White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-06-08

ICY" equally as materialistic and
equally as true is it the best policy
to lead clean lives. Above all things
keep your minds clean and pure
otherwise You cannot think straight.
and, of course, if you do not think
straight you cannot act straight.
A great many years ago there was
developed in the green wales and on
the sunny hills of Greece, ciyiliza-
tion that in some respects has never
been surpassed, if cqual,ed, by the
civilization of any modern nation.
The education of the ancient Greek
was three fold: Intellectual, physical
and moral The Greek youth spent
as much time in the gymnasium as he
did in the lecture hall and the per-
fection to which he brought his body
is disclosed by the wonderful statues
by the great sculptors, of whom
Phidias was the chief, that adorned
the public buildings and parks of
Athens during her golden age. In
the orations of Pericles and Demos
themes; in the writings of Sophocles.
Euripides, Sappho and Xenophon ap-
pear the intellectual genius of the
race and in the works of Plato, Aris-
totle and Socrates the moral and phil
osophical temper of the people shine
forth. The tendency OF modern edu-
cation is to emulate the Greeks in in
sisting upon school training that de-
velops the whole personality of the
student. The ideal of scholarly at
tainment is no longer the narrow
shouldered. thin chested youth or the
anaemic girl, but the youth of ath-
letic build A healthy, strong mind is
not likely to exist in puny or
diseased body. And the moral and
ethical side of our education must not
be neglected.; the great business
houses of the day, before they will
employ a person. make a thorough in
vestigation of his life and if they find
him wanting in his moral and ethical
side they will pass him by. They in
sist on honesty first and ability sec
ond. The great universities of our
countries have already established
courses in ethics, which are as much
feature of the curriculum as the
courses in mathematics or histry.
And now let us ask ourselves per-
tinent question. Why is it that We
go TO school? Why? You answer, to
get an education. And what, pray.
do YOU mean by an education? Young
men and women, If you have a clear
conception of the meaning of that
wcrd, education. you have won half
of the battle. Now, | expect that
most of you will forget most of the
things which | have said tonight. and
some of you all of them: but if | can
impress upon any of you this one
thing-if can emblaZon ii indelibly
upon your imagination. | shall con-
slider myself we'll paid. First of all,
education is not the acquisition of
knowledge but the attainment of
power. | may know all the facts in
the Encyclopedia of Brittanica and
school all of my life and be able to
quote to YOU all the best poetry, all
the best philosophy and all the best
history that was ever written and yet
not be educated Why? Because my
own mind when ii comes to originate
or create something of its own is not
able TO respond I am wise in the
lore of the books but a fool in so far
as being able to produce anything. He
is better educated who can make two
blades Of grass grow whore enc grew
before or wno can make a mouse-trap
better than il has ever been made be-
fore than the man who is only book
worm The latter may have a Wei
developed memory but the former is
a creator. Educate. "e," out. duco
to lead; to lead out or from. to pro-
duee. that IS the meaning Of the word
and I say TO YOU ii does not matter
much where you study or what you
study If by the process you are in
spired to create. you are educated. A
Burroughs or a Muir can get more
creative inspiration from the study
of the book of nature than most men
can from all the books that were ever
published The grace of the fern,
the beauty of the sunset glow. the
majesty of the mountain top, these
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