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Show m i l1, A TWO YEARS' COLLEGE COURSE 1 President Lowell of Harvard Unl- j verslty, in u paper given tho past t wci-k to the Association of Amorlcan I j ! Universities, argued for a two years J ' collego courso for business men. ' ; It Is often said that It takes a i j collego graduato a year or two to j " i iinleain things, By tho tlmo he Is Ii fnlrI" Being In business, ho is thlr- ! '' a Into start. Tho college socloty I llf0. with ita sparklo and glitter, the . 1 1 glamor of athletic success, tho Jolly comrodoshlp of tho campus and tho 1 commons, all theso things seem far 1 removed from tho great cold world IT of struggle and strife outside. Even Mil ,n the class room. In dally commun- 1 1 lon with brilliant men. tho student j! mny think too much that ho has I W cllmbod ln knowledge and exporlenco I ,1 ' far abovo tho common herd. I I ft Unless, a collogo boy earns his j , wn way, llfo seems too easy to him. . i! ' fit ' Ho hns no sense of tho mountainous ' I J obstacles that fonco tho path to ruc- i11 1 I CP'9- Onco on tho outside with his II 1 diploma In hh pocket, ho fTnds that jl R , 1,n m"st start oven with tho streot 4ti ' Bnmln, and probably with less knowl- Ii JR rlBQ of human naturo than tho latter ill 1 1 possesses. Ill 1' 0f course two years Is an all too II jf - llrlpf period for what is called n lib- It !I" nrnI education. Tho vast rango of I human oxperleiteo can bo touched 1 "l)on lu four yoars only In a sketchy I JI I way. I l& I x 1"t tens of thousands of young men (I U who now quit In the high school, ! j ft would feel llko taking a two years j II w collego courso, If such could bo ar- ; j I! I mnircd with special roferenco to their j I I I"",,ls- Jt would add to tho breadth, 1 1 1 liberality, and Intolllgenco of the fl I business community. Young men I I X t,,pn would not Rtart their llfo work I If ;8 with such a handicap of ngo. And j j 1 thn aubtllo enervation that so often ' H fe'lows from th0 pleasuro seeking i B j 'Mn f collego llfo would havo had I ' j Ipr' ffect on tho habits and point of VM V, ; v,n'v of the fvo year inon. r |