Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-05-20

tncated man, according statistics,
has only one chance outof 5000 10
lattain success az useful citizen
zone chance out Of 400 with com
mon school education. After care
ful investigation. by President
EHini,t of Central University, it has
been found that the value of technl-
cal training has been exaggerated.
| am not surprised at this in the
fleast; for this kind of education is
moi only mechanical, but to discov-
Ter the laws of adaptability is al,
Imost impossible when this educl-
ttion is commenced. Here and there
/ a technical education may be last
resort, but if the mind is normally
hlralned it will find its place in the
world. 1t is a mistaken conception
iof education and argues that the
seat of human BEINGS mentality
tis in the f.and-not the head.
The reason we underestimate
higher education is attributable to
t,he fact that there are more vacant
fplaces for this type than persons to
E6ll them. Regardless of all the
|lcriticisms of higher education it
Ilcannot be denied that University
Education ia behind even The me-
lls:hs uical movements Of modern civ.
9llisation. the College bred man
lof necessity starts later in life. hut
|he goes faster and gets further :"
III am an advocate of the develop.
|5ment of fine physique by means
|of physical exercise, bat not to at
ItempL 20 train the hand until you
|.haye trained the head and heart.
|srhen the hand will seek to dis.
charge its function under the di-
reclion of a we'll educated brain.
III is a strange thing that multi
|1ude of white people are advocating
j technical education, for the ne
|gro is making the impression that
|aie is advocating the same and re
eeiYing the same. But the facts
|are the opposite: for numberless
white children are going to me-
|chanical schools and fitting them
selves to be laborers while the ne
Igro is educating the brain. How
ItAer, forthat he is not 70 be CEN
FtsEsred. I'VE will wax after
~ tsfig to tie sitiiation s1lu :, ie,e4.
appreciate the advantages of higher
education. Instead Of having eight
hundred boys in mechanical school
and three hundred in College,
The reverse ought to he the case.
Now do not let the Evil one de-
ceive you by citing a few excep-
lions TO these fundamental rules; /;
hy citing a man here and there who
has made comparative success; by
making you lose sight Of a vast
multitude which no one can mum
,er, who have gone into oblivion
because Of thu want of an cduca-
zion. We have referred to the
question from a money standpoint.
nut this, after all, is the least: for
he educated man lives in world -!
intellectual pleasure. DO not s>I
hen the child if he wants to 60 Ia
,choo!; if he wants an education:
nut impress upon his heart that H.
las one chance out of 5000 to sue
,eed in the world: and then demand
If him that he hall attend school
and College ii not by suasion, by
l'orce. In after years he will thank
,ou, and love you and render SER
ice to mankind such as | am try
ing to render by this article, which
will be read and booked and prac
iced by probably hundreds of peo-
pie, who realize the supreme neces-
sity of fitting human beng for
he solemn offices of life. With
i,est wishes | sm yours fraternally.
E. G. Bailey.
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