Education and Practical Life
By Christian Union
It is a common mistake to suppose that a fine education unfits for the common walks of life; it is certainly a great mistake. Any man can handle a hoe better for knowing something of mechanics; any girl can cook a breakfast better for knowing something of chemistry. You cannot educate one faculty without developing them all. Many a young girl without household training has after her marriage at once mastered the art of housekeeping; her college did not teach her to cook, but it taught her to think, and the cooking followed as a matter of course. Intellectual development is physical development; by refining and strengthening the nervous system it gives power of recuperation to the body. The war statistics show that delicately-bred college boys stood the hardships of camp and field and hospital far better than roughs, whether from the wild woods or the great cities.—Christian Union.