Show THE OGDEN STANDARD EXAMINER— SUNDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 29 1936 mo i r Os m o TDUCATION that By Helen Welshimer Q i Of IF you aren’t the great success on the campus that you had planned to be when you took your first stroll under the historic elm or oaks don’t blame the curriculum the faculty or your classmates Blame yourself 1 You got off to a bad start that’s all and the sooner you take an inventory of your missteps the sooner you’ll be the campus wow that you want to be' Have you been so engrossed in your studies that you haven’t put yourself out to meet anyone or show what you can do basking in the false hope that sooner or later you’ll be discovered? You are wrong You won’t Or have you tried to spread yourself over everything certain that this is the way to be known? That’s another error' There is a happy mediunrr though the successful upperclassmen at New York colleges and universities agree According to their commandments you must not neglect your studies nor can you expect personal charm to win you-- a place on the debating team or get you an Use your brains ’A" in political economy -freshmeiy use your brains they say A few campus leaders concerned about freshmen who are lost in the melee Jiave taken time to prepare some guiding principles as to how they may have the most fun learn the most meet the right people and become active in the organizations where they belong— -- and either achieve a lasting romance or manage dates that don’t have to last all depending on what is desired b the way of romance ds Miss Grace Tainsh For the freshman who would like to be a campus "wow) here is some swell advice from upper classmen who have made their marks and ought to know what it’s all' about GRACE TAINSH chosen the most and also the most popular co-e- d at New York University for 1936 gives some Don’t overrules straight from the shoulder look the --faculty she commands Maybe that has been your trouble If it is take heed “If you want to gain the respect and good marks of your professor pay him respectful at“Save your wisecracks tention” she advises MISS for your friends after class Make a friend of yoUr dean or adviser he or she may not be the ogre of the story books In real life he is anxious to help you with your school problems ‘ as well as your personal problems “Advice of smarties to the contrary do your homework at the end of each day bstead of cramming at the end of the term “Co-ed- s must not subscribe to the theory that - a pair of limpid blue eyes will guarantee a ' passing grade “If you are really sincere about education make a study of your daily newspaper and do the outside reading suggested by the instructor Don’t disagree with your professors too strenuously correct their grammar or fall asleep during lectures “If you can’t make the varsity squads don’t get ‘spectatoritis Go out for intramurals because physical fitness keeps you on your toes” When it comes to romance which is the subject you would expect to occupy first place in the most beautiful and most popular head she sounds a warning “Don’t try to date the current football hero The Phi Beta Kappa behind the big glasses b the English literature class is a better bet in the Look around seriously for your fulong run Those college classture husband or wife mate marriages rarely land in the divorce o 1 j courts” PI I lege” That then is the advice if you want to be popular Study— and cultivation of the faculty — come first I TYOfeERT LAX a leader on the campus of Columbia College at Columbia Univerthe head of the King’s Crown activiand sity ties analyzes the situation of the freshman who the most at New York beautiful and popular co-e- d University for 1936 advises freshmen not to overlook the usually expedited by the Freshman Bible one book at least which he gets free and which he is expected to read and memorize pronto” Mri “But there Jones comments are freshmen rules and some are as old as the prexy and some are as useless as soap boxes ‘are to a crew man So here’s a revised edition: The man of the evening “You may have been a said “Just whose dress is quadruple-threa- t man b high that? This is the seventh school the or captain of the time this year I’ve taken ‘chess team at Ashtabula Prep it to a part jr on a different but at Columbia right now girl” you’re just one of 40000 b ‘ the university The sooner isa t going over mj any way you snap out of your sense of “Don’t keep on wearing that little superiority or your real lethbegreen cap you were given as a argy the better ‘for you freshman” he “To ginning says “Secondly get bto the Don’t wait wear it any longer than three days or swing of thbgs so marks you asj a until spring the other fallows will have the jump on ‘you? or at neurotic with a When' your senior year comes complex around be on' top It ought td haven’t gone through “Maybe you lot when you get out mean your awakening as you should This is the period that tomes a few weeks “In the third place rememafter school starts when you realize ber that you came to college that the schoolmarm and the truant for an education but grinds officer have gone off to the north aren’t educated' They know '‘Don’t try to date the current football hero The Ph! Beta woods Is Don’t get the idea that you the book says but they what in the' long a better bet Kappa behind the big glasses can skip classes therefore Come to dontt marry the boss’s daughrun” the realization that you must make Don’t forget that you ter have’ a place out on the field on some staff are causing you to spend your time acquiring frequent visits to the classroom if you want Jo belive at school a girl b the college across the way (That or other tootjng a horn in