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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1387, 20 November 1918, Page 2

ONE OF THE STRONGEST FORCES. "Tlio position has not much changed since Plato wrote 2000 years ago. Ii wo were being ruled by statesmen instead of being enslaved by politicians, wo might hope that a little oi our money which is being so lavishly disposed of by other hands might be spent on improving the position of those in whoso bands lie the future of our race. "The 'man in the street,' or as they say in America, the man 'on the cars,' does not realise that by submitting hnnsell or his son to education he is putting himself under one of the strongest forces in the world. He is apt to think that he is submitting himself or his son to something which is irksome, something which 'is a bit of a bore,' hut hardly to be avoided, like having ono's hair cut, trying on clothes, or being photographed.' He therefore seeks to cheapen education, .and, in so far as he succeeds, the educators deteriorates in number and in power. BUCKETS AND EMPTY WELLS. "in North America, educated opinion holds that tho wisest and most beneficent application of tho vast sums Mr Carnegie has given away is the pension fund he has established for teachers in universities, colleges, and technical schools. For this purpose he has set aside £3,000,000, bringing in an income of JLIoO,UOU a year; and he extended the benefits of this fund not only to teachers in .'.he United States, but to those of Canada and Newfoundland. "Would that some such fund could bo established in our country! Something to look forward to, some chance of rest before the final rest, would put heart into many an over-worked and over-worried teacher. For after years of teaching we weary, as Cowper has it—

"Of dropping buckets into empty wells And growing old in drawing nothing ii])."