| Show 1G STUDENT LIFE Most of or preparatory school the tudents of our institution enter at firt the preparatory department and in the course of time become “college students" The er-io- d of transformation from a preparatory student to a college man is one of toil and seeming hardships to the "prep" as 1h i termed in college parlance He may at times think that the "upper class-men- " are arrogant and totally ignore the feelings and rights of the lower class-me- n If the preparatory students would hut stop ami think that they are not the first “preps" of our school and once that all of the tipper class-me- n occupied like positions: that the toils and troubles of the new students are of the same family as tlioe that once troubled the higher students we are sure that the new students would not cherish hard thoughts towards their upper-clas- s friends We know the individual members of the upper classes and we can truthfully say that there is not one of them who does not ‘Ting true" when it comes to supporting the old school They have seen our institution in its darkest hours and have seen it emerge from its perilous position with its colors bravelv living They have learned to sympathize with each other and to aid rather than to impede the advancement of any fellow classmate They cherish the same feeling towards the young man or woman who enters our institution for the first time Some time this winter when the world seems to go wrong with you and you feel like turning back and quitting when you feel home-sic- k it is no crime to be home-sic- k the first year you are away from home at school ) and are tired and weary and you long for just one sight of the old paternal homestead when you would go home tomorrow if it were not for being branded a “quitter” just impose yourself upon a gang of upper class-me- n at one of their “hang-outs- ” If you do will find a bunch of the most you y fellows that ever trod a college campus There will be a smile to greet you instead of the expected frown there will be a friendly hand-shak- e instead of the expected rebuke Tell them your troubles they will listen for your troubles are of the same kind which once kept them awake at night Their advice will be good because human beings generaliv trv to advise the right thing if they do not practice it and we are all human beings W hen you leave them that night after joining their company for a while we are sure the world will look brighter and the lessons come easier You will hear innumerable talks concerning “college spirit and loyalty” It will be fully explained to you but do not get the understanding that the only way to display this seeming intangible something is to get on your college colors and yell yourself hoarse at a football game Wre do not discountenance this in the least : we are glad to see ( happy-go-luck- |
