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 ing one, that has the most disastrous and depressing effect up his college work. I believe fhe freshman will be the wisest who goes little into activities until the end of his first semester or at least until he has learned well how to study.

I was talking to a young fellow only a few days ago concerning his irregular class attendance.

"I never cut class merely for the pleasure of cutting," he said.

"Why do you cut?" I asked.

"Usually to study for another recitation," was his reply.

"Are you carrying an over-schedule?" I asked.

"No," he answered.

"Then you waste your time in some way. I want you to do one thing for me," I said. "Keep an accurate record of how you spend your time for the next three days accounting for the whole twenty-four hours; then we'll talk it over."

When three days later he came in there was little I needed to say. The process of setting down in black and white how he had disposed of the various hours of the day had taught him very thoroughly how his time was going, and it was not difficult to see that it was mostly going to waste. He was trifling it away and accomplishing little or nothing.

The freshman who desires to get the most out of