The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-06-17
GRADUATES SEE
college SPIRIT
Members Of College Club
Give Reception for High
School Seniors Monday.
MISS WELLS TALKS

The members of the Kenosha College
club gave a reception for the girls in
the June graduating class of the High
school and for Principal and Mrs
Tremper, in the domestic science rooms
Of the school at three-thirty o'clock
Monday afternoon. The custom was
established in January when reception
for the mid-year and the Kemper Hall
seniors was held at Kemper Hall.
Why Go to College?
Inasmuch@as the club members are
particularly interested in higher edu-
cation for high school graduates and
as commencement time, when the sweet
girl graduate is on the threshold of
the bigger things of life, is an es-
pecially appropriate occasion for the
consideration Of further study, Miss
Florence Wells, superintendent Of
study at Kemper Hall, explained "The
College Spirit"
Miss Wells is woman Of charming
personality and keen mentality who
inspires an audience of high school
girls, giving them the vision of the
ideal woman. She spoke briefly and
pointedly, emphasizing college advant-
ages and disclosing the characteristics
of a certain type of girl whc exploits
personal charm, forgetting thai It is
a transient quality.
Il am not saying that the qualities
acquired in college cannot be acquired
in any other way,' said Miss Wells,
"but college is the short cut. If you
cannot go to college get the spirit
which prevails among the college n.en
and women. Personal observation at
Kemper Hall indicates that there is
an ever increasing trend toward col
lege education so that consider it
safe to assume that, in any represen-
tative group of young women, prac-
tically every girl would like to go, and
if not, there is very good reason.
Gain Fine Qualities.
The first thing that college can
give in the highest degree is working
power You are matched against per-
sons who can do the same thing as you
can just little better. 1t is a great
corrective. It cures conceit quicker
than anything Of which I know. The
second thing acquired is organizing
ability. The third quality acquired is
respect for experts.
"The most conspicuous failing among
girls is the attitude that everything
grows on trees so that all that is
necessary is to reach up and pluck
the fruits, or, possibly, the Dough will
be so loaded that it will bend of it's
own accord. One must not think that
having gone to college will set one
upon a pedestal. You must not expect
that college will give you a vast amount
of knowledge. 1t is so planned that
the average boy or girl, who studies
diligently, can get through. College
stimulates one mentally. OF course, no
amount of education can help the lazy
or incompetent. A college education
does not always mean greater earn
ing capacity, but it does mean working
in a chosen field and advancing over
the persons who have not had the adj
vantage Of college education.
Intelligence at Home.
Lastly, we must consider why col
lege education is needed among young
women. Too many women have the
tendency to trade upon personal charm.
They choose to forget or they refuse
to recognize the fact that charm is
transient and that there is nothing SO
pathetic as middle-aged fool Then,
Il e girl who considers work the stop
gap between college and marriage
shows great weakness in her reason
ing powers. 1t requires intelligence
to run useful, valuable, dignifed
home. In talk which was given at
Kemper Hall last winter by a promin-
ant schoolmaster of the New England
states, I was much impressed by his
statement that the present day boys
were striving fol. the university goal
and that they would look for similar
qualities in the girls who mthey would
meet. I tell you this so that you
can take recognicance of the facts
and if you cannot 60 to college, ac-
quire the college spirit"
Have Social Hour.
A delicious refreshment course was
served by the social committee, ap-
pointments being in the lavendar and
yellow.
The reception will practically con-
clude the club activities during the
summer months. Plans are under
discussion for q season of greater ac-
next year.