South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-10
AS
RELATED To WAR
Question is Most Vital Before
American People Today,
Says Burnett.

The necessity for present greater
educational effort and the conserving
in every possible way the interests
Of education 20 be better fitted TO
solve the immense problems that /
Will inevitably follow the war, was
the message conveyed 10 his con- :
gregation yesterday morning by Or.
j. A. Burnett pastor of the First .
Presbyterian church. who selected .
as his subject, The Call Of the f.
Hour" from Proverbs 24:5: "A .
man Of knowledge increaseth /
strength" He spoke in part as fol-
lows:
THE most important question 7
now before the people of this coun- /
try is the relation Of education 10 I
the present war. In the heat of the .
struggle our attention is fixed on /
the present-hut what Of the flu /
ture? We believe we shall win. /
but what then? We are lighting for
democracy. but a democracy that
simply takes the power from kings
to pat il into the hands of an un-
prepared people may prove curse
rather than a blessing. The benefi-
cient results OF this conflict depend /
on a citizenship which receives the /
trust and executes it for the COM /
ing generations.
The national commissioner Of
education said recently: 1t is Of the
utmost importance that during the
continuance of the war, and through F,
the years Immediately following. !
there shall he no lowering in the
efficiency of our systems Of educa-
ton"
Church Sponsor of Education.
The church has always stood as
the sponsor of education and there I
fore is most deeply interested in this
question. If the world is TO be''safe
for democracy we cannot limit our
horizon by today, but must have !
seers vision for the future.
There are thousands Of boys, |
girls. Young men and young women !
in our schools. colleges and univer- |
stiles who should he developed for
solving the immense problems that !
will inevitably follow the war. The
most patriotic thing we can do as
parents. teachers, young people. is
20 conserve. in every possible way,
| the interests Of education. There
are many in our Industrial and com
mercial life who should turn back
again 10 the work Of the class
room. This is the demand. the OBJ
legation, the opportunity of the hour
and to meet our responsibility we
must have an intelligent sense OF
! educational values.
Big Dividends for Investment.
These values are determined by
the amour. of time given to intel
| loctual development The commits
| sioner of education. after careful
| Investigation. has given us these
! facts "A hoy with a common school
| education has one chance in 5000
/ for achieving notable success; a boy
| with n high school education, p
chances in 5000; a college man,
90 chances in 5000 An efficient
] life cannot come out Of limited
or shortened educational course.
| The government has turned TO the
! American colleges for its trained
| mon and the more time spent in
! educational pursuits the greater the
chance of being placed in the ranks
/ Of leadership. This is the invest
ment that returns ever increasing
| dividends.
Educational values are deter
| mined also 10y the higher elements
| which influence the securing of an
aducation or directing that Of 9TH
ars There has been a reaction in
recent years i'm educational ideals.
Formerly men were disciplined for
I making a living rather than max
IL 80 p. for e-er-T
| ice. Humboldt declared that what
/ ever YOU would put into the state
YOU must first put into the schools.
The militarism Of Germany has be
| hind If generations of training IN
the home and in all the institutions
Of learning. and YOU cannot root out
I'm moment what years have i'm
bedded in the life. In America we
! have impressed the minds of the
youth with service and the lessons
have been enforced by a history rich
in the traditions OF sacrifice.
Americas Responsibility.
| "AIl true education has this NOR
N plempnt-lOve. and the service Of
| love: this is the teaching of Jesus
| Christ. the greatest OF all teachers.
without this our education is a sun
less day. a trackless wilderness, a
chartless voyage.
THE value Of education is re-
| vealed in the use we make Of il.
The obHga tons Of the scholar are
! commensurate with his Opportuni-
/ ties. An education that has no
/ large outlook and does not hold a
! practical benefit for humanity is OF
/ little value We must be educated
IN such a way that our scientific
/ knowledge. our literary culture. our
classical lore shall react upon the
world in blessing. II Is no idle
boast that. in the recOnstructions
which must follow the present ii
.anic upheaval. America shall pro-
'ect her influence into all the ma
lions OF the earth. What marvellous
\ possibilities and vast responsibilities
rest with those who instruct the
Young and guide their preparation