104 Outlook to Nature 



call the sciences and the affairs : either is in- 

 complete and one-sided, and cannot give a 

 rounded and rational view of life, or put one 

 into full sympathy with the achievements of 

 the race. The humanities often develop the 

 man unhumanly. 



THE SCHOOL OF AFFAIRS 



There are two kinds of schools, the in- 

 stitutional school, and the school of affairs. 

 Many an unschooled man has been well trained 

 in the school of affairs. The untaught farm 

 boy goes to the city and succeeds because he 

 has learned certain things in the daily round of 

 life that are of more value to him than all that 

 he could learn from the books. 



The ideal training would be the addition of 

 the school work to the real work; but if either 

 one is to be omitted, it should be the school. 

 In the old days the school was a supplement 

 to the home ; now it tends to take the place of 

 the home. In many cases the child now spends 

 most of his time in school and in vacationing ; 

 and there is little opportunity for the develop- 



