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Show I TIMELY TOPICS "fi V EDUCATION FOR AO a. Tha people who ara alarmed over tha Increasing coat of education ara wanted to prepare tor a great deal mora trouble in tha aaroe Una. Tba peak haa not rat been reached. Up to thla time tha expenditure of our educational million, and bullosa have virtually all been directed toward the preparation of young people for actual Ufa. They ara launched Into their career, at great expenae and aoelety them waa Bee lu handa of them. Kr a period of twenty thirty or forty year, they ara able to cere for thamaelvea, and eupport eoclety In addition. Then come, a period of leaeenlnc power, decreaeed activity and declining ambition, Otay ara preliminary to tha decade of yeara which the paalra-let paalra-let Intlmatea give no pleasure to the man who en-durea en-durea them. Now and tiien people are found who retain their seat la Ufa and their aaefulneea to the end. If all could da ea tba world would be much richer and a much happier pace. Education for active Ufa may wall befonowed. thi. give. u. a hint, by a period of eyetamatlo preparation prep-aration for theee declining yeara. The man entering upon hla aeeoad period of weakneaa and dependence need, leaaona in bodily conservation. He aaeda a ayetem of phlloeophy that ahall keep him happy. He needa employment adapted to hla powara which will make the hour. paa. In contentment. When tha need af education for old age la lnvre-t lnvre-t (rated It wlU ba found that It la second In Importance Impor-tance anly to tha call for education for tha young. If 'the race can ba led Into a ueeful, productive and happy period of decline. It wlU ba Worth almoet a. much a. tha preparatloa for active Ufa Ara we ready to pay the bill tor thla aort of echoollagT Nebraska Btate Journal. |