Show UNIVERSITIES OVERCROWDED OED By L. L H 1 A. A t. t There was a time hel he i a college education tended to p place ace a a. I nan nai inthe in inthe inthe the front rank In some som i expects that lint time tuna is fading It way nay d do for tor forthe forthe the medical profession so Ion long ions cs us C it makes a man more rore fit to hand his patients but en even i thal it after r. r is can carried led too far An M. M S. S a Ph D 11 DaLL a aLL LL D D. or br D D. D. D would make a a. aman aman man mall sit up tip up and take tak But lint really those titles do not amount to o J I much The world pays little attention attention atten- atten atten atten- tion to lo them It is is- the man who th thinks s and works s that counts The degreed man often is a a non entity filled up tip with a a a. l lot loi t of us useless theories theories theories theo theo- theo theo- ries and d dogmatic lumber that mal makes s him merely elY a mental and sociological sociological sociological so so- curiosity college chained and exhausted and outstripped by bythe bythe bythe the fellow that grasps knowledge as ashe ashe ashe he wants it and applies it to the needs as he lie finds them Our common common common com com- mon schools schools- and high schools should be progressive and and up tip to date teaching the fundamentals and let theories take care of or them them- selves s In III many universities the sons sous of or the rich attend without any an ambition mostly to ta give th them m standing standing stand stand- ing to enter high soci society ty when it would be lie vastly better for society to kick them out and let Jet them root hog or 01 die Some of the biggest men In this Chlis country are scholarly and acquired knowledge by their individual efforts while pursuing I regular business of life are That Is a scholar that learns learn with a purpose i and such learning is the application I of what is learned to a practical and aud useful purpose That is where the colleges which have d drifted largely to sports spoils fallen down Atter the fundamental are learned learned learned learn learn- ed education should be mostly vocational vocational voca voca- so as to teach people people- to be useful and practical pra citizens and so that thc they will will willbe be Ibe able to make a living living liv liv- ing by work and not not by looking for jobs and fat salaries and assuming no responsibilities with no aim aini l but butto lit litto to live up their salaries fl aries and l let t someone else ehe forever f pay their own salaries and the other fellows fellow's too too besides pa pay all the taxes of the coun coun- tr try t tWe We Wc are spending too much money I Ion on the universities Often th they y unfit unfit un I fit a mane man ifor for life instead instead 0 of r m making king him efficient The man matt with an education ed ed- in th the fundamentals that goes to work and picks up knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge as he needs it it is bound hound to be- be ome prominent in business and inin In Inin Inin in life liCo life and and everybody admires and respects him hint and nobody ever asks asps r r 1 thinks whether he the has hag a t. t LL D D. hit hitched led onto his hid h name or or- not It Is the ability to do things and to pl play playa y ya a sane and sensible Iga game le that captivates captivates captivates vates the people Let us encourage suc such m men n ifor the they are the ones ones that pay the taxes taxes and the salaries and that keep the world orld a. a a a. moving moving- lg 0 V |