The Washington times., 1920-02-01

ana AIDING tne TcSuibihb fo oSNoh
times, he nevertheless has not only
failed to make himself efficient, but
he has lost the joy OF his achieve
ment. Instead of being SO interested
in each subject that he desires "a
know more about. and see other sub
Jects and other factors in their rela'
ton to II, he looks upon II as an evil
necessary to the securing of q credit
and is glad when each credit comes
o drop that particular subject and
forget all about IL in his eagerness 10
secure another count. Furthermore
and the more TO be regretted, he II
building for himself a slip-shod. get
over-it-some-way method OF doing
things.
CONSCIOUS OF his poor preparation
or overconhdent in his ability as the
case, may be, he enters college and
follows his old me ethods of securing
credits laboring under the delusion
that certain number OF college
credits will in turn make OF him an
educated man."
Necessary Credits.
'I see your point. or course l see
it," repeated the young man. II sup
pose then. that I could not get the
necessary credits-the preparation
he corrected, "in time to enter the
university one year from next fall
The director shook his head. There
was silence for n time. The young
nan locke into space. He was fight
ing IL out, and the director know not
to disturb him. A look of determina-
tion came slowly into his fine face.
Then, with his mind evidently made
up, he turned to the director.
"Since 1 can't persuade you to sell
me credits" he began, jokingly, per
haps we had better approach the mat
ter from another angle. What should
study in preparation for my uni
versity course? / expect to become
an engineer"
Fine" said the director. now we
are ready to talk business"
"As you know" he continued. "all
standard colleges and universities
nave practically the same number OF
units or credits namely fifteen, re-
uuired for entrance. or these most
universities are agreed upon nine
credits as required These consist
of English, three units: math hematics
two units; foreign language, two
units: history, one unit. and science
one unit. An increasingly smaller
number OF universities have the addi-
tional requirement that the language
units be in Latin. In most cases any
foreign language may be offered, pro
viding the two years work be in the
same language"
Choice In Units.
"Your choice comes in the remain
ing six units. These may be made
up from some combination OF subjects
as additional English, algebra, geom-
etry, trigonometry, physics. chemis-
try, zoology. botany. physiology. geol-
ogy; ancient, moedrn, medieval Eng
lish or American history; French,
Spanish, Latin, civics. economics,
drafting, stenography, bookkeeping
shop. or these a young man should
choose according to his proposed ca
reer. or IL his career is in doubt. ac'
cording to what he believes to be
the best preparation for an A. b
course. A.
"In YOUR case, since you expect tc
become an engineer, 1t would be ad
visable to add strength to your foun'
dation-you see / still use the foun'
dation' figure--in way of mathemat'
les and drafting. Your required pre-
paratory science should be physics
YOU would find stenography very val
liable for your work, both durinG
your university years and later. i
you were going to study medicine
emphasis should be placed upoI
physiology and chemistry; for com
merce or accountancy, bookkeeping
is a valuable beginning aSset; min
eralogist should prepare in geology
and so on.
ar, -----...- .lo-o oro tbroo .nh;oot
which no man preparing for colleg
should fail to study, If 1t be at al
possible for him to do so. First, civ
les; no explanation is needed. Sec
ond. business English, which shoul'
train a man among other things T.
write a correct letter or report.
should train him in proper dictior
sentence structure, paragraphing an
organization of material at hand
Third, an English course commonl
known as public speaking.
"Men not preparing for the plat
form often turn away from this prac
tlcal course because of its misleading
name. Perhaps 1t should be know
as effective speaking, for its purpos
is to aid a man to express himsel
clearly, concisely and without embar
rassment, whether in private conver
sation, in tho classroom, before
board of directors or from the plat
form.
Fully Educated.
Thus equipped to see things &
their right relations, and to expires
himself readily and convincingly, tn
young man enters college with hi
battles half fought. He faces hi
work whole-heartedly and with cage
expectancy. Each ncew subject bear
some definite relationship to som
subject mastered In preparatory days
He grasps, assimilates, and apple
knowledge, while his less-prepare,
rieighbor is still laboring to 'se
through
Accordingly, through a series o
selections he finds himself among tn
the pick OF college men. He assume
n place of leadership among his fol
lows and initiative becomes his mid
die name,
He leaves the university, not will
befogged ideas and get-through- las
best-you-can view of life, but with ;