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Marchz3, 1967 TERRACE BAY NEWS Page 5 £ "When I need money to pay bills, | borrow from Crescent Finance." Crescent Finance Corp. Ltd. Al Following is an editorial by Carole Gaudet a Grade 12 student: In his essay, "Education for What", Sir Arthur Eddington expresses the feeling that education today does not fulfill its purpose in that it teaches us only what we need to survive, not to live. Education instructs us in the subjects necessary to our technol- ogical age, namely reading, calculations and scien ce. Men now learn automatically for no other pur- pose than to be able to feed facts to a computer. He strives for nothing more than a temporary happi- ness in a temporary existence. ; According to Eddington, man should also be instr- ucted in the spiritual aspect of life. He should be given a 'truly religious education'. By this, Edding ton did not mean that man should be taught to write hymns and read the Bible, but he should be made to realize that after death, there follows another life, In Terrace Bay, Phone 825-3286 punishment for a bad earthly life. Horo A Lea Ross K. Gilbert Press Operator London, Ontario which is either a reward for a good earthly life, or a | agree wholeheartedly with his hypothesis. If a man is instructed only in the basic facts necessary to technology, where will his inspiration be? What is the use in learning facts and running a computer if al his work is to be lost in death? Man will have no reward for living a good life. However, if man is instructed as to his purpose, namely to please God, he realizes the reason for his existence and therefo.e has something to strive for . If he realizes that he can have a reward after death for living a good and decent life, he will be much more able to do so. Thus, | agree with Sir Arthur Eddington, Being taught that there is an after life that is a reward for an honest earthly life, man has something to console him in times of distress. | (continued on Page 9)