What education is of most worth

It is probably a fortunate thing, as well as a lazy and convenient habit, that we take many things for granted. Certainly the above question makes some assumptions among others that there are various kinds of education and, more particularly, that education is really worth while. We take refuge in the fact that many of our state constitutions say bluntly that in a democracy education is a necessity; and Federal, state, and local governmental units raise and expend millions of dollars annually to meet the necessity. In the days of our prosperity it may be that to the necessity there was added some, if not many a luxury. Now we demand that distinction be made between necessity and luxury to the end that the latter may be eliminated. But luxury has a way of very quickly assuming the garb of necessity and claiming for itself some virtues

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