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 his college life whether it be pleasure or profit will accomplish his purpose best by having a schedule from which to work and by following this schedule with pretty careful regularity. He would be foolish never to allow himself to deviate from such a plan, but he should not do so excepting for really adequate reasons. First of all such a schedule should contemplate no omission of class exercises. When unexpected engagements must be made they should be arranged so as not to conflict with regular recitations. The dentist or the doctor or your roommate can each adjust himself to your convenience or necessity if you will insist upon it. When a friend says, "I will meet you at ten," it is quite easy to explain that you have a French recitation at that hour and can not see him until eleven. This all seems trivial and childish, perhaps, but the records of the college office will show that the young fellow who begins cutting class for any reason very soon develops the habit and needs only the slightest pretext to cause him to omit an exercise. Still another thing the college records will show and that is that high scholastic standing and regular class attendance are closely related. The twenty men who last semester made the highest averages at the University of Illinois had either no absences from class exercises or their absences were negligible, and