Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-28

Application. We may be very wrong on the
right side, and zeal for knowledge-so praise
tSorafyt, %Sorshy In IN ltsef.is not unfreauehtly by
e9oGghtiess 70 sa1 enthusiasm reduced to the rank
OF ioiiy. Everything should be followed with
cooiness. eaimness and common sense. To
De In a hurry is to lose ene's balance, and
grow nervous and confused
Inc mind must not only be relaxed at in
tervals by some amusement however tri1ing
but the body has claims to be considered as
well; Ii we neglect these we can never do
good intellectual work We have known
both girls and boys SO much taken up with
mental improvement as to neglect physical
health. But the day of reckoning always
came, and they found out only too late that
students should remember that they are not
yet disembodied spirits.
None OF US: can do without regular exer-
c,se' and no allowance should satisfy us less
than two hours a day in the open air, with
she DI1ght sun shining faces and the
iresh breeze blowing the cobwebs out of our
We must, too, have plenty of sleep. Make
note OF that; and if any one suggests that
tne pest OF all ways to lengthen your days
Tor purposes of study is to steal few hours
from the night, don't believe her.
Those who do most headwork need most
sp s;eep IN 1act, there is no use grudging the
LIME spent In sleep, exercise and amusement
we want to get the utmost possible out of
our nves.. we must observe the conditions
mn
Inere are good and bad ways Of study,
ana one OF the troubles of schoolgirl life is
70 md out which is which. The trouble is
,nSieasea, lnS;eh TOO, by the fact that a method
Wnich SUITS one student does not of necessity
suit her companions. for personal peeuliari-
ties count for something and what to one is
an ua ald to another might prove hindrance.
mere are some leading points, however,
on winch all people are agreed and one of
hand. 1il :
.. Have the courage" said Sydney Smith,
10 De ignorant OF great number of things
rant of everything"
Life is too short for us, even with the ut
most application, to know more than frac-
ton OF what is movable
we must. therefore. be content with select
ing only a, few subjects to work upon. and in
choosing these, or in the choosing of them
Tor us, mistake is often committed. 1t is
no1 noe that those. are picked out which other
people speak of as unimportant
we need hardly set high value on such
criticism. There is so great n vara+H Ga Su1rf of
opinions in this world, that whatever YOU N
ssuqy son some VIII be found who consider that
| particular study foolish waste of time
The real error lise in pursuing subjects for
winch we have no natural aptitude A girl
STUDYING music without relish, and maybe
hM,snpu! hsnt ear, OF or one painting away with her
frittering away. her energies and aualfvingg fg
nersen tor place in the huge army of the
incompetent. Her will is not in her work
and no one does well against her will. ever, even
though what she does be weli.'' ' e'en
Having chosen the right subjects. we sbonId
study with fixed attention. Nothing shouid
be allowed to divert the mind when at s1aS one's
lessons, and girls make no progress who ~. trv
TO relleye the monotony of mental work Nv
carrying on broken conversations with any ny
| one-who happens to be within hearing dis; dis.
lance No one can do two things at once. cts
SO when you study study; and when , vor,
want to talk, shut up your book and ed deyofa y1a
your whole energies to talking. N D'so'e
Some girls seem to have an idea that the
mere reading of a lesson is enopgb f''' The re
truth Is, 1T must be read and re-real and ,nd
gone oyer again and again till + be;coraaa nnus
hrmiy fIxed in our minds oAe'
constant revision is what is needed .,5
constant polishing, without which kno1,edna anu
set ieter nte dr be kept besd bright not what We
point but what we keep there. n important
but tne whole secret in study. as in ero-,.
other undertaking is just this@alwavesV "a ,a eVe5y ~
your best If you follow that rule 'Iass lasss 90
VIII never prove trouble and Won viii ;IIIanlng ,,n
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