Show 0 u THE WISDOM OF THE SENIOR The unconscious deference which many freshmen freshmen freshmen fresh fresh- men tender the upper classmen affects even a self-satisfied self senior as ironical For he too was once a freshman certain that when he left the University he would know the books in the library from a to izzard that he would know some science or art well several other matters rather well and that in the fringe of his consciousness conscious conscious- ness there would be great clouds of knowable odds and ends Today he is certain that in his total consciousness there is only a tattered fringe of knowledge Remorse for the hours expended in student affairs assails him If he had only taken other things Then he goes through the catalogue from beginning to end mapping out the courses which would have been better suited to him But how could h he a freshman have known this That he realizes that he possesses but a tattered tattered tattered tat fringe is of itself a great gain for tor he is isnow isnow isnow now in the proper mood for deeper study The difference then between the senior and the freshman really amounts to this this the the one knows that four years is too short a time in which to acquire more than the symptoms of any real knowledge the other believes that tour years is more than enough |