him famous.
Many of his lends today regard SEN
ator Sheppard as a statesman second
only to President Wilson in the matter
OF style and expression.
Work Educates.
From his Office the writer went to
see Senator Ashurst of Arizona. Sen
ator Ashurst is essentially a self-made
man. He has never taken a college
course. On the other hand he has
probably worked at more different
things than any member of the upper
house. He has been a newspaper
man, a lawyer, a cowboy, a miner and
a labOrer. He believes that in tn S
varied experience he has earned as
much of general value as the man
whose study is cleaned from books
my experience when I was work
ing" said Senator Ashurst. were all
educational. And l confidently state
that they were as helpful to me as a
course in college would have been.
OF course. l don't want to be consider
ed as advising that the man who goes
forth into practical life shall neglect
his course Of study. A man must i'm
prove If he is to advance in any form
of endeavOr. Public life is one of the
most exacting professionals you
choose to consider 1t as a profession
The science Of government Is not 8
fixed science. 1t changes with the
changing Of general conditions.
Takes a Lifetime to Learn Some
! things.
: IT would say that the man who is t.
enter public life should remember
|, always that the science OF govern
ment Is the most important of al
things to him. He must continue hi
studies not for q term Of years, bu
q for a lifetime. He must advance tn
nation by his %actions.s
f What part a classical educatio,
: will play-in this work is problemati
cal. 1t is not a matter OF education b.
s itself. 1t is the training in menta
s control which is of advantage to tn
a man who is studying the science o
government"
d DO you consider, senator" wa
asked, that an understanding. say
a of the history Of other government
n is essential to the man who would TAX
Of history can reconstruct the gov
eminent of a state or the nation"
g absolutely true" he replied. BIT
Il any man possessed of the norma
mans imagination and appreciate
= Of history "a reconstruct the COVE
al eminent Of Rome and Carthage q
we'll out of school as in it. A know
e edge of reading and an acquire
le ability Of concentration are his on!
es requirements. Any man mental
proficient has the innate p~ossibilit
,e of concentration hat only needs d.
lvelopment."
A. I'm your own experience, senate
e. what incident do you rate most higl
fe ly as proper training for a public c;
Of reer?"
en- mo one experience can be pickle
t. out. In newspaper work l came
n newspaper man, I believe, more ths
know men and their ways. TT
or any other comes to know the I oibl
and weakness Of the human rae
1t Once in awhile a great newspap
tn man like Balzac is able to write WI
The sees. But in all newspaper M
1.-THE power OF O~OSeENdtlOA Is eAAceoAAs
as some extent, and they all come
70 know the trickery and honesty. e
ut. good and bad of the human race.
Educating Ones Self.
as "A man who has toiled with h
r. hands knows other men who toll vi
their hands. He knows the way tn
their minds work. He knows wh
ny thew believe in. and what they do n
al believe in Time comes when he re
. reeents them, and he is only t
mouthpiece Of their unspok
~ thoughts"
g. The senator paused for a nome
"All mon desire education he &C
~ cluded, ''but to many
81 merely q word. It doc not me
ANYTHING except routine study. !
constantly find great men whose "a
A. lcation Is Of their own devistng. ]
deed, We nave only to consider Aa
Twain to SEQ how tho power OF Sc