New Britain herald., 1928-06-23
Etllicatinn, College or Otherwise, Is Beneficial

What price education: scoffers ask as they point 10 brick layers, plumbers and other tradesmen who are paid high wages.
 This ia a seasonable time 10 con- sider the subject with hundreds of boys and girls graduating from junior high school into senior high, POO or more completing their course in senior high and a large class of girls receiving their certificates from state normal school in order to prepare coming generations to use their heads.
 Does education pay: It should, if payment in cold currency alone is considered. statisticians tell LIS that 1t does and buttress their state ments with facts and figures show ing that men and women with col lese educations receive larger in- comes than those who do not "Ah, ha." says the scoffer. Y know college graduate who is driving &, truck" We'll, driving a truck is a useful and honorable occupation. But of the thousands who receive , diplomas few engage in that voca- ton. The majority are found in the professions or in business fields and | regardless of the stories that are told of men who have become prominent in the commercial life Of the nation without the benefits Of l college education, the man who is graduated today from a business college is better equipped to carry l on in the marts Of trade than the old timer who started with a rusty nail and now owns fleet of steel ships. This Is the day of specializa- - tion. The Jack Of All Trades has little chance against the keen young college graduate who has concen- trated on a special line of work and who is willing to absorb the prac- tical side of business by rubbing cl- bows until they have caIlouses on them with others who are experi- enced in the Iouttne of his particu- lar field.
 But better salary is the least of the benefits to be gained from edu- cation. The man who can read fine work of literature and enjoy it, the man who can appreciate a canvas painted by a master, the man whC can feel at home in company where topics are discussed by intellectual people has something which money cannot buy. Pleasures such as these are reached througl, mental expan. sion which is derived from learning how to enjoy them.
 l It is true that book learning without common sense is of little value in the struggle for -dail, bread. But "book learning" discI. plines the mind. makes the lH.;' cells more accutely receptive tt what is going on around us ant \ teaches | truer appreciation of life Education can be acquired with out going to college. The gate I open to those who wish 10 mak th.is lives brighter. happier am fuller. Tn spite of its financial re wards. professional boxing n no considered an elevating pastime The average professional fighter i a moron in affairs which do no pertain to the ring. Rut even mauler may develop his mind.
 Gene Tunney is heavyweight box ing champion of the world by righ of might. His knowledge of Shakes peare and other geniuses of th' literary world did not put nor power into his blows no rteach hin how to duck an opponents punch But Gene Tunney gets more enjoy ment out of life because he has edu cated himself. He can discuss thing other than skipping the rope, shad ow boxing, etc. He is not colleg
 man but he has applied his brain t
 the better things of this world an has set a shining example of what
 person without a college education :. can do. As Judge Sake remarke