The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-08-04
Something to
Think kAb0uf
EDUCATION.
By F. II. WALKER

to get space on the first page of
ne newspapers has Of late been thor
oughly demonstrated, announces that
the modern college graduate has no
education at all and that there is no
place In his organization for the ig-
norant.
The trouble with Mr.. Edison is that
ne has confused education and knowI-
edge. They are entirely different
things.
You can educate a horse or dog.
but nobody has yet succeeded in CIV
Ing them knowledge.
Mr.. Ford, who is a warm friend of
MIR. Edison. has very little education.
as he proved when questioaed under
oath on matters literary and historical,
and yet no one would deny that he
has knowledge.
MIR. Edison based his Judgment Of
the college graduate of today on the
answers submitted In response to a
QUESTIONABLE which he prepared as a
test for young men seeking employ.
ment with him.
Those same young men, even II they
were only average college men, could
have off-hand prepared QUESTIONABLE
In answering which Mr.. Edison would
lave made a miserable failure.
IL would be no trick at all for any
well-informed man to write ten ques-
tions to which Mr.. Edison could not
furnish 30 per cent technically cor.
rect answers.
IL you do not believe 1t, or IL Mr..
Edison does not believe 1t, 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
longata2
What point on the earth has neither
latitude nor longitude?
OF what nationality was Columbus1
Which Is the Oldest Of modern re-
ligionsl
How many teeth has dog?
How much does a cubic foot of air
weigh2
Were Is the island of Philae7
How many nations has the eartL7
What three noted men were contem-
poraries Of voltalrel
OF course as wrote down these ques-
tions 1 naturally chose queries to |
which l knew the answers and vet I
hA
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 he really Dos
sesses
To the spice faster all the spices
taste alike.
To the graduate his information Is
a conglomerate mass out of which he,
with great difficulty picks the fact
which he requires
Time will restore the accuracy to
the palate.
Time and application or 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 are un-
trained.
Education. you can get In part from
Books. Training comes only with ex-
Derience and practice, In applying edu-
'ation.
st. Bernard. who was one OF the
greatest Of ecclesiastics, writing TO a
'rlend, said: Trust to one who has
lad experience. Stones and trees Will
each you what you will never learn
rom the masters"
And Shakespeare, who had perhaps
cad what st. Bernard wrote, put
hese lines In "As You Like It,"
And this our life. exempt from
public haunt,
finds tongues In trees, books In the
running brooks,
sermons In stones, and good In every.