| Show Amusements THE PHE students have often been urged by the Faculty not to neglect everything everything everything every every- thing else for their school duties Of course there are some who should be urged not to neglect their school duties for everything else but these remarks are not ad addressed to them There are doubtless doubtless' many students s in in the University University University sity who feel that the time they are able to spend at school is too precious to be wasted in amusement of any sort Some not only refuse to take time for pl pleasure asure but also neglect all care of their health and unless one has an iron constitution it is almost impossible to undergo the strain of constant mental meni l work for two or three years without suffering injury Ones One's health is of course of the first importance while the school work should hold a secondary place but some attention attention attention atten atten- tion ought also to be given to amuse amuse- ments It is every persons person's duty to enjoy himself once in a while and pleasure is is s highly beneficial to those who do not make it of the highest importance One can stand in the hallway for a afew afew afew few minutes and get a glimpse of all classes of students He will be apt to see some who are thinking of anything but their studies They are so engrossed with having a good time that it seems as though a serious thought can never enter their heads Others pass by with round shoulders pale faces and weak eyes and one is apt to think they have forgotten how to smile Most of them are are re bashful and awkward while despite their learning it is anything but pleasant to talk to them What they need is a course in physical culture interspersed with a few theatres and parties By mixing with their companions the diffidence diffidence diffidence dence and awkwardness will wear off while by attending first-class first theatres they see good manners and tasteful dressing hear witty repartee and are put in touch with the outside world i iN N Now ow there are some students in the I University who are just what students J ordinarily ought to be In school they j are earnest workers and do well while j out of school they are young men and 1 women who enjoy life and make it 1 pleasant for their fellow They dress well that is tastefully not expensively expensively i they have a fresh healthy appear appear- t- t ance anda and a conversation with them is f always pleasant peasant Would that all our r students were of this class To return r to the subject of amusements books I may ay be classed among them It is a asad asad asad sad fact that most of the students have read very little This has many causes among which are a lack of inclination tion and of time Many have not had an opportunity for extensive reading until they came to the University an and now they are here they cannot waste their valuable time on anything but school schoolbooks books They do not seem to understand that all an solid reading with nothing light not frivolous is the same as all an work and no play One must have relaxation somehow and if our living companions are not agreeable let us make friends with the people we meet in books It is probable that if our most earnest students were asked whether they wished to to be considered well read they would answer with an emphatic affirmative but buttney they do not set about i it t in the right way One class of books satisfies them while people who are really cultured have some knowledge of all class classes s. s Our student friends may not agree with what has been said here but it is nevertheless our opinion that those who Vho study much will be still wiser and certainly certainly certainly pore more agreeable if they will care for their health read some fiction and go to theatres and parties occasionally r. r |
