Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-20
AMERICA HAS FASHION
 FOR EDUCATION.
President Burton of Smith College sPeaks Under Auspices of Norwich College Club.


 Prof. M. L. Burton, president of Smith college, addressed a fair sized audience at Slater hall on Friday even ing on The Educated Person under the auspices of the Norwich College club, who had extended a general invitation to the public to attend the lecture.
 Henry A. Tirrell, principal of the Norwich Free Academy, welcomed those present and introduced. President Burton as the speaker of the evening.
 After his preliminary remarks, which were of a humorous nature Professor Burton announced that he would speak on the topic The Educated Person. We may say there has never been a gen eration in America so deeply interested in educational problems as the present generation, said Professor Burton. We have sort of fashion for education and we have a right to say that Amer tca is concerned in educational prob lems.
 Wherever one goes, he is conscious of fundamental disagreements among methods. This condition exists not only in America Anyone who studies the history of the world will realize that the same disagreements exist in every country.
 Professor Burton said he ventured to state that the aim of American educa- tion is to produce the educated" per- son Did you ever see an ''educated'' persont asked the speaker. If he thought he was educated, he wasn't. On the other hand. those of us who judge others say they are continually meeting educated persons. If you were to take paper and pencil and write your opinion of an educated per- son. what would you write?
 There are certain tests by which one stop, a man on the street and ask him who are the educated persons. of his city, he will probably say the man with college degree. the man who is well read in literature, or the man who is deeply interested in music. He might
 say the person who knows more about any one subject than any other man
 in the city. A person might graduate from the Academy, might win his de- gree. at Harvard or Smith, and he
 might possibly not be educated. I do
 not say that all who go through this process are not educated.
 Mark of the Educated Persons. What are the marks of an educated person? Professor Burton described
 the educated person as. one who has touched the main divisions of know ledge The educated person ought to know something about mind and mat ter, ought to know something about history, and, ought to have a sense of appreciation for the fine arts. These 6CACId 1lClQS SGSLl~ lO IIlS lO represent
 the various divisions of knowledge, said Professor Burton.
 One of the sure tests of the educat-
 ed person is his ability to make rapid transitions. On the intellectual side, the educated person is one who has the ability to think, think clear through a
 problem. Professor Burton. said he thinks the serious defect of our pres ent day literature is that we lack the persons who are able to think through problems.
 Another sure test is feeling" We I need to teach people to feel correctly. Have you the quality which leads you to appreciate excellence, worth, beau ty, wherever you see it? By the sense of feeling correctly Professor Burton
 said he meant great sense of sympa-
 thy !, Judgment Sure Test.
 One of the surest tests of an edu- | cated person is what we may call l judgment. By judgment I mean that | stability which keeps a person from
 being swept off his feet by the waves | of passion. In other words, keep your | head. Another mark of the educated person is his ability to weigh evil | dence.
 As another definition of the educated person, Professor Burton said: He is 1 educated who gets himself tied into | the world; who is directly and inti- l A-dlSAy ICldlSo lO luS llIS@ OI HIS gen eration. The problem of education is | the problem of getting our boys and girls definitely related to the lives they | are going to live. The educated person | is the working person. There is nc | place in the world for the lazy man. Education is not something that con- cerns the mind, the will or heart alone; ! 1t concerns itself with the person, and that is why I say that the aim oi
 American education is to produce the | educated" person.
 At the close of the lecture, which occupied about an hour many of those in the audience availed themselves oi the opportunity to meet Professor Burton, an invitation having been ex- tended by Professor Tirrell just before
 Professor Burton started to speak. Five members of the Academy sen.
 for class Misses May Canty, May Cur. ry, Alice Coleman. May Isbister and Nellie English, assisted in the usher
 ing.