Show I I OBJECT OF EDUCATION The main object of the school and college is i the same lo establish charac ter and to mako thai character more I efilclent through knowledge lo make mural character more elllcicnt through I mental I discipline In thc transition from school to college continuity of the best inlluenee menial und moral Is I la thing most needed Oddly enough the I only continuity worthy of the name Is f if ten In Its outward aspects neither 1 mental nor moral but athletic An athlete Is I watched at school as an ath Jcte outers college as an athlete and If he takes decent care of his body he continues his college eoursfe as an ath lete nhli new experiences It Is true Ilmt I always with the thread of continui ty fairly visible and with the relation of training to success always In view I Palpably bad as the management of college nlhlclles haw been and Is mls Icadlngus the predominance of athletics in an Institution of learning may be h the l fact remains that in athletics lies a siving power and I hat for many a boy no better bridge of the Ruth p between school and college has yet boon found than the bridge afforded by athletics Iho freshman athlete left to himself Js likely to fall behind In his studies but I unless he IH singularly unreasonable and vicious he Is where an older sludenl I of el ear hoadrand sirong will can keep him slralght can at least save him I from those deplorable falls thai to a I greater 01 less degree bruise and taint I a whole IJfcL B JK Brlggs In thc Al lantic I |