SCHOOLS AND FARMING 



course, is really not an academic or meta- 

 physical question. It cannot be determined 

 by opinion or by any process of abstract 

 reasoning. In the end, the intellectual 

 value of all courses of study will be deter- 

 mined by their results in men and women. 

 In determining these results, we must be 

 careful not to assume an arbitrary or single 

 standard as to what an educated man is. 

 It is fair to assume that an educated per- 

 son is one who is so trained that he is an 

 honorable and efficient member of society,, 

 whose mind is sensitive to all learning and 

 achievement past and present, and whose 

 sympathies extend freely to all the higher 

 emotions of the race. If one were to mea- 

 sure the men and women of his acquain- 

 tance by this standard, he would probably 

 be wholly unable to determine by what par- 

 ticular educational route the person had 

 arrived, notwithstanding the presumption 

 in favor of the classical route because of 

 its universal presence in schools and col- 

 leges and the newness of other routes. 



For several years I have tried to give 

 some attention to the character of the in- 

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