Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-26

the personal element, and this must be
carefully considered by parents.
Upon this is founded the argument OF
the small colleges. Where the student
body is small there is, perhaps, more Of
a tendency for the students to get into
personal contact with the teachers. II is
here that teachers and students get to
know each other better, and the students
profit by the personal example of teach
ers and professors. they imbibe from
them their high ideals of life and life's
work
what the Professor May DO.
Through such contact wise and conscl-
entious professors can see into the char
acter and tendencies of students. BY words
and ideas dropped into that fallow soul
soil they are able to develop a character
OF strength and to give it firm founda-
ton early in life, so that it has ample
opportunity and the best conditions for
full and complete development
Many of our greatest men have come
from the small colleges, our three latest
presidents Princeton, Yale and Harvard
men to the contrary, Notwithstanding.
The big colleges have their advantages.
too. They have the name; they have the
equipment; often they are able through
superior resources to get professors Of
worldwide reputation But the element
of personal contact Is less and the stu
dent of certain characteristics often has
difficulty In adjusting himself and is apt
! to remain in solitude throughout his
course. This is true only of certain ma
! lures. Others thrive amid the big and
! busy affairs of the big and busy institu-
1 ton.
Another important factor is the moral
| tone of the town or city in which the
school or college or university is located
| The moral tone of the town is sure to
| have it's influence on the growing stu
dent. If it's laws are lax and loose, and
| IL all sorts of evil institutions and in
| fluences are allowed TO thrive and do
their evil work unchecked. the student
cannot fail to be influenced to great
extent by them.
How to Determine Answer.
These are four very important feat
| ures of every educational institution. And
in thousands of homes today they are
being studied by anxious parents and
| their children in the effort to determine
| what institution shall be entrusted with
the supremely important work of mold
, ing the child into the man or woman.
The only practical way of studying the
| several institutions is by means of their
advertisements and their literature"
which they sent out. In standard
newspaper like The Bee only the good
institutions can secure advertising space.
The fact that an institution has its adj
vertisement In such a paper is proof
that It is a reputable one morally and
enthusiastically.
Study of the peculiar advantages and
location of each institution from their
advertisements is the efficient way OF
going about the work of decision on some
particular one,
BY this means those can be picked out
that have the fundamental qualities
which each individual family demands
for its candidates for the higher educa-
tional institutions.
Then, for more complete and init
mate and detailed study the literature
OF those selected can be secured. The
personnel OF the faculty, the facilities for
board and room and the prices of the
same, the college buildings, the campus
the athletic advantages, the nature OF
the town or city in which it Is located
all these things can be studied out with
the greatest thoroughness and final de-
cision can be arrived at intelligently and
safely.
Numerous illustrations incorporated
oven in the advertisements help in ar
irving at a decision
Now Is indeed the time OF activity In
preparation for the coming college year