The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-09
RULES FOR STUDY AS LAID DOWN BY
 SUPT HENDERSON,


 Prof. L. D. Henderson of the Juneau Public Schools is ever trying to place before the students of the city the great principals of efficiency. After long study he has compiled the fol- lowing suggestions on how to study:
 j. Study Away From Interruption. Have @ definite place for study where you won't be interrupted.
 9. Concentrate. Put your attention to your work Don't let your mind wander to what people arc saying. Co look at the clock, or out 'he window, to think of other things Concentrate. l
 8. Get Regular Study Hablte. Have a definite time for study Make up your mind always to have the same time for your work and in the end you will get tho regular work habit lf the mind is accustomed to wrestling with Geometry from nine to ten @. m. each day. the brain cells are most fit- ted for just that kind of work ct just that time.
 4. Understand the Topic. Do not try to study topics that do not mean anything to you If the trouble is in words. get your dictionary and look them up. # your trouble is in the topic itself get your teacher to help you. Don't bc afraid to stay after school now md then in order to give the teacher opportunity to unrayel tangle with your assistance.
 5. Reason About lt. Read the les son over as a whole. then try to pick out the important points in each para graph A well written paragraph has one important point Do not try to learn everything in tho lesson, but pick out Che chief things and relate the minor topics to them. It is a good plan to unaerscore the most import l ant point in each paragraph Don't .underscore four Of five sentences. Too much of even a good thing is bad. Next make out list of the most important topics in the lesson.
 Then. having closed your book. try to give the most important facts about these topics out loud. or write out the material on paper Do not open your book for help # you cannot re- call a topic Go over the whole les son. Then open your book and see what you hove failed to recall.
 6. Review ofsen. Ii you can, study your lesson at two different times, that is. study at night and review in the morning before going to class. Re- l view helps one to remember.
 c. Reelte and Review Again. Re- beating what you know and review are the most important parts in mas tering any point. whether a rule in mathematics, @ topic in history, or a principle in science. It is 8 good plan to review hard topics from week to week.
 s. Wiil To Learn. Finally, make up your mind that you can learn. It has been found from experience that when people have the will to learn, the mind will work much more cas- ily Do not say, CT can't learn it, ! l am not interested in it." When you get this attitude it is impossible to do successful work.
 g. Workl Wor<l. Don't be shirk The world hates a quitter. Many people quit before they have really given themselves @ chance to ] begin Are you willing to placidly sit l down and admit that you are made of poorer stuff than the rest of the mil | lon high school students who are mas. tering the same subjects each year? 1 Lift your chin, square your shoulders, and look real work in the face without ! flinching A "real school" anywhere l is Q synonym for hard work"
 1O Talk Over Your Work Talk ! over your school work at home. Tell | about the interesting things in His tory, in English. or in Science. or your hard problems in Mathematics. This will help you to master your work.
 Finally, place your school work be- fore everything else. School is the main business in your life during the nine months school period Don't al- low anybody to convince you that | anything else is important when you have school work undone. Recreation | is an important factor in Q persons ! life. Here again there is danger of ] overwordng Q good thing and thus making an evil out of it. It is impos- ! sible to do good school work and at the same time spend every other night in recreation Of some sort. ltl is a good plan to keep Friday and Saturday evenings open for social and other engagements. Nights preceding school days should, with occasional l exceptions, be spent at home .coBB EXPECTED BACK