. Canadian journal of agricultural science. Agricultural Institute of Canada; Agriculture. April, SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE. EDITORIAL 145 MMMMMMMM'^WMMMMMMMMMMM^ mmmMMm^mmsB u HIGHER EDUCATION. It lias beeu contended, by writers and thinkers whose opinions should carry some weight, that edu- cation is i'uudameutal to an advancing civilization. The claim is—and it would appear to be almost axiomatic— that as our sj'stem of teaching improves, as our know- ledge widens and is carried further afield, and as new principles are applied, so there is a gradual improve- ment in the of
. Canadian journal of agricultural science. Agricultural Institute of Canada; Agriculture. April, SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE. EDITORIAL 145 MMMMMMMM'^WMMMMMMMMMMM^ mmmMMm^mmsB u HIGHER EDUCATION. It lias beeu contended, by writers and thinkers whose opinions should carry some weight, that edu- cation is i'uudameutal to an advancing civilization. The claim is—and it would appear to be almost axiomatic— that as our sj'stem of teaching improves, as our know- ledge widens and is carried further afield, and as new principles are applied, so there is a gradual improve- ment in the of the people. This improve- ment is noticeable in the community as well as in the race. We have progressive districts and backward districts, the former introducing modern methods and applying modem principles, the latter through ignor- ance or disinterestedness, remaining years or decades behind the times. How far is it necessary to carry educational .sj-stems in the interest of community and national life? Many a young man or woman has struggled through prim- ary schools, high schools, colleges and universities, carrying through them all a conviction that the more knowledge they acquired the greater would be their success in life. In most cases the money and the efforts spent are not now regretted, but in some in- stances these men and women feel that they are not receiving an adequate return for their investment. Their opinions are aggravated by the knowledge that higher salaries are being paid both to unskilled labor and to employees whose training and education are less than their own. Too much condemnation is bad for any system. Education throughout the ages has advanced civiliz- ation ; lack of educatiou will, per contra, result in back- wardness and inertia in a community or in a country. Higher education, the knowledge and exi>erience gained in university life, is a very necessary, if not an essen- tial, addition to the training previously received. The fact that
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