New Britain herald., 1921-06-28

ment which has brought the colIerA nome to the people. Harvard and3 | ale, the parents of all America
 colleges, were, founded oririna llvl simply to educate men for the pul-I
 plt. 1t IS a. curious fact that forl one hundred years after the landinrJ or the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock3 mere was not a lawyer to be foundiI Tn New England. In each and everys community the minister was not onIy; the pastor of his flock, the saviourl or souls, and the administrator of1 the church, but he was also the au-
 thority in political matters and thAA judge in neighborhood disputes. Hinl sacred office, his education and su-5 perior training made him the Ieaders of all the people. Now there are
 nearly four hundred colleges in thess United States where higher educasl tion may be had both by boys anirn girls. The rapid evolution of tti university has of necessity caused aA question as to whether our education l should be specifically for the pur-s | suit, which the student has selected
 as his vocation, or whether on an- cient lines, it should develop him first by discipline. by training and
 by teaching to full growth, and then let him select his pursuit lf 'The training school and the busll mess college are of great importance t. the youth who has not the money, the time or the opportunity to se- cure a liberal education. They arefe oi equal benefit to the college grad-st uate who has had a liberal educa-t tion in training him for his select-N ed pursuit. A
 ''The college in it's four years of discipline, training, teaching and
 development makes the boy the man and the girl the woman. It kmakex . the college man a citizen of conn., manding influence and a leader in every community in which he settles.
 Within his home. however. humble it may be and however limited his income to support it, he has enjoy-I ment among his books and in the discussion of the questions of the hour, which are denied to that man who was not able to go to the foun- tain of knowledge which flows only in the college and university. Most college men go, a step farther, find success, and later become men of af-a fairs. That is why we say that this age is the grandest of all ages, be- cause it is the most benignant. This age proclaims the sovereignty of the citizen, it crowns the people and {
  every kind of genius, majesty, grace. power, figure. splendor, depth. color. form and style, and in science it per- forms all miracles. Through, the s telescope we can see the stars of heaven, and by the microscope we can see insects which prove the ex- istence of a God. Man no longer crawls upon the earth, he escapes from it; civilization takes to itself the wings of birds, and flies and < whirls joyously on all parts of the globe. s
 To-day we are standing on the threshold, ready to go forth. Our education has not been completed-s1 it is only begun. Our school days ,. here have been only a start to in-ss crease our development. They are a stepping stone. The late w. E.st Gladstone, the statesman and hu- manita rian, was a remarkable ex- ample of this sort of growth. All his life was a study, and when he laid down his cares he stepped into : life of unlimited development ssf
 Tn this way hope we may ad-+ vance and become prominent. The early days of. Qur. lives have. nnSsaf71uu