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??j ^ ' PNION^OUT'^^AIlOLINi^ FRID^ AUGUST 11, 190,5? " ?1.(M> A YEAR. ^
Wm. A. Nicholson
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A QUESTION OF
IMPORTANCE
?wu i ou lJ a it bj..
WHOi 3iiuuiu uc inc luucation
of a Business
Man?
BY JOHN BRISBEN WALKER.
If, at the beginning of the
.4 twentieth century, education
? does not accomplish that which
may reasonably be expected of
it, the indifferent results must
be ascribed chiefly to the failure
to determine clearly in advance
the purposes for which studies
are to be pursued. While our
great schools are organized in
the most complete way for instruction
and administration, I
nave louna, uy personal examination
covering nearly a dozen
of our leading universities, that
there exists no board or commission
of disinterested men whose
duty it is to determine what education
should be.
One can scarcely expect that
the influential professors of Latin
and Greek, whose dignity has
come down through three hun
<li'ul ycaig,i^wnr vuic *wauoifaii
their own oHices. Yet to them
has been largely committed the
task of determining the all-important
and fundamental question,
"What is education?" Until
some university appoints a
commission of disinterested
scholars and men of wide attainments
to consider in formal session
this subject which is pre
liminary to true education, w<
may expect prejudice and th<
customs of the ancient school,1
still to hold the chief sway.
in af+mrmt.incr therefore to out
All UVVV>..r. ?
line what should be the educa
tion of the modern man who ha
chosen the business world fc
his career, I have but little t
guide me. The libraries sho^
^ that small attention has bee
* given to the subject; I base m
conclusions upon an experien<
of thirty-five years in associatic
with, or in handling, men?your
and old, in publishing, manufa
turing and in general business
to determine the things whi<
most contribute to the moral ai
material successes in the bu
ness world.
The time allotted any man
which to seek an education
the schools is all too short,
matter whether he has at 1
disposal two years, four years
six years, all are insufficient
f cover the field of import'
knowledge. It therefore
comes essential to arrange v>
the utnrlpst precision the or
for the period of time availa1
But before this can be don<
that the result will be wit!
? i i .
waste, the student must aeie
i ine.
"What do I hope to obtaii
education?"
The answer to this must
brace certain things which a
to all students. Every
seeks:
First, happiness--not er
ment merely, not pleasure,
that deeper felicity which ca
founded only upon right livi
a condition of the soul whi
: given out as well to those r
about us.
j Secondly, the tools with v
I to accomplish business resul
Kg! V It goes without saying ths
1? nearer one comes to truthis,
to a clear understands
fc * the conditions which sur
I. us ?the more certain is 1
J, achieve happiness, the mor
I tain to accomplish results.
It If the youth starts out in
J* of deception, his every
If must be hampered. If he
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prehends but dimly the causes al
work about him, he is likely tx
deceive himself and to deceive
others.
Therefore, in the acquisition
of knowledge, comes first and
fundamentally some comprehen
sion of the Universe. As a pre
liminary and an accompanimenl
to business training there shoulc
be brief studies of the knowr
facts, first concerning the uni
verse itself, and secondly, of oui
own globe. If one starts in ig
norance of things which concerr
all life, there will be endless
groping in the dark. Having
some knowledge of the world ir
which he exists?Astronomy?
and of the globe upon which he
lives?Geology?he must nexl
know something of the things
round about him?Botany anc
Chemistry. Then comes the
even more necessary knowledge
concerning his own body?Physiology;
health stands first anc
foremost in human acquisitions,
and health will not last lonj
without knowledge. Lastly som<
understanding of his own mine
?Psychology.
