Show I OPINIONS ELSEWHERE I I FINDING ONES ONE'S PLACE Ever Every student has an important place in University Uni Uni- varsity ly life if he ho will only seek earnestly and diligently diligently diligently dili dili- gently for his particular niche Although the primary primar purpose of a student is to study and ac- ac ac acquire quire specific knowledge education also includes a broader training which is gained only from ex experience ex- ex acquaintance and association The bookworm bookworm book book- worm orm usually leads a narrow narrow- selfish and and lonesome lonesome lonesome lone lone- some existence The fie idler receives no real benefit benefit bene hene- fit from his wasted hours The Tho student who desires dc- dc sires to make a n meritorious scholastic record al although although al- al though that may not include all As A's and in ad addition addition ad- ad dilion to participate in student activities will receive re receive receive re- re the broadest and most beneficial education of all I Attempting to take e part part-in in too top m many ny activities activities ties is as bad bul as refusing to la participate in an any tho the result inevitably js is that nothing is really ac ac- ac The Tho wise student selects a single student enterprise in which he is most interested enlists in that activity and concentrates all his efforts and talents in m that chosen field thereby rendering a valuable service to the Uie University his fellow students and himself T To those who possess possess possess pos pos- sess athletic ability the various arious sports offer a aready aready ready field for their prowess To the student st with musical ability the Band Gleo Club l Mandolin landol andol n Club and Choral Club present exceptional opportunities opportunities opportunities for service To fu the student with literary literary liter liter- ary talent The Texan The Longhorn Magazine Magazino and The Cactus are arc available as outlets for their abil ability t To the debater and declaimer the tho public speaking societies offer a convenient avenue for forthe forthe forthe the exercise and development of their genius enius In brief there thero is a student activity organization or talent and interest interest interest inter inter- enterprise to lo suit the particular est of every student It is merel merely a matter of finding ones one's place in student life life Daily Daily lexanA Texan lexan A SENSE OF HUMOR 1 On the football field a player gets gels il hea heavily tackled and knocked out If he gels gets up again with witha ilha a grim smile on his face the tho bleachers will cheer and ami applaud A man loses loses' an election b by a decisive count If he takes tho the defeat with wilh a cheery congratulation tion for his victor his stock rise one ono hundred per cent with friend and opponent alike An or leader is doing his best to make good but receives severe criticism for a mis mis- take If he accepts the jilt agreeably and is is open for suggestion the tho results of the mistake will bring him more re respect and admiration than if it had never occurred On the other hand band had the player grumbled and pouted there would have come como the Iho cry of take lake him out had the loser of tho the election blamed dirty politics for his defeat the tho voters would h hive have ve laughed and thanked their lucky stars that another had won and had the officer become i I disgruntled and the chances are ho he could never havo have held another position of authority Surel Surely it il is not the ens easy thing 10 to laugh at defeat defeat de de- feat or to smile at physical discomfort It is quite the tho opposite opposite and requires an innate quality of high order in the man who displays it Some call it good Others may term terin it a Philosophic attitude toward an unfavorable unfavorable unfavorable able situation But one of the tho bet best interpretations is this this to to be he a good sport a man must have havo a sense of humor There are few v slams which cut deeper than to be of a lack Inck of a sense of humor To be he credited with such a sense is a distinctly desirable desirable desirable desir desir- able compliment It not only applies to lo tho the person who can see seo seethe seethe the funny side of things There Thero is is a much deeper interpretation than mere wit wil for it is a sense of humor which causes a flicker of a smile to cross the face when everything is going wrong lOn In classes and on the tho campus an undercurrent undercurrent undercurrent rent of complaint seems to be he too prevalent There Thero is rarely a o situation so unfortunate in this student student stud stud- ent enl life that a sense Q of humor cant can't minimize DaB Daily Californian |