BACK TO SCHOOL

Feilding Star, Volume 5, Issue 1203, 13 September 1927, Page 4

BACK TO SCHOOL

To-day Fei filing's ho.vs and girls resume work at: school after what is to them an all too short vacation, but to their parents far too long. The scholar does not appreciate school. (In' student is absorbed in gaining knowledge, many men to-day wish they had used their school opportunities more than they did. The man in the latter Hass should overcome his regret by carrying on as a student. For a man’s education really goes on to the end of his days. When he ceases to learn stagnation sets in. For an active man every day is school day. .Just as in every life there should he a time for work and a time for play, so also should there he a time for study. Wo do not necessarily mean the formal grind on lextbooks, although for a man in technical Work that, too, is necessary. Wliat we mean is the tiling that is embraced in the broad term “education after .‘50.” 'Phis is a thing .greatly discussed in certain circles nowadays. But most folks are bewildered as to Jiow to start. In a few years of progressive experiment things will be clearer. In the meantime it docs not scon to us to matter where a man begins, just so long as he docs begin —and keeps at it. Follow the lino that: interests you. Learn all you can about ..something you like, whether it is associated with your business or a hobby. But keep on learning something. One thing will lead to another easily enough ; and, just as in the exercise of the body, the mind j ought to have a little heavier task but on it as it grows stronger. Education after ,‘SO is as necessary as exercise of .the muscles and will pay a lot higher dividends, ite is the fullest man. as she is the best equipped j modern woman, who recognises and . nets up to the axiom : Once a student, J always a student. ‘ !