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A TALK WITH THE STUDENT

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The greatest trust between man and man is the trust of
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giving counsel.'^ Francis Bacon.
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How to live that is the essential question for us.^^ Herbert
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Spencer.
The following paragraphs are addressed primarily to
those who are still students in the dental school. Those
readers who have progressed beyond this stage and are now

in active practice may well omit their perusal. It is felt
that a few words of counsel to those young men and women
who have recently entered the threshold of the profession are
justifiable at this time, since the results to be accomplished

in study, classroom, and laboratory depend largely on the
attitude with which the subject is approached and on the
ideals conceived and maintained during the college year.

Dear Student:
You are now engaged in the serious study of
an elevated and noble profession, with your banner unfurled
to the breeze and hope beating high in your breast. Advice
from one who has passed through the same experiences which

are soon to be yours should not be amiss.
You are now laying the foundations for your professional
career. Let me urge you to place them deeply and broadly, in
order that they may not totter and succumb under the weight
of the superstructure which is to be raised upon them during

the years to come. Your college life is the most important
part of this architectural design. Your character is now in
the process of formation, whether you will or no; habits are
being formed, friendships are being made, which will influ-
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