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Show THE CHOICE OF SCHOOL COURSES. Many parents nrc puzzling their heads over selection of school and college courses for their boys. Shall they go In for technical work? Or shall they tako tho older lines supposed suppos-ed to prnmcto mental training and general Intelligence? Tho tendency of tho times seems to schools of multifarious kinds report a great demand for their graduates. The world almost seems to place u higher vnlue on skill than brains. Tho oily nnd soot covered englncor In his dirty cab often earns Ills $0.00 a day. Tho struggling young lawyer In the luxurious Pullmnn behind him may not make half that pay. Certainly a boy who shows skill with his hands should go Into technical techn-ical work. Tho openings for tho mnn who knows any such subject down to tho bottom aro numerous nnd golden. gold-en. Hut there Is stilt a place for tho old education of mental training. Tho colleges aro learning that mere Information Inform-ation Is not enough. A boy must bo taught to oxpross himself In a logical porsuasUo way. Ho must havo tho power to think out situations and organize or-ganize nnd systematize. So tho boy who shows general mont-at mont-at Intelllgcnco but has little manual skill, Is hardly tho ono for tho technical tech-nical school. Hut as ho digs at algebraic al-gebraic equations or Latin roots, let 1 him realize that ho must think out every posslblo meaning and relation I or he will not or develop resourcefulness. resourceful-ness. Ho must estimate nt Its true Inlue tho meaning of every word, or tho finer distinctions of all human relations will always cscapo him. So tho cholco of courses comes down to n question of Individual fit- J ness. Tho parent must study tho aptitudes ap-titudes of his youngster. Even if a ! boy does not make a great business success, general intelligence has great aluo. Tho hoy wh6 Is widely Informed Inform-ed nbout human experience and social progress Is nn asset In civic life, - - - t |