Show i STUDENT LIFE cvc- '' ''vwy 'he js4 NVWV rvvw vqy i'T cv’sjc: (Soncrrnfu0 Srcitliztttcin cstion that arises in the r ind of eve ry student at some time during his ce liege career and one that is thoroughly deserving cf careful consideration is the matter of specialization It is one of the few important questions that every man may settle for himself and upon its proper solution depends his future success and usefulness There was a time when specialization was unnecessary One could easily acquire a fair acquaintance with all that was taught in the schools and the man who had scattered his energies over the greatest range of subjects was in the greatest demand But the day of the jack ( f all trades is passed At present the man is wanted who has gone deepest into a single line A qi of study The realm of human knowledge has expanded to such dimensions as to defy all attempts on the part of a single individual to master even a small fraction of what is It is evident therefore known that the man who hopes to push the limits of human knowledge farther into the region of what is now unknown must confine himself to a comparatively smell fi T1 f re- search and explore that field mere thoroughly than is predecess m It is only through this have done process cf specialization that we may obtain accurate information on any subject The man who devotes his life to a single kind f work who works intelligentlv profits by all his observations and learns by experience Is finally master of his trade or profession Then so far as his particular line of activity is concerned he is aide to make more accurate observations draw safer conclusions and eive more reliable testimony titan his fellow man who has never fixed his attention on any single interest Accuracy in observation is the direct outgrowth of specialization Dr Palmer once illustrated this principle in something like the following way: One person goes into a room takes a general survey of everything before him and goes out He is unable to describe again with accuracy anything he has seen He may make false statements about some of the objects that came under his observation end at the same time feel sure that he is mav- 1 c i I a |