Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
By ROBERT L. wIGGINs, JR.

THE boy is the thing. The sue
cessfuI college reaches the boy.
The defunct college failed to
reach the boy. The land, the build
ings, the books, the apparatus, the
faculty, the trustees, the parents-alI
are for the boy.
The Boy is for the boy This forms
the issue. Not the boy that used to
be. nor the boy that ought to be
but the living, moving boy that IS
this is the boy with whom the col
lege must reckon, grasp hold upon,
and, through very prayer and fast
ing, mould into the man that may
be
II UNITS CREDIT makes about
the most Independent citizen Of our
republic to-day. Down here in Geor-
gia, for instance, who said this boy
had TO GO 10 Emory? Who said he
had to go to Tech? Who said he
could not go to the Business College
Who said he should not take a Job?
Who said he had to work. Now
during the past four months | have
been graciOusly granted a personal
interview with some less than thou
sand Of these young sovereigns, and,
believe me, every had to" and had
not TO" concerning them is but an
echo Of their own wishes
Boys Pick Their Alma Mater.
Not ono out Of ten will 60 to Tech
or Georgia, Emory or Mercer as a
result Of the exercise of parental au
thority When | began my recent
work for the Georgia School Of Tech
rology among the Georgia High
School boys / thought that / would
be rendering very inefficient service
if failed TO sit up with the old folks,
not entirely overlooking the Hopeful.
But ] had to get wiser My request
to the lrst boys was, ITO your own
name, add the address Of your par
ents. so that ] may see them also
No parents address was given. Be
ing still something Of an ambitious
boy myself / ChuCkled over the usual
boys proud Independence, and quiet
~ took each parents address from
the teachers roll book. (Of course
The teacher must have the names Of
those who pay the bills). However
when I reached The fathers place Of
business. told him my mission, and
got his reply | sat up and took no
tice.-"I have not heard him say what
he was going to DO said one father.
'rbbN iiElllt SdlH l.
] continued TO look up the parents.
however. until ! was rewarded by
finding d good Methodist father and
mother who said. we cannot consent
20 our boys being at college in a
big city like Atlanta; and we are 60
ing to send him 90 Emory where there
is 30 intercollegiate football and
base ball"
This sounded like the voices Of par
entail authority from long ago. about
which we have often heard Never /
theless | was not entirely unprepared |
for the next weeks encounter with |
the boy. | was giving sincere praise /
TO Emory recalling some of my own
pleasant student experiences at OK /
ford when he broke in with, III be |
at Tech next year"
But" said I. your father said he |
was going to send you to Emory"
NO. | am going to Tech" said the /.
boy. VIII you guess with me where /
to find him next year2
Influences That Move Them,
So in education to-day it is as in
And the successful col
lege knows what influences move
these boys, and makes an appeal di-
rectly to the boys If II was not
always 80, how did it come about?
In the first place, this HAUNT
BOY is not going ophisticated. (