The Worth of Education

Abstract

THE presidential address delivered on Dec. 31 last by Sir Richard Gregory at the nineteenth annual Conference of Educational Associations was entitled “The Worth of Science ”. Proverbial philosophy warns us of the difficulty—even the impossibility—of getting a quart into a pint pot; otherwise the president might have been able to include a few remarks on the kindred subject, “The Worth of Education”. This subject is controversial, especially if discussed in relation to the Education Bill now before Parliament for raising the age for compulsory education to fifteen; and Sir Richard Gregory may have preferred the primrose path of peace and order; or he may have foreseen, warned again by proverbial philosophy, that others, including the present writer, would rush in where angels fear to tread.