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Show EBiaigiiBigmiiiaBiagigaia!giaiaBaBiiaBiaBBHWKi!aig!g,igwiairaiaiiigw;iiiiHiisiigiKiisiEgiaisiisiiHiigilN... To the Freshman Class C7 he recent economic disruption seems to have wrought a favorable KJ change in the attitude of many college students. The hair-brain- ed student, who tends to make the campus a playground rather than a place of preparation for life, is being eliminated, in part at As a result competition for least, by existing economic pressure. scholastic honors is becoming increasingly keen. It is no longer easy to be sufficiently outstanding to merit scholarships to aid one in making ones way through the better universities. Moreover the chances of adequate remunerative employment after graduation are becoming few and far between. The pick and shovel are no longer justly designated as the stick of ignorance. Thousands of bachelors of arts, many masters of science, and some doctors of philosophy feel fortunate now adays in being appointed to a pick and shovel job. At the same time the needs of society are constantly demanding better training of the prospective pilots of the social and industrial affairs of tomorrow. type of The freshmen students have the greatest opportunity for adjustment to this pronounced need for better training. The records are not yet hopelessly smirched by any of the freshman class. The orientation and adjustment period is over, and the stage is set for a wholesome effort to prepare to serve the .future needs of society. From the teachers point of view the most difficult part of the. problem is to make the student conscious of the struggle for scholastic and economic existence that lies beyond the confines of our own institution. Experience teaches that the margins between success and failure are extremely narrow. Slight differences in grades often determine scholarships and fellowships at universities; slight differences in training and character often control employment and promotions after graduation. Locally the cost of education is easily met by mast students, who, with their feet beneath the paternal table, fail to realize that the time will come when the queries, When, where, and what do we eat? will not be so readily answered. But there is more than the selfish argument in favor of making of scholastic opportunities. There exists a great need of men most the who stand apart from the crowd. New blood and new thinking are demanded for the development and adjustment of our new social state. It will devolve upon the youth now in our colleges and univer-site- s to take their part in leading and directing the reorganization of our society. It behooves our freshmen, as well as others, to be cognizant both of the quality of competition that must be met before success can be and learning. achieved and of societys urgent need of men of The keen edge of competition must not be permitted to discourage the efforts of youth, but must be accepted as a challenge calling .or the best efforts of all. Every student should answer this challenge by making the best possible use of every scholastic opportunity. chax-acte- r Maurice J. Miles .j. k B'S'k P!Pk h k ti" tt rp "t"! ; 1 ! !; i -- I I -- - ! -- S'pg'apBBBSBBSSBSiSSSgg. !- -! - T ' aSTSHBiMS |
