The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-08

s "ttiih- SOCIAL position. and 1
the advantage OF a university eiu-
cation and much travel. But he il
iSnorant of life. Unbalanced in his
judgments. pCerile in his thinking.
and as naivelv selfish as a child or q
savage Him | deem an u~neducated
man. despite his degree. For edu-
cation Is the training OF all OF ones
faculties to relate themselves saneiy
and efficiently TO actual life.
Education" means Ito lead OUT.
and the higher education Is also 10
lead UP, inspiring mar with the
fear of the Lord. which is the be
ginning Of wisdom We have not
learned life until we have learned
| God.
Whatever helps a person to sweep
a WIDER horizon in his vision, and
20 view life's happenings with l,u.se
and detachment. whether that agency
De a university or an experience If
personal adversely. l. a good educa-
ten.
Ihe stored mine is strong. men
talty grows. like the body. by being
leu. knowledge Is a tested route to
wisdom. but meditation is a surer.
What digestion is to food. meditation
Is To knowledge The end of all
education as to teach a person to
tMnk clearly, strongly and practi-
cdily.
He that studies only men will get
body OF knowledge without the
soul and he that studies only books.
the soul without the body. He that
To n he sees adds observation and
10 he reads reflection is in the
right road to knowledge, provided
that in scrutinizing the hearts of 9TH
ers he neSiects not his own.-Colton.
One regrettable fact about the ad-
vanced education of many Young
persons is that they have been alien
ated from their homes and families
and the "Old-faShiOned" ways of the
latter. The tragedy of this gulf
| which school and college have Gre
T ated between students and their pa
rents is known only to the mother
and fathers who have endured it
1 Usually, also, the explanation is tha
the children have not won to even
! the beginnings of wisdom, else they
g would value the real worth of the pa.
! rents whose greatness of loyalty anC
service and sacrifice is beyond the
l. power of the schools to beStOW. An,
r education which makes a boy ASHAMED
Q of his mother and father is a ba,
education.
Prof. Amos r. Wells calls 9Th
n seven colors Of the spectrum of edu
cation the training Ito think t
observe, to speak. to act, to direct
e TO feel and to be"
< A gentle heart is more to be de
sired than a stored brain. For edu
cation is successful in so far as
trains one to live helpfully and hap
k PLY with other people.
IS A ShreWd owe Of nature, who Ia
le invested his talents in helping boy
and in unfolding the lore of wood
1t and stream and buried Indian trea
h sures. remarked, after attending
in reunion of his college class, L we
d disappointed to find the fellows a
KS talking of their success in terms c
money. Most of them thought
IL was enough to tell how much none
at they had made: we heard little abol
lie what they had done for their neigh
v borhoods or for the State. Surel
lg a dollar mark is not the truest sig
Ill Of an educated man" That observe
IN ton struck the weak spot in muC
Of Of our modern views of education
Thousands of young persons are goin
to college nowadays, not becaus
by they want a finer culture, or a wide
1g fellowship, or admittance into TT
lie charmed circles Of the arts an
or sciences, but simply in order to Ell
ry able them to earn more money.
an that is the first and last goal of a
an education, then it is not, in the o.
e. and broader sense, an education
Ce all.
ng =
e. Everybody pities the one-legge
or man: but few of US give a secoI
e. thought to that far worse cripple, II
e man who has lost his soul. l {
OF not use that phrase in the accustome
IT. theological sense; l mean the ma
whose spiritual faculties have bee
r. atrophied; who has no taste for beau
or harmony or the refinementS =
es the spirit: and to whom religion
ist empty phrase. Such an one n;
lat missed the first end of educatlO
which puts the soul above all. al
makes life bea utlful within.
A detail Of education too often ne
m lected is knowledge of the Engii:
1ae Bible. That is civilization oide