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Show COLLEGE EDUCATION . President Arthur T . Hadley of Yale has made a valuable con con- coninbution contribution contribution - tribution inbution to the current discussion concerning the advisability of oftrying oftrying oftrying trying to make "college college " men " out of unsuitable material . . It would naturally be supposed that the head of a great uni- uni university university uni university - - versity regard-less"but regard less"but lessbut regardless regardless'but would stress the importance of a college education regard- regard - less less'but lessbut , nut ' " if it is an encouraging sign that leading educators are com com- coming coming coming - ing to realize that for the ' Vast 'vast majority of young people the four fouryears fouryears fouryears years required by a college course is largely a'aste a \ waste \\'aste 'aste aste \ ' of timemoney time hme timemoney , -money money 'Tl1oney Tl1oney - ' - and effort . We quote Dr . Hadley in part : . "People People " engaged in public instruction are inclined to go too toofar toofar toofar far in thinking thmking that everyone should be encouraged to purpose his hisschoohng hisschooling hisschooling schoohng schooling to the furthest possible degree . They lament what whatseems whatseems whatseems seems to them the highly inadequate madequate proportion of elementary elementaryschool elementaryschool chool school choolchIldren schoolchildren children who go to the highschools high schools and of high schoOl schoOlpupIls schoolpupils schoOlpupils pupIls who proceed to college ; and ' they glory in any increase ofthese of ofthese ofthese these proportions . They seem to forget that the classroom ' is 'IS not notthe notthe notthe -the the - only means of education ; ; that a youth may get more moi mOl e intellec intellec- intellectual intellectual . - tual iual and moral flaming tlammg training fiom flom from practical woik wOlk work that he likes , than thanfrom thanfrom thanfrom from formal lessons that he loathes . " Now , this does not mean to depreciate in 1n the least the value valueof valueof valueof of higher education , to ( those hose who by intellect , tempeiament tempelament temperament and andIl1clmatIon andinclination andinclination Il1clmatIon inclination aie ale are capable of acquiring acqUlrmg it and putting puttmg it 1t to practical practicaluse use . It simply means thatLmless thatsinless that unless Lmless sinless a young person has the natIve nativeability nativepbility bhty ability ) to tooik toOlk \\oik oik \\Olk Olk soik \ \ OlkHth \ with \Hth Hth his hlS brains brams , he had better be taught to WOlk work WOlkwIth workwith woikwith wIth his hands . . |