The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-04-10


2, Students who have finished the
high school only are too youthful,
immature, and insufficienuy equip
ped to enter Immediately into the
professions, avocations, and trades
OF life, and should. therefore, be
sent to college for further develop
ment and better equipment. Stu
dents with but u fair opportunity
should complete the secondary
school by the time they are eighteen
years of age. As matter of fact
many OF them graduate from high
school from one TO three years earl
Ter than this. The average age OF
entering collegenow is about seven
teen and one-half years. No seven
teen-year-old boy is In any way
ready TO chooseand to enter his life
calling Much less should he be
permitted to idle away three or four
years a. this important and critical
period OF his life. At this age and
stage of his development, no matter
how carefully he has been trained
nor how good his advantages have
been, he does not know much about
himself, the world, and the Maker
of both; he has not yet succeeded
In getting himself sufficiently in
hand acquired sufficient self mastery
he has not as yet laid up a suf-
ficient store of personal power to un
dertake seriously and manfully life's
great task. His paramount need at
this age and stage of development
In good college course under the
tuition of the very best masters and
in company with aspiring youths lik
himself.
g. From these hlghschool graduates
are to come by and by a share of
the professional men OF the country
Every boy who aspires to be teacher
or minister or lawyer or physician
should by all means strive 20 secure
the yerybest college training to fi.'
himself for such high and RESPONSE
BILE service.A while ago, in the new
and crude conditions OF our Ameri-
can life, men entered these profess
sions with little general or, even for
the very best college training to fit
that matter, small special prepara-
ton But happily that time has pass
cd. Many of the best professional
schools are now demanding of their
students as condition of entrance
previous training TO the extent of
at least years of college work and
the completion of the fun college
course is encouraged and very much
to be desired In many high school
none but college graduates are en-
pIoyed to teach The time is at
hand when the public served by the
professions expect the members of
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training, skill, and culture which
the college has been established to
give. Any young man who aspires
to enter professional life will
find it better for him in the long
run, and far better for his consti-
tuency and the general public, to
complete the college course before
beginning his professional studies.
Law, medicine, teaching, and the
ministry are not the only profession
which require thorough training as a.
condition OF the highest and truest
saccess. The demands of modern life
have called into existence other pro-
LESSONS, such as architects, mschani
cal, civil, and electrical engineers,
and others. Young men entering
these professions with hope of sue
cess must have thorough and extern
sive preparation.
The time was when, If boy wished
to devote his life to farming, 1t was
taken for granted that he did not
need a college education, nor any
other sort, for that matter. Let us
rejoice that this view is passing
In an editorial in recent number
of the Worlds Work occurs this
statement: country life can be
properly organized, the most helpful
task In our world will have been
done--or begun" We shall never
be able to make Roadway In properl
organizing country life without a
number OF men and women who hav
been broadly and thoroughly edu-
Gated to lead the way
II is happy omen that we are
coming to see that II our soil Is
made to yield up It's good things
in sufficient quantities to support
well our population, men OF brains
must til II and care for II; and Il
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