Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1881 — The Discipline of Drudgery. [ARTICLE]

The Discipline of Drudgery.

New Haven Pallaainm. f A. “liberal education” is a capital thing,and the thousands of young men who are now honored with the title of A. B. are to be ooxfrratulated upon tbe tioacquite tbementaldiscipline resulting from a four-years oourse of academic study. But these young men must not make the mistake of supposing that this disaipllne is an all-sufS-cient preparation for the higher callings of life. - That is, the young men

«■ Hie, for instance,must not immaghaa that the foot of their havtngooUegeeducation will permit have is valuable, hut chiefly no as a Urt* for the acquirement of practical knowledge, without Which riuccoss is impossible. By practical knowledge we «««» acquaintance with -the mingoto make up all occupations. Such knowledge a oollege education cannot give, and is not intended to give. It is 0% to be 1 acquired by patient application. The discipline of Um college curriculum must be supplemented by smother kind of discipline, namely, the discipline of drudgery. No one, however largely endowed with mental power, can be exempted from the necessity of acquiring this discipline. It is far more essential to success than the discipline fbrnished by a oollege course.