The Irish standard., 1910-08-27
'drunkard, but work even harder t.
prevent drunkenness"
BACK TO SCHOOL.


deserted campus of many a college will
become a scene OF life and activity.
The graveyard silence that generally
falls over school buildings in the early
part of June will soon be broken by
the mingling sounds of many voices.
But what does going back to school
mean? At first thought one would in
cline to the conclusion that there can
be but single answer to that ques-
ton. 1t is time there should be but
one answer to it, but as matter Of
fact it means very different things
for different people. Some are look
ing forward to the end of vacation
as time when they will meet old
friends and make new acquaintance,
and have a jolly good time attending
fraternity and sorority balls and par
ties. Others are Interested in the ath-
letic side of college life. They are
counting on the pleasures they will
have watching our team pull in
string of victories. They are plan
ming to attend the games that will be
played away from the home grounds
and to take all the liberties that such
trips imply. Study with them is less
than a secondary matter. They are
attending college for the sport there
is in it. For their education consists
III knowing how to assume superior
airs and to have good time as their
idea of a good time goes.
And so there are many other attrac-
tons to which students incline them
selves to the exclusion of the main
purpose for which they are attending
school. The earnest student who looks
upon college course as means by
which he may raise himself by prop
erly directed effort to the level of the
worlds leaders in thought and action,
does not follow any one kind Of di-
version to the exclusion of everything
else. He enjoys a party but he does
not go party mad; he finds pleasure
in watching football game, but he is
not carried off his feet by the craze.
ITe takes the necessary exercise to
keep his body in proper physical con-
dition, and INDUCES in amusements
just enough to keep his mind at it's
highest efficiency; and all the time he
is directing the main force of his
thought and energy along the line of
his school work. When he finishes his
course his diploma will represent more
than so many years of gay life with
mental exercise INDUCED in. He will
have pleasant memories and, what is
more important, substantial knowl-
edge of facts that will enable him to
make his mark Wffffsif he takes up the
sterner duties of his life work.
A properly disciplined school offers
unlimited advantage to those who at
tend it with the right end in view A
smattering of general knowledge that
comes from lack Of interest is little bet
ter than no knowledge at all. Often
i: is worse for usuallyit is the man
who has no positive Information about
anything, but who has a, few vague
ideas on every subject that comes up
who is most likely to bluff, usually to
his own detriment.
Lack of thoroughness is one of the
Students study simply for the exam
nations. When examination time is
approaching they look up lists of ques-
lions that have been given at previous
examinations for several years in or
der to learn what will probably be
the nature of the questions they will
be required to answer. If their edu
cation were thorough this would not
be necessary. In most cases the
amount of matter covered rather than
the actual knowledge gained is the all
important consideration.
Students who are attending higher
educational institutions should be care
full Of two things; first, never to make
their school work secondary to any
form of diversion: and, secondly, to be
cautious about forming companion
ships. If they are faithful in their
duties and conhne themselves to re-
filming and elevating associations they
can CLEAN from their school days pleas
ures that will always afford happy
memories and at the same time pro-
vide themselves with those accom-
plishments which will insure success
in life.
INTERPRETING THE LAW.
When man Of neither social nor