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Caption: Booklets - Facts for Freshmen (1914)
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[8 UNIVERSl l S OF H M N o i s Above all the young man who enters the study of law with a view to practicing the profession should have the instincts of honesty in a high degn . T h e r e is no profession in which the temptations to dishom ty, and the opportunities to commit fraud are greater than in the legal pr i< ion; and ' yet the success that is attained by sharp practice, cunning, and misrepresentation, is of hort life. The brilliant law r with a low sense of honor never attains a high standing in his proi\ n. The crook is out of place in the law. A great many people advise the young man not to go into the law, for the reason, as they say, that there are too many lawyers. Xo other profession offers wider opportunities for advancement and influence to young men of integrit; . ability, and industry. Even at the outset the well-trained man may make a living, and will not need to "starve for ten year as was once said to be expected. The student who takes up the work of the librarian should be methodical, adaptable, forceful, tactful, and car ;ul of his appearand . since he will regularly have to L i b r a r y Science meet people in a business way, and must be capable of doing business with the young and the old, the educated and the illiterate. The successful librarian is an organizer, and an administrator. T h e "lady-like" man need not apply for a job as librarian. H e may not wisely be dogmatic in his views, but he mi t be able to think for himself, and to stand on his own feet. The librarian must know about books rather than to be a lo\ r of books, or even a reader of bonks. There is a sayir that librarian who reads is < id i which means that the U d brarian is too busy to find time to i id h k ; he mi kr; •. what is in them without reading them. Students who apply for admi lion to the Librai must present ntials showing that tl ;ho< h- possess a I eloi ppi e either from the University, r fi m some < o\Uy The Librai :ours< is two iars in length, N v nd eo\ .11 ph ,,j pi lical and technical Library '1 he f at the Seh I is In I in the T i m e t s li! ii of inestimable value to students.
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