El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-02
EDUCATTONNOT MERELY AMATTEROF
FROM BOOKS TO HEADS

DETWEEN oneifth and one-fourth Of the recruits exam
med for the war army were found to be nHterats Th
Is not accounted for either by negroes foreigners fol
some Of the worst records recruit camps filled
chiefly with native white Americans It notorious that
Of the most terats sections in the United States
inhabited almost exclusively BY descendants of very
old colonial American families It equally notorious that
Of the most progressive communities and families
those Of foreign blood and recent immigration.
The question Of litsTacy is important, and must be
squarey faced But it VIII place too stress
the ability to read and write Many CELEBRATES
make excellent soldiers and good citizens with that
handicap; while what call education" too often does
fit be either good soldiers OF good citizens
leracy handicsps man, but It is not dangerous to
the state III directed and III used education
What is it that differentiates peoples makes some
produce and grow great and endure while others fade out
fail and lag behind2
They all have courage grit force, and all have OF can
have, intellectual ability and technical skill What really
counts N the long run IS the HEART they put into their
work and lie the SPIRIT and here IS where the effects Of
traditions and Of intellectual leadership in as well
religion, governmental principle and home training
The worlds manhood furnishes excellent raw material
But do not manpower to best advantage be-
do not Adequately train human forces The
brute forces Of boshevism anarchy, and socialism have
VIII power and inherent strength and character Of kind
So also did Germany have these and the kaiser and his
generals and soldiers and Germany has them yet The
trouble was, and is force diverted wrongly applied.
The greatest problems Of the human different
education and better ways leisure time Waste is
always evil and wrong of force is waste Just truly
dlsnsss waste when not directly conducting to health
Since the and its upturnings the world big
ger complex battling, the problem Of effectua
leadership pulling; but human nature Is really not
essentially different War did not change the fundamentals
Of human character nearly much those imagined
did who had no real vital experience Of var.
EDUCATION rightly considered ought not to be planned
for the few but for the good Of all What Is best for the
oTd7hst ought to be kept before u.s. that query And
what best for ourselves and for country for
the world IN broad sense. We cannot the world
BY neglecting the things nearest
Education has certain definite aims and responsibilities
and its main purposes ought TO BE- first general survey Of
human knowledge sweep Of the eye to get conception
Of ths vssness OF the field Of what there to know and
70 do second foundation training in habits good habits
habits Of observation and judgment habits Of thorough
studEthout much regard for the time being to what IS
actually acquired OF remembered as mere facts uowl
edge" That VIII be absorbed later the grounding is
right.
One explanation Of the poor Judgment and absence Of
balance and Of Of proportion prevalent Is the ab
Of standards Of taste logic economy truth the
absence Of background the mind and soul; another Is
the almost universal tendency self deception the per-
sstsnt refusal to recognize facts What really makes the
difference Is not the quantity Of education information
learning but only the kind Of education Many sarned
OF negative evil character, while lhtsrate
peoples have often held ont subboruy and courageoasy
fez the right thing.
Character foundation and character buding-thess are
the greatest needs in modern education.
news item says the Eavaians are dying out Wrong
They are al playing ukulelss in American cafes.
In the interest Of honest men the bad check artist
should be sEatted.
Mexico has the habit also her railroad rates have been
increased IS percent
Altsndorf vas worth it. for the publicity he brought
to JuareE
The only thing that hasn't gone up is the wages Of sin