Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 307, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1914 — THE PROBLEM OF COLLEGE [ARTICLE]

THE PROBLEM OF COLLEGE

r Shall we send our boys and girls to college? That is still an open question in the mipds of many parents who are not convinced of what they have seen of graduates and undergraduates that the years spent in separaand supposedly study pay. The answer to this question, says the Congregationalist, may gotten be found in the wish and amtftlon of the boy or girl. To cross the settled desire of a thoughtful boy must always be ’ 8 doubtful matter. The real question is whether the unthoughtful and the unambitious should be sent Many of these may be waked "up to ambition in college, but their chances of success in life will be much greater if they enter with a strong initial purpose and desire. It might be well if fathers and mothers were to question their sons and daughters who are near,ing the college entrance age to ascertain whether they have given any real thought to what the college opportunity stands for to themselves in particuar. If the nebula of childish thinking that goes with so many of the examination could be reduced to definite points of light before entrance it would greatly simplify the task of the colleges and increase the chance of success in life for every 'student. There was a wise father, himself a successful educator of boys, Who insisted that his sons should have at least a year’s experience in business before they went to college. Their success in various walks of life Iras simply vindicated this wisdom of ms plan.