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Wednesday, October 29, 1913
The Outlook of Au-
Making gust 16, 1913, contains an
Good article "Is the College
Making Good?" This
article has been very ably discuss
ed and refuted by the editors of the
F. and M. Weekly. The writer of
the Outlook article experimented
by sending a letter, containing a
stamped envelope for answering, to
the 1913 graduates of the five lead
ing colleges. The Universities of
Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Wiscon
sin and California were selected,
and a total of 1,875 letters were
sent. The letter asked the gradu-
ate to state what, in his opinion,
college had done for him physical
ly, socially and intellectually.
Four hundred and forty-nine replies
were received, which on account of
their illegibility, misspelling, bad
grammar and worse punctuation,
lead the writer of the article to as-
sert that the college is not making
good.
This article is answered in the
following way: "Besides the many
arguments pro and con which can
be advanced on the question, there
is one essential point which the in
vestigator failed to consider—indi
viduality. He appears to conceive
of a college as being a sort of grist
mill where men, alike in every par
ticular, are fed in and ground out
after four years, each one improved
alike in intellect, ability and mor
als. True, each one undergoes the
same process, but owing to the fact
that no two individuals are alike in
character—an essential point which
this indicter of colleges overlook
ed—just so no two will be affected
alike by the process. A college is
no magician's realm; it cannot
change human nature. Every man
who goes to college will not be
come an intellectual wonder, nor
will every man who studies law be
come a great lawyer. Is that the
fault of our colleges, or of human
nature and individual character
istics?
But the article is correct in its
criticism of the deplorable use of
the English language by college
men. This is a point which all
critics of colleges have harped on
continually, and moreover, it bears
more than a grain of truth. Taking
our own college, for example, how
many students could write an essay
which would be free from gram
matical errors, mistakes of spelling
and punctuation, and above all,
legible? An investigation might
give startling results.
In striving to meet this argument
of college critics, many uphold that
the primary and secondary schools
are at fault. But why shift the
blame? The English language is
the largest and most versatile lan-
guage of the world. It cannot be
mastered by two or three years at
the primary or secondary schools.
It requires years of practice. Col
lege is the most important link of
all in the development of the ready
pen. There are many who have
natural abilities in weilding their
mother tongue and they are afford
ed constant opportunities for prac
tice in college life. But what of
those who lack the natural talent?
They can only become proficient
through hard work and concentra-
It is time for the colleges to
awake to the realization of this
state of affairs. It is time for the
colleges to establish a new course
in English, a practical course in the
art of expression. Relegate Shakes
peare and the other poets, to a
more advanced stage, and substi
tute a course to teach students the
art of expressing themselves intelli
gently and in a manner grammatic
ally correct. What an absurdity to
study Shakespeare with an attempt
to analyze and appreciate his art
and beauty of expression when one
does not know how to express
one's own self even intelligently".
It may be well to
Attendance call the attention of
at Classes students to our system
at Penn State concern-
ing "cuts". According to faculty
regulations "each student is expect
ed to be present at every regularly
scheduled class or practicum in his
course"—however, the matter of
excused absence is left to the dis
cretion of the individual instructor.
Perhaps the idea which prevails is
that no one shall take more inex
cused absences than the class in
question occurs per week—that is,
three hours, three cuts. Yet no in
structor is bound by the rule. In
addition to vacations men are ex
cused for at least two out-of-town
football games.
This is our system—or is it our
lack of system ? In many other
colleges the regulations concerning
cuts are very severe.
A man is allowed a certain num
ber of cuts; if he wishes to take a
football trip, the cuts count as part
of his regular allowance; if he ex
ceeds the allotted number, he auto
matically severs his connection with
the college; in many cases, if he
cuts the last session before a vaca
tion, or the first session after, he is
suspended.
The contrast above is obvious.
Men should be careful in not going
to extremes; they should not take
advantage of the lenience of our
system, to abuse these priveleges.
In other words, why make to much
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