The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-18

acy: second, 20 persuade the women
of the State to join those of other
States in a campaign against Hitter
acy. and third, to point out that
adults under proper condition learn TO
read quickly.
Unfortunately most adults have the
Impression that If they have once
passed the youthful impressionab BILE
period. they can never get an educa-
ton. can never compensate for their
loss.
This misconception rests largely
upon the fact that it is not so easy
to commit TO memory later in life.
hence not so easy to learn the rudi-
mentary rules of grammar, of mathe-
matics. and other elementary
branches.
ON the other hand. most OF the
other faculties of an adult are just
as susceptible. and some of them very
much stronger. in a much better con-
dition to take advantage OF an edu-
cation ,
There are many adults. who, when
they realize their great loss of an
early education. and are eager to
compensate for it, do not know how
to 20 To work TO do n.
There never was time IN the
worlds history when leaders in adult
education were so much needed as TO-
| day. There are millions OF people
! waiting for il. eager for Il. hungry
for II. hut they do not know how To
| begin.
Grtiins an education is like getting
fortune. Most people do not think
that little savings amount TO much.
They spend all their loose change he
cause they think saving II would not
| count for much toward making up a
fortune And il is with many I'M
educated people. they keep wasting
precious time hecaus. they do not
know how TO employ II TO their ad-
| vantage.
Most OF these people are incapa BILE
of self-direction or systematic study
They need leaders who will direct
them and encourage them. and hold
them TO their task until they have
acquired the absorption habit. the
reading hahit. the study habit. the
I thinking habit
One al The greatest questions tina,
confront his age is that OF sdul,
education The commercial prizes
and the opportunities are so great In
/ his "o@..r, that the youth early
catch the money making contagIon
and they are impatient to enter the
business vorld and TO get a start
They aU'I school and start out in
/ life ha!t repaired. only TO see their
ierrih!" stake when they get right
! into the mSht with commercial giants
Who ~" Superbly trained.
! l am constantly coming in cofStac,
! with people who tell me that IL is
/ the regret OF their lives that they lef,
| schco! 50 early. or that they did no,
| go TO college. but who say that III.
| time has gone by now. that II is toe
| late TO make up FOR their loss and
! they must do the best they can. pC
not think that a few minutes OF read.
| ing during their spare time. or a lit.
| tie study during the evenings or half
| holidays. would go very far toward
! acquiring education
! The pursuit OF education by a sou
hungry for knowledge. yearninC 70,
| mental enlargement. Is the hiches
! Kind or pleasure. because IL gives in.
finite satisfaction and infinite sdvan,
| taGe.
| One of the granSoet sights in the
world is that OF an adult seizins
| every opportunity 10 make up fol-
the loss OF early educational sdvsn.
| taGes, pouring his very soul into hi.
spare moments and evenings. rryinE
TO make himself q larger. fuller. com
pleter man.