Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-04-16

of the University of Minnesota. DR.. Coffman
said that after reading yards of books on the
subject he delivered his first lecture on educa
ton, and in that lecture set forth these claims:
That education would remove iliteracy and
outlaw war;
That more schools would mean less jas;
That more education would mean less pov
erty and unemployment.
L lived to see all my claims rejected the
Learned doctor said
In an interview regarding the work OF the
convention, Dr. f. O. Holland, president OF
Washington State College, spoke OF Dr. ooff-
mans address as one of the stimulating and III
formative features of the meeting After refer
ring to the three claims made by DR.. Coftman
and listed above, Dr. Holland said:
..He (Dr. Coffman) called attention to the
fact that crime is on the increase III the United
Estates and that there is wastefulness on every
lhand-that neither adult nor youth OF the nation
seems to know how to use the wealth and the lei
| sure it implies for their own happiness and ben
eft. In all his addresses he stressed the hunger
for pleasure rather than for more enduring salts
factions
| While DR.. Coffman admits that some OF hls
former claims have been rejected, he made out
strong case for the good education IS doing, and
properly So Yet he must admit that education
| is woefully falling down III many ways III ITS at
tempt to lift mp mankind into wise ways OF hy-
ing. This is evident in the above quotation
whrrp he said that crime is OH the increase and
that neither adult nor youth seem able to live
the kind of life that produces its own best
happiness and benefit
1t is stimulating to see some at least, OF
our outstanding educators admitting that 4
greater education Of the masses is not producing
some Of the highly vital results that real edll-
cation ought to produce. Il education only re-
suits i'll all increase of crime BY young people;
If it fails to teach both adult and youth how tc
live there must be some fault III its method.
For long time many thinking people-and
many outstanding etlucators-haye claimed that
There is Il vital shortening III present-day edu-
cation Results have more than sustained that
claim Present day educatlon--especlally that
of orr state educational Institutions bent
almost its entire efforts to purely, intellectual
development Of the individual. with the belief
that an educated brain must produce the highest
type Of character There has been disbelief IL
and disregard for the spiritual side OF man.
Nothing could be more fooshly false than
such a conception. This method OF education
! has been tried Tor the past decade - more anu
its results are being seen on every hand. AS the
learned doctor intimated, there is an increase
OF crime, war has not been outlaWed, poverty
and unemployment still exist, there is startling
moral degeneracy The ideas implanted III the
minds Of youth by many Of todays educators
are responsible i'll large degree for that con
dition.
DR.. Coffman suggested remedy. Here il
is: sold fashioned home training, need Of old
fashioned religion training in the intellectual
but III a way that will inspire tolerance anc
goodwill =