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Show WHERE SHALL I I HE GO? .1 I By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK Oeaa of Men, Uniirartity of $ Illinois. (i) Falkner's son graduated from hlth school last June nnd Falkner It some- i w what concerned . Tfi u ' where be ffir - lXi should send him U .y ro collese. There" Jr. I Junior col- itge ,n F,,"!ner' SSLXe,, town, and If f 'iitl 0eorse should ;o af1,Sll' r " there he cm he I jassrr"'A'i no,,,! lusf a fe.' .vC' ne hn teen while 2 -i! ,D ,'Kh ,r,ioo' " AfS would plense -his LeiJLl t2ii25 mother to have hlin under her eye, und he could be very much better bet-ter looked after than If he were down state or In New Knslund. There Is, of course, the bl Instltu tion and the sinnll college, the coed- ilciitlonsil odlege, and the college for men only. It Is a question nil her hunt to decide t. pecliilly when the boy himself Is Indifferent. There Is. In fart, not so much at stake In maktns trio choice ns one mlk'ht suiHe, If mere Information and hook knowledge Is aH that should he considered. The boj will be taucht one place about as well as another It Is to be supposed thnt If he Is sent to the junior college he will live at home. Now the boy at home Is never so Independent as If he were a hundred hun-dred nr a Ihousiind ndles awn. He Is seldom If ever allowed fully to exer tlse his own Judgment, to make his own d rlslons. to come and no as he chooses, and so he loses a Kond di-nl of Initiative and self-reliance. One (earns muoh by hnvlng to stand on his wn feet, by making his own mistakes, by living his own life. Only as an economic saving Is the Junior college best. I As to the merits of tl e smnll tollege as compared with the big one. It Is very much like making the choice between be-tween the small town and the city The shy and the nnnggresslve might be tost in the city, and not be able so easily to find himself In the big university. uni-versity. As to getting more personal nttcntlon In the smnll college t hnn In the luiger one. and hetna innitht h men of greater distinction. Hint tls largely a matter of Imagination rather than of fact. The number of students for which an Instructor In the big university Is responsible Is not generally lnrg:r than those asslgried'tr'an Individual In the smaller college. In the big Institution In-stitution the contacts are more cos nmpolltnn In character. One meets all sorts and conditions ot men Interested In every line of mental activity and should profit by sut'h Intercourse. The mornl problems are not different In one Instl utlnn - from those In the other. i One does not solve the problems of sex by sending a boy to a man's college. col-lege. RadclllTe Is next door to Mar vard. and Smith Is t.nly seven miles from Amherst They get together no matter where they are sent It hits always been so. Coeducation neither relieves nor Increases the difficulty. It Is after all a mutter largely of per snnnl choice, and to making the decision de-cision the preference of the student himself should be given the greatest weight. Wherever he goes. he will very likely think It the best place. ). U2. Weetero Newspaper Union t |
