Show T IT T was the happy fortune of the I Editor of the CHRONICLE to fall in with Prof Brimhall Professor dent of the B. B Y Uni- Uni Brimhall on at Provo on the Education north bound train a few days ago Pres Brimhall is a pleasant pleas pleas- ant conversationalist instructive and interesting The use of good plain English hom homely ly comparisons and striking metaphors is characteristic character character- of the prof professor And above all he lie has a lofty mind He does not wear a silk hat in fact he is a kind of a modern Aristotle But what he lacks in style he makes up in In good hard sense Yes sir young man President f Brimhall said as he lie lay back comfortably comfortably comfortably com com- in his cushioned seat in the car stay with your schooling The fault with our young men here in Utah is that they are in too big a hurry to get through school They I f Igo go a couple of years or so and get a I i smattering of knowledge and then tempted by the thc offer of some fairly x good position they leave school and with few exceptions never come comeback back they back they never get beyond mediocrity medi medi- y never rise above the dignity of a petty county official The fact of the matter is the opportunities opportunities opportunities op op- in this state are too A tempting for the average college man He leaves his studies prema prema- Whereas if he lie would hang on to his books with a dog bull tenacity for a few years longer he would accomplish something in life If he would remain contented to see seethe f the dimes pass by in the present dollars would come in the future t. t There are just as many fish in the I sea to be caught now as there ever were and there will be just as i many opportunities a few years hence as there are now To what greater advantage could a young man use these opportunities if coupled with them he had a mental mental mental men men- tal training training-a a complete one J Yes a young man should stay in school till he has finished his course z J The last year is the all important j year but dont don't believe you have i reached that point until you really I J. J have Much l work can be put on ona I a house that will not show until completion It is the cornice that fl gives beauty to the structure structure get get the cornice on your education l I a Dont Don't be tempted to leave college until the college is done with you I r What is another or another year now while you are laying the foundation foundation foundation foun foun- dation on which more or less the success of your life depends While Daniel Webster was studying law he was offered 1500 a year if he would accept a certain position He refused the offer and made his father exceedingly angry No doubt if Dan had at that stage of his life quit studying he would have been a proficient jurist but no he was not satisfied with his II preparation in law as a result he carried a nation on his back Today most of the responsible offices and positions in this state are ate held by men from outside of Utah Why Because Utah does not educate educate educate edu edu- cate her sons thorough enough Yes sir young man you stay with your schooling and complete your education |