OCR Text |
Show Wh C Tim Dot 1 The grrat test In life, says Gen. Thomas J. Morgan in a paper on ''Training as au tleuieiit ot Kducation," Is rather what a man can do than what he known. Can he use his eves. Has he good JudgUH-iitF ! he a man of conuiiuu sense? fan he think U,vs lie reason correctly? Has he poui-r of adaptation Cm ho urgttui2t-r ll:is ln exi-cutive force Is lie plai-tii al Vkm' aiv l lie kind of test imetiioiiM that ure put to i he giailuiiti-s of our schools, Can tin "swivi mrl graihiate" cook a dinner, din-ner, sweep a hkiih or snpvriutcnd a house? DiK-s iie have an intelligent interest in parsing eventst lias she robust health, go-.d habits, self reliance, energy and power of endurance fan (lie young ntau lay aside his diploma and keep his father's aivounis, write an article for the newspaper, news-paper, make a business trip to Chicago, give au intelligent account of the morning's morn-ing's news!" Can he lend a hand at home, and turn to some giwnl account in the daily duties of lite some of the accumulated stores of knowledge ( massed iu years of study? IVcs his ethical ion render him more indmdrious, inure skilful and ef-lUient, ef-lUient, more ingenious, inure persUitcnl, more practically masterful in whatever h undertakes If he has In-en trained to use. his senses, la aciiuauit himself with natural phenoiu-en:i phenoiu-en:i at llrst hand; if helms been taught to think, to make careful compartsou, noting essential differences and Btgmtlcant dun brines, making patient inductions and wise genera I i .a lions; if lie has been led to form tlxed habits of thought fulness, elf reliance, moral earnestness, inflexibility inflexi-bility of purpose, persistent industry. Promptness, punctuality, fidelity, unswerving un-swerving devotion to duly; if, in short, as it result of his school life, his training lias produced a well rounded character, he will he able to meet all the reasonable demands de-mands that society can make upon one who lacks practical experience in actual business. He will readily acquire skill and eilictency in any calling for which his special tulcms have titled him. Training gives potency to all the soul's possibilities. Popular Science Monthly. |