the band or on the “Maybe-you- ' are lost b the mazes of outside ing Barnard if you go to Columbia) If you college stage' just as much as at a desk It is all part of your education But remember they wb one the rest of the year will be spent b activity dazzled by the lures of singing writheT entertainment’ the track Such around react to expensive ing or running watchbg things post grades occasionally much and’ A of work form than the freshman real of seem amour more cheaper important may “Fraternities are no longer dombant on a school complex and highly organized as they one which takes less time is the weekly letter to’ city campus such as Columbia’s A house can ' ’ the Babe Back Home This however is not are They aren’t” be a good influence but many are cliquish Remember you came to school to studyl meant to interfere with the real thing” No fraternity is bigger than affairs at best time is of a waste “Campus politics the college and no Greek letter is better than Maybe TT’S study too that comes first with the five ? his classmates you have let such activities worry you” Mr’ Lax continues “Two activities are enough for rules prepared by Thomas M Jones editor “Lastly remember the old truism ‘experithese of trashould be the One Columbia of which the toward yearling ence is the best teacher’ Universities can no any Spectator a job ditional Bull Session” If you have ideas theories every freshman who ever got an “A” on a comlonger be cloisters That matter of love and romance judged looks with longing convictions put them to use now Well if you want If they’re position from a man’s viewpoint gets off to a different don’t afraid to join his staff here is what he thinks of the be to or impractical wrong finish than it did with Miss Tainsh He says way to get ahead acknowledge it and modify them You’ll have “A freshman’s introduction to his college is to do it some day' Do" it now” “Maybe you have read college stories which (Copyright 1936 by EveryWeek Magazine) back-to-the-cra- co-ed- ’s Miss Tainsh advises you to attend a reason- able number of college dances and socials but not to get the reputation of being a “Joe Col chosen “ ’ o which you gather from books and classrooms and association with the faculty ranks high with Barnard girls who advise their freshmen sisters who aren’t bavbg the fun they expected to have to look to the classroom Kay Kneeland of the Barnard Quarterly herself one of the prettiest and most popular co-eon the campus advise study “Study” she commands “The best people are doing it and who are you to compete casually against the best people?” t Simple sports clothes a touch of makeup a natural unaffected manner and no ostentation r will also help to give you a ringside seat for the four years activities If you are a girl and show your materialistic spirit by wearing more than one fraternity pin —or by accepting more than one — at a time Boys sometimes buy your score goes down them b lots You show either that you want to boast or that you’re gullible Probably both Borrowing is another way to kill your chances of popularity It’s no fun to mis a dance because your evenbg clothes just went down the street on somebody else Girls want to make hits in their own dresses A story that is told to freshmen has to do with a certab green dress whose owner tried b vab to wear it Someone else always got there first Eventually her time came The man of ' the evenbg lookbg at her as she emerged from the dressbg room said “Just whose dress is that? This is the seventh time thi year I’ve taken it to a party on a different girl” From the faculty too advice to freshmen is combg Mrs Ruth A Damon professor of speech and director of dramatic art at Adelphi College a girls’ t school on Long Island warns the freshmen not to grow nervous trybg to pack all their experiences into one day You have four years on your campus I j rA USO don’t worry when you have too f much work to do she argues "Do not be disturbed when you cannot read all the reference books and magazine articles that the professor suggests ’concenung each Peruse at many as you honestly can topic Skim the portions of articles that do not apply to your topics but read carefully the parts that V you do “Keep up with your work Don’t let things slide “Be a good sport Don’t take happening too seriously A 'sense of humor is a gTeat help ”Ask questions Do not be afraid of -- aeem-bgjgnora- t : “Know many people and 'from the large ' number select your close friends “Choose 'an outside activity suited to youi abilities and talents Contribute to college far ai possible Be it as spirit by developing outstanding b some extracurricular realm” Any freshman who adopts the advice ol those who know campus life need not worry about college requirements He’ll pass His stock will begb to look up if Anyway your act is dying you must do something so why not try the upperclassman’s advice? And here follows a Hit of “ten commandments” for college freshmen It is a composite stuof the advice given by these upper-clas- s dents 1 Study That was your crigbal btention 2 Don’t try sex appeal b the class room Use brains instead ‘‘ 3 Go out for two activities t 4 Date somebody substantial if you want a lasting romance otherwise te impartial 5 Don’t borrow flatter show-of- f brag'use( gaudy ornamentation if you are a girl or ' forget to shave if you are a man 6 Remember how unimportant you are— not that you will be allowed to forget it 7 Make lots of friends 8 Learn the campus routine and places 9 Admit your mistakes 10 Laugh at yourself Freshmen are usually funny f tw niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiyiiiiiiiii’ nt ''liiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim ( ( U |