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 ninety per cent of the men who were dropped for poor scholarship or who went on probation for poor scholarship were habitual cutters. The student who cuts a little during his first year generally keeps it up with greater regularity during his succeeding ones, and his grades suffer accordingly. The man who will go to class every day and pay close attention to what goes on there ought to pass almost any course even though he studies little.

The sensible freshman, however, will have regular hours of study, for he will not be quite satisfied merely to pass. In the adjusting of these study hours it seems to me that most freshmen make their gravest mistake in that they relegate most of their study if not all of it to the evening hours. Every student, and especially every freshman, should have some time for study during the day. His mind is most alert at this time, it is easier during the day to find a place for study where he can be quiet and undisturbed, and by preparing at least one lesson during the daylight he taxes his eyes less and leaves for the evening an amount of work not impossible of accomplishment. The freshman is still pretty young, he has not been accustomed to late hours, and however much he may like the habits of the night owl such hours are good neither for his studies nor for his health.