Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??, 1933-07-01
self We shall talk of what college does for the
student after he has found himself. 81


every man and and to which each must make the
proper adjustment The first adjustment that the stu
dent has to make is adjustment to the physical part
of his environment The world is full of large cities and
factories complex machines and host of other things
that grnadfathers in their youth knew nothing about
The college needs to be familiar with the principles
that undery the Inventions of present. age in order
that he appreciate the high level that civilization
mas reached in college the student has opportunity
to study about the wonderful discoveries of and b.
reading books in the library he learns appreciate the
physical part of the world, after he has mastered the
adjustments to the physical part of his environment ne
finds that he must learn to make economic adjust
ments.
college education encourages those who possess it
to be thrifty The college student has much information
at hand whereby he may study the economic situations
of life. He is taught to economy in all his under-
takngs there, he does not spend his money unwsely
his leisure in such way that it dose profit him
The college spends his spare time reading worth
while books; playing games that have constructive end
Tor in conversation with of his schoomates
rent issues that stimulate his mind The college offers
the student methods of study that enable him to do
much work possible in the shortest period of time The
college teaches the student how to make the of his
opportunities by teaching him principles of economies
these principles also teach him to sacrifice in order
accomplish tasks The student in college has sacrifice
many conflicts IN order to complete his education He
learns to endure the cold winters without an overcoa and
doesn't complain because he has been taught that
endure many hardships This spirit of sacrifice great
value to the college student because has tendency
make him unselfsh.
In college the stuert learns his ssessasaors
with his schoolmates He does not live for himself alone
but for Others For this he cooperates with others
any constructive work that he be of any service
The spirit of sharing and cooperating that the college
student gets while in school will help him when he is out
of school. He learns be humble and mindful of the
feeling of his associates he realizes that he not live
successfully by being selfish and therefore is willing to
serve his fellow-man
b. 1t helps to humanity efectiuely
I. HOu helps vomen.
A college education helps women to serve humanity
in many ways The training that get in college
enables them to compete with the opposite in many
occupations. Before had the opportunity to to
college they could not teach and could not have many
choices to the that they wanted for fes work
They could only look forward to marriage and home
the of their life. Since have become
educated they have many vocations from which
to choose Women may choose the field of science tera
ture art education physical education, and number of
other vocations. The training that the college offers
helps them to advance the by giving them the
fundamentals of feminine hygiene this teaches them to
When the college woman goes into rural community
she be of great service to its inhabitants She
teach the families how to live cheaply and wisely
possible by giving them of the information that
she learned in her in economics while in college
AS most rural families have tried to solve the problem
of providing clothing for the family with much difficulty
the college play important part in helping
to solve this problem She knows how to make suitable
clothing from the cotton that the rural farmer raised
this money that would otherwise be spent for
clothes in the city She knows how to skilfuy sand
teach the young ladies how TO remove stains and
spots from clothes that they think of value ALSO
she shows them how to make their clothes rather
than buy them from the store Most rural families raise
enough foods to live but do not know how to all
they raise with the greatest profit The woman with
college education knows how to prepare dainty foods
from scraps that the rural family would throw away She
teach the farmer how to their vegetables ann
meats in such way that they will keep without spolin
Thus she is of much service to humanity.
?. HOlr it helps NA
1t is very plain that the college is prepared IL
serve humanity in large number of ways. Should
the college go into the rural community he could
his college education to great advantage. 1t has
been found that many diseases caused by impurities
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