Do not say that these are the
advanced studies of the univer
that there is no oppor
ness V *or them in a short busi
a pa/?ourse* They must become
they are ^-ITWpdi'taTit;" nib-rrcv^
sary. Without them the mine
of the business man must eve
remain confused. They enabl
i one to comprehend; they giv
the power to see. The time wi
soon be here when they will b
- recognized as essentials in ever
i education?as preliminary to a
i right thinking. To know whei
3 we are?upon what; to ha>
some comprehension of the ph
1 nomena eroing on around aboi
i- us; to understand our own bodi
s> and so preserve that health whi<
?r nine scholars out of ten no
o sacrifice through ignorance;
>v have some insight into our ov
n mental process, and the wor
iy ings of the minds of those wi
ie whom we come into contact
>n this knowledge belongs at t
ig beginning of all true educati<
c- and its assimilation should mc
? concurrently through all cours
ch And kept parallel to this m
nd be a scientific study of hun
si- happiness. What is true hap
ness, and how is it to be attaii
in for one's self and for or
in neighbor??in acquiring he?
No and vi$or, in aiding good govc
his ment, in wise business planni
or in perfected organization,
to economic production??tl
ant things concern the probler
be- happiness and should be <
dth stituent parts of all educat
der When once their true plac<
ble. essential preliminaries is re
i so nized, humanity will adv
1 a(-vir1aa T
lout witn extraoruuitti y Otl 1UV9* A
rm- studies do not mean the u:
such numerous text-books a
\ by now employed in our colh
but of simply written little
em- umes from such really j
pply minds as have that grasp,
man power of bird's-eye view, \
enables them to give muc
ijoy- little, which makes cleai
but greatest subjects, which in
n be pie language, touching onl:
ng? salient points, conveys
ch is knowledge which so many
ound ers have seemed to delig
making abstruse.
/hich We now come to the
Its. which education furnishe
it the the accomplishment of life
-that Of these, certain ones are
ig of sary to all. To mention tl
round the order of their importar
le to First. How to take that
e cer- cal exercise necessary I
proper care of the body; b
a fog if one falls into ill heal
effort things else become insign
com- Second. A knowledge o
own language.
Third. Ability to make analysis.
.Fourth. A knowledge of the
use of figures.'
Fifth. An understanding of
the principles of classification
and organization.
Beyond, come the courses of
specialization to fit the student
for the work he has elected to
pursue, and into these it is not
necessary to go. If, for instance,
he is to become a bookkeeper, he
must have already laid the
groundwork in his study of
analysis and of the principles of
classification and organization;
, for these underlie all successful
accounting. That bookkeeper is
: always a failure, except in the
> humblest work, who is . Jiot
i grounded in these preliminaries,
which are also essential to all
j education. And oh, the pitiftll
failures that I have personally
" witnessed?failures that might
- :i.. l i
s<j easily iia vc ue*;ii niaue suey
cesses if their minds had been
1 properly opened in their prelimi1
nary training.
Take for instance the study of
" Analyses. In whatever busmess
" a man may find himself, success
1 or failure depends upon the pow3
er to analyze the problems which
? present themselves during every
1 hour, at every turn in life. Failing
to understand the conditions,
* he can make no real analysis?
i failing in his analysis, he goes to
3 meet his problem improperly
1 equipped, and only fortunate ac1
cident may save him from disasJ
ter.
: The successful business man
1 makes an analysis on paper of
1 every important problem, before
> venturing upon action. Tabu\
lating, with brackets against ev1
ery phase of the undertakingfollowing
each probable result
2 out to its furthermost limits?he
' reaches a point beyond which he
" cannot go. He has now before
" him a bird's-eve view of the sit
I coni?iL,If ^Si2?l? co s s"bse-.
' And this tabulated
r must be applied to the smallest
e as well as the largest affairs of
business life, if one would act
11 upon premises clearly thought
e out.
y Much of what has been given
" here as essential to the training
*e of business men is known in the
re schools as "science." Scientific
e' knowledge comes into play ir
at practically every branch of mod
ern business. Its lack handicap:
every man who would accom
plish. To the manufacturer, ii
to the use of materials; to the mer
J*1 chant, in the intimate knowledg
.'K* of goods; to the contractor, 11
carrying on his work to econom
' ic advantage; to the man er
"e gaged in transportation; to th
investor, seeking opportunity
)ve which will bring him fortune
-- "
es* and above all to tne young ciei i
ust who would advance himself 1
ian becoming useful?to all these sc
>piT ence presents itself as necessar
as indeed it is to any care
? which would rise above the mc
iltn commonplace.
