Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1911 — WEALTHY MANUFACTURER DECRIES HIGHER EDUCATION [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WEALTHY MANUFACTURER DECRIES HIGHER EDUCATION

Richard JE. Crane, the millionaire head of a great industrial enterprise

in the middle west and one of the largest employers of labor in the country, states caustically that “All general schooling above the grammar schools is worse ‘ than useless. This < higher schooling ' not only does not improve a person

for business, but it does not strengthen or develop his character. It has just, the opposite effect, disqualifying him for a business career, weakening his general structure and highly demoralizing him in every ’way.” < ■ - R. T. Crane is the man who created a sensation in the college world by a statement that 15 per cent, of the students at Harvard go to Ihe bad, while almost all of them drink. Mr. Crane is a wealthy Chicago manufacturer. He is the father of Charles Crane, who was appointed-minister to China and was recalled because he talked too much. Mr. Crane finds that at Harvard 90 per cent, drink in the freshman year and 95 per cent, in the senior year. He also says that 35 per cent, drink heavily, and that 65 per cent, combine indulgence in wine and association with bad women. He also makes like charges against other universities. Mr. Crane’s statements have called forth a great deal of criticism.