The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-01
GOING TO coLLEeEY


How about the boys and girls who
have just been graduated from the
high SCHOOL, Are they going to con
tinue their education in some higher
institution next year or are they going
TO launch out at once into the bread
and butter gameg win il pay them
TO spend a few more years in school.
Even If they want to go "off to school,
how can they go If parents haven't
the money to send them?
These are pertinent questions that
always arise at the close of school
year. Obviously, In answering them
the particular conditions in each case
must be considered. II is necessary
to take into account the natural in
clinations and the ability of the boy
or girl to take an education.
TO the general question, "Will high
er education pay?' there is abundant
evidence to furnish conclusive an
swer without indulging in any specu-
lation. A few facts given by Presl-
dent Evans Of the Edmond normal
schol in his address here last week.
are sufficient to satisfy anyone Mr.
Evens briefly called the roll OF men
who are doing things" in America as
shown by the who's Who book and
found that out of 10000 names appear
ing in that volume $4,000 of them
had received d college or university
education, while 5000 had completed
high school courses.
The plain inference would seem to
be that at the present time tne
chances for achieving marked success
are vastly increased by higher educa-
ton. II Is true that history affords
plenty of illustrations of men who
have made conspicuous success with
no more education than could be OBJ
tanned in the pine-knot school, as was
the case with Abr4ham Lincoln, but
\ the experience ofGthe extraordinary
man can not be taken as a safe cue
for the person of average ability who
needs all the aid possible IN bringing
out his possibilities. Furthermore. it
must be remembered that with the
gradual raising of the standard Of ef-
ficiency in modern times, the boy or
girl must meet stronger compel lion
than his father and mother did All
the arguments today strongly support
the contention that from the purely
business point of view higher oduca-
tion pays, while looking at it in the
larger way. such training contributes
immeasurably to the capacity of the
individual for personal enjoyment and
service of his fellowmen. The solu-
tion of all the vexatious problems that
confront the world today calls for the
large view which can be obtained only
by broad intellectual development.
II boy or girl wants higher edu-
Cdtlo1, lHcIc are plcHtJ VI ways opoh
for him to get it regardless of his
financial resources. We shall not take
The space to point out these ways in
detail but we suggest that any one in.
terested enter into correspondence
with any of the great colleges or uni
versities and secure information as to
how students work their way
: through school. There are thousands
of students, particularly boys, all over
the land, who are paying their own
expenses as they go and making rec
ords as good or better than those who
have parents to pay their bills. The
ways are numerous and there is nc
reason why any boy who has ambition
should hesitate to tackle the under
taking.
Now is the time to investigate and
map out plan Of campaign. All that
is needed is enough money to get you
10 the college and pay few weeks
expenses The opportunities for self
education were never before so plenti
fnl The best education TO be had any
Where In the land is open to any stu
dent who has the desire for it ant
who has the industry and determine
tion to 60 after it.
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