Show u Each year the College graduates from the University number between fifty and ninety he h normal graduates nearly double that How many of these graduates keep in touch with their Alma Mater after graduation It is a as s safe safe fe conjecture that not over over tenth one of them then know ow or hear anything of her except through an n occasional newspaper item There is no doubt that both the graduates and nd the University would derive great benefit from rom a closer bond of union Why not therefore have a yearly or semiyearly semiyearly semi- semi yearly early publication for Alumni in it give brief descriptions of the hap of the school year ear year and of the needs of the University Stimulate Stimulate Stimulate the interest of the graduate and he will help jelp materially in making a bigger and belter better University r The great cry today in our State is for foi a practical education a training that will prepare young oung men and women to turn the forces about abou t them em into a competency That competency sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times assumes the form of political or social leadership more more ore often of automobiles houses lands and dollars but never of proficiency in raising Rising the standards of life for tor the human race What constitutes a practical life Is it threescore three thre score and ten fil filled ed with power used for selfish ends is it a drama of mere hollow acting ana vulgar display presented to astonish the gaping multitude or is there a truer and a more noble standard which we may set before us and still call our lives practical That life is really practical practical practical which helps each associate as the days speed on to face the difficulties that confront him with a more cheerful countenance and a greater determination to put his best into that which he has in hand to do If men do not find it easier to do the right thing and achieve the noblest possible for them to attain because w ware we weare weare are living near them our lives are not practical practical practical cal and if our education does not lead us to be glad to live that we may help others to see and enjoy more of the real things in life and hence live better our education is not practical n 0 |