EDUCATION.
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE'S . INTERPRETATION. By Cable —Press Association —Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Ansomutiou (Received 5.5 p.m., November 16.) WASHINGTON, November 15. .Proclaiming November 17th to 24th American Education Week, President Coolidge described education as America’s noblest contribution to civilisation. He said that broad, liberal culture was necessary to enable moo, to thinkj and to know how to live. An educated fool was a sorry spectacle, but not' nearly so dangerous as a rich fool. “We want neither in this country,” the President added. “Wo want the educated to know how to work, and the rich" to know how to think.”
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 17 November 1924, Page 9
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101EDUCATION. Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 17 November 1924, Page 9
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