The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-09-09
BIC COLLEGE BEST
Six Advantages Which II Has Over
Small Schools-Many of These Of
fered at Berea.

dent in attending a large institution
like Berea which is a group of six or
eight schools combined? II a boy
wants to study to be teacher, why
not go to one of tine normal schools
even though they are smaller. or why
not 60 TO some academy that is an
institution all by itself, or to a bus
mess school that teaches nothing but
commercial branches? This is very
practical question and a very impor-
tant question for the student. What
advantage does a student get in at
tending an institution where all these
schools arc combined? Before answer
ing this question Lei us ask one more.
II a boy wantc to etudy any subject
why not buy a book and study 1t all
BIZ himself? The answer is plain:
C) He needs a teacher. A boy can
learn more from a good teacher than
from all the books that were ever
written on that subject. (2) He needs
TO read some other books TO help him
understand his lesson fully. CD He
needs companions studying the same
subject TO spur him on TO do his best.
(4) He needs an opportunity to use
the learning he gets, for unless he
can make some practical application
OF what he learns he will soon forget
II. go He needs balance. A boy may
be a good student and yet be lop-
sided. The boy that studies alone or
with a few others feels awkward and
embarrassed when he goes out into
tho world. 90 He needs power;-
power to control his body and his
mind. power to adjust himself TO his
circumstances or rather to adjust his
circumstances to his aims. To accom-
plieh these things iS the object of ed
uoation, and IL you will think the
matter over carefully you will see
that each and all OF these things can
best be accomplished in a large and
thorough-golng institution.
Cd The Teacher-ln the small
places you might find as good a
teacher as In a large institution.
Though the teacher in small place
is not likely to be 50 expert, but
supposing ne were just as skillful, In
the large institution you have the ben
eft OF many teachers. You can get
something from all of them. You can
get the benefit OF their training and
experience and friendship. II a boy
should go for only one year to Berea
he might gain the friendship of more
than sixty teachers and learn hun
dred times as much from them as
from his books.
(2) Books.-But we do not forget
the importance OF books. No one can
be strong student unless he has more
books than he can afford TO buy In
order to get the most benefit from
his school books he needs TO read 9TH
err books to which his school books
refer. II boy is studying history he
viii understand it a great deal bet
ter II he can at the same time read
the Life of Lincoln and the Life of
Washington or some books of travels
in other cuntriec. Some schools can
not have very good or very large IL
braries. Berea has a library OF 25,-
900 books, and what is perhaps even
more important, we have trained IL
brarians who have nothing else to
do except help the student to find
the reading that he needs and to show
him how to get the most out of 1t.
go Emulation.-The horse can run
faster IL there ia another horse trying
to beat him. Everybody knows that
he cannot do his best unless some 9TH
err boy is trying to do little better.
Many a bright boy 10 spoiled by stud
ying in some place where he is the
brightest in school. He can beat all
the rest without half trying. He
needs to go to large institution
where there are great many other
boys Just as bright as he is, so that
he will have to fix his mind on his
studies and work hard. This friendly
rivalry with other students will often
make a man of him.
(D Practice.Zwe have all heard
that practice makes perfect" but
everyone does not realize that nothing
but practice can make you perfect.
What a boy learns from his books be
puts into practice in his literary and
debating society. What he learns In
the normal classes he clinches by
teaching in a real class under the
guidance of a skillful instructor.
What he learns in the business school
is Immediately put into practice. The
home science school teaches students
to cook real food, to bake real bread,
to prepare wholesome meals as well
as to cut and fit and sew real gar
ments. The school of nursing enables
the students to put their knowledge
into practice In our new hospital.
They actually take part in surgical
operations, in dressing wounds, In
cooking for the sick room and taking
care of patients under the guidance