Milford chronicle., 1920-12-03
inE I1a.1y .r1yELLROUNDED EDUCATION
y otis p. Jefferson, Principal Days.
boro Public Schools.

] Education means the dra-'ng out
I and development of all the human ia
cu and the preparation of the man
or y oman for the duties and respon-
-ies Of life. 1t is moral. mental.
. hysical. a well-rounded educa-
To- prepares for life in its highest
sense, by training the mind 10 observe
accurately and reason justly, by
ming the hands to perform deftly
Nofettever they may find to do, and
ing the heart with the spirit OF love
m, helpfulness.
10y, az age ever believe more than our
49, in education, in the ethical, in
y5,,."rSo so age ever demanded more i'm
"a s''nr lsly the best that education,
DaI,a III t1al living and the richest expert
go zee of Iii oan give An education is
ST. nio eeded tc 'eJpe with difficulties and
r. SWSake advantage of the opportunities
A.. presented. As the poet says:
sss New occasions teach new duties
Time makes ancient good un-
cOuth
He must upward still and on
ward
& Who would keep abreast of truth
Never was life more complex and
M exacting. never were human achieve
-, ments more wonderful. The realization
of rich and rounded humanity is en-
THO dangered, not by the urgency of prac-
"Wtical work. but by a complete sur
Nabb ender to it. No man can escape the
do tba5 5k set for him. but no man need mu-
wonid iike his nature in performing it.
fbeir dee task is assigned but each gener-
vice . Sin and each man decides in what
To hrrpirit and with what regard for the
viii soul it shall be performed
~ Every life should be shaped ac-
cording to what man hath" The
test by which to determine how to
shape a mans life according to what
he hath is applied in thorough edu-
cation. Educate all up to the meas
ure of their capacity; and while the
many trained up to their measure. I
turn contentedy aside to the useful !
and honorable pursuits of labor and
business, the few who are especially 4
gifted pass TO the more arduous. but 4
not more honorable duties of profess
sional life.
In this age of ours industries are
developing faster than men. The COM
mercial. industrial. social. religious
and educational enterprises of the
present day are gigantic. indeed. COM
pared with those of former genera
lie tions. Il is becoming increasinly diff
ficult each passing year to secure men
: who have been properly fitted for
these important positions. Instead of
very top of the ladder today. than at
any time in the worlds history
You may measure the small num-
ber of the trained in a hundred ways
For instance, there is not a railroad
nor other corporation, not a bank,
nor newspaper, nor college. nor
group or company of men at work in
public or private association, nor any
profession, or trade, or craft, that is /
not anxOusly looking for trained men
and women to do its most important
work. There are not well-trained
men enough TO supply the smallest
part Of the demand. Yet everybody
know that there is enough unframed I
capacity in the people of the United g
States to do all the great tasks in \
the world. a
Modern conditions demand effieien- h
cy, and efficiency depends in part up il
on action of the mind. the power to b
be observant. inventive, exact, logi- Il
cal and persistent. o
Education is not the work of a day "
nor of year. 1t takes time and o
pains. and can only be fully achev- a
ed by the most unexampled industry a
How often is it the case, that young b
people who are just beginning to en- Il
ter upon the pleasures acquired by fl
knowledge leave the halls of learning
This does not result so much from the
lack of means to educate, as it does
from want Of appreciation of the nee
essity of training the mind carefully
and laboriOusly. The ruinous cOnse- hi
quence of this is manifest in the fail h'
ure of so many who enter so early Ia
and without sufficient preparation in hC
the pursuits of life. w
Nor is it any argument against the ul
proposition, that many succeed with OF
out any education at ALL for they fe
would have succeeded much better va
with their minds developed by thought pc
and study. Self-training involves tn
great loss of time and energy, and ar
besides. it is almost always a one pr
sided training. This position cannot th
be too strongly urged, and its impor- al