-'rn" Knowledge of one's own la
n?' guage is an important factor
in business success. The study
lese grammar and Rhetoric, of Sj i
n ot nyms, and of the best literatu;
9on" is essential to that choice
aon. WOrds which brings convictior
3 01 the hearer?to that concise st
cog~ so necessary in modern coi
ance spondence?to that clear and
"es| act statement so essential to c
3e ot tracts, either oral or writt
s are gut beyond his own tongue,
one should waste upon langua
vo1" ancient or modern, the preci
minutes of the all too she
?. aJJ time which he can give to edi
vhich tjon ?phe man seeking a 1:
" JJn ness education is a runner
f the racfit He has but so many
- - -1- ] u?.
1 S1 " onds to win his goar, ana nc i
f r"? keep constantly in mind
th.at course he has set himself to
writ- sue> jf be deviates, he loses
ht in Modern languages are a tl
and times more valuable t<
tools 8tudent than' the Greek and
8 f?r in which for so many cent
iwork. were deemed the only educs
neces- kut to defend which, in this
lem in to be ridiculons. But
ice: French and German muf
physi- eliminated from the instri
"? the of the young man who des
ecause mastery of the essentials.
?' ai guages may be acquired ?
meant. time, by any one, in snare 1
l one fa ^hey are no part o{ the i
mentals qfl either a business or a
liberal education, so wide is now
the^field Which must be covered
in j$her directions.
conclusion, I would urge
thatdabove all, before beginning
actual studies, there should be a
carefully-matured, well-thoughtplan
fpr the education of each individual.
/This work is now done
in a haphazard way. But at least
a weeKfa^the beginning of the
school-year should be given up
to the cfcreful consideration of
what thfeyoung man proposes to
accomplish. During this time
he should not be rushed. It
should be a week of quiet thought
and attendance upon lectures
which shall show the purposes
of the several courses, and their <
usefulness and their hearing up- j
on tj&$ various employments of ,
life. - Each student should have, ,
Th'the preparation of his table of
stuoleflt the personal counsel of
his professors and instructors. ,
Each should have pointed out to
him th^ purposes and advantages
of the DroDOsed courses. No
matter'bow crowded the term of ,
studies, an entire week is not too 1
much to give to this preliminary, ,
so all^khportant is a clear com- ]
prenension, in advance, of what
the student aims at and proposes
to accomplish.
Running throughout the course |
of the business man's education,
should be taught Organization?
its lessons ingeniously contrived j
to become a part of his daily life
?because an understanding of ,
Organization is, after the power (
fcnwmow ledge necessary to comprehend
things, the secret of^all
success m Dusiness me. rne
Keeping of accounts?everyone
snou a have some knowledge of
acco Biting?the art of filing papers
and above all, the making
to do with that '
organization which is interwoven
wttf every affair of business
f,^iQ teaching must run
&wnmr&
WsiRTQYide for constant lectures
Career." Every phr* First Req- !
ethics should be discussed; aim-l'
cult situations should be presented
and the temptations of business
life shown up. Because
these things are neglected, or im>
perfectly explained, in our
' schools and colleges, thousands
i of youths annually wreck them
selves upon the sophistries of
9 the business world. Upon every
- business field lie these wrecks of
a men, who would very likely have
- seen the way to honorable for
. 1?A 4-V.ATr hoon instructed
? tunc iiau tucj ww
ft in advance concerning the temp -
tations they were to encounter.
i- A love of truth and the posses?e
sion of a personal integrity above
?s temptation, constitute the high2't
est capital of the youth whc
k, would seek business success.
