Show v THE GRIND This is a Philippic against the grind r nd Bj Dy grind is meant that comparatively rare specimen of student who spends all his time in college transferring facts from one ve vessel vessel vessel-a sel-a sel a book book to tc another his another his brain Ask Aska a a grind who the officers of hi his class lass are and he will tell you that he hadn't heard the they were elected yet Question him abo about t the last intercollegiate debate and he will likely be unaware unaware unaware un un- aware that such an activity exists Try to to learn from him how many times the Varsity crossed the enemy's goal line in the last game and he will tell you an approaching examination in paleontology paleontology kept him home But dare to shoot him hima a question about the derivation and function of the hyperbolic and he will answer you in a flash The trouble with the grind rind is that while he pays devoted attention to the courses in the curriculum curriculum curriculum cur cur- he neglects the most important study of all the all the science of A college education education tion is solely for the purpose of preparing the student student student stu stu- dent t to o live live to to live the complete life to hel help others to assist in the worlds world's progress progress Life is simply made up of a succession of dealings and relationships with others He who can an most easily easily easily ily win the confidence and respect ct of his fellows and with this as a basis influence them for good certainly achieves the greatest greaten success This ability to gain confidence rests more than on anything else on the power to mix hence the necessity of being a good mixer Let a few illustrations strengthen this point A physician owes the extent of l his is pra practice tice not wholly to the amount of preparation he has put into his profession profession necessary necessary as this undoubtedly is but is-but but also his ability to make friends of his patients A lawyer who calls caBs Bill and Tom and Harry by their first name will certainly have more clients than Attorney Dust Dry-as-Dust who is nothing more than a walking encyclopedia of legal knowledge knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge and precedents And a merchant will materially materially materially ma ma- increase his trade if he is affable congenial congenial congenial con con- genial and makes good company As long as personality personality per per- enters into human affairs so long will the mixer have the advantage What the world wants is men whose systems are filled with red corpuscles and human sympathy not dry facts alone lone All this talk therefore about keeping your nose nose in a book all the time you are in college is simply guff bluff and stuff Certainly Certain Certain- ly y you u came to school to study But that is not the only reason You owe it to yourself yourself yourself your your- self to take part in every activity you honestly and consistently can Dont Don't belong to the genus grind grind be be a mixer Tr Try out for athletics develop devel devel- 0 op your dramatic talent write write- for the college paper pIper take part in school politics Give the th l school something in return for for- all it itiS is is' doing doings doings' for you Make yourself felt Lack of money is no excuse for grinding Themen Themen The men most active in student student- affairs today today are are generally those who are making their way through school Sign up then for the course in In it you will gain from college one of the most potent benefits it confers despite the claims of oC R. R V. V Crane and Elbert Hubbard Avoid grind grinding grinding ing as you would one of the seven deadly sins sins sins- And finally at every opportunity continually persistently and unrelentingly unrelentingly mix mix mix mix- mix |