The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-19

student body. will be held responsibie This work, in bringing out the powers of the individual is valuable factor and. even if at times burdensome, is
 willingly assumed. and energetieaHs pushed, sometimes from personal ann
 bition, often for the sake of maintain
 ing and advancing the good name oi the university.
 But senior year Is not without its re- laxations The senior "P--rade, at the annual Fresh h-Soph ball game III the autumn, is the great and time-hon- ored spree of the course. Now the grave and reverend senior drops ms academic dignity and becomes TOT one afternoon as kittenish as the freshesi freshman. Every senior has planned out and secured a complete disguise Indians, cowboys walters, policemen nurse girls, ballet dancers, society wo- 1 men, hoboes-every conceivable char acter that the costumer can design IS shown in the "P-rade.' In addition the students own originality is called | forth, resulting in excruciating per
 sonaEes and satires. transparencies and hits. Adam and Eve walk clad III large sugar barrels, while close behind 1 may follow a thin and bony preceptoF 1 leading by string his overworked ana book-iaden "preceptees." Do not tip the Preceptor' was quite the prize
 tra asparency of the last parade. The
 antics of the seniors on this occasion would put a circus clown to blush.
 The curriculnm work of junior and senior years has been outlined in pre-
 ceding article. Except in science the courses in political principles. ittera- ture philosophy and history-eourses which stimulate the use of the mind in
 original thought because of the lifting intellectual horizon which Is presented. Such courses not only give scope for thought, but require 1t, as well as abii- ity 10 exercise a selective and 'discrim-
 mating Judgment m reading. Except for preceptoriaI hours the instruction is by lecture--not recitation.
 wealth Does Not Count.
 The democracy of student life al Princeton IS peryasive. Students are not valued according to their parents possessions. and those who work their way through lose neither standing nor consideration with their fellows. A boy of fair ability and good powers of ap- pIication can work his way through If his freshman expenses are provided m
 advance.
 After the first year the income yield ing fields are many. Tutoring. type
 writing. agencies for New York or Philadelphia firms. library work Tor some of the organization may be men
  | than half of the men at Princeton earn some portion of their college expenses. Men receive an equal chance, accord ing to their ability, on the teams and | in the organizations and the club sys- | tenn is such that almost no man IS kept | out from lack of means.
 As spring approaches and the shad- 1 ow of the inevitable parting falls con tlnually across his path, the thoughtful
 senior must begin to balance up his l four years experience. He has work ! ed, play sd; formed associations and l friendships which are likely to influ-
 ence his whole future. In ways both l definite and indefinite he is conscious | of a wider knowledge. What Is of more value is the glimpse given him Of the | vista stretching out into wider plains 1 of knowledge and culture; the world of | books opened to him--a word which | misfortune or poverty cannot close to | him; the desire to discriminate be- | tween true and false Knowledge; and | perhaps to feel in the exercise of his | mental powers that keen and subtle pleasure which is the reward of the
 true scholar. But that comes only to l the few
 What every graduate does feel def | initely and strongly is, that the tradi- | tions of Princeton have become part of | the very warp and wool of his con
 sciousness Dimmed at times, perhaps | by distance and time. but always re- 1 movable with the old fire and fervor | at class reunions; or. more often. main- l tained in steady and close associa-
 tion and intimacy. Upon each man
 who goes out Princeton sets her indel- | ible seal: her memories of happy days | of stately buildings and of beautiful surroundings: her friendships with | congenial classmates and with genial | and helpful instructors; her inspira- tlons absorbed from men of broad cult
 ure and high purpose. ever pointing ! the way to what is highest and best in ] ife-thoroughness of service. earnest | ness of purpose; an inspiration to be
 an honest, earnest and useful citizen.
 For rigorous teachers seized my youth
 And purged it's faith and trimmed it's fire;
 Showed me the high white star of truth, These bade me gaze and these aspire" l