The Holly chieftain., 1922-09-07
EDucA1IoM, THE BEST
LEGACY WE CAN LEAVE
OUR CHILDREN

into our public schools and colleges
of millions OF the children and youth
Of our land. An education is the
best asset we can leave our child
rem. Our good name and reputation
may be an inspiration to our child
rem; our wealth left to them may
or may not be blessing; our ad-
vice and counsel will be soon for
gotten: but real education can
not be easily filched from them
and is usually q source of power
and profit throughout their whole
lives.
That success in life depends Oh
education is no longer mooted
question. Occasionally now we find
an Individual disputing the worth
OF an education but he is throw
back" to a previous generation. a
practical education is the best fit
ting one can have for business suc
cess. Great business houses arc
constantly searching for college anl
university graduates. These may
have to begin at the bottom, but
the business heads insist on a pre-
vious foundation of education. The
few exceptions where uneducated
mon have forged to the top, only
proves the rule. The genius may be
an exception to any rule.
Bnt education must coordinate
with the processes of human acti.
witty. In other words it must teach
MS how to do things. A learned pro
fessor was riding in boat with a
young boatman whom he catechised
shusly: MY boy, Do you know al
gebra7' No said the boatman.
Then" said the professor "A luar.
ter Of your life is gone!" do you
know psychology" persisted the
professor. NO" Another quarter
Of your life is gone" 4Do you know
Physicist" Never heard of it."
'''Alas. another quarter of your life
il gone" just then the boat cap,
sized and as the poor professor went
down the boy yelled: Can you
swim, professor" No" gurgled the
professor as he went under the
waves. Then" said the boy, Your
whole life il gone!"
That does not mean that these
scientific and cultural subjects are
useless but only that mere know
ledge alone Is profitless. These col
lego and university courses are of
the supermOst Importance. We
overheard on the street Monday
some girls talking ana one said to
the other. Il would never take La
tin. Latin is absolutely no good!
Only the doctor and professor needs
Latin" Some older people think
the same thing. 1t is true that in
feri0r minds will do little with La
tin and that the course needs four
or six years of time. For the
bright. studious pupil there is no
better study than Latin. 1t is the
foundation of our English gram
mar. 1t is the very rootage of our
English vocabulary. 1t gives a
facility of expression that no other
study can furnish. No other study
SO disciplines the mind and quick
ems the processes of thought and
expression. One educational expert
declares he can tell by five minutes
conversation with one whether he
is Latin scholar or not The cui.
tural side of the study of Latin is
undeniable. That some pupils in
town belive this Is evidenced by the
ZERO. eris. crit. ETC." that the writer
heard on the street last Monday.
The faithful pursuit of Latin for
four years is the greatest proof of
brilliant mind and native indus
try and dOgged perseverance that a
boy or girl can display. You can
trust them to go through with any
of lifes tasks and conquer iife's
yicissitudes.
Because one cannot see how geo
metry or Latin or science is going
to help him make more money is
no reason for Omitting these cours
es. Education has u larger purpose
than financial gain. In certain
school in Minnesota the question
was asked What is edllcatiofi2'
One young girl cudgeled her brshs
in vain for twenty minutes, until
the time was up. and then in des.
pair wrote these remarkable words:
Education Is to learn to live
These words were subsequently
framed and hung on the walls OF
that nnhnnla