Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-27
Pritchett Raises Questions
For College World to Debate

cO-ofdinating the old ones into a
rounded system Of instruction"
Emphasis upon the abandonment Of
the classics is placed by the Buffalo
Evening News with the conclusion that
certainly any one who once gained
even . fair knowledge Of Latin never
has much trouble In acquiring an ade-
quate vocabulary in English" The News
suggests that the question may be
worth consideration whether the most
progressive institutions win not be those
about the importance OF learning to
read and write" q
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"The vocabulary is important" sug-
gests the Altoona Mirror, abut common
sense and the ability to put to prac-
tical use the knowledge gained from
years In college are infinitely more Inn
portant." The Baltimore Sun denies
that such inadeQuacies as those cited
by DR.. Prtichett can be regarded as
necessarily equivalent to lack Of effec-
tive knowledge"
Education" in the Judgment Of the
Columbia State, does not consist in the
vast accumulation of dead facts. These
are entOFnbed, but easily accessible, in
the Tnausolea Of libraries and encycIo-
pediaS and text books It must always
consist In the winning Of q method Of
life and the key to the higher sue
cesses Of living. It has failed--no mat
ter how many courses have been run,
not without dust and sweat, at how
many universities-if the graduate and
doctored alumnus has not learned how
to live. 1t has failed If. with all his
golden opportunities, he has not gained
wisdom, the power to think-the usu-
frau NJ ali
OF long delight in studies and in medi-
tation."
The question of the taxation of
foot ball receipts" In the opinion of
the Roanoke Times, lis entirely legiti-
mate and no valid objection can be
raised to its consideration by the au-
thorities whose task ii is to supervise
and direct the raising of revenue for
the support OF the Government. But
the Carnegie Endowment has shown
before this that it Is no friend to COLI
lege foot ball, and consequently its ref
erence to the subject is not free from
the suspicion that 1t Is animated by a
dislike for the game and q desire to
do what 1t can to hamstring and OBJ
struct its development. Nevertheless.
there are legitimate criticisms of foot
ball which may properly be INDUCED In.
and the fact that they are put forward
from time TO time by the critics of the
game does not detract from whatever de-
gree Of validity attaches to them. I'M
questionably, foot ball has won puhlic
favor and popularity as has no other
form OF college athletics This has not
been an unalloyed advantage and it
las resulted In the growth OF condi-
tons which have given, and vet give.
grave concern to its friends and ex-
ponentS'
The Uniontown Herald comedies that
at large institutions where the re-
ceipts OF q single game run as high as
hall million dollars, such a tax would
be highly productive and would be paid
without complaint The Hartford
Times remarks that Imposition Of
taxes upon foot bah stadiunas ID which
admission charges to persons neither
undergraduates, alumni nor among the
families and friends Of the alumni
amount 70 as much as $50O, 900 "a 4
season would have Q salutary erect
Declaring that exempt property has
become serious MATTER the Topeka
Daily Capital comments on the renort.
There are few angles Of the whole
question Of taxation more worthy Of
attention than that Of exemption Of
private property from taxes which 9TH
ers are obliged to pay The CarneRie
Foundation has placed its finger on 4
sore point in taxation"