Birmingham Southern College - Southern Accent Yearbook (Birmingham, AL)

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Wkat I Learned by Staying Aw ay from College By Jack Bf.thea Y STAYING away from college, I learned the value of a college education — and it wasn ' t the part of a college education which ordi- narily is regarded as the most valuable. I say with all sincerity that I never have missed a college educa- tion from an academic standpoint. Perhaps my situation was peculiar, but I have never found the lack of so-called book-larnin ' any particular handicap. And I say this with a full regard for the knowledge that is to be found in books. Books are the storehouse of the accumulated wisdom of the ages — they are the final expression of the evolution of this civilization of ours that has pro- duced the world as we know it. But I have always thought that for an - individual to attempt to carry in his head even a fragment of all this knowledge would subject the skull to too great a pressure, and it would inevitably burst. The best we can hope to do is to learn in some small measure where this knowledge may be found when needed. In my time it has been necessary for me to become an expert temporarily on a number of subjects about which I previously had known nothing. This re- quired intensive research work for a few hours, and I then had all that could possible be of any practical use to me. And because I did not go to college I ha e never found it difficult to locate the particular kind of knowledge that I wished at the moment. That is what we have public libraries for and reference works for. In fact, that is the reason for books. And when the necessity for thorough knowledge of my subject had passed, I never attempted to remember it, knowing that I could always go back to the source and refresh my recollection if that became necessary. I suppose that newspaper work requires that a man shall keep his mind supple