Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. <\/i><\/p>\n
\u2014II Timothy 3:7<\/i><\/p>\n
3024<\/b> \u201cAlphabet\u201d After His Name<\/b><\/p>\n
Few years ago, a student died in New York City at age 63. He had been a student all his life and the degrees after his name looked like the alphabet. He never had a job, never taught anyone else from his store of knowledge. <\/p>\n
When he was a youth, a rich relative had bequeathed him several thousand dollars a year as long as he remained in school, but his income was to cease as soon as he left school. The relative merely wanted him to get a good education. <\/p>\n
But the youth took advantage of the technicality and kept continuously in school. <\/p>\n
3025<\/b> Why Harvard Becomes Knowledge Storehouse<\/b><\/p>\n
Charles W. Eliot, famous president of Harvard University, was being honored one night by a group of well-known educators. <\/p>\n
\u201cPermit me to congratulate you on the miracle you have performed at the university,\u201d said one educator. \u201cSince you became president, Harvard has become a storehouse of knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is true,\u201d laughed Eliot. \u201cBut I scarely deserve the credit for that. It is simply that the freshmen bring in so much and the seniors take away so little.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Selected<\/p>\n
3026<\/b> Gargantuan Course of Studies<\/b><\/p>\n
A Gargantuan course of studies is a course which includes all languages, ancient as well as modern, all the sciences, all the -ologies and -onomies together with calisthenics and athletic sports. <\/p>\n
Gargantuan wrote to his son Pantagruel, commanding him to learn Greek, Latin, Chaldaic, Arabic; all history, geometry, arithmetic, and music; astronomy and natural philosophy so that \u201cthere be not a river in all the world thou dost not know the name of, and the nature of all its fishes; all the fowls of the air; all the several kinds of shrubs and herbs; all the metals hid in the bowels of the earth, with all gems and precious stones. <\/p>\n
\u201cI would furthermore have thee study the Talmudists and Cabalists, and get a perfect knowledge of man. In brief, I would have thee a bottomless pit of all knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Rabelais<\/p>\n
3027<\/b> Pope Going To Night School<\/b><\/p>\n
Anxious to speak to his visitors in their native languages, Pope John zealously pursued his language studies. President Eisenhower, on a Vatican visit, complimented him on his proficiency in English. With disarming irony, the Pope replied in Italian, \u201cI\u2019m going to night school\u2014but I\u2019m always at the bottom of the class.\u201d Asked by one of his aides why he persisted in his study of German, which he found difficult, John replied, \u201cIt\u2019s the only language those canaries Pius XII left me can understand.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Selected<\/p>\n
3028<\/b> Famous Scientist Attends Review Class<\/b><\/p>\n
An observer at the University of Berlin in the 1850s later reported: \u201cWe used to see in the crowd of students a small, white-haired, old and happy-looking man.\u201d This was Alexander von Humboldt, the founder of the science of natural history, who said he came to review what he had neglected in his youth, and sat taking notes like the other students. <\/p>\n
During a lecture on physical geography, the lecturer Ritter, an eminent scholar himself, quoted von Humboldt as his authority. All eyes were turned upon the white-haired scientist, who rose slightly from his seat, bowed, and then resumed taking notes. <\/p>\n
\u2014Living Biographies<\/i><\/p>\n
3029<\/b> Wanting It Badly Enough? <\/b><\/p>\n
A young man came to Socrates one day and said, in substance: \u201cMr. Socrates, I have come 1,500 miles to gain wisdom and learning. I want learning, so I come to you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Socrates said, \u201cCome, follow me.\u201d He led the way down to the seashore. They waded out into the water until they were up to their waists, and then Socrates seized his companion and forced his head under the water. In spite of his struggles, Socrates held him under. <\/p>\n
Finally, when most of his resistance was gone Socrates laid him out on the shore and returned to the marketplace. When the visitor had regained his strength, he returned to Socrates to learn the reason for this behavior. <\/p>\n
Socrates said to him, \u201cWhen you were under the water, what was the one thing you wanted more than anything else?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted air.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then Socrates said, \u201cWhen you want knowledge and understanding as badly as you wanted air, you won\u2019t have to ask anyone to give it to you.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Sterling W. Sill<\/p>\n
3030<\/b> Experience Again and Again<\/b><\/p>\n
The School of Experience is a pretty tough institution. And it\u2019s a lot tougher when we fail to learn our lessons. You remember the case of the school principal who protested to his superintendent because he wasn\u2019t given a certain promotion. \u201cAfter all,\u201d he said, \u201cI\u2019ve had twenty-five years\u2019 experience.\u201d \u201cNo, Joe,\u201d said the superintendent, \u201cthat\u2019s where you are wrong. You have had one year\u2019s experience twenty-five times!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Sterling W. Sill<\/p>\n
3031<\/b> Tissue Case<\/b><\/p>\n
Tokyo (AFP)\u2014Toilet paper with English words written on each sheet are on sale here to help Japanese to learn English day by day, a little at a time. Each roll has six words printed several times over with their Japanese translation and phonetic representation. The company which produces this hygienic English course intends to put out 13 series of rolls a month, which represents about 80 new words. Japanese students of English will thus have the opportunity to learn some 800 words of vocabulary a year. <\/p>\n
3032<\/b> But For That One Lecture! <\/b><\/p>\n
A well-known professor of economics at Harvard tells this one on himself. A student who enrolled for one of his courses disappeared after the first lecture. At least he did not show up again until the final examination. The professor thought he was pretty brazen to think he could pass the course after attending only one lecture, but he said nothing and allowed him to take the examination. <\/p>\n
On examining the paper he was amazed to discover how well the student had done. The paper was practically perfect but the professor, still galled at the boy\u2019s failure to attend his classes, gave him only 98%. He was curious about the whole thing, however, and summoned the boy for an interview. <\/p>\n
After praising him and telling him what a high grade he got in the examination, the professor said, \u201cNow, I\u2019ve never seen a student cut classes like that and pass the course. How did you do it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell,\u201d said the student apologetically, \u201cI should have done better. I should have got 100%, but the first lecture of yours got me a bit confused.\u201d<\/p>\n
3033<\/b> Holiday Education<\/b><\/p>\n
For his entry in the British Who\u2019s Who<\/i>, author Sir Osbert Sitwell wrote that he was educated \u201cduring the holidays from Eton.\u201d<\/p>\n
3034<\/b> Epigram On Learning<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 Personally I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught. <\/p>\n
\u2014Winston Churchill<\/p>\n
\u2022 The man who is too old to learn, was probably always too old to learn. <\/p>\n
\u2014Henry Haskins<\/p>\n
\u2022 To the graduating class, I bequeath the good advice that I gave to the students of former years. It really is as good as new, for very few have ever used it. <\/p>\n
\u2014Raymond L. Nooman<\/p>\n
\u2022 The few words Churchill used to encourage the English people during World War II could be used appropriately in a commencement speech. He said: \u201cThis is not the end, this is not even the beginning of the end. This is just the end of the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n
See also:<\/b> Knowledge, Increase of ; Students. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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