So you\u27re a freshman! So you\u27re coming to college for the first time! Well, heed this dying sigh of a scarred veteran of the battle of Jelly Hall.
First, my freshman, live each day as though it were the last before a final exam. Procrastination is a device of the devil, and thy soul goes down the River Styx with it 

Finley, Richard G.

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-,--------Advice To A FreshmanRICHARD G. FINLEYSo you're a freshman! So you'recoming to college for the first time!Well, heed this dying sigh of a scarredveteran of the battle of Jelly Hall.First, my freshman, live each dayas though it were the last before a~nal exam. Procrastination is a deviceof the devil, and thy soul goes down theRiver Styx with it ..Second, dream ye not during lecture.Thy nights and days will be filled withthe struggle of a man walking up threesteps and slipping back two. Think ye,Jf the prof who has spent long hoursworking on his lecture for you; give himnot an inferiority complex.Third, stagger not into thy eighto'clock class at eight-fifteen. Thy instruc-tor feels the same as thee. Thou artonly making him feel worse.Fourth, forget not thy English themefor Tuesday, or any of the other fiftydays out of thy forty-two day gradeperiod. Think ye not that thy teacherIS asking too much. Sit thyself down atthy writing table, and with steady work,complete thy theme in thirty-six hoursor less.II .:••..~ .., .I ), )J(, (31)"1"'I..Fifth, cut not thy classes, for Butleris a small school and hiding places scarce.If thou seest thy teacher, hurry not. Walkye calmly past and speak pleasantly.Hope ye at the same instant that he didnot notice thy absence from his course.Sixth, worry ye forever about finalexams, and tell ye thy friends to go to- ah, a show during week nights.Seventh, stir ye not from thy abodeMonday night, nor Tuesday night, nor.my of the nights until the Sabbath. Onthe night of the seventh day of theweek, ye may step outside thy portaland smell the night air. Proceed yethen directly to thy books.Eighth, look ye boys not at girls,nnd ye girls not at the men for it is ofsuch that procrastination is born.Ninth, drop ye not sodium in a flaskof nitric acid. Know ye not that othersmust in time use these same laboratoriesagain?Tenth, begin not to study the nightbefore a final exam, for as it was oncesaid, "What doth it avail a man whosecureth his stable portal, after hisfavorite stallion hath been lifted."

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