Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-14

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other great and little men of the
world. l shall. through education come
to know myself mere thoroughly than
others know me. 1t will point out my
work, and place in the world by pre-
senting it to me-. 1t will sharpen my
Judgment for living profitab1y; be-
cause it is the uneducated or partially
educated men who waste LIES hours
In activities chosen ,unwisely, without
regard for relative values Of things.
I can imagine a boy who thought
school knowledge worthless. This is
how he came to realize his mistake.
Realizes Mistake.
It wa the fifth anniversary of their
eighth grade graduation day. RUDE.
unkempt. slothful. waiting, lay on a
grassy slope Of a clay road which ran
under a railroad trestle, Along this
road a q delivery auto raced with it.
self; slowing up somewhat as It drew
Irwin! He bawled out the name
hilariouely. The young man stopped
the car. leaped out exclaiming:
Hello RUDE. I hardly knew you;
I should have, I l.now. You always
boosted Of your professional future.
How goes it?"
'wull. I don't see as I Hike anything
any better"
Like it! Do you really like it
know it?"
'wull, she might. I never tor
her"
"Rube, doesn't she know you are
living, or where or anything?'
"Wull Irwin, don't get S o blamed
excited. Who cares anyhow? Can't
do what I want? I belong to myself
1 guess"
"Rube. If you only knew-you dom,
really; you belong to the cause Of hu-
mainly, You " yourself not only tc
one person but. to all people,"
you ,don't say"
Eyes, the other people are working
for your. existence. And even now il
you did want to work you would have
a hard time securing a job because
SO many better men can be had"
Better mem" he scoffed in an I'd
like-to-know manner. What do you
call better mel anyway"
why, educated men, men"
Education Me Eye"
"Edjication me eye! I'm getting
the best kind of edjication by travel
in. Schools don't cut nc ice"
"Rube. you naver were what they
call awful set in you opinions ant
i you will change, your mind when
tell you what schools have done 70,
me-. OF course every person SHOULD
give himself an education, but Tn
talking now just about that educa
ton which other people give one 70.
stopped being educated when 70,
were just beginning to know what 1
was like. You have spent these ivt
yearr loaAng and growing some
but not growing in the mind. I dom
want to brag. but I'm really, Rube
proud Of my five years since We saw
each other last. So il mother. TIT
first year I worked at Aliens and say
ed enough money for all my freshman
year in high school. The mex sum
Mer I worked there again. The sum
mer after that at Mikes. Then l grad
uated with three years work. I mad
nor that eumme because I was 60
ing to college. l made a good begin
ning-and I am right now earning tn,
money5 for next years work. Rube
YOU. hayevmissed lots-yonsshave n.
idea how much. ssome of2the subject
l took were new, as up-to-date as any
thing else in the world; we'll, 1t al
mind; and the old subjects, you hav'
missed lots there too. How can 70,
learn them travelling? How can 20,
learn history travelling. RUDE?
"Oh, 1 don't know as that is so i'm
portant, anyhow"
But 1t t-we should know the his
tories Of other countries, but particu
larly that OF vi " country, to keel
up intelligently. with present histor.
we should want to-"
"Wull, l don't particularly"
"Rube, if 1t isn't in you. our hav1
missed half your education by no
studying civics; II everyone though
as little Of his country we would no
have a country at all; we would nc
deserve one either. You nave no ide
Of all the benefits you are gettin
from your country. Education woul
bring you to realize it, and teach 70
the bigness of your debt, and the wa
ing a mans work. EDUCATION woul
make you a big man, a god Of tn
earth"
Yes, go on"
"A god Of the earth il a person wit
big thoughts. thoughts for humanit.
thoughts that come only after reali;
Ing the magnitude, the needs and tn
progress of humanity; which the a,
erage person cannot get by travel; an
which travellers cannot always get b.
callse they have, not a foundation
education in the first place. The ]abol
ers Of the earth have become the goo
Of the earth, because their mass
knowledge gathered through the ag,
has become the possession of lat,
laborers, who can labor with wisdol
akin to the gods. An uneducated pc
con seldom arm a respectable livir
nowadays because he has moi learne
how, or because the better men a.
given first chance; and you know
ought to know, Rube, that that is
PERSONS first duty; to do I'M VOL
In the world. That is only honorable
Then o mean I'm not homo
able"
Are you Rube?
4 never thought OF It before-n
not If honorable that"
Fine. Rube, you are honest, al
want to be honorable. You only ne
an education to make you think"
"Wuli. Irwin, 1 see that liz one ",
yours Elected you
Thanks Rube."
mo, I thank you I'm going hon
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