The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1917-03-30
VALUE OF AN EDUCATION

(From The Lincolnian, the STAN
ford High School Paper.)
Education is one of the most val
liable assets Of life, and in order to
acquire it years of hard labor and
deep thought must be spent. Edu-
cation must be sought, for it never
seeks anyone and when you go after
it, you must 90 with stern determina-
ton and resolve for the person who
goes to college to get an education
will never get it without great effort
and sacrifice on his. part. You
may attend every college and univer-
sity in this country and still be no
better prepared to live than at the
start. In the mind of every High
School graduate there is a thirst for
knowledge, for he is then beginning
to realize how unprepared he is TO
cope with the problems of life with
his yet untutored mind. When the
intellect is being educated the mind
should BE- cleaned out and all I'M
clean thoughts eliminated, for one
of the advantages of the educated
man or woman is that they are not
dependent upon anyone for thought
and guidance, because training devel-
ops originality which is something
that everyone would like to possess.
Some Of the best educated men
have never attended any institu-
tons of learning other than the pub
lie school, yet they are highly intel
ligent men. capable of close applica-
ton of mind and of great exertion
of body and constantly making fresh
additions 20 their stock If knowledge
which may be already large, yet they
have that desire TO learn something
new every day. The majority of peo-
pie lack foresight. If they could on
ly see what is before them, the chief
object of their lives would be to
prepare for it.
Some fifteen or twenty wears ago
Henry Ford was a fireman in an
Electric light plant in Detroit, but
he had in him that far reaching Wis.
ion which enabled him to accomplish
the great tasks which he has done.
To the boy or girl who is contem-
plating attending an institution of
higher learning, we offer this argu-
ment. The values of higher educa-
ton are innumerable, it trains the
mind and makes it able to cope with
the hard problems of life. The time
is rapidly drawing near when the I'M
developed mind will be crowded out
of all phases IF intellectual life. If
the opportunity Of attending college
does not present itself, then develop
the mind by taking broad, liberal
views of every important question
and try to solve them for personal
satisfaction. picking up miscellane-
Gus bits of information wherever
and whenever they are offered and
storing them away for future use.
In the hearts of the present gene
ration of boys lies the nations rich
est possibilities and in order to de-
rive any benefit from them they
must be educated. For it is a grant
ed fact that uneducated people as a
rule do not make the most desirable
citizens. A good citizen must not
only be honest and clean in his per-
sonal life, but also must understand
his duties of citizenship and how to
meet them. He must vote intelli-
gently and must unite with other
good citizens to enforce the laws.
An office seeker who is not an intel
ligent Christian and who does not
possess Christian intellect has abso-
lutely no right to be at the head of
governmental affairs The disadvan-
tages of the uneducated man will be
far over balanced by the advantages
of the intellectual man, and at the
present era when there is no excuse
for so much illiteracy and democrat
lied citizenship, it is the duty of ev-
cry man to make his opinions public
to such an extent that someone else
may obtain the benefit of them. A
man may make the most wonderful
discovery in the world, but if he
does not tell others about it, no one
will be abetted by it,
1t is the duty of every intellectu-
al person to do all in his power to
promote the welfare of his country !;
let him do so by helping in an edu-
cational move.