The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1921-07-14

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srI%HOMAs EDIsO ON, whose ability
4 i to get space On the first page of
>hteneWspapers has of late been thor
oughly demonstrated, ann ounces that
the modern college graduate has no
education at all and that there is no
place Il his organization for the ig
norant. s. s .a 81 81 9 j, sz.. 4 @$ss5
The trouble with Mr.. Edison is that
he has confused education and knowl-
edge. They are e entirely different
things. # 5. 81. =s rs 3ssz . . &.
/. You can educate "a horse or q dog,
but nobody has vet succeeded In CIV
ing them knowledge. .< *. H1= &. & !. f.. /:
Mr.. Ford, who Is q warm friend OF
Mr.. Edison, has very little. education,
as he proved when questioned under
oath on matters literary and historical,
and yet no one would deny that he
has knowledge. z p ia III .E'@
Mr.. Edison based his judgment Of
the college graduate Of today on the
answers submitted in response to
QUESTIONABLE which he prepared as a
test for young men seeking employ
ment with him.. =
Those same young men, even If they
were only average college men, could,
have off-hand prepared a QUESTIONABLE
in answering which Mr.. Edison would
have made miserable failure.
1t would be no trick at all for any
well-informed man to write ten ques-s
lions to which Mr.. Edison could not
furnish so per cent technically cor
rect answers. ~
If you do not believe it, or if Mr..
Edison does not believe it, try to write
down without consultation of any
books or seeking information from any
outside source the answers to these:
Who was Pilpay? -.
What and where is the medulla OBJ
longata? =
What point on the earth has neither
latitude nor longitude?
Of what nationality was Columbus?
Which is the Oldest of modern re-
ligions?
How many teeth has dog?
How much does cubic foot of air
weigh?
Were is the island Of Philae?
7, How many nations has the earth?
What three noted men were contem-
poraries of Voltaire?
OF course as wrote down these ques:
lions I naturally chose queries to
which knew the answers and yet I
am not, even as the author of the
queries, certain as to the accurate an
swers to two of them.
To be able to answer all Of those
ten questions correctly, offhand, would
indicate education, but it would prove
knowledge.
The mind Of the college graduate
when he leaves his alma mater is in
much the same condition as the palate
Of man who has tasted in rapid sue
cession several varieties Of spices.
He is unable to make prompt and
accurate use Of what be- really pos
sesses.
To the spice faster all the spices
temporarily taste alike.
To the graduate his information is
conglomerate mass out Of which he,
with great difficulty, picks the fact
which he requires.
INimo will fh1 RI
the palate.
Time and application Of the knowl-
edge will enable the college man to
arrange his mental storehouse so that
he knows where things are and how
to use them.
Mr.. Edison does the college gradu-
ates an injustice when he says they
are uneducated. They are in most
cases educated. but they ara un.
trained. i
Education you can get in part from
books. Training comes only with ex
perfence and practice, in applying edu.
cation.
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st. Bernard, who was one Of the
greatest Of ecclesiastbcs, writing to 8
friend, said: Trust to- one who has
had; experience. Stores and trees will
teach you what YOU Will never Learn
from the masters.h
And Shakespeare, who had perhaps
reads what St. Bern ard wrote, put
these lines in 'sAs Yout Like, It." II.
"And this our nfe,. exempt from
II public haunt, ~ <~: !.
Finds tongues In tre ,es, books In thu
running. brooks, - -, e. T.
Sermons in stones, sand good in every
thing" @.> 5.. / @ i
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