>y I am aware that there ar<
ii- many who think differently. Bu
y> I have followed the careers of ;
er thousand men who have sough
st success by unscrupulous ways
and have watched their brillian
- J wVtPf
in- ability go uuwn w
in honor would have brought pro;
of perity; while in the case of thoi
10- dishonorably succeeding, fortur
re, was invariably embittered by tl
of contempt both of self and <
ito neighbor. Eventually, "respe
yle table" thieves are always reco
*re- nized in every community,
ex- Such are the requisites of
on- business education, as they sec
^en. to me after a long and perha
. no unusually broad experience
ififes affairs. I am aware that ir
ious measure I am departing fr<
>rt a certain accepted standards. I
uca- the business world is changi
>usi- rapidly and education must
in a advanced to meet the requi
sec- ments of the new conditions.
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ttion; a Striking Address
iage, S|r prederick Trev
Jtevb2 Bart., K. C. V. O., LL
iction
ires a The following is from ar
Lan- dress delivered by Sir Fred*
it any Treves, Bart., K. C. V. O.,
lours. D. in the great hall of Cfi
unda- House, Westminister, Loi
F. M. FARR, President.
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Merchants and Pla
Successfully Doing Bus
tmmm Is the OLDEST Bank i
lias a capital and surpl
H Is tho only NATIONA
9 H lias paid dividends si
I B pays FOIT It per cent.
I is the only Hank in Tn
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V pays ntoro taxes than i
WE EARNESTLY SOL
?
before the Woman's Union of the
Church of England Temperance
Society, May 4, 1905. Sir Fredsrick
is physician to King Edward.
The point with regard to alcohol
is simple enough. It is, of
course, distinctly a poison, and
it is a poison which, like other
poisons, has certain uses, but the
limitations of the use of alcohol
should be as strict as the limitations
of the use of any other kind
of poison. Moreover, it is a curiously
insidious poison, in that
it produces effects which seem to
have only one antidote ?alcohol
again. This applies to another
drug equally as insidious, and
that is morphia, or opium. Unfortunately,
the term poison is by
no means an exaggerated one,
when it is realized that with alcohol
as drunk by the majority
of the poorer classes there i&
mixed a virulent poison in the
form of fusel-oil.
There is no disguising the fact
that alcohol is year by year less
used by the medical profession.
It is said that it has a certain position
as a medicine, and no one
will dispute that, but looking
back over hospital drugs for the
past twenty-five years, there is
no question that the use of alcohol
is emphatically diminishing.
T,pf 11Q fnkp twr? nr fViroo nAi'nfu
-and remember "that"* r^^nlv
aseaof afcnh ?"T Vury lhere can
^^alcoho1. In th^h just a little
before ^s^yiai. It is, as the
French say, an aperitiff appetiser,
and helps digestion." What
are the facts? First of all, noap
appetite needs to be artificially
stimulated. If the appetite wants
food it clamors for it: if there i:
no appetite, there is no nee?
for food. Therefore there is n<
need, supposing the belief wer
true. So on that ground I d
not think there is much to t
made out for its use.
Then it is said that it
strengthening, and that it giv<
' great working power. We hei
: a great deal of this in the adv
' cacy of British beef and bee
) That sounds very well, but let i
fontc Alcohol, cui
view tuc i.uvvU.
3 ously enough, modifies certa
t constituents of the blood in t
* nourishment of the body. T
* process that underlies the bui
' ing up of the human frame
very much modified. The o
e put for carbonic acid is v<
3" much lessened, with the res
Je that the drinker at once becor
ie ill-nourished-obviously so.
man dreams of going into tra
ing and taking alcohol. Hem
c" reach the acme of physical f
fection, and that must be w
out alcohol.
