El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-06
TAUGHT YOUNG MANHOOD
NECESSITY

UNIVERSITIES and colleges in the United States, after
y the interruptions in their work brought by the
report the largest euTOments known Some insttu
tons report waiting ts ms conolllon exists II 0oln
secular and denomnationay controlled schools and is
confined to no particular section Of the country.
Educators attach significance to the revived interest IN
higher institutions Of leaning following the dsorganza
ton Of the past years They the growth Of the
colleges awakening Of American youth to the advant
ages Of education Unanimously they attribute this aak
ening to the war and its lessons.
The average age Of college students higher this year
than ever 3eIoe-n TOO the result OF the va Stuoes
older years. partly because many lett college TO
serve n The army and navy and have now resumed their
studies advancing the age average, but the chief reason
assigned the advanced student is that thousands
men who served in the army entering the fresh
mau year. Many Of these well along II their
tsutes and investigation has shown that very large
percentage Of them had intention Of obtaining college
educstions before they entered the service
It not difficult the for this remarkable
change the student life Of American colleges The ad
vantage OF The college man was never before so clearly
demonstrated Ninety percent Of the officers IN the Amer
lean ezpedionaTy forces and in the znIng camps were
college Practically the only exceptions n the
national guard where the old officers Of the various units
were commissioned, and the comparatively few els
waited from the ranks Of the regular army to serve as
emergency officers The Officers turned out BY the train
ing schools practically all Of college education
This fact impressed itself upon the enlisted Of the
army They saw that the only aristocracy IN America ana
the American army was the arlslocracy Of learning 4ney
that when the great test the government TUNED
to Of brains, not men Of dollars There was not
money enough II Wall street to buy commission N the
United States amy but II was easv for the youth Of col
1ege training step the front. Cases Of faT0riis
that when such thing exposed It ere
ated sensation and nationwide indignation. Thrown into
the melting pot, the youth Of America never be-
complication Of the doctrine Of the survival Of
the fittest Therefore the young Of ambition re-
solved that he would be oustpped again because he
lacked The learning that took lis fellows the fore.
Later en-, when the boys home confronted many
Of them with the problem Of starting life anew seeing
them the hopelessness Of the unframed masses
g again the asosndancy Of the who know, the reso
luton to make the most Of themselves strengthened
And It is that in colleges this year thousands
Of men Who but for the var would be lost the world
Of strife They preparing themselves foT leadership
They building for the future
The colleges report that the increased attendance Is
not confined to men, but that the number Of women
TO the awakening power Of the The women Of the
nation gwen their chance when the were over
there They that there something in Life for them
besides drudger They, too decided to build for the f
With increasing opportunities opening for wo-
men thousands Of them decided to gain for themselves
the best advantages possible order to take their places
alongside the men IN the world Of learning.
The government and the states encouraging the
btion college education among the discharged service
men Wisconsin offers $50 a month to discharged
who enter any institution Of learning IN the state The
offer applies to workers well msn, and
holds good for four years Ten thousand students IN Wis
coun have taken advantage Of this offer Oregon makes
similar offer Of SIS a month and has enrolment to
date Of 1900.
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