The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-02-27
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TROTIER.URGES
!. 70 U||'7|.H#OFS STATE.
Highest Education and De-
yelopment Is Demanded"
He Says.
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PAYS IN BUSINESS / LIFE
CHANCES in FAVOR OF, EoucA7.
ED PEOPLE ARE AS HIGH
AS $50 To1.5

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MoRGANToWS, w. Va. Feb! 81
Frank b. sTrotter, acting president Of
the West Virginia University, has
published an article In which he sets
forth at some length the advantages
OF going to college" "A condensa.
tion OF this article Is as follows:
Tht infinite and eternal worth Of
the individual personality demands
the highest education and develop.
ment OF that personality. The college
Is the best place yet devised by man
for such education. The college Is
not perfect, but Il Is the best the hu.
man race has been able to evolve, /,
II would be difficult IL not impos.
sible to ind . man. OF. woman who re.
gretted taking q college course, NO
matter how great the sacrifice. One
may regret almdst any other, step. In
life. but never the day he went TO
college, II he went with serious and
honest purpose. On the other hand.
thousands regret. when 1t is too late,
that they did not 60.
a college. education pays as bust.
ness bargain and financial investment.
Wide and thorough investigation has
proved that college trained men and
women make much more money than
men and women Of similar ABILITY
not college trained. The college
trained man has multiplied his
chances Of business success many
times. Testimony from all sidcs es.
tablishes this fact beyond question.
The college man tor womanl has
not only greatly enlarged his circle
of desirable and influential personal
friends but he is accouated TO be
worthy Of the fellowship OF cdu.
Gated men throughout the world"
Such fellowship is one OF the highest
prizes of life.
The college man has the best pros.
pect of rising to distinction in public
and professional life. An examination
Of the rolls of statesmen. authors,
jurists and eminent Americans Of all
classes show that the chances In favor
of the college man as against the
man Of more limited education are
about $50 TO one. Who's Who in
America and Appletou's cyclopedia
Of American Biography substantiate
this statement. 1t Is shown, too, that
the proportion oil graduates Increases
In direct ration. to the Importance OF
the office or, position.
But the chief PURPOSE OF college
course lis not 10 make living but
to make a lie" The educated man
or woman gets vastly more that Is
worth while out of life than the one
without a liberal education. This Ia
not only true in tho active years, but
II Is notably true when the gray days
OF old age come on.
Tho years spent In college are so
many years added 10 ones youth.
The young man who goes into bust.
ness at the close Of his High School
course necessarily becomes old in his
outlook upon life much sooner than
the college man.
Alice Freeman Palmer, president OF
Wellesley, believed that on OF the
advantages Of sending a girl to col.
lege lis that she may have good
TIME. There is no other place where
between eighteen and twenty-five she
Is so likely to have n genuine good
time. Merely for good times. ror
romance, for society, for college life
offers unequaled opportunities" or
course this applies quite. as well to
ynung men as 10 young women. There
Is no better place in, the world TO en-.
Joy life and have good time for four
years than In q live: college or uni.
versity.
. Fifty or more leading colleges presi.
dents and OTHER eminent educators
answered personally the authors
inquiry, What Is the chief reason why
young man or young woman Of
average ability should take college
course? The answers OF some Of
Them. greatly condensed here OF
course, were al, follows: President
Eliot OF Harvard-1n order that he
may discover and use his powers;
President Dwight OF Yale-To make
him Q thinking man OF cultured mind !;
President Patton OF Princeton-To
give him higher aim than mere
moncy-gsttius: President Schnrman
Of Cornon stTo -rnakega bigger man
OF him; President Scott Of RutgeYs-.
To give him a finer standard BY which
to test the questions Of life Colonel
Francis w. Parker OF Chicago Nor.
NAL school - To enabief him to do
more good in the world: Professor
MeMurray of Columb!a-To develop
permanent interests In the most i'm.
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