The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-11
The Pulse of the Nation
The Jury Oisagrees With Messrs.
Edison and See.

The Jury Oisaarees With Messrs.
Edison and See.
Sex equality has taken some pretty
long strides in the past few days. 1t
is now established that college men
are lazy, unima ginative and goodfOr-
nothing, and that college women are
ignorant, staggering and good-for-
nothing. That seems to reduce them
to a common denominatOr once and
for all. Provided, of course, that we
accept as applying to college men the
opinion of one gentleman who 'as an
authority on education is, accord
ing to the Worcester Telegram, IAN
electrical wizard and that of another
gentleman who, the Springfield Union
maintains. qualities as an expert on
educational matters by q long and
useful career as a manufacturer of
elevators" as settling the question
so far as college women are con-
cerned. Canvas of editorial opinion,
however, develops an insurgent re-
fusal to concede that either has
proved his case.
Because Thomas A. Edison has
blessed the world with numerous cleo
triCal Devices" it does not follow, the
Lowell Courier Citizen insists, that
his word must be regarded as law and
when he assails problems of Gull
ture" he is sadly out of his field
The Detroit Free Press also feels that
when he discusses educa tiOnal ques-
tions. he is relatively an amateur
For this reason editors are not dis
posed to take seriously the Edisonian
charge that 1.-The college man doesn't
want a job with work i'll it, especially
if it is dirty work, and when he does
get a position he expects to be ap-
pointed foreman at the end Of six
weeks"
AS the Pittsburg Leader explains
the broadside, MIR. Edison has run
into some college men who have given
him a bad impression. He translates
that impression into conviction
that the college men he has met are
representative of college men every
where and that their mentality is rep
reSentatiVe of the results of collegiate
educational' methods" Nevertheless
the Press of the same city contends,
his criticisms of the colleges are
something to be seriously pondered,
not sneered at" for the st. Paul Pho
neer Press say, in his contention that
the college of today is engaged in the
manufacture of diletantes he is I'M
doubtedly not far from the truth"
But in that regard the colleges are
certainly not wholly to blame, the
Brooklyn Eagle replies, since it be
because 1.-THE spirit of the age has
changed and college boys are affect
ed by it like other boys" that there
is a prevalent repugnance to hard
work, for colleges do not encourage
idleness. What Edison charges
against the college is this matter.
says the Columbus Dispatch, lis
human, not Il college frailty.' Col
lege training does much for man."
but the New Bedford Standard does
not believe it is equal to overcom-
ing an aversion to work" while the
Press adds that Edison
might just as Well enlarge his in
dictment" TO cover the human race"
since anybody who has had TO EN-
rloy large numbers of Young men OF
college age will tell the oraGulAr old
Inventor that the majority of such
men are afraid of hard Work whether
they go to college OF complete their
education in u billiard parlOr."
There are plenty Of editors, how |
ever. who hold with the Albany News |
that ITO say that college men as a !
rule are unwilling to work is scarcely
fair" The Peoria Transcript recalls |
the recent case OF a student Of the !
Of Michigan who asked the |!
10 excuse him from ath- |
etic training because he worked III 4 !
factory from $50 IN the afternoon !