The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-23

WARRINGTON ON NDUCATIOS.
In more ways than one was George
Washington the right sort Of q father
for his country. His belief was f1rm
and strong In the emcacy and neces-
sity OF the education OF the masses.
II they were to approach their own.
That necessity IL as~ great today a. II
was in Washtngton's time. Education
is the Alladin's lamp Of q righteous
civilization And some Of the thingl
that Washington had to say on the
subject Of education are just as per-
tinent these days as they were when
he uttered them, a. the following ex-
cerpts from his papers and speeches
show:
knowledge IL in every country the
surest basis OF public happiness. -
Speech to Congress. Jan. 8. 1880.
Promote. then. as an object of
primary Importance. institutions for
the general diffusion OF knowledge.
In proportion as the structure Of a
government gives force to public
opinion, 1t is essential that public
opinion should be enlightened -
Farewell Address. Sept. II. 1896.
''In q country like this. where equal
liberty is enjoyed. where every man
may reap his own harvest. and where
there is so ample a field for every
mercantile and mechanical exertion.
II there can not be money found to
answer the common purposes Of ed
ucation. 1t is evident that there II
A.
cal power, which requires a steady,
regulating hand to correct and con-
troll it."-Letter from Mount Vernon,
April IS. 1888.
1T (education) contributes to the
security OF q free constitution in vari-
GUS ways: BY convincing those who
are intrusted with the public admin
istration that every valuable end Of
government is best answered by the
enlightened confidence Of the people.
and by teaching the people them
selves to know and value their own
rights: to discern and provide against
invasions Of them; to distinguish be-
tween oppression and the necessary
exercise Of lawful authority. between
burdens proceeding from a disregard
to their convenience and those result
ing from the inevitable exigencies Of
society; to discriminate the spirit of
liberty from that Of Mcentiousness,
cherishing the first, avoiding the last,
and uniting q speedy but temperate
vigilance against encroachments with
an inviolable respect to law
Speech to Congress. Jan. 8. 1890.
"A plan for the establishment Of q
university In the federal city has fire.
quently been the subject of CONVERSE
ton: but in what manner It is pro-
posed to commence this important
institution. on how extensive a scale,
the means by which 1t is to be ef-
fected. how 1t is to be supported, or
what progress is made in it, are mat
ters altogether unknown to me. &.
have greatly wished to see a plan
and belles-lettres could be taught in
their fullest extent and
(Which with me is . consideration of
great magnitude). by assembling the
youth from the different parts Of this
rising republic, contributing from
their intercourse and interchange of
information to the removal of preju-
dices, which might perhaps some-
times arise from local circumstances
The federal city. from it's centrality
and the advantages which in other re-
spects it must have over any other
place in the United Statees. ought to
be preferred as a proper site for such
a university"