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Show B THE PURPOSE OF j COLLEGE WORK HHH Formerly there was a goc.J deal of J distinction In sending a boy to col- J lege. Taking these higher courses J of study was an exceptional thing. J Tho wholo town watched tho student. J Ho was looked at as a scholastic J wonder. It was assumed ho had lit- J crnry nnd bookish tastes, nnd ho wns J considered as designed for a learn- J ed profession, J The crowd that enters college por- j tills today is different. The number of thoso seeking college degrees is t multiplied many times. Thoro is a V herd of rich men's sons. To many of theso and Home others as well, study ls'a mere side Issue. It Is nn HHHS unpleasant feature of tho course, to V be evaded as far as possible. With great numbers of students, the dominating motive is to engage In athlottcH and enjoy social life. With oven more, the motive Is to B mako money. Tho Idea has bernmo B widespread that the collego man HHHB earns better pa. Tho old scholastic I' Ideals are gone with the traditional burning of midnight oil. Yet the change Is not wholly bad. ' Athletics and social lifo have, their high alucs. This mingling nnd con- fllct of personality serves alunhlo B ends. The boy may learn more hu- H man nature, more art of exeoutlvo B management, In his campus and fra- H tcrnlty lite, thnn any professor can teach H Tho great trouble is that prevail- H ing tendencies encourage young men H to undervaluq tho expcrlenco of tho nges. They may mako successos In HHHH business even If they neglect their H ' studies. Hut thoy can not bo turned H out broadly educated cltlzous, unless j they apply themselves diligently to HBVB tho search after wisdom After all, H that Is what tho collego Is chlclly for H When It turns out mero money get- H tcrs, It misses tho purpose for which H its endowments wore created. |