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Show KNOWING AND DOING. It is mighty fine to know a lot, but it is even better to be able to do things. Many persons who have at their command a considerable assortment assort-ment of information are unable to put it to very much practical use. This was neatly illustrated in a sort of "confession" article by a teacher, in the Journal of the National Nation-al Education association. She said: "I can solve a quadratic equation, tut I cannot keep my bank account straight. "I can name the Kings of England since the War of Roses, but I do not know the qualifications of the candidates candi-dates in the coming election. "I know the economic theories of Mai thus and Adam Smith, but I cannot can-not live within my income. "I can explain the principles of hydraulics, hy-draulics, but I cannot fix a leak in the kitchen faucet. "I have studied the psychology of James and Titehener, but I cannot control my temper. "I can conjulate Latin verbs, but I cannot write legibly." While this picture may bs some- what overdrawn, it serves to illustrate illus-trate the futility of much that passes for education, when its acquisition is not accompanied by training which leads to its useful employment in every day life. |