---
title: 'Shall We Send Our Boy to College?'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Charles Henry Parkhurst'
date: 1896-05-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Education'
- 'Character and Conduct of Life'
- 'Economics, Employment, and Work'
scriptures:
- 'Luke 2'
- 'Proverbs 22'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/parkhurst-1896-shall-we-send-our-boy-to-college
---

# Shall We Send Our Boy to College?

Parkhurst argues that sending a boy to college depends on the youth and aims: college broadens and readies men for large work, but can misfit specialists or those needing immediate income.

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