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XXll A TALK WITH THE STUDENT

ence your entire life. This being the case, it behooves you
to pause with me for a few moments and consider the situa-
tion—to take a mental view of the landscape, which appears

so bright and rosy and full of promise.
Let me urge you to be careful in selecting your social com-
panions. You are probably now in a strange city, surrounded
by many temptations, away from home restraints and the

loving counsels of your parents, who, expecting much of you,
have sent you forth into the world to fulfill your mission in
life. Do not allow them to be disappointed. The care with
which you choose your friends, the selection of the social
circle in which you are to move, will greatly influence the

development of your character and that personality which is
to make or mar your future.
You should respect and endeavor to follow to the utmost
the advice and teachings of your instructors. Make diligent
effort to master the theoretical and technical studies with

which you will be surrounded throughout your college course.
Many students make the error of feeling satisfied if they have
made a passing grade on theory and have more or less satis-
factorily completed the requirements designated by the fac-
ulty of the school. You will make a serious mistake if you
allow only this to be your aim, as you will fall far short of

bringing out the best of your capabilities. Let me advise
you to look at the matter from a much broader standpoint.
Your chief aim should be to endeavor so to equip your-
self for your life's work, and so to perfect yourself in your
chosen profession, that you may be enabled to stand shoulder

to shoulder with your future co-laborers, and intelligently
serve those to whom you expect to minister.
Some are endowed with ambition to excel and stand above
their fellows. Perhaps you, yourself, already have this idea,
or have your thoughts fixed toward some prize which is