Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??, 1933-07-01
"THE IMPORTANCE OF A COLLEGE EDUCATION"
A.. What the College Offers the individual.
I. 1t helps one to find himself"

is generally agreed that during the first two years
in college the student expected to discover the field
of human endeavor in which he is especially talented
His first is spent In gathering bits of information IN
many subjects. There large number of experiences
that come into the life Of the student which enable him
understand sAeA.srsl has did before
ing college, While the individual is gathering this in
formation and undergoing these experiences it is
likely that he will become of the fact that life is
not simple he thought it He learns that all
are not created equal and that most individuals have
special ability to do thing better than they do
any other thing He becomes of the many ways
in which human beings differ from another. When
the student is of these facts he begins search
himself and try to find what task he perform better
than he any other task He is certain that there is
something that he do we'll and he sets out with
determinations to discover his calling and to develop him.
self along that particular line One not value the
great part that the college plays helping people to dis
their special abilities until observes the
of people who have not had the opportunity col
ege. When sees the great number of men and
who going through life without any motive and
without any standard by which to guide their steps it will
be plain to what college education does for the in
divdual and how unfortunate those who hand
capped because of the lack of What the college Of
fers the individual is very we'll stated by William Dewitt
Hyder, President of Bowdoin College, in Brunswick
Maine ITO be at home in all lands and all ages; to
count nature familiar acquaintance, and art intimate
friend to gain standard for the appreciation of other
keys the worlds library in your pocketths is the
the college for the best four years of your life
1t is also true that at college make host of friends
among and who going to be the leaders
all walks of life in the future We learn cooperate
with others for common ends and in this way lose
eur necessary lego
The discovery of special talents is not the only
discovery that make in college. We learn weak
nesses and faults If born with any physical
Or mental defects. We find what they and
take the steps to strengthen ourselves where
need strength.
College students do have choose their vocation
by the and method They learn the things that
they talented for and the things for which they
not talented and by this they do not take such risk
when they choose their vocation The who does not
have college education has to the trial and
process himself Experience is the greatest teach
e but often it costs than it profits because
people who find themselves by the trial and method
learn that process very slow and that often
they find their special abilities late in life that they
do not have the time to develop them because adj
yanced age. Thus far, have talked about the adj
antages college education from the viewpoint that
It helps the student to find himself early in life that
b. can use remaining years Of his life developing HIM