THE BATTAL,1€»N
This year has been a hectic one
for nearly all of the seniors; it has
been of vast profit to me. I have
learned a great deal—principally I
know only a little; but it has
also developed my confidence and I
believe I understand what am
grasping for and the length of my
reach. Well, well—who could possi
bly be interested in how I feel?
When I look back over the five
yearstwosummers of my cpllegiate
career I feel that education can
stand a great deal of improvement.
Very few come out of college as
thinkers—at least, a large number
are capable of such. There should be
some attempts on part of all educa
tion to teach people how to live. In
stead of making an education entire
ly embody the idea of a mercenary
end why not make it not only a means
to an end but an end in itself. In
other words, let education contain
ways of spending as well as means-
of earning.
The underlying principal of State
education is to my way of viewing
the situation, entirely right; that of
educating as many capable people as
possible. But are these people being
educated? Do they reall}'' see the val
ue and. true meaning of education?
I do not think so. It m at the present
time a fad to go to college. People
have so much spare time and eco
nomic conditions are such that many
young people have nothing else to
do—so they go to college. They take
what they have to and understand
not whyfor. They do not see that the
aims of education are being sadly
perverted inasmuch as they are con
trolled by forces foreign to an hon
est, broad, and understanding educa
tion. That is due to the system; the
present .'accepted economic system
that bans all matter not leading di
rectly to an increased salary or not
in accord with the industrial theory
as irrelevant. I mean precisely this:
That education in this country is
obviously subservient to the capital
istic system, just as the newspapers,
just as the politics, just as the gov
ernment. Until this system fails;
until it blunders, and the proletariat
and bourgiesee feels the structure
falling under them and the pinch
of economic want hits them—I can
see no great change in the status
of education; however due to hav
ing leisure time a number of college
students are looking beyond the cur
riculum and their attitudes are be
ing felt in a growing liberalism
which however, as I say, will not
change the immediate status.
We are in so complete acceptance
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Philadelphia—An “Otis Skyline” City
Kr~iHE “City of Brotherly Love,” rich in history and
A Colonial tradition, is steadily growing skyward.
Higher and higher reach its tall buildings, keeping pace
with increasing land values.
When Elisha Graves Otis gave the world the first
safe elevator in 1852, he made possible the constant
upward growth of our cities, for without the safe and
speedy elevator the skyscraper could not have been
built. Thus the skylines of our great cities can truly
be called “Otis Skylines.”
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OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
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of existing conditions that literally
hundreds of students who have both
time and money matriculate in a
college, spend four years there and
depart with a degree, without ever
going beyond the minimum amount
of work necessary for a degree.
Those who do, who really strive for
a liberal education through the aid
and guidance of the instructors, are
called fools and arrogantly tolerated
by their fellows as impractical, radi
cal. “Readin/ ’ritin,’ iT’rithmetie, • is
then still the dominant conception of
education.
In the future—in time—people
will see the need of knowing how to
live; when they do education will
come to the fore—when they do.
With this cheerful outlook I take
leave of you and this column. It has
been both a pleasure and a pain to>
write it, and undoubtedly much of
the latter to read it. I’ve enjoyed
your company and trust that you all
get out safe and sane. Hasta Ma
nna.
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