New Britain herald., 1924-11-15

this time tho eve Of American Ed ucation Week. There is a poverty of mind as well as poverty of purse. The best way to correct poverty of mind Is through study and the schools point the way
 Material wealth is nothing 10 the individual compared with the wealth that comes through knowledge. The humble cobbler who can appreciate fine music or fine literature is much happier than the millionaire who has been too busy amassing wealth to learn to appreciate the finer things through knowledge. The most lone some person in the world is a man who has a pile of gold, and nothing else. He knows nothing of the en- ing executed by master hand. So far as he is concerned, the most eXquisite literature ever written might as well be presented to his wy III q lOl'ISi lhlS uoS'' t''"b's it is & foreign language. He knows nothing of its beauty. can appre- ciate nothing Of its higher meaning, cannot understand the flowers of thought. Despite his riches, he is q pauper.
 Everyone who has an education is not a shining example for the world 10 gaze at. Many well edu- cated men and women fail. But it can be said without fear of contra diction that the average person with an education is far happier than the average person who has no educa- ton. It is true that some of the earth's greatest noble men and wom- en lived and died without what we call an education, but theirs was nobility of heart.
 Jack Dempsey is the greatest hu- man mauer in the history of the world. He has knocked opponents unconscious one after the other and has won the plaudits of the multi ' LA'AC' LID bhIIh dSGbuI4l ulIS ntIi into seven figures. Rivals stand in fear of him. But if Jack Dempsey were to find himself in a group of educated people whose minds rose above prize ring parlance and mid night supper chatter he would be as dumb as a stone post. He could not parry and he could not thrust. He would be knocked out. In the things the world considers as worth while, he is a poor man.
 ! The greatest fault. and at the same time the crowning glory of the education system in the United States. is that it is free to every body. Regardless of race or religion pr color or home circumstance, the door to the halls of learning is al ways open and a paternal govern mrnt extends its hand to millions and millions of boys and girls and says: Come with me and learn" 1 If education were not so easily ob- tained it might be appreciated more. The early colonists appreciated this nation because they fought to pre- serve #. But they handed 1t to us on silver platter and we don't know whether we will bother 10 &C., Cept if. If you want something seri- ous'y and fight 10 get 1t, you ap- prcc!ate it. If boys and girls had 10 prove by some test that they want cd an education they would take more advantage of the facilities for 1 lcarning.
 American Education Week de- serves support. It calls attention to what is being done to build up a happy nation, not one that will be rich in creature comforts alone but which will have as its most precious possession a Iace of men and women who can think clearly and who can derive pleasure, through education, from the best there is in lifa
 From the Herald Of the day fol- lowing tho big game of 1892;
 Hast night 900 football cnthusi- asts from Now Britain swept through the streets of Hartford, singing the old nigh school songs and celebrat- ing in thorough fashion the com plcte and brilliant victory O. the Now Britain high school football eleven over their pretentious rivals Of inc Hartford high school.
 with the score 10 0 against them, the New Britain boys went in to that second half filled with the spirit Of do or die, and by grand, logged, uphill work they forced the Hartford line hack over their own goal line not once, but twice.
 "It was a joyous termination to what earlier in the afternoon seemed a Hartford victory. and the big con- tinGcnt on hand from this city went fairly wild with gIee. Captain Non Hry' Arrns, the tow-hradcd and sandy lrador of the New Britain team. Smith, and GiIchrist were the heroes Of tEe hour. and in the semi darkness falling over the field when the final play was made, the crowd swept ont and carricd the rain soaked, .hesRatterAd, hut trium- rhant players in one rush to the sid" lines. Everywhere were heard the old slogans which high school boys have 50 often sent over Hart ford field in tbe moment Of sweet victory over their kecnest rivals and .o, the contrast on the other side. Tho Hartford boys and girls, with their banners of blue and their class hannerots. were expressive Of the darkest woe. In the moment ot vic- tory there had come a cloud in thc shape of those dospLsod and dirty players from New Britain, and some cae had druEgcl with aloes their up of victory.
 "Thc Nen Bri'ainitos were not particularly glee'ul when the first ralf ended for Hartford had scored as result of Some rank fumbling, N-.y. Britain moi seeming able 10