Caption: Booklets - Facts for Freshmen (1914)
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FACTS FOR F R E S H M E N 51 and help with the infinite number of things which are to be run. Such work offers an excellent chance for development and for widening one's acquaintance with men. Its danger lies in its very nature which makes it seem wholly good. Ynomalous as the statement may seem, I have known plenty of men go intellectually to the bad through the dissipation of religious work. A college man's studies, as has been said, furnish his real business, and whatever takes him away from these unduly whether it be a ball game, a dance, or a prayer meeting, is bad. Student political life furnishes striking opportunities for becoming acquainted with men. Nearly all class and organization offices are elective, and the man Politics Gives who aspires to fill one of these must not Training only be fitted to do so, but he must have a wide acquaintance among his constituents. The widening of a candidate's acquaintance develops in him resourcefulness, shrewdness, and a general knowledge of hi n nature. It gives him a training in marshalling nen, in planning a campaign, in meeting unexpected sitna>ns. Jt is one of the best experiences a man can have All this has b< n to show that the four years you live at the Un ity should mean tmething more than the mere acquaintance with fa ,, or the acquiring of information; i uld g 'i a knowledge «»f men. Hut in getting th secc d sort of training ou will usuallj have to choo e ten S eral or many inletv ts. If you elect to do One < 1 USt usually omit the rest. A fellow n s all be J .id t of the Young Men's Christian A ciai i and at the ie time < aptain of the football team. ti< 'i i • quite ait'i m oe jly o t i C < I t h e cupy i i 1 HUM i rocni li you g<t into the real lit« 0 riiuiiuiiiily a n d d o inctlllUff 10 CIlTf t it* Will USUall) b« b r l l r r fitted ) IIH I the UUCX |)ir ti I u I Id n i l " wlllt h )
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