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Vol. XXIII. 



NOVEMBER 1916. 



Number 11. 



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A Word to the **Slackers ** 



As usual we find in the classes quite 

 a few students who, due to lack of ap- 

 plication, are not making the proper 

 progress in their work. They take things 

 easily and as long as they get along they 

 never seem to think of the coming ex- 

 aminations until the latter are itpon them. 

 Then they attempt to "cram" and make 

 up for lost time. The majority succeed 

 in passing the test as far as the required 

 mark is concerned, but it goes without 

 saying that they have not obtained full 

 value for the time spent at College. 



The underlying reason for pursuing 

 their studies is not to force them to at- 

 tempt to memorize a great number of 

 facts, figures and formulae — pigeon-hole 

 knowledge as it was aptly defined by, our 



friend Mr. Charles Holzhauer — but to 

 properly prepare them for the profes- 

 sion, the ranks of which they have chosen 

 to enter, bv teaching them how to think 

 out the problems that will confront tbem 

 in the future. 



Self-reliance, initiative, "horse-sense" 

 — call it by whatever nam.e we may — 

 means nothing but to be able to do the 

 right thing at the right time and not to 

 do the wrong thing at any time. 



Only those students who take their 

 studies seriously and follow the instruc- 

 tion from day to day and who are not 

 satisfied to simply memorize isolated 

 facts, but who try to follow the explana- 

 tions made to them and make use of their 

 own reasoning powers while pursuing 

 their studies will receive full value for 



