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1、TheSocialValueoftheCollege-Bred-英语演讲稿 ofwhatuseisacollegetraining?wewhohavehaditseldomhearthequestionraisedmightbealittlenonplussedtoansweritoffhand.acertainamountofmeditationhasbroughtmetothisasthepithiestreplywhichimyselfcangive:thebestclaimthatacollegeeducationcanpossiblymakeonyourrespect,the
2、bestthingitcanaspiretoaccomplishforyou,isthis:thatitshouldhelpyoutoknowagoodmanwhenyouseehim.thisisastrueofwomensasofmenscolleges;butthatitisneitherajokenoraone-sidedabstractionishallnowendeavortoshow. whattalkdowecommonlyhearaboutthecontrastbetweencollegeeducationandtheeducationwhichbusinessort
3、echnicalorprofessionalschoolsconfer?thecollegeeducationiscalledhigherbecauseitissupposedtobesogeneralandsodisinterested.attheschoolsyougetarelativelynarrowpracticalskill,youaretold,whereasthecollegesgiveyouthemoreliberalculture,thebroaderoutlook,thehistoricalperspective,thephilosophicatmosphere,o
4、rsomethingwhichphrasesofthatsorttrytoexpress.youaremadeintoanefficientinstrumentfordoingadefinitething,youhear,attheschools;but,apartfromthat,youmayremainacrudeandsmokykindofpetroleum,incapableofspreadinglight.theuniversitiesandcolleges,ontheotherhand,althoughtheymayleaveyoulessefficientforthisor
5、thatpracticaltask,suffuseyourwholementalitywithsomethingmoreimportantthanskill.theyredeemyou,makeyouwell-bred;theymakegoodcompanyofyoumentally.iftheyfindyouwithanaturallyboorishorcaddishmind,theycannotleaveyouso,asatechnicalschoolmayleaveyou.this,atleast,ispretended;thisiswhatwehearamongcollege-t
6、rainedpeoplewhentheycomparetheireducationwitheveryothersort.now,exactlyhowmuchdoesthissignify? itiscertain,tobeginwith,thatthenarrowesttradeorprofessionaltrainingdoessomethingmoreforamanthantomakeaskilfulpracticaltoolofhim鈥攊tmakeshimalsoajudgeofothermensskill.whetherhistradebepleadingatthebarors
7、urgeryorplasteringorplumbing,itdevelopsacriticalsenseinhimforthatsortofoccupation.heunderstandsthedifferencebetweensecond-rateandfirst-rateworkinhiswholebranchofindustry;hegetstoknowagoodjobinhisownlineassoonasheseesit