^ It has a somewhat stimulat
' effect, and that is the unfo
j nate part of it. The effect, h
ever, lasts only for a mom
and after it has passed away
?Uf capacity for work falls enorm
ly. It does this: It brings uf
1 reserve forces of the body
throws them into action,
I- - ?..u 4-v.of wVion these
tne reaun, umv .?
used up there is nothing tc
ap back upon. Its effect is pre
ly like a general throwing
. bulk of his army into the
u ' and then bringing up, as fj
er- he can, all of his reserve:
hat throwing them in also. Th
1? mediate effect may be imj
1^. ive, but the inevitable res
*** obvious.
As a work producer it
.. D. ceedingly extravagant, am
all other extravagant mea:
i ad- leads to a physical bankn
srick It is also curious that troop
LL. not march on alcohol. I w
lurch you know, with the relief c
idon, [ that moved on Lady smith.
*
J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier.
EI E ?nters
National Bank,
iness at the "Old Stand."
n Unhin.
UHOt $10^,000,
[j Hank ill Union.
nountiiiK to $200,400.
interest on deposits,
ion inspected by an otliccr.
lit, ami Safe with Time-Lock,
VLL the Hanks in Union combined.
.ICIT YOUR BUSINESS.
of course, it was an extremely
trying time by reason of the hot
weather. In that enormous column
of 30,000, the first who
dropped out were not. the tall
men, or the short men, or the
big men, or the little men?they
were the drinkers, and thev
dropped out as clearly as if they
had been labeled with a big letter
on their backs.
With regard to the circulation.
Of course it produces an increased
heart-beat, a fuller pulse and
redder skins, but the moment
the effect has passed off the action
of the heart is absolutely
and emphatically weakened. Consequently
the temporary effect is
produced at an enormous cost.
Then there is its action on the
central nervous system. Here
its action is that of a poison. It
first stimulates the nervous system
and then depresses it, and,
as with other poisons which act
upon this part of the body, the
higher centres go first. They
become a little dull -a little less
quick and acute. It is very
trifling, but there it is; so that
the man who does his work on
alcohol?even a very moderate
amount?is not at his best.
"Leaks" in Crop Reports.
I
| Advance information regardingThere
have frequently been intimations
that officials in the department
were in collusion with
' outsiders, and sold to them
* "tips" as to the condition of the
{ crops. Suspicion was aroused
3 by the course of the market just
? prior to the publication of the
* June cotton report, and Secretary
0 Wilson, on complaint of the
e Southern Cotton Association,
0 made an investigation, and dis>e
missed an associate statistician
. of the department for selling advance
information to speculators.
*r Gloss Bricks.
rv
r* The manufacture and use of
J.s paving and building bricks made
r.l~ of devitrified glass have attracted
?n some attention recently in Eu!}e
rope, especially in France.
V.e Broken bottles, broken window.
panes and other glass refuse are
J,s turned, by a patented process,
ut~ into tiles, paving squares and
flags for sidewalks. A rough
;ult surface like that of common brick
can be given to them. In the
. 0 city of Lyons a piece of street
lin" pavement formed of this material
_ has withstood as hard usage as
any pavement would be subjected
lth' to. The makers rlaim that it
possesses greater resistance than
stone, is impermeable to water,
rtu- and is a "poor conductor of cold."
OW- in Hamburg, Germany, transent,
lucent glass bricks have been
the usefl for the walls of buildings
ous- which are required to be at once
) the fire-proof and windowless.
and
with POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
; are
? (ah Most men who pay as they go
cise-1 are very slow travelers,
the I Gossip and ice cream spoons
fray open many feminine mouths,
ist as No man with a torpid liver can
s and ke a successful optimist,
e im- it sometimes happens that a
?ress- man lies when he smiles and says
suit is nothing.
A woman in politics is about
is ex- as ornamental as a diamond in
1 like a mud puddle,
sures, There would be no such as a
jptcy. silent tomb if women had their
s can- way.
ras, as if ap donkeys had long ears it
olumn would be necessary to change
and, the style of masculine headgear.
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