The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1916-01-13
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IlitsIt pOpuiHttOH, ONtE bWcnJy -ottc NbhTS
VI age, yet this one per cent furnishe.
more than one.third of the members oi
congress, over one half the presidents
vice presidents and cabinet officers
and over two-thirds the Justices Of SUI
preme court. Every chief justice has
been college graduate except John
Marshal, who left college to serve his
country in the revolutionary war. Al
tho from our earliest history MS ma
ton, the proportion Of distinguished
men who have been college graduate
has always been large, nevertheless,
with the rapid growth of our educs-
tionsl institutions, the numerous equip
ments and more thorough courses Of
fcred, the college graduate may he ex-
pected to be found in the front ranks
Of all the learned professions and play
more important part than ever before
in public life.
Tint the college man ia the success
full man has been proven in other
countries rs well us our own. Meanly
declared in the House of Commons
that II any one would search the OK
ford or Cambridge calender for the
past 500 years, he would find that the
men who have been first in tho compe-
tition Of the school, have been first in
the competition Of life.
3.-Every Youth recognises that Col
lege Associations will be of Infinite
Value to him in After Life.
Contact with faculty Of scholarly,
cultured and able instructors; associa.
tions with men Of determination OF in
dustrious and noble ideals, gives the
student an opportunity for the uncon-
scious development which books conld
never furnish. The man Of strong
character, who is educated and ener-
getic, finds that the college course
gives him opportunity to utilize all the
energy of the mind and body in the
development OF noble manhood. He
finds himself in an atmosphere where
he is lifted above the petty temptations
WHICH drag men down to death, and it
becomes his natural bent to climb to-
ward a strong and vigorous manhood.
4.-Educa.ion develops the Students
Individuality.
Colleges are not for teaching special
modes OF gaining q livelihood. The
purpose ,pf the colleges is not to select
the professions, but to give opportunity
for self-discovery and the development
of our talents along various lines until
the individual is able to decide wisely
as to what calling or profession he
should enter.
There is something infinitely higher
to be sought in education than its mon
ey.making value. The college Is to
lay foundation on which to build the
life and prepare the student for his
training along his own special line Of
development.
5.-The Essential Quality necessary
to the Attainment Of Success, is Orig
inality.
The man who follows the plan that
others have tried and found to be a
failure is sure TO find little success
lie must make for HIMSELF PLACE and
toe the MARX until tits complete. This
trait is best developed by season 1t
college. Here he learns the principles
Of scientific doing, and this Is the Sc
crct of success. Imitation may &C.
complish something, but it will be
very little.
The scli-possession that comes Of
knowledge, independent thinking, and
the ability 10 concentrate the mind up
ON one thing,-these are the keys Of
success
These keys are obtained by the col
lege course. And with these no is mas
ter of any and all situations that may
confront him. He il the man of the
hour upon whom the people depend for
assistance in the time Of need.
Parents, do you not think il wise to
help that boy OF yours prepare himself
for the futlref
Stand by his side and help him now.
Keep him In the graded departments
that are under such good management
and help develop his possibilities.
Young man, do you think il wise to
give mp the idea Of a higher and better
education. II in any possible sacrifice
YOU are able TO obtain this priceless
treasure? Mol ten thousand times no
rho it requires your very life blood
and seems TO be the ruin of all happi-
ness. you will SEQ